Google Play console reporting crashes from unreleased applications

Question

I would like to share a situation I am facing analysing the new features at Google Play console and try to find a solution for it.

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Answer 1

The Developer Console only reports crashes from published version numbers (either in alpha, beta or production).

So my solution is very simple:

1. After publishing a new version, the first thing I do is increase the versionCode in the manifest. And I only use this version number while developing. This way, no crash is sent to the console.
2. Then, when I'm ready to publish again, I increase the versionCode once more. This way I make sure new crashes will only come from the published version.

EDIT:

Crashes from unpublished versions will still appear on the console under the 'All versions' option. So take this answer as a way to identify and filter those crashes, not to prevent them from being logged.