Save the sync message in require('crash-reporter').start().

src/window-bootstrap.coffee

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 # Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
 startTime = Date.now()
 
-# Start the crash reporter before anything else.
-require('crash-reporter').start(productName: 'Atom', companyName: 'GitHub')
-
 require './window'
 
 Atom = require './atom'

static/index.html

@@ -8,13 +8,22 @@
       var path = require('path');
       var ipc = require('ipc');
       try {
+        // Skip "?loadSettings=".
+        var loadSettings = JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(location.search.substr(14)));
+
+        // Start the crash reporter before anything else.
+        require('crash-reporter').start({
+          productName: 'Atom',
+          companyName: 'GitHub',
+          // By explicitly passing the app version here, we could save the call
+          // of "require('remote').require('app').getVersion()".
+          extra: {_version: loadSettings.appVersion}
+        });
+
         require('vm-compatibility-layer');
         require('coffee-script').register();
         require(path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'src', 'coffee-cache')).register();
-
-        // Skip "?loadSettings=".
-        var loadSettings = decodeURIComponent(location.search.substr(14));
-        require(JSON.parse(loadSettings).bootstrapScript);
+        require(loadSettings.bootstrapScript);
         ipc.sendChannel('window-command', 'window:loaded')
       }
       catch (error) {