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Date Published
Author
Evgeni Wachnowezki, Kassen Qian, David M. Lentz
Word count
922
Language
English
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None

Summary

Datadog's Live Debugging streamlines the process of fixing production bugs by providing crucial context that helps developers quickly identify and reproduce the root cause. It visualizes the affected service, its dependencies, and the flow of data between them to pinpoint which interactions contributed to the error. The tool also enables AI-generated summaries and root-cause hypotheses, reproducing bugs locally with one-click integration test generation. By providing runtime context, including values of local variables at the time an exception was thrown, Datadog's Exception Replay enhances Error Tracking, making it easier to troubleshoot production bugs without leaving the usual workflow. The Debugger uses APM data to visualize the flow of requests between services and surfaces any errors that may have contributed to the problem. With Live Debugging, developers can efficiently investigate and fix production errors with AI insights and runtime context, regaining momentum on shipping next features.