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Summary

Distributed debugging presents unique challenges that differ from traditional debugging, as it involves diagnosing and fixing issues across complex, multi-layered architectures and often requires coordination across different teams. This complexity arises from unpredictable failures, multiple root causes, non-deterministic behavior, and inter-process interactions that create chaotic conditions difficult to reproduce. To address these challenges and reduce Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR), four key practices are recommended: automatically capturing complete technical context, starting from the technical event rather than symptoms, turning debugging sessions into executable test cases, and making debugging insights shareable across teams. Multiplayer is a tool designed to streamline distributed debugging by providing features that automatically capture and correlate technical data, invert traditional workflows by focusing on technical events, generate executable test cases from captured sessions, and facilitate cross-team communication with universally understandable technical context. The platform offers flexible deployment options, including a browser extension and different recording modes, making it adaptable to various support and debugging workflows.