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## Debugging coroutines
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Asynchronous programming is hard and debugging asynchronous programs is even harder.
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To improve user experience, `kotlinx.coroutines` comes with additional features for debugging: debug mode, stacktrace recovery
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Debugging asynchronous programs is challenging, because multiple concurrent coroutines are typically working at the same time.
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To help with that, `kotlinx.coroutines` comes with additional features for debugging: debug mode, stacktrace recovery
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and debug agent.
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## Debug mode
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It can be enabled either by setting system property [DEBUG_PROPERTY_NAME] or by running Java with enabled assertions (`-ea` flag).
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The latter is helpful to have debug mode enabled by default in unit tests.
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Debug mode attaches a unique [name][CoroutineName] to every launched coroutine, which then can be seen in a regular Java debugger,
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a string representation of coroutine and thread name executing named coroutine.
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Debug mode attaches a unique [name][CoroutineName] to every launched coroutine.
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Coroutine name can be seen in a regular Java debugger,
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in a string representation of the coroutine or in the thread name executing named coroutine.
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Overhead of this feature is negligible and it can be safely turned on by default to simplify logging and diagnostic.
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## Stacktrace recovery
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Stacktrace recovery is another useful feature of debug mode. It is enabled by default in the debug mode,
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but can be separately disabled by setting `kotlinx.coroutines.stacktrace.recovery` system property to `false`.
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Stacktrace recovery tries to knit asynchronous exception stacktrace with a stacktrace of the receiver by copying it, providing
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Stacktrace recovery tries to stitch asynchronous exception stacktrace with a stacktrace of the receiver by copying it, providing
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not only information where an exception was thrown, but also where it was asynchronously rethrown or caught.
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It is easy to demonstrate with actual stacktraces of the same program that awaits asynchronous operation in `main` function:
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It is easy to demonstrate with actual stacktraces of the same program that awaits asynchronous operation in `main` function
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(runnable code is [here](../kotlinx-coroutines-debug/test/RecoveryExample.kt)):
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| Without recovery | With recovery |
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When an exception is rethrown between coroutines (e.g. through `withContext` or `Deferred.await` boundary), stacktrace recovery
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machinery tries to create a copy of the original exception (with the original exception as the cause), then rewrite stacktrace
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of the copy with coroutine-related stack frames (using [Throwable.setStackTrace](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/lang/Throwable.html#setStackTrace-java.lang.StackTraceElement:A-))
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and then throws resulting exception instead of the original one.
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and then throws the resulting exception instead of the original one.
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Exception copy logic is straightforward:
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1) If exception class implements [CopyableThrowable], [CopyableThrowable.createCopy] is used.
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2) If exception class has class-specific fields not inherited from Throwable, the exception is not copied.
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3) Otherwise, one of the public exception's constructor is invoked reflectively with optional an`initCause` call.
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1) If the exception class implements [CopyableThrowable], [CopyableThrowable.createCopy] is used.
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2) If the exception class has class-specific fields not inherited from Throwable, the exception is not copied.
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3) Otherwise, one of the public exception's constructor is invoked reflectively with an optional`initCause` call.
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## Debug agent
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[kotlinx-coroutines-debug](../kotlinx-coroutines-debug) module provides one of the most powerful debug capabilities in `kotlinx.coroutines`.
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This is a separate module with a JVM agent that keeps track of all alive coroutines, introspect and dump them similar to thread dump command,
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This is a separate module with a JVM agent that keeps track of all alive coroutines, introspects and dumps them similar to thread dump command,
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additionally enhancing stacktraces with information where coroutine was created.
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The full tutorial of how to use debug agent can be found in a corresponding [readme](../kotlinx-coroutines-debug/README.md).
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The full tutorial of how to use debug agent can be found in the corresponding [readme](../kotlinx-coroutines-debug/README.md).
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