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Minimally disruptive debugging in a production environment

US9436583B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Tom C. Chen · Hsinchu, TW
Steven Cooper · Jeddo, US
Trong Truong · Schreiber, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 6, 2015
Grant date	Sep 6, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 6, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/1479
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

For debugging an application in a production environment, a breakpoint is set in the application. Responsive to the setting, recording is begun of information about a processing of a request in the application. Reaching the breakpoint is detected in the application during the processing of the request. A replica of the application is created including the breakpoint, the application becoming a primary application and the replica becoming a secondary application in a production environment. In the secondary application, a debugging operation is performed during a processing of a copy of the request after the breakpoint in the secondary application.

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