565721 – Feature request: Async stacktrace support for Java debugger

Bug 565721 - Feature request: Async stacktrace support for Java debugger

Summary: Feature request: Async stacktrace support for Java debugger

Status:	NEW

Alias:	None

Product:	JDT
Classification:	Eclipse Project
Component:	Debug (show other bugs)
Version:	4.17
Hardware:	PC Windows 10

Importance:	P3 enhancement with 1 vote (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	JDT-Debug-Inbox
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Reported:	2020-07-30 15:02 EDT by Chin Bim
Modified:	2020-07-31 02:22 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Chin Bim

2020-07-30 15:02:12 EDT

It would be nice to add support for async stacktrace for the Java
debugger in Eclipse. This is a feature that has existed in IntelliJ
for a while now:

https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/debug-asynchronous-code.html#97f82

It's incredibly useful when debugging async-heavy code.

The instrumentation agent is also open source and available here:

https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/master/java/debugger/debugger-agent/src/com/intellij/rt/debugger/agent/CaptureAgent.java