--- title: Better error stacktraces for faster debugging | daily.dev description: Standard JavaScript error stack traces only show the current call stack, leaving developers to hunt for root causes using breakpoints or console.logs. A... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/better-error-stacktraces-for-faster-debugging-tc0z6stlv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Better error stacktraces for faster debugging | daily.dev og:description: Standard JavaScript error stack traces only show the current call stack, leaving developers to hunt for root causes using breakpoints or console.logs. A... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/better-error-stacktraces-for-faster-debugging-tc0z6stlv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tc0z6StlV.png og:image:alt: Better error stacktraces for faster debugging og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Better error stacktraces for faster debugging **[Patrick Brosset](https://daily.dev/sources/patrickbrosset)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Standard JavaScript error stack traces only show the current call stack, leaving developers to hunt for root causes using breakpoints or console.logs. A proposed improvement would enrich error traces with preceding function calls and their arguments and return values — essentially mixing tracing with error stacks. This would let developers immediately see which function returned an unexpected value (like undefined) without manually instrumenting code. The idea is to enable this enhanced tracing mode only when DevTools is open, capturing only recent traces to minimize performance impact. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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