title : Email Alert

Debugger Email Alert

The Production Debugger Email Alert feature will cause FusionReactor to send an automated email whenever a breakpoint is fired. The email alert is an invaluable tool for gaining insight and understanding what is happening in your production environment.

The email includes information about the transactions running on the thread, the thread information and stack trace as well as all the variables which are available when the breakpoint was hit. The email is very similar to the crash protection email.

The email alerts from the debugger include specific information about the breakpoint which triggered it. Like the exception being thrown or the field being accessed.

Setting up an Email Alert via the Production Debugger Trigger Handler

It is possible to configure the Production Debugger to send an email alert which includes not only the Stack Trace and environment variables, but also a link to the Interactive Debugger.

The configuration is shown here:

Production Debugger Field	Value	Meaning
Trigger Fire Count	1	Controls how many times the breakpoint will fire. In this case, only once.
Breakpoint Trigger Action	Generate Email Stack/Variable Event	Controls what FusionReactor will do in the event of a breakpoint firing - in this case we should send an Email Alert
Thread Pause	Enabled	Tells FusionReactor whether or not to pause the thread. If this is enabled then the email will contain a link back to the thread view of the request which has paused in the debugger. The email will also say when the thread will resume if its been configured to timeout.
Thread Pause Time (in seconds)	Forever	Controls how long the thread will be held. This can be a value in seconds or setting it to Forever, will hold the thread indefinitely.
Thread Pause Execution	Only on one thread at a time	Will cause the engine to halt for a single thread when the breakpoint condition fires.