📚 Introducing the new Live Debugger app!

[GosiaMurawska]

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We're back with another deep dive into Dynatrace Apps and Frameworks, and this time we've got something pretty great to show you: the Live Debugger app, which is about to make your debugging life a whole lot easier. 

The Live Debugger app captures live snapshots of your app’s data in any environment—from development to production. It allows you to detect issues or anomalies instantly and debug complex workflows with ease.

Together with Sharon Sharlin (@SharonSharlin), Principal Product Manager at Dynatrace, we’ve created a list of resources to help you fully leverage the capabilities of the Live Debugger and streamline your debugging process.

General:
What is Live Debugger?

Usage:
What are the requirements for using Live Debugger? 
What additional programming languages will be supported in Live Debugger? 
Which features need to be enabled on the OneAgent features page? 
What permissions are needed to be able to live debug?
Is there a limit for the number of snapshots that can be created per second? 
How do I ensure I’m debugging the same version of source code that’s running in my production or tes... 
How do I ensure no sensitive data leaves my environment? 
How do I set permissions correctly?
What is the best way to place a breakpoint?  
What is the minimum plugin version required to get Live Debugger snapshots?  
Will things done in the IDE also affect what happens to the tenant?  

Additional resources: 

• Observability for Developers 
• Hub - Live Debugger 
• Plugin – Observability for Developers (JetBrains) 
• Plugin – Observability for Developers (VS code) 
• Blog - Dynatrace Observability for Developers saves time with real-time data 
• Blog - Dare to debug production with Dynatrace Live Debugger 
• Blog - 5 powerful use cases beyond debugging for Dynatrace Live Debugger 
• Blog - Debug complex performance issues in production with ease with Live Debugger, Open Pipeline, a... 
• Blog - The rise of agentic AI part 2: Scaling MCP best practices for seamless developers’ experience... 
• Video - How to get started with the Dynatrace Live Debugger? 
• Press Release  

[ChadTurner]

Live Debugger is great - Thanks for the post!