As of May 31, 2023, Cloud Debugger is decommissioned. To help with your debugging needs after this shutdown, we've built an open source CLI tool, Snapshot debugger.

Cloud Debugger is scheduled for shutdown on May 31, 2023. To help with your debugging needs after this shutdown, we've built an open source CLI tool, Snapshot debugger.

Cloud Debugger is deprecated and is scheduled for shutdown on May 31 2023. For an alternative, use the open source CLI tool, Snapshot Debugger.

Cloud Debugger now has Preview support for VPC Service Controls.

Cloud Debugger has updated the configuration file naming and keywords that you use to block access to sensitive data. For the updated configuration, see Hiding sensitive data.

Cloud Debugger now lets you canary snapshots and logpoints on your Node.js applications. To learn more, see the Node.js page for setting up Cloud Debugger.

Cloud Debugger now lets you canary snapshots and logpoints on your Python applications. To learn more, see the Python page for setting up Cloud Debugger.

Cloud Debugger now lets you canary snapshots and logpoints on your Java applications. To learn more, see the Java page for setting up Cloud Debugger.

Stackdriver Debugger has an updated and expanded quickstart guide showing how to install the agent and debug an app while it's in production. See the Debugger Quickstart guide for more information.

Cloud Run and Cloud Run on GKE: Stackdriver Debugger can now be used to debug applications on Cloud Run and Cloud Run on GKE that are written in Node.js, Python, and Java.

Compute Engine (Go): The support for Go applications on Compute Engine VM instances is in Beta release. Your Go applications should be compiled without the default optimizations, or else Stackdriver Debugger might show incorrect information about your application.

Debugger GA & logs integration: Debugger is generally available. Debugger now integrates a log panel into the debug view and will remember the last selected location. Additionally, you can insert logpoints dynamically without any rebuilds or restarts. The left and right panels in debug view can now be collapsed for additional viewing space for source.