Patent ID: 9740594
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for using a computer hardware set to execute instructions of a computer software set, the method comprising: generating a first log file set, including at least one log file, based upon how the computer hardware set executes the instructions of the computer software set; responsive to a first error in the execution of the computer software set, examining at least a portion of the first log file set; creating, based at least in part upon the examination of the first log file set, augmented logging instructions for generating, upon any occurrence of an error similar to the first error, augmented logging information including state information relating to the occurrence of the respective error, wherein the state information includes a set of arguments passed to one or more methods of the computer software set; generating augmented logging information responsive to an occurrence of a second error, according to the augmented logging instructions, wherein the second error is similar to the first error; and performing debugging based, at least in part, on the augmented logging information; wherein: at least a portion of the augmented logging information is not included in the first log file set; and the examining and creating steps are performed automatically, and substantially without human intervention, by agent software running on the computer hardware set.