Patent ID: 7661030

Claim:
A method, performed by a target service host, for propagating debug information in a network that supports Web services, the method comprising: responsive to a request from a client separated from service hosts by a firewall, initiating communication with a first service host and a second service host; receiving, from the first service host, a first message corresponding to a first request for debug information; sending, to the second service host, a second message in response to the first message, the second message configured by the target service host to comprise second data corresponding to a second request for debug information; receiving a reply to the second message, the reply to the second message configured by the second service host to comprise second debug information associated with the second service host; and sending a reply to the first message, the reply to the first message configured by the target service host to comprise the second debug information and current debug information associated with the target service host, the first debug information and the current debug information being further propagated to the client.