Log() ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/timelog_static)
    20. [ ` timeStamp() ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/timestamp_static) Non-standard 
    21. _` trace() ` _
    22. [ ` warn() ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/warn_static)
  4. Related pages for Console API 
    1. [ ` Window.console ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/console)
    2. [ ` console ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/console)

##  In this article

  * Syntax 
  * Examples 
  * Specifications 
  * Browser compatibility 
  * See also 

#  console: trace() static method

**Note:** This feature is available in [ Web Workers ](/en-
US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API) .

The **` console.trace() ` ** static method outputs a stack trace to the
console.

**Note:** In some browsers, ` console.trace() ` may also output the sequence
of calls and asynchronous events leading to the current ` console.trace() `
which are not on the call stack â to help identify the origin of the current
event evaluation loop.

See [ Stack traces ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/console#stack_traces) in the [ `
console ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/console) documentation for details and
examples.

##  Syntax

js

    
    
    trace()
    trace(object1, /* â¦, */ objectN)
    

###  Parameters

` objects ` Optional

    

Zero or more objects to be output to console along with the trace. These are
assembled and formatted the same way they would be if passed to the [ `
console.log() ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/log_static "console.log\(\)")
method.

###  Return value

None ( [ ` undefined ` ](/en-
US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/undefined) ).

##  Examples

js

    
    
    function foo() {
      function bar() {
        console.trace();
      }
      bar();
    }
    
    foo();
    

In the console, the following trace will be displayed:

    
    
    bar
    foo
    <anonymous>
    

##  Specifications

Specification  
---  
[ Console Standard  
#  trace  ](https://console.spec.whatwg.org/#trace)  
  
##  Browser compatibility

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JavaScript to view data.

##  See also

  * [ Microsoft Edge's documentation for ` console.trace() ` ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/devtools-guide-chromium/console/api#trace)
  * [ Node.JS documentation for ` console.trace() ` ](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/console.html#consoletracemessage-args)
  * [ Google Chrome's documentation for ` console.trace() ` ](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/console/api/#trace)

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