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Stack trace

Also called: Stacktrace, Backtrace

The list of function calls printed when an error happens, showing where in the code it occurred.

Definition

Developers use the stack trace to find the failing line. Testers copy the relevant part, usually starting at the exception name, into the bug report.

In practice

logcat shows 'FATAL EXCEPTION … NullPointerException at DeepLinkParser.kt:27', the line the developer needs.

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