About
Root Cause Tracing is a specialized debugging skill designed to solve complex software errors that manifest deep within a call stack. Rather than patching symptoms where they occur, this skill enforces a backward-tracing methodology to find the true origin of invalid data or state. It provides structured guidance on adding instrumentation, analyzing stack traces, and using bisection scripts to identify test pollution. By identifying the source of an issue, developers can implement defense-in-depth validations that make the bug impossible to replicate, ensuring higher code quality and system stability.
