microsoft / microsoft/react-native-windows

Implement captureStackTrace

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Area: Debug Infrastructure Area: JavaScript Engine enhancement Integration Follow-up Workstream: Developer Experience
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Description

Summary

#13255 brings in this change from upstream: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/4fbc1f2ef8bef00d6577e44fbbe505dca3eba691

Currently, the overrides return an empty StackTrace.

Motivation

It would improve the debugging story.

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Research direction

Start by reading upstream commit 4fbc1f2ef8bef00d6577e44fbbe505dca3eba691 and locating the Windows overrides that currently return an empty StackTrace. Determine the relevant implementation and test entry points from that comparison. Done means captureStackTrace produces useful stack traces and the debugging behavior is covered by the available tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, react-native
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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