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Tracebacks should include values of local variables

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#626 opened on Dec 9, 2017

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Description

  • possible privacy concern if URIs/bookmark/history details are included in tracebacks
    • it's difficult to detect which variables this applies to from a generic traceback()
  • difficult to display some variables
    • functions (but these won't usually be relevant)
    • tables need to be summarized in some fashion

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Research direction
Investigate how to securely include local variable values in tracebacks while filtering sensitive data like URIs. Study existing Lua traceback mechanisms and consider approaches such as whitelists or redaction for known sensitive types.
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Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
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LuaGit
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30