Simulator
Fire realistic signals or high-volume chaos, then watch DevTools or your capture pipeline.
Shortcuts F12 · Ctrl+Shift+I ⌘+⌥+IMac
Realistic signals shaped like the ones a production app actually emits. Icons mark the signal type; the strip shows roughly what appears in DevTools.
Console output
Structured console.log
Route-change telemetry — message plus an inspectable object.
[router] navigation { from: "/dashboard", to: "/dashboard/billing", durationMs: 142, … }
Deprecation warning
SDK-style notice with method name, version, and migration URL.
⚠ [deprecation] `auth.getUserData()` is deprecated and will be removed in v4.0.0…
Checkout event payload
Nested object tree — order ID, amount, customer, timestamp.
[checkout] event { step: "payment", orderId: "ord_…", amountCents: 1299, customer: {…} }
Request waterfall
Collapsed group mixing 200s, a slow response, and a 503 retry.
▸ Request waterfall · /dashboard — 5 entries (GET 200, slow, POST 503 retry, …)
Thrown errors
TypeError on undefined
The single most common runtime error — access on a value that isn't there yet.
► TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'preferences')
ReferenceError
Calling a global the third-party script never loaded (analytics, gtag, fbq, etc).
► ReferenceError: gtag is not defined
Deep call stack
Error nested through submitOrder → validatePayment → authorizeWithStripe.
► Error: Missing payment token — cannot authorize charge for order ord_…
RangeError (stack overflow)
Unintentional infinite recursion — exhausts the call stack.
► RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded
SyntaxError on JSON.parse
Classic trap — API returned an HTML error page instead of JSON.
► SyntaxError: Unexpected token '<', "<!DOCTYPE "... is not valid JSON
Async & runtime failures
Unhandled promise rejection
Promise with no .catch — hits the unhandledrejection event.
Uncaught (in promise) Error: Failed to fetch user profile for usr_…: 401 Unauthorized
Uncaught error in timer
Throw inside setTimeout — escapes try/catch, bubbles to window.onerror.
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'theme')
Failed fetch (network)
Request to a non-resolving domain — fires a real TypeError: Failed to fetch.
GET https://api.broken-example-domain.invalid/v1/users/me net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED
CORS-blocked request
Cross-origin fetch the browser blocks — emits its own console error.
Access to fetch at 'https://example.com/…' from origin '…' has been blocked by CORS policy
Resource 404 (image)
Broken <img> source — fires an error event on the element. Often missed by capture tools.
GET /static/avatars/user-…png 404 (Not Found) — element error event fires
Framework & stress tests
React-style key warning
Dev-mode warning with component stack — does your tool tag this as a warning or an error?
Warning: Each child in a list should have a unique "key" prop. … at OrderItem at OrderList at App
Long task violation
Blocks the main thread ~220ms — trips the browser's own [Violation] warning.
[Violation] 'click' handler took 221ms
Duplicate burst (×25)
25 identical errors back-to-back — exercises dedup & rate-limit logic in your capture pipeline.
► Error: Network request failed: timeout after 30000ms × 25
Uses Include below — each emission picks one enabled type at random.
Burst
Batch emissions back-to-back — same Include list, no timer.
Timed loop
Optional — repeat one emission per interval until you stop.
Idle