Server bug replication tool

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DeusExMachina
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Server bug replication tool

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Not really a feature, more a debugging tool to finally nail these sever bugs.
What would be the utility to adding enough logging that server activity could be thoroughly logged and later replicated via script.
So for instance, on a server crash, the exact environment (same singers, same playlists, same venues, same singers, same songs being sung) and client-server actions (same clients logged in, same concurrent searches, etc.) that led to it could be emulated in a python script running on the relaunched server to replicate the exact conditions that led to the crash event.

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yes, i've thought of that, and may actually do something like that.

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The key, though, is to be able to replicate from the data exactly what preceded an event, rather than just being able to emulate a random server session. Even without the accompanying script to replicate the event, the cause might then be seen directly in the data.
At least in theory.
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yes, i'd have to instrument the tool to be able to provide everything required to re-create the event.

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