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+
+=================
+JavaScript Tracer
+=================
+
+How to use the JavaScript Tracer
+*****************************************
+
+.. note::
+
+  This feature is still under development and may drastically change at any time.
+  You will have to toggle `devtools.debugger.features.javascript-tracing preference` preference to true in about:config
+  before opening DevTools in order to use it.
+
+Once enabled, you have three ways to toggle the tracer:
+
+  * From the debugger, via the tracer icon on the top right of its toolbar |image1|.
+
+    You can right click on this button (only when the tracer is OFF) to configure its behavior.
+
+  * From the console, via the `:trace` command.
+
+    You can execute `:trace --help` to see all supported optional arguments.
+    Otherwise `:trace` will either start or stop the JS Tracer based on its current state.
+
+  * From the page, via Ctrl+Shift+5 key shortcut (or Cmd+Shift+5 on MacOS).
+
+    Triggering this key shortcut will either start or stop the JS Tracer based on its current state.
+    This will use the configuration current defined in the Debugger tracer icon's context menu.
+
+.. |image1| image:: trace-icon.svg
+
+Tracer options
+**************
+
+Logging output
+--------------
+
+ * Web Console (Default)
+
+   The JS Tracer will log all JS function calls into the Web Console panel.
+   This helps see the precise order of JS calls versus anything logged in the console:
+   console API usages, exceptions, CSS warnings, ...
+
+   |image2|
+
+   (`:trace --logMethod console`)
+
+ * Stdout
+
+   The JS Tracer will log all JS function calls in your terminal (assuming you launched Firefox from a terminal).
+   This output is especially useful when the page involves lots of JS activity as it is faster to render.
+   You may also use various terminal tricks to filter the output the way you want.
+   Note that source URLs are flagged with some special characters so that most terminal will allow you to click on them.
+   If Firefox is your default browser, the links should open the debugger on the right location.
+   Assuming this is the same Firefox instance that is logging the traces and the same instance that the terminal app tries to open.
+   And you need DevTools to be kept opened, otherwise the link will open as a regular URL in a new tab.
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  —DOM | click
+  —[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:37892 - λ add/v.handle
+  ——[baseline]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:39398 - λ dispatch
+  ———[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:40960 - λ fix
+  ————[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:41576 - λ ce.Event
+  ———[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:30171 - λ get
+  ————[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:29696 - λ F
+  ———[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:40177 - λ handlers
+
+(`:trace --logMethod stdout`)
+
+.. |image2| image:: console-trace.png
+  :class: border
+
+Delayed start
+-------------
+
+There is two ways to delay the actual start of the JS Tracer.
+Both require to request the tracer to start by clicking on the debugger tracer icon, or run the `:trace` console command, or trigger the key shortcut.
+The Tracer will then be in pending mode, which is indicated via a blue badge on the tracer icon. |image3|
+
+ * on next user interaction
+
+   The tracer will only really start logging function calls when the first clicking or pressing a key on the page.
+   To be precise, the tracer will start on first mousdown or keydown event.
+
+   (`:trace --on-next-interaction`)
+
+ * on next page load
+
+   The tracer will only really start when navigating to another page or reloading the current page.
+   It will start just before anything starts being executed.
+   It help see the very first JavaScript code running on the page.
+
+   (Note that this feature is not available via the console command.)
+
+.. |image3| image:: pending-icon.png
+  :class: border
+
+Tracing function returns
+------------------------
+
+You may optionally log function returns, i.e. the precise execution ordering when a function ends and returns.
+This is disabled by default as it doubles the output of the tracer.
+
+.. image:: trace-returns.png
+
+(`:trace --returns`)
+
+Tracing values
+--------------
+
+You may optionally display all function call arguments as well as function return values (if enabled).
+This is disabled by default as it complexify the output of the tracer, making it slower and less readable.
+
+.. image:: trace-returns-with-values.png
+
+.. image:: trace-values.png
+
+(`:trace --values`)
+
+
+Web Console Command only options
+--------------------------------
+
+ * Log DOM Mutations
+
+You may optionally trace all DOM Mutations happening on the page.
+The mutation will appear according to their precise execution order versus JavaScript code modifying the DOM (JS Traces),
+but also errors, warnings and console API logs.
+By default, the console command argument `--dom-mutations` will record all types of mutations: new nodes being added to the document,
+attributes changed on a node and node being removed from the document.
+The argument also accept a coma separated list of options to control which type of mutation should be logged.
+
+(`:trace --dom-mutations` === `:trace --dom-mutations add,attributes,remove`)
+
+ * Depth limit
+
+You may optionally limit the depth of function calls being logged.
+For example, limiting the depth to "1" will typically only log the event listener function. i.e. the top level function being called by the Web Engine.
+This allows to drastically reduce the output of the trace, but may hide precious information.
+The tracer will not be automatically stopped by this option. This will only ignore nested function calls passed the given depth limit.
+
+For example, while :trace without any argument would log the following on bugzilla:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  —DOM | mousedown
+  —[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:37892 - λ add/v.handle
+  ——[baseline]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:39398 - λ dispatch
+  ———[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:40960 - λ fix
+  ————[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:41576 - λ ce.Event
+  ———[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:30171 - λ get
+  ————[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:29696 - λ F
+  ———[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:40177 - λ handlers
+  —DOM | mouseup
+  —[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:37892 - λ add/v.handle
+  ——[baseline]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:39398 - λ dispatch
+  ———[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:40960 - λ fix
+  ————[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:41576 - λ ce.Event
+  ———[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:30171 - λ get
+  ————[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:29696 - λ F
+  ———[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:40177 - λ handlers
+
+running `:trace --max-depth 1` will give us:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  —DOM | mousedown
+  —[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:37892 - λ add/v.handle
+  —DOM | mouseup
+  —[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:37892 - λ add/
+
+and running `:trace --max-depth 3` will give us:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  —DOM | mousedown
+  —[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:37892 - λ add/v.handle
+  ——[baseline]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:39398 - λ dispatch
+  ———[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:40960 - λ fix
+  ———[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:30171 - λ get
+  ———[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:40177 - λ handlers
+  —DOM | mouseup
+  —[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:37892 - λ add/v.handle
+  ——[baseline]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:39398 - λ dispatch
+  ———[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:40960 - λ fix
+  ———[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:30171 - λ get
+  ———[interpreter]—> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/static/v20240305.1/js/jquery/jquery-min.js:2:40177 - λ handlers
+
+(`:trace --max-depth 5`)
+
+ * Record limit
+
+You may optionally limit the number of "records" being logged, after which the tracer will be automatically stopped.
+A record is composed of one top level function call, including all its nested function being called from this top level one.
+
+This option can be especially useful in combination to tracer on next user interaction.
+This can help narrow down to a very precise code acting only on a mouse or key event processing.
+
+(`:trace --max-records 10`)
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