The Flow Debugger is a new feature introduced in the ServiceNow Yokohama Release to help developers troubleshoot and debug flows in Flow Designer more efficiently. This feature enhances developer productivity by reducing trial-and-error debugging and providing deeper visibility into Flow Designer executions.
Objectives
- The Flow Debugger Demo
- Key Features
The Flow Debugger Steps
Step 1 - Starting debug process by clicking "Debug" button on you flow.
Step 2 - Sellect a record for the debugging process.
Step 3 - Sellect the breakpoint on any step of your flow.
Step 4 - Resume the debgging process by clicking the "Resume" button
Step 5 - When the flow error is identified during the validation, you can see "Debug Mode - Error" marked as number (5)
Step 6 - Open your flow to fix the error, re-run the Flow Debuger by repeating step 1 to step 5 untill all errors are fixed. You will see the following screenshot.
Key Features
- Step-by-Step Execution – Allows developers to step through each action in the flow to analyze how data is processed.
- Real-Time Variable Inspection – Developers can inspect and modify variable values during execution to understand flow behavior.
- Breakpoints & Pausing – Users can set breakpoints to pause execution at specific actions, making it easier to diagnose issues.
- Error Tracing & Logging – Provides detailed logs of execution paths, errors, and skipped steps to speed up troubleshooting.
- Retry & Modify Execution – If a flow fails, developers can modify values and retry execution without starting from scratch.
- Visual Flow Execution Timeline – Offers a graphical timeline of executed steps, helping in performance analysis.
- Live Debugging – Enables real-time debugging of flows triggered by actual events or test executions.
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