gstack-openclaw-investigate

Root-cause debugging isolates the exact origin of a bug through structured investigation and evidence gathering before attempting a fix. It stops guesswork by enforcing deterministic reproduction and formal verification of the failure.

To find the root cause of an error, begin with Phase 1: gather symptoms, read the code path, and reproduce the failure deterministically. Then apply hypothesis testing to systematically isolate the origin of the unpredictable behavior.

The best way to debug unpredictable behavior across services is using a phase-based investigation workflow. This approach emphasizes systematic evidence gathering and deterministic reproduction steps to trace failures across code paths.

Yes, structured investigation applies directly to errors, stack traces, and reproduction steps. It guides you through hypothesis testing and comprehensive debug reporting to generate traceable outputs for verification.

Root-cause debugging emphasizes deterministic reproduction as a core requirement. Without deterministic reproduction, formal verification of the root cause is unreliable, making the structured investigation workflow less effective at isolating the true origin.

A structured root-cause investigation produces comprehensive debug reporting with traceable outputs. These outputs document the gathered evidence, tested hypotheses, and formal verification of the identified root cause.