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Root-cause debugging enforces the Iron Law: no fixes without a root cause. It guides you through four phases—investigate, analyze, hypothesize, implement—to identify symptoms and apply durable solutions rather than patching surface errors.

Troubleshoot unexpected crashes by invoking a four-phase debugging process: investigate symptoms, analyze collected evidence, hypothesize the failure, and implement a validated fix. It prompts for context and uses built-in tools to reproduce and isolate failures.

Yes, structured debugging works across bugs, crashes, and performance anomalies. It proactively guides you when you report errors, collecting structured evidence to trace, test, and validate fixes for any unexpected software behavior.

Reproduce and isolate failures using built-in tools within the analysis phase. The process enforces structured evidence gathering and hypothesis testing to trace the exact failure point before you implement any code changes.

You cannot stop recurring bugs without finding the root cause. This debugging approach enforces the Iron Law—no fixes without a root cause—ensuring you implement durable solutions instead of temporary patches that fail again.

Systematic debugging requires no external dependencies. You start by invoking the process to guide your root-cause investigation, providing context about the error so it can prompt for evidence and define a repeatable tracing workflow.