Thread-specific watch event administration in a non-stop debugging environment

A method of thread-specific watch event administration in a non-stop debugging environment, the non-stop debugging environment comprising a debugger configured to debug a debuggee comprising a plurality of threads of execution, wherein encountering an event by one of threads stops execution of only the one thread without concurrently stopping execution of other threads, the method comprising:

• holding from execution, by the debugger, a thread triggering a watch event;
• determining, by the debugger, whether the watch event was set for the thread triggering the watch event;
• if the watch event was set for the thread triggering the watch event, setting, by the debugger, the debug perspective of a graphical user interface (‘GUI’) to the thread triggering the watch event;
• and
• if the watch event was not set for the thread triggering the watch event:
• retrieving, by the debugger, watch event information from the thread triggering the watch event;
• and
• resuming, by the debugger without user interaction, execution of the thread triggering the watch event.