Debugger that correlates differing values to system environments in a distributed system

A computer-implemented method executed by at least one processor for a debugger to debug distributed software executing on a plurality of computers systems, the method comprising:

• querying the plurality of computer systems to determine a system environment of each of the plurality of computer systems;
• querying at least one value of interest in the distributed software when execution of the distributed software is stopped;
• determining when the at last one value of interest differs between the plurality of computer systems;
• and
• determining when the at least one value of interest that differs correlates to system environment of the plurality of computer systems, and in response, notifying a user regarding the correlation of the at least one value of interest that differs to the system environment of the plurality of computer systems.

A computer-implemented method executed by at least one processor for a debugger to debug distributed software executing on a plurality of computers systems, the method comprising:

• upon initialization of the debugger, querying the plurality of computer systems to determine a system environment of each of the plurality of computer systems, wherein the system environment comprises:
• processor type;
• processor speed;
• processor threads;
• memory;
• operating system type;
• operating system version;
• installed software;
• and
• settings for the installed software;
• querying at least one value of interest in the distributed software when execution of the distributed software is stopped;
• once the distributed software is stopped, querying at least one of the plurality of computer systems to determine the system environment;
• determining when the at last one value of interest differs between the plurality of computer systems;
• and
• determining when the at least one value of interest that differs correlates to the system environment of the plurality of computer systems, and in response, notifying a user regarding the correlation of the at least one value of interest that differs to the system environment of the plurality of computer systems.