Methods and systems for internally debugging code in an on-demand service environment

A system comprising at least one memory device coupled with one or hardware processors, the system configurable to:

• receive a debugging session request utilizing an application program interface (API) from a client device over a network connection, the debugging session request to debug code executed by the server group;
• establish a connection between the server group and the client device to initiate a debugging session between the server group and the client device utilizing the API in response to the debugging session request, the server group to maintain open the connection with the client device for a duration of the debugging session;
• enable use of breakpoints via remote debugging utilizing the client device;
• maintain state for the debugging session with a resource shared among the server group;
• receive service requests via the API;
• and
• distribute the service requests among the server group for processing, wherein each server that processes a request is to communicate via the API to the client device and wherein breakpoint operations are modified to be registered in a same state as the connection, and be connected back to the API.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors within a server group, are configurable to cause the one or more processors to:

• receive a debugging session request utilizing an application program interface (API) from a client device over a network connection, the debugging session request to debug code executed by the server group;
• establish a connection between the server group and the client device to initiate a debugging session between the server group and the client device utilizing the API in response to the debugging session request, the server group to maintain open the connection with the client device for a duration of the debugging session;
• enable use of breakpoints via remote debugging utilizing the client device;
• maintain state for the debugging session with a resource shared among the server group;
• receive service requests via the API;
• and
• distribute the service requests among the server group for processing, wherein each server that processes a request is to communicate via the API to the client device and wherein breakpoint operations are modified to be registered in a same state as the connection, and be connected back to the API.

A method comprising:

• receiving a debugging session request utilizing an application program interface (API) from a client device over a network connection, the debugging session request to debug code executed by the server group;
• establishing a connection between the server group and the client device to initiate a debugging session between the server group and the client device utilizing the API in response to the debugging session request, the server group to maintain open the connection with the client device for a duration of the debugging session;
• enabling use of breakpoints via remote debugging utilizing the client device;
• maintaining state for the debugging session with a resource shared among the server group;
• receiving service requests via the API;
• and
• distributing the service requests among the server group for processing, wherein each server that processes a request is to communicate via the API to the client device and wherein breakpoint operations are modified to be registered in a same state as the connection, and be connected back to the API.