Debugging microservices within confidential computing

A computer system for securely debugging a microservice executing in a confidential computing environment, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors in communication with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method, said method comprising:
• obtaining, by the one or more processors in the confidential computing environment, from an untrusted computing resource, via a secure channel between the confidential computing environment and the untrusted computing resource, a debugging command in a command request packet;
• analyzing, by the one or more processors, command request packet to determine a security level for the debugging command and a security level for the confidential computing environment, wherein the analyzing comprises comparing a quantitative value of the security level for the debugging command to a quantitative value of the security level for the confidential computing environment;
• generating, by the one or more processors, a command reply packet, wherein contents of the command reply are packet based on the comparing;
• and
• transmitting, by the one or more processors, the command reply packet to the untrusted computing resource via the secure channel.

A computer program product for securely debugging a microservice executing in a confidential computing environment, comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media readable by at least one processing circuit to:
• obtain, from an untrusted computing resource, via a secure channel between the confidential computing environment and the untrusted computing resource, a debugging command in a command request packet;
• analyze the command request packet to determine a security level for the debugging command and a security level for the confidential computing environment, wherein the analyzing comprises comparing a quantitative value of the security level for the debugging command to a quantitative value of the security level for the confidential computing environment;
• generate a command reply packet, wherein contents of the command reply packet are based on the comparing;
• and
• transmit the command reply packet to the untrusted computing resource via the secure channel.