Collecting Browser Console Logs

Before obtaining browsers logs (or console logs) from Chrome or Firefox, enable timestamps on your browser.  This helps synchronize client and server timings.

Enabling timestamps and preserving logs upon navigation

Using Chrome

  1. From the menu bar click View > Developer > Developer Tools.

  2. Click the Customize and control Dev Tools button (3 vertical dots)

  3. Click Settings

  4. Under Preferences tick the following check boxes:

    • Log XML HTTPRequests

    • Show timestamps

    • Preserve log upon navigation 

Using Firefox

  1. From the menu bar click Tools > Web Developer > Toggle Tools 

  2. Click Customize Developer Tools and Get Help

  3. Click Settings (The cog button)

  4. Tick the following checkboxes:

    • Enable timestamps

Collect console logs on Chrome or Firefox

  1. Open the Developer Tools

  2. In chrome ensure you are collecting verbose level logs like this

  3. Perform the steps of the scenario to capture.

  4. Depending on your browser:

    • Right click > Save as (notepad text file).

    • Right Click > Select All, Right click > Copy.

      • Paste that into a text file.

  5. Attach the text files to your support ticket.

Using Internet Explorer:

  1. Press the F12 key to open the Developer Tools Window

  2. In the Console Tab, enable extra logging by selecting target Frame: 3 and executing the following command: AgentSDK.EnableIE11DebugLogging(true)

  3. Perform the steps of the scenario to capture.

  4. From the Console Tab, Right click and click Copy All

  5. You disable the extra logging by executing:

    • AgentSDK.EnableIE11DebugLogging(false)

    • Note: It recommended to turn debug logging off after testing as leaving it on for extended periods can cause IE to crash.

Collecting HAR logs

The HAR logs contain a lot more detail from the Internet Explorer browser.

The HTTP Archive format or HAR, is a JSON-format archive for logging of a web browser's interaction with a site.

How to generate a HAR on Chrome

  1. Open Google Chrome and go to the page where the issue is occurring.

  2. From the Chrome menu bar click View > Developer > Developer Tools .

  3. The panel opens at the bottom of your screen, select the Network tab.

  4. Look for a round Record button (  ) in the upper left corner of the Network tab; it is red when recording. If it is grey, click it once to start recording.

  5. Check the box next to Preserve log.

  6. Click the Clear button (  ) to clear out any existing logs from the Network tab.

  7. Perform the steps of the scenario to capture. This might involve refreshing the page first.

  8. Right click anywhere on the grid of network requests, select Save as HAR with Content, and save the file to your computer.


How to generate a HAR on Microsoft Edge (or Microsoft Internet Explorer)

  1. Browse to the URL where you wish to begin capturing

  2. Navigate to Developer Tools (use F12 as a shortcut) and select the Network tab.

  3. Perform the steps of the scenario to capture.

  4. Click on Export as HAR

  5. Click Save As... to save the HAR file (or XML if using older version of IE).

Collecting Other Non-Browser Logs

Collecting USD Logs or Network Traffic

Please refer to: Capturing USD logs.  This section also includes steps for capturing network traffic.

Collecting logs from Chrome on Android

Typically, applications manage their own logs running on Android. To access Android logs root access you require root access.  It is possible to collect logs with a remote debug session. See: Remote Debugging Android Devices.

Collecting logs from Safari on iOS

Collect run time logs with Safari Web Inspector.

See: