Debugging
Inspector¶
You can use the the built-in inspector from Node.js to debug your application.
Tip
Read more about Debugging Node.js Applications.
Debug messages¶
The server provides some debug messages that you can enable individually per category, by setting the DEBUG environment variable.
To enable all logs, you can run your server using:
DEBUG=colyseus:* node server.js
See below all available debug categories with sample outputs.
colyseus:patch¶
Logs the number of bytes and interval between patches broadcasted to all clients.
colyseus:patch "chat" (roomId: "ryWiL5rLTZ") is sending 28 bytes: +57ms
colyseus:patch:data¶
Displays a human-readable version of the data broadcasted to all clients.
colyseus:patch:data [ { op: 'replace', path: '/players/BygiLqrLpZ/x', value: 5 } ] +56ms
colyseus:errors¶
Logs whenever unexpected (or expected, internally) errors happens on the server-side.
colyseus:matchmaking¶
Logs whenever a room is spanwed or disposed.
colyseus:matchmaking spawning 'chat' on worker 77218 +52s
colyseus:matchmaking disposing 'chat' on worker 77218 +2s