RL BugHistory

RL BugHistory is a lightweight Lua error history viewer for World of Warcraft, built for the RL Addons suite.

In the current version RL BugHistory captures all Lua errors on its own, without any external error‑capturing addons.

Features

Own error capturing via the global Lua error handler
Suppresses the Blizzard Lua error frame so RL BugHistory is the only error UI
Minimap / LibDataBroker icon with error counter
Error window with:
- Tabs per addon (all errors of this addon in the current session)
- Full message, stack trace and locals, formatted for readability
History view:
- Persistent error history across multiple sessions
- Grouped by addon, sorted by time
- Filter by addon to only see errors for a specific addon
Copy helper:
- “Copy last error” button for the current selection
- Popup with pre‑selected text for quick bug reports
Settings:
- Language (Automatic / German / English)
- Option to automatically open the RL BugHistory window when a Lua error occurs

RL BugHistory automatically detects these libraries, whether they are standalone addons or embedded in other addons.

The icon text shows the number of errors in the current session.

Open via:
- The minimap/LDB icon, or
- Slash commands: /rlbug or /rlbughistory
Tabs at the bottom:
- All: all errors of the current session
- One tab per addon name (determined from the stack trace):
- Selecting an addon tab shows only errors from that addon

Shows all stored errors from the database
Sorting: newest errors first, grouped by addon
For each entry:
- Timestamp
- Addon name
- Formatted error text (message, stack, locals)
The history filter can be set to a specific addon to only show that addon’s error history.

On the “Errors” page:

“Copy last error” button:
- Opens a popup with:
- the last error of the current selection (All or selected addon)
- full message, stack trace and locals
- The text is pre‑selected so you only need to press Ctrl+C.

Typical targets:

Please report bugs and feature requests here:

Ideally, paste the copied error text from RL BugHistory into your report.

The “About” tab shows:

RL logo
Addon title
Author and contact information (including donation address and bug tracker link)

RL BugHistory currently supports:

The addon automatically selects the language based on the client locale, but you can override it in the settings tab.