Automatically captured data

BugSnag automatically captures a variety of data to help you debug your errors. You may wish to avoid capturing some types of data, particularly if there are privacy implications for your users.

User information

User information is used to show you which errors are impacting the most users. Set your own user identifiers if you want to be able to find errors affecting individual users.

Data	Default value	Preventing collection
User ID	The remote IP address of the request	Modify User.Id in a callback

Application information

Information about the application can be useful to identify if an error occurs in certain versions.

Data	Default value	Preventing collection
Release stage	The value of martini.Env	Modify the ReleaseStage configuration option

Device information

Information about the device can be useful to identify if an error is only occurring on some devices.

Data	Default value	Preventing collection
Hostname	Server host name as identified by os.Hostname()	Modify the Hostname configuration option

Request information

Details about the request can be helpful to reproduce errors.

Data	Default value	Preventing collection
Client IP	The remote IP address of the request	Override the value of clientIp in MetaData["request"] in a callback
HTTP method	The method used to send the current request	Override the value of httpMethod in MetaData["request"] in a callback
Headers	The headers sent with the request	Override the value of headers in MetaData["request"] in a callback
Params	The URL query parameters	Override the value of params in MetaData["request"] in a callback
Request URL	The URL including query parameters	Override the value of url in MetaData["request"] in a callback

Error information

Modifying error information may affect error grouping.

Data	Default value	Preventing collection
Context	The request URL path	Append a new value for Context in a callback
Error class	The name or title of the error that occurred	Modify ErrorClass in a callback
Error message	The description of the error that occurred	Modify Message in a callback
Stack trace	The list of active method calls (and the file and line number locations) at the point the error was detected	Modify stacktrace in a callback