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.

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	The hostname of the PHP instance, as returned by php_uname	Override using setHostname in your configuration
Runtime versions	The version of PHP and supported frameworks in use	Modify metadata.device in a callback

Error information

Modifying error information may affect error grouping.

Data	Default value	Preventing collection
Error class	The exception’s class name	Override the error data within a report using a callback and the setName method
Error message	The exception’s message	Override the error data within a report using a callback and the setMessage method
Stack trace	A stack trace derived from the exception, containing code, filenames, methods and line numbers	Override the error data within a report using a callback and the getStacktrace method. To disable collecting code snippets, use setSendCode
Context	The request method and URI, or run command in the case of a console instance	Override the report’s context using a callback or custom middleware

Application information

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

Data	Default value	Preventing collection
Type	The PHP run or server API type as determined by php_sapi_name	Override using setAppType within your configuration

Request information

Details about the request can be helpful to reproduce errors.

The request tab will only be present in the event of an HTTP request. This tab can be removed in its entirety using the addMetaData method within a middleware or callback, setting the request metadata to null.

Data	Default value	Preventing collection
Url	The requested URL	Filter url using metadata filters
Http Method	The request method used	Filter httpMethod using metadata filters
Parameters	The parameters input with the request	Filter params using metadata filters
Client IP	The request’s HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR or REMOTE_ADDR information	Filter clientIp using metadata filters
User Agent	The HTTP_USER_AGENT value for the request	Filter userAgent using metadata filters
Headers	The request’s headers in an array	Filter headers using metadata filters

Console information

Details about a console-run PHP script can be helpful to reproduce errors.

The console tab will only be present in the event of a console-run PHP error. This tab can be removed in its entirety using the addMetaData method within a middleware or callback, setting the console metadata to null.

Data	Default value	Preventing collection
Command	The command run without arguments	Filter Command using metadata filters
Input	The full command string	Filter Input using metadata filters
Arguments	An array of arguments provided to the command	Filter Arguments using metadata filters
Options	An array of options provided to the command	Filter Options using metadata filters

Session information

Attaches session data stored in $_SESSION when a PHP request has been made.

This tab can be removed in its entirety using the addMetaData method within a middleware or callback, setting the session metadata to null.

Data	Default value	Preventing collection
Session	Any information stored in the $_SESSION array	Filter session using metadata filters

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
Id	The request’s HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR or REMOTE_ADDR information	Override using the setUser method within a middleware or callback