Ripster
I’m trying to setup intellij to give it a try but I’m having trouble getting it working with Phoenix.
I have created a new Run/Debug configuration, set my program arguments to phx.server. When I run the project using the debug button it appears to run but when I visit the page I’m greeted with the error Internal server error. The console in intellij shows this:
[info] Running WebsiteWeb.Endpoint with Cowboy using http://0.0.0.0:4000
23:22:31 - info: compiled 6 files into 2 files, copied 3 in 587 ms
[info] GET /
[debug] Processing with WebsiteWeb.PageController.index/2
Parameters: %{}
Pipelines: [:browser]
[info] Sent 200 in 46ms
[info] Sent 500 in 66ms
[error] #PID<0.549.0> running WebsiteWeb.Endpoint terminated
Server: 0.0.0.0:4000 (http)
Request: GET /
** (exit) {%ArgumentError{message: "argument error"}, []}
Oddly enough when I run the project using the same configuration by clicking the “run” button in intellij it works perfectly fine.
Is there something I’m missing or have misconfigured? I’d like to be able to set break points and use the debugger.
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KronicDeth
Given no other information and since the logger doesn’t show the error, I’m going to guess it is this bug, which was actually a bug with
Logger, which turned out to be a bug with:dbg_ieval, which is part of the debugger in OTP. @josevalim fixed the:dbg_ievalbug, but that means you need to wait until the next version of OTP to be released to get the fix (orerlcjust that module to get the fix).You can work around the problem for now by excluding modules from being interpreted that trigger the bug. In most cases this will be modules that have
Loggercalls that take an anonymous function and then interpolate inside that anonymous function likeLast Post!
Ripster
Excluding
WebsiteWeb.Endpointseems to have fixed it. I don’t have any explicit calls to the logger but it doesuse Phoenix.Endpointand have calls to plug, both of which I believe have Logger calls with interpolated anonymous functions in them.Thank you very much for taking time to explain the issue and help get it fixed!