Starlord
Starlord4mo ago

Debug Production

Hello, I have run into a situation where a user has a problem / bug in production environment. Is there a way to copy production environment into development? what would be the best way to login as this user and to simulate his connection?
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Convex Bot4mo ago
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jamalsoueidan
jamalsoueidan4mo ago
I think you can start locally with --prod
Starlord
StarlordOP4mo ago
start frontend? or what do you mean
jamalsoueidan
jamalsoueidan4mo ago
you can change the env to point to the production env
Starlord
StarlordOP4mo ago
i see thanks
ballingt
ballingt4mo ago
You can copy data between environments with https://docs.convex.dev/database/backup-restore You can as jamal suggests deploy directly to prod, or have your local dev frontend talk to the prod frontend Just checking you're aware that you can see logs and data from prod by switching to the prod environment in the dashboard
what would be the best way to login as this user and to simulate his connection?
You can run functions as an arbitrary user in the function runner, but if you want an "imitate user" experience for your website you'll have to build it, it depends on your application
Is there a way to copy production environment into development?
I'm curious why you want to do this, because you can investigate prod with all the same tools as dev — but if you want a data snapshot that makes sense
Starlord
StarlordOP4mo ago
yes thanks i will investigate with --prod

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