[Feature Request] Standalone "Java Stack Trace Console" (paste-and-navigate stack traces, independent of an active debug session)

[SougandhS]

Developers frequently receive Java stack traces from log files, CI failures, bug reports, chat messages, and production logs. Eclipse JDT has a "Java Stack Trace Console" — you paste any Java stack trace into it (from a log file, CI, a bug report, etc.) and each frame becomes a clickable link that jumps to the source line. It works without a running debug session.

VS Code doesn't have this today. The closest existing request, #506, only covers stack traces printed live in the Debug Console during an active session — it doesn't help when you just have a trace from somewhere else and want to navigate it.

The main challenge is resolving a class name to the right source file (multiple projects with same-named classes, inner classes, lambdas, etc.). Eclipse already solves this in JavaStackTraceHyperlink.java

Related to eclipse-jdtls/eclipse.jdt.ls#3834

[github-actions]

Hi Sougandh S (@SougandhS), I'm an AI Support assistant here to help with your issue. While the team reviews your request, I wanted to provide some possible tips and documentation that might help you in the meantime.

Suggestions

• Upvote or comment on existing feature requests:

  • vscode-java-debug#506: live Debug Console only supports stack hyperlinks during an active session. It’s the closest existing ask. Jump to source when clicking the call stack info in debug console #506
  • eclipse-jdt.ls#1202: adds a convert callstack entry to location LSP method that could serve as the backend for a standalone console. [Feature Request] Provide method for converting callstack entry to location eclipse-jdtls/eclipse.jdt.ls#1202 (comment)
  • eclipse-jdt.ls#3834: tracks broader support for stack-trace navigation outside of debug sessions. (Feature Request) Add support for JDT Debbuger and Test Infrastructure? eclipse-jdtls/eclipse.jdt.ls#3834
  • Enable Navigation to Classes from Debug Console redhat-developer/vscode-java#3867: enables Ctrl+Click navigation from the Debug Console. Enable Navigation to Classes from Debug Console redhat-developer/vscode-java#3867

• Reference Eclipse’s implementation for parsing and hyperlinking:

  • JavaStackTraceHyperlink.java – the parsing logic and hyperlink resolution used by Eclipse JDT. https://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.debug/blob/master/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/debug/ui/console/JavaStackTraceHyperlink.java

• Workaround:

  1. Launch any Java debug configuration.
  2. Paste your stack trace into the Debug Console.
  3. Click the generated hyperlinks to jump to source.

• Contribution path:

  1. Create a VS Code extension with an OutputChannel for pasted text.
  2. Use LSP commands (java.resolveType / java.resolveSource) or the convert callstack entry to location API from The cursor should point to the starting column when hitting on inline breakpoint #1202 to resolve each frame.
  3. Render each frame as a clickable link that opens the file at the correct line.

Labels

• enhancement

Other references with low confidence

- #1133: “Support for copying complete stacks to the pasteboard” – related to console features but not directly navigation. https://github.com//issues/1133

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[wenytang-ms]

Thanks for the great suggestion, Sougandh S (@SougandhS)! 🙏

This is a really cool idea — a standalone, session-independent "Java Stack Trace Console" that lets you paste a trace and click straight to the source would be a nice productivity boost. We'll discuss it internally and fold it into our planning, then pick it up for implementation.

If you'd like to contribute, we'd be more than happy to support you. Thanks again!

[wenytang-ms]

Sougandh S (@SougandhS)
This feature is already shipped on 0.59.2026072407
User experience you can ref #1657 see the vedio

[SougandhS]

Thank you wenyt (@wenytang-ms), will check this out ❤️