Introducing Fiddler Jam

Fiddler Jam is a new product in the Fiddler family that helps to address the problems we have debugging remotely reported issues.

It's time we all faced a harsh reality: debugging customer issues remotely is, at best, difficult and at worst... impossible.

The vast majority of web, mobile, and desktop apps consume remote APIs and services. What happens when the end user's network fails? What if a third-party API goes down? And if your backend stops responding? I'll tell you what happens: your users complain! 🗣️

Nowadays support teams can spend an inordinate amount of time on determining what basic issues your customers are experiencing. Then they have to collect adequate information from customers to properly convey the issues to the dev teams. Even with a well-documented story, it can still be difficult for engineering to properly replicate the issues at-hand. Not to mention the security and privacy considerations we face when sharing potentially sensitive network logs, application data, or even personal information.

We have ourselves quite the problem, don't we?

Enter Fiddler Jam

For years now, Fiddler Classic  and Fiddler Everywhere users have been using built-in product capabilities to effectively capture, re-create, and replay issues to help resolve these problems. Our web debugging proxy tools work great, but doesn't truly address the pain experienced by customers and support teams. This is where a new product from the Fiddler team comes into play: Fiddler Jam.

Fiddler Jam is a troubleshooting solution for support & dev teams to help them troubleshoot issues in a fast, easy, and secure manner.

Fiddler Jam helps non-technical end users to isolate issues by capturing HTTP(S) network logs in the customer's own environment. It then enables the secure sharing of these logs between the customers and your support teams. Finally, with full Fiddler Everywhere integration, the development team can load the logs and replicate the issue locally, using tooling they are already comfortable with.

If you've heard enough already, head on over to the Fiddler Jam website to download your 14-day trial.

So how does Fiddler Jam work... really?

Your customers will...

• Install a lightweight client (starting with a Chrome browser extension)
• Start recording network requests/responses
• Reproduce the issue at-hand
• Save their recordings and share them via the cloud

Your support team will then...

• Open the customer-provided issue in a browser
• Access the protected private space where issues are stored
• Triage the issue, add context, and share with the development team

Finally, your development team will...

• Receive a notification of a new issue
• Review any notes provided by the support team
• Load the log files into Fiddler Everywhere for further analysis

All leading to a seamless method of remotely debugging issues. It's a literal win-win-win for customers, support, and engineering!

What's Next?

We highly recommend you take a look at the Fiddler Jam website. Here you can learn a little more about Fiddler Jam and download a free 14-day trial.

Fiddler Jam Free Trial