IIS get full error message for failed requests

Question

I have IIS set-up and serving my webservice. Unfortunately if the webservice throws an exception, all I get is a blue box with the title failed request.

What options do I have to actually see what went wrong? I'd prefer to get the exception message and a stack trace.

I already set-up "Failed Request Tracing" but the directory remains empty. If possible I'd prefer to get the stack trace in the browser directly.

Just if this matters: I have an IIS 7.5 on a Win 7 64 Pro box. The Webservice is a WCF C# project.

Is the information in [WCF Error Handling](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg281715%28v=vs.110%29.aspx) any use? — Andrew Morton, Sep 26 '14 at 21:40

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 08 '21 at 14:30

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You will find the errors in the eventlog, but having them in the browser is indeed more convenient (especially during development). To do that: turn on debugging in your web.config. Also, switch custom errors off or set them to "Remote only".

<configuration>
    <system.web>
        <customErrors mode="Off" />
        <compilation debug="true" />
    </system.web>
</configuration>

edited Jun 08 '21 at 14:30

RBT

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answered Jul 14 '12 at 00:31

Louis Somers

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 11 '12 at 07:32

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Try this in your service behavior in web.config:

 <behavior name="Your.Service.Type">
    <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
    <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true"/>
 </behavior>

answered Jul 11 '12 at 07:32

MichelZ

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What is "Your.Service.Type"? – BetaRide Jul 11 '12 at 07:37
Mmmm... according to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dayb112d.aspx there's no tag. Where should I put this? – BetaRide Jul 11 '12 at 07:44
It's in this path: – MichelZ Jul 11 '12 at 08:07
I managed to add this to the web.config. Unfortunately it breaks the service completely request to the webserver are not answered anymore. – BetaRide Jul 11 '12 at 08:37

IIS get full error message for failed requests

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