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title: Disallow the use of debugger
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# Disallow the use of debugger

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**ID:** `javascript-best-practices/no-debugger`

**Language:** JavaScript

**Severity:** Error

**Category:** Best Practices

**CWE**: [489](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/489.html)

## Description{% #description %}

The `debugger` statement is used to intentionally stop execution and start debugging at the point where the statement appears in the code. While it can be valuable during development and debugging, it can cause unwanted behaviors if it's present in production code.

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```javascript
if (foo) debugger
```

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```javascript
var test = { debugger: 1 }; test.debugger;
```
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