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A Practical Guide to Using Logpoints to Debug Java and gRPC Without Stopping the Server

JetBrains explains how to use Logpoints in IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2 to diagnose Java and gRPC application errors at runtime, while modifying them and adding expressions without rebuilding or redeploying the application. The article explains why this method can be more suitable than breakpoints or println statements in some scenarios, especially when stopping the server causes gRPC request timeouts.