ChromeDevTools · szuend · Feb 6, 2026 · Feb 6, 2026 · Feb 6, 2026
diff --git a/src/DevtoolsUtils.ts b/src/DevtoolsUtils.ts
@@ -281,18 +281,71 @@ export class SymbolizedError {
     return new SymbolizedError(message, stackTrace);
   }
 
+  static async fromError(opts: {
+    devTools?: TargetUniverse;
+    error: Protocol.Runtime.RemoteObject;
+    targetId: string;
+  }): Promise<SymbolizedError> {
+    const details = await SymbolizedError.#getExceptionDetails(
+      opts.devTools,
+      opts.error,
+      opts.targetId,
+    );
+    if (details) {
+      return SymbolizedError.fromDetails({
+        details,
+        devTools: opts.devTools,
+        targetId: opts.targetId,
+        includeStackAndCause: true,
+      });
+    }
+
+    return new SymbolizedError(
+      SymbolizedError.#getMessageFromException(opts.error),
+    );
+  }
+
   static #getMessage(details: Protocol.Runtime.ExceptionDetails): string {
     // For Runtime.exceptionThrown with a present exception object, `details.text` will be "Uncaught" and
     // we have to manually parse out the error text from the exception description.
     // In the case of Runtime.getExceptionDetails, `details.text` has the Error.message.
-    if (details.text === 'Uncaught') {
-      const messageWithRest =
-        details.exception?.description?.split('\n    at ', 2) ?? [];
-      return 'Uncaught ' + (messageWithRest[0] ?? '');
+    if (details.text === 'Uncaught' && details.exception) {
+      return (
+        'Uncaught ' +
+        SymbolizedError.#getMessageFromException(details.exception)
+      );
     }
     return details.text;
   }
 
+  static #getMessageFromException(
+    error: Protocol.Runtime.RemoteObject,
+  ): string {
+    const messageWithRest = error.description?.split('\n    at ', 2) ?? [];
+    return messageWithRest[0] ?? '';
+  }
+
+  static async #getExceptionDetails(
+    devTools: TargetUniverse | undefined,
+    error: Protocol.Runtime.RemoteObject,
+    targetId: string,
+  ): Promise<Protocol.Runtime.ExceptionDetails | null> {
+    if (!devTools || (error.type !== 'object' && error.subtype !== 'error')) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const targetManager = devTools.universe.context.get(DevTools.TargetManager);
+    const target = targetId
+      ? targetManager.targetById(targetId) || devTools.target
+      : devTools.target;
+    const model = target.model(DevTools.RuntimeModel) as DevTools.RuntimeModel;
+    return (
+      (await model.getExceptionDetails(
+        error.objectId as DevTools.Protocol.Runtime.RemoteObjectId,
+      )) ?? null
+    );
+  }
+
   static createForTesting(
     message: string,
     stackTrace?: DevTools.StackTrace.StackTrace.StackTrace,

diff --git a/src/formatters/ConsoleFormatter.ts b/src/formatters/ConsoleFormatter.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,18 @@ export class ConsoleFormatter {
       resolvedArgs = await Promise.all(
         msg.args().map(async (arg, i) => {
           try {
+            const remoteObject = arg.remoteObject();
+            if (
+              remoteObject.type === 'object' &&
+              remoteObject.subtype === 'error'
+            ) {
+              return await SymbolizedError.fromError({
+                devTools: options.devTools,
+                error: remoteObject,
+                // @ts-expect-error Internal ConsoleMessage API
+                targetId: msg._targetId(),
+              });
+            }
             return await arg.jsonValue();
           } catch {
             return `<error: Argument ${i} is no longer available>`;

diff --git a/tests/formatters/ConsoleFormatter.test.ts b/tests/formatters/ConsoleFormatter.test.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,16 @@ import {describe, it} from 'node:test';
 import {SymbolizedError} from '../../src/DevtoolsUtils.js';
 import {ConsoleFormatter} from '../../src/formatters/ConsoleFormatter.js';
 import {UncaughtError} from '../../src/PageCollector.js';
-import type {ConsoleMessage} from '../../src/third_party/index.js';
+import type {ConsoleMessage, Protocol} from '../../src/third_party/index.js';
 import type {DevTools} from '../../src/third_party/index.js';
 
 interface MockConsoleMessage {
   type: () => string;
   text: () => string;
-  args: () => Array<{jsonValue: () => Promise<unknown>}>;
+  args: () => Array<{
+    jsonValue: () => Promise<unknown>;
+    remoteObject: () => Protocol.Runtime.RemoteObject;
+  }>;
   stackTrace?: DevTools.StackTrace.StackTrace.StackTrace;
 }
 
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ const createMockMessage = (
   } as unknown as ConsoleMessage;
 };
 
-describe('ConsoleFormatter', () => {
+describe.only('ConsoleFormatter', () => {
   describe('toString', () => {
     it('formats a console.log message', async t => {
       const message = createMockMessage({
@@ -46,7 +49,12 @@ describe('ConsoleFormatter', () => {
       const message = createMockMessage({
         type: () => 'log',
         text: () => 'Processing file:',
-        args: () => [{jsonValue: async () => 'file.txt'}],
+        args: () => [
+          {
+            jsonValue: async () => 'file.txt',
+            remoteObject: () => ({type: 'string'}),
+          },
+        ],
       });
       const result = (
         await ConsoleFormatter.from(message, {id: 2, fetchDetailedData: true})
@@ -59,8 +67,14 @@ describe('ConsoleFormatter', () => {
         type: () => 'log',
         text: () => 'Processing file:',
         args: () => [
-          {jsonValue: async () => 'file.txt'},
-          {jsonValue: async () => 'another file'},
+          {
+            jsonValue: async () => 'file.txt',
+            remoteObject: () => ({type: 'string'}),
+          },
+          {
+            jsonValue: async () => 'another file',
+            remoteObject: () => ({type: 'string'}),
+          },
         ],
       });
       const result = (
@@ -106,7 +120,12 @@ describe('ConsoleFormatter', () => {
       const message = createMockMessage({
         type: () => 'log',
         text: () => 'Processing file:',
-        args: () => [{jsonValue: async () => 'file.txt'}],
+        args: () => [
+          {
+            jsonValue: async () => 'file.txt',
+            remoteObject: () => ({type: 'string'}),
+          },
+        ],
       });
       const result = (
         await ConsoleFormatter.from(message, {id: 2, fetchDetailedData: true})
@@ -119,8 +138,14 @@ describe('ConsoleFormatter', () => {
         type: () => 'log',
         text: () => 'Processing file:',
         args: () => [
-          {jsonValue: async () => 'file.txt'},
-          {jsonValue: async () => 'another file'},
+          {
+            jsonValue: async () => 'file.txt',
+            remoteObject: () => ({type: 'string'}),
+          },
+          {
+            jsonValue: async () => 'another file',
+            remoteObject: () => ({type: 'string'}),
+          },
         ],
       });
       const result = (
@@ -195,6 +220,7 @@ describe('ConsoleFormatter', () => {
             jsonValue: async () => {
               throw new Error('Execution context is not available');
             },
+            remoteObject: () => ({type: 'string'}),
           },
         ],
       });
@@ -320,8 +346,14 @@ describe('ConsoleFormatter', () => {
         type: () => 'log',
         text: () => 'Processing file:',
         args: () => [
-          {jsonValue: async () => 'file.txt'},
-          {jsonValue: async () => 'another file'},
+          {
+            jsonValue: async () => 'file.txt',
+            remoteObject: () => ({type: 'string'}),
+          },
+          {
+            jsonValue: async () => 'another file',
+            remoteObject: () => ({type: 'string'}),
+          },
         ],
       });
       const result = (await ConsoleFormatter.from(message, {id: 1})).toJSON();
@@ -357,8 +389,14 @@ describe('ConsoleFormatter', () => {
         type: () => 'log',
         text: () => 'Processing file:',
         args: () => [
-          {jsonValue: async () => 'file.txt'},
-          {jsonValue: async () => 'another file'},
+          {
+            jsonValue: async () => 'file.txt',
+            remoteObject: () => ({type: 'string'}),
+          },
+          {
+            jsonValue: async () => 'another file',
+            remoteObject: () => ({type: 'string'}),
+          },
         ],
       });
       const result = (

diff --git a/tests/tools/console.test.js.snapshot b/tests/tools/console.test.js.snapshot
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+exports[`console > get_console_message > applies source maps to stack traces of Error object console.log arguments 1`] = `
+# test response
+ID: 1
+Message: log> An error happened: JSHandle@error
+### Arguments
+Arg #0: An error happened:
+Arg #1: Error: b00m!
+at bar (main.js:3:9)
+at foo (main.js:7:3)
+at Iife (main.js:12:5)
+at <anonymous> (main.js:10:1)
+Note: line and column numbers use 1-based indexing
+### Stack trace
+at Iife (main.js:14:13)
+at <anonymous> (main.js:10:1)
+Note: line and column numbers use 1-based indexing
+`;
+
 exports[`console > get_console_message > applies source maps to stack traces of console messages 1`] = `
 # test response
 ID: 1

diff --git a/tests/tools/console.test.ts b/tests/tools/console.test.ts
@@ -286,5 +286,34 @@ describe('console', () => {
         t.assert.snapshot?.(rawText);
       });
     });
+
+    it('applies source maps to stack traces of Error object console.log arguments', async t => {
+      server.addRoute('/main.min.js', (_req, res) => {
+        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/javascript');
+        res.statusCode = 200;
+        res.end(`function n(){throw new Error("b00m!")}function o(){n()}(function n(){try{o()}catch(n){console.log("An error happened:",n)}})();
+          //# sourceMappingURL=data:application/json;charset=utf-8;base64,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
+        `);
+      });
+      server.addHtmlRoute(
+        '/index.html',
+        `<script src="${server.getRoute('/main.min.js')}"></script>`,
+      );
+
+      await withMcpContext(async (response, context) => {
+        const page = await context.newPage();
+        await page.goto(server.getRoute('/index.html'));
+
+        await getConsoleMessage.handler(
+          {params: {msgid: 1}},
+          response,
+          context,
+        );
+        const formattedResponse = await response.handle('test', context);
+        const rawText = getTextContent(formattedResponse.content[0]);
+
+        t.assert.snapshot?.(rawText);
+      });
+    });
   });
 });