{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/1687","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/1687/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/1687/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/1687/events","html_url":"https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues/1687","id":49750589,"number":1687,"title":"Make the --debug pausing after each step optional","user":{"login":"ziuchkovski","id":675443,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/675443?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ziuchkovski","html_url":"https://github.com/ziuchkovski","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ziuchkovski/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ziuchkovski/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ziuchkovski/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ziuchkovski/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ziuchkovski/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ziuchkovski/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ziuchkovski/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ziuchkovski/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ziuchkovski/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/labels/core","name":"core","color":"eb6420"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/labels/enhancement","name":"enhancement","color":"84b6eb"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":9,"created_at":"2014-11-21T21:29:59Z","updated_at":"2015-07-31T02:01:46Z","closed_at":null,"body":"It would be wonderful if, by default, --debug only paused after an error is encountered.  I can see where there are times it would be useful to pause after every step, but more often than not I'm only interested in pausing at the point packer fails.\r\n\r\nProposed:\r\n\r\n--debug behaves exactly as it does now, except it only pauses when an error is encountered\r\n--stepwise switch added to pause after every step, switch valid only if --debug is enabled"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/comments/126541421","html_url":"https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues/1687#issuecomment-126541421","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/1687","id":126541421,"user":{"login":"zettabyte","id":66763,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/66763?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/zettabyte","html_url":"https://github.com/zettabyte","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/zettabyte/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/zettabyte/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/zettabyte/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/zettabyte/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/zettabyte/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/zettabyte/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/zettabyte/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/zettabyte/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/zettabyte/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-07-31T02:01:45Z","updated_at":"2015-07-31T02:01:45Z","body":"I've been watching feature request #409 for close to two years now (not long after it was created). As many people have commented on that issue and as @Mil0dV and @ziuchkovski have requested here, we really do need a way to fire a build, come back later and if there's an error, have the opportunity to inspect the instance. So, here's another +1 for this (or #409)."}}