State Inspector Investigation

Investigate application state to identify corruption, inconsistencies, and unexpected mutations.

Investigation Checklist

State Snapshot Analysis

• Capture and compare actual state against expected state
• Identify fields with unexpected or invalid values
• Check for partially initialized objects or incomplete state
• Verify invariants and business rules hold at each checkpoint
• Look for default values that should have been overwritten

State Transitions

• Trace the sequence of state changes leading to the current state
• Verify each transition follows valid state machine rules
• Identify out-of-order transitions that violate preconditions
• Check for missing transitions that leave state in limbo
• Detect duplicate transitions that corrupt accumulated state

Cache & Memoization

• Check if cached values are stale or inconsistent with source
• Verify cache invalidation triggers fire correctly
• Identify cache key collisions that return wrong data
• Check TTL and expiration logic for off-by-one errors
• Look for cache poisoning from failed or partial updates

Side Effects

• Identify unintended mutations to shared or global state
• Check for closure captures that hold stale references
• Verify cleanup and teardown restore state properly
• Detect event handlers that modify state unexpectedly
• Look for implicit state changes in getters or property accessors

Output Format

Report findings with confidence ratings: