CleanStackTrace 0.0.1

CleanStackTrace

CleanStackTrace is a lightweight .NET library that simplifies and cleans up stack traces, making them more readable and developer-friendly.

By reducing long namespaces, compiler-generated method names, and unnecessary noise, CleanStackTrace helps you focus on what really matters: understanding where the error happened.

✨ Features

• 🚀 Remove unnecessary namespaces and keep only the essential class and method names;
• 🧹 clean up compiler-generated artifacts (e.g. <>c.<...>b__...) that pollute stack traces;
• 🔍 keep useful information like parameters and line numbers;
• 🛠 works seamlessly with exceptions and inner exceptions;
• 🔧 easy to plug into existing logging systems.

📦 Installation

The package is available on NuGet:

dotnet add package 

🔧 Usage

try
{
    throw new ApplicationException("Something went wrong");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    string cleaned = ex.CleanStackTrace();
    Console.WriteLine(cleaned);
}

Instead of

CleanStackTrace.Demo.CustomStackTraceException: A wrong situation
 ---> System.ApplicationException: Error in the application.
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Services.ProjectA.API.Controllers.UserController.GetUser(Guid id) in C:\Users\UserName\Repositories\Client\Services\ProjectA\API\Controllers\UserController.cs:line 27
at lambda_method4(Closure, Object)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ActionMethodExecutor.TaskOfIActionResultExecutor.Execute(ActionContext actionContext, IActionResultTypeMapper mapper, ObjectMethodExecutor executor, Object controller, Object[] arguments)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.<InvokeActionMethodAsync>g__Awaited|12_0(ControllerActionInvoker invoker, ValueTask`1 actionResultValueTask)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.<InvokeNextActionFilterAsync>g__Awaited|10_0(ControllerActionInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.Rethrow(ActionExecutedContextSealed context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.Next(State& next, Scope& scope, Object& state, Boolean& isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.<InvokeInnerFilterAsync>g__Awaited|13_0(ControllerActionInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeFilterPipelineAsync>g__Awaited|20_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeAsync>g__Awaited|17_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task task, IDisposable scope)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeAsync>g__Awaited|17_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task task, IDisposable scope)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.EndpointMiddleware.<Invoke>g__AwaitRequestTask|6_0(Endpoint endpoint, Task requestTask, ILogger logger)
at Services.ProjectA.API.Extensions.WebApplicationExtensions.<>c.<<AutoOptionsMiddleware>b__2_0>d.MoveNext() in C:\Users\UserName\Repositories\Client\Servicesoa\progetto\Extensions\WebApplicationExtensions.cs:line 40
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
at Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerUI.SwaggerUIMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext httpcontext)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization.AuthorizationMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.AuthenticationMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.DeveloperExceptionPageMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)

Output (example):

CustomStackTraceException: A wrong situation
  ApplicationException: Error in the application.
    NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
    UserController.GetUser(Guid id) line 27
    lambda_method4(Closure, Object)
    WebApplicationExtensions.AutoOptionsMiddleware() line 40

You can also obtain the colored version using the method GetColoredCleanStackTrace(), in this version:

• Exceptions are red;
• classes are blue;
• methods are cyan;
• and lines of code are yellow.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request if you have suggestions, improvements, or bug fixes.

📜 License

MIT License, see LICENSE file for more info.