Issue #6216 has been updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto). Status changed from Feedback to Assigned Assignee changed from matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) to ko1 (Koichi Sasada) I don't feel I exactly understand the situation, since the specified line in CRuby backtrace does not appear in JRuby's. That might mean avoiding backtrace truncation has no meaning, or CRuby could have yet another bug. Do you have any opinion, ko1? Matz. ---------------------------------------- Feature #6216: SystemStackError backtraces should not be reduced to one line https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6216#change-32032 Author: postmodern (Hal Brodigan) Status: Assigned Priority: Normal Assignee: ko1 (Koichi Sasada) Category: core Target version: next minor When debugging "SystemStackError: stack level too deep" exceptions, it is not helpful that the backtrace is reduced to one single line. Most of the time Ruby incorrectly identifies where cycles begin, resulting in an unrelated "file:line" as the backtrace. A more useful behaviour would be to print the last 30 lines of the backtrace, and have the developer identify which "file:line" is causing the cycle. This is similar to how JRuby handles SystemStackError backtraces. -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/