Bug Report: KM Engine Log Shows Wrong Macro When Macro Error in Sub-Macro

Questions & Suggestions
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Running Keyboard Maestro 9.0.5 on macOS 10.14.6 (Mojave).

BUG:

When an error occurs in a Sub-Macro (a macro called via Execute Macro), the KM Engine Log shows the Main calling Macro, NOT the Sub-Macro where the error actually occurred.

Proposed Fix

At a minimum the Log entry should show the Sub-Macro Name.
A better fix would be to show both the Sub-Macro and the Main Macro names, maybe something like this:

Macro “Test Calculations [Sub-Macro]” called by Macro “Test Main Macro”

Note: the text "[Sub-Macro]" is part of the name I gave this macro.

KM Engine Log

2020-05-27 11:15:28 Execute macro “Test Main Macro” from trigger Duplicate Macro Palette
2020-05-27 11:15:28 Set Variable to Calculation failed to evaluate TEST__Var1 + TEST__Var2
2020-05-27 11:15:28 Set Variable to Calculation failed to evaluate TEST__Var1 + TEST__Var2 Macro “Test Main Macro” cancelled (while executing Set Variable “TEST__SubMacro_Calc” To Calculation “TEST__Var1 + TEST__Var2”).

Test Macros

MACRO SET: Main Macro and Sub-Macro

[KM9 TEST] Macros.kmmacros (4.2 KB)

Main Macro

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Sub-Macro

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This is not a bug, this is working as designed. The entire macro instance is all under the parent macro, and any errors are reported for it.

If I ever implement a solution to report errors in a more formalised way, I might include the full macro trace stack, or the specific macro it is in.

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That's too bad. It really makes the error notice almost useless, since the actual error is NOT in the reported Macro.

As a programmer you know the great importance of reporting the stack chain for an error. Please revise your reporting on sub-macros. I would much prefer just the sub-macro name to the parent macro, if we are limited to just having one macro name listed.