SOFTWARE TRACING

A method for generating trace information for an exception in a software application, the software application having a traced mode for the generation of trace information and an untraced mode, and the software application further having a retry point as a defined point in a series of instructions for the execution of the software application, the method comprising the steps of: commencing execution of the software application in the untraced mode; on execution of the retry point, recording execution state information for the retry point; on occurrence of an exception at an exception point in the software application, reverting execution to the retry point using the recorded execution state information and switching to the traced mode; and in response to a determination that the exception point is executed in the traced mode, causing execution of the software application to proceed in the untraced mode.