class FooController < ApplicationController def show something_that_might_fail() rescue => e render body: e.backtrace, content_type: "text/plain" # $ Alert end def show2 bt = caller() # $ Source render body: bt, content_type: "text/plain" # $ Alert end def show3 not_a_method() rescue NoMethodError => e render body: e.backtrace, content_type: "text/plain" # $ Alert end end