How To Fix TPDA262 - Debugger stop in a system path: Please activate system debugging

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: TPDA - Debugger

• Message number: 262

• Message text: Debugger stop in a system path: Please activate system debugging

What causes this issue?

The ABAP Debugger has stopped at a breakpoint in a system path, without
system debugging being activated.
What are system paths?
System paths are sections of code that are set by system programs at
runtime. Within these sections, the ABAP Debugger behaves as if all
procedures called from there are implemented in system programs.
For the stepping in ABAP Debugger this means:
If standard debugging is not activated, the Debugger does not stop
within system paths, even if a procedure that is not in a system program
is being executed there.
However, if you set a line breakpoint in such a procedure, the Debugger
stops here despite the system path.

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

System Response

The ABAP Debugger points out this particular situation, because with no
activated system debugging, single step debugging may not lead to the
next statement in the current program, but to the next statement outside
the system path.

How to fix this error?

For this reason, we recommend system debugging is activated in this
situation.

Procedure for System Administrators

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