docs/dci-troubleshooting.md

@@ -144,13 +144,17 @@ You can also determine the app version (and SASjs Version, and build time) by op
 
 ## Support Diagnostics
 
-Every service call the frontend makes carries a single-row `browser_info` input table, available to the service (and to any [hook script](macros.md)) as `work.browser_info`. It records where the request came from, so a support ticket can be diagnosed from the job log without asking the user follow-up questions, and a hook can adapt to its context.
+The frontend sends two input tables with the startup service and with the services that execute customer-provided code - the [hook scripts](macros.md) (pre/post edit and approve hooks) and the dynamic cell dropdown programs. They are available in those services as `work.browser_info` and `work.browser_url_vars`, so a support ticket can be diagnosed from the job log without asking the user follow-up questions, and a hook can adapt to its context. Other services do not receive them.
 
-The table has these columns:
+The services that receive the tables are: `public/startupservice`, `editors/getdata`, `editors/getdynamiccolvals`, `editors/stagedata`, `editors/loadfile`, `editors/restore` and `auditors/postdata`.
+
+### browser_info
+
+A single-row table with these columns:
 
 | Column | Description |
 |---|---|
-| `url` | The URL of the Data Controller page itself (the iframe), not the document embedding it. When the editor is embedded in a report, any parameters the report author added to the embed URL are visible here. |
+| `url` | The URL of the Data Controller page itself (the iframe), not the document embedding it. When the editor is embedded in a report, the embedding URL is visible here. |
 | `referrer` | The embedding document, from `document.referrer`. For an embedded report this is the report URL, so the embedding report can be told apart from the editor URL. |
 | `timezone` | The browser's IANA timezone name, e.g. `Europe/Berlin`. |
 | `tz_offset` | The browser's UTC offset in minutes, as `Date.getTimezoneOffset()` returns it (positive west of UTC, so `Europe/Berlin` in summer is -120). |
@@ -162,15 +166,28 @@ The table has these columns:
 | `platform` | The operating system, parsed from the user agent. |
 | `user_agent` | The raw `navigator.userAgent` string. |
 
-The values are supplied by the client, so treat them as diagnostics hints rather than a security boundary.
+### browser_url_vars
 
-To see the table, run any request with debug on (for example add `&_debug=131` to the service URL). The session initialisation then writes the row to the job log:
+The page URL parameters as one row per parameter, so a SAS program can read a parameter by name rather than parse the `url` string:
+
+| Column | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `name` | The URL parameter name. |
+| `value` | The URL parameter value. |
+
+Parameters from both the search string and the hash query string (Angular routes carry them after the `#`) are included; on a name collision the hash value wins. The table is sent only when the page URL has at least one parameter.
+
+The values in both tables are supplied by the client, so treat them as diagnostics hints rather than a security boundary.
+
+To see the tables, run any of the services above with debug on (for example add `&_debug=131` to the service URL). The session initialisation then writes them to the job log:
 
 ```
+NOTE: MPEINIT: work.browser_url_vars:
+name=embed value=va
 NOTE: MPEINIT: work.browser_info:
 url=... referrer=... timezone=Europe/Berlin tz_offset=-120 locale=en-GB
 dc_version=7.15.0 adapter_version=4.19.0 browser=Chrome browser_version=120.0
 platform=Linux user_agent=...
 ```
 
-The table is sent by newer clients only. A service called directly (for instance from a URL, or by a script), or by an older frontend, has no `work.browser_info` - the log then records that fact instead.
+A service called directly (for instance from a URL, or by a script), or by an older frontend, has no `work.browser_info` - the log then records that fact instead.