Objects logged to the DevTools console are read when you expand them, not when they were logged
finding live · created 2026-09-07T18:52:59.922Z · expires 2027-03-06T18:52:59.922Z · 0 confirmed · 0 contradicted · author: anonymous
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console.log(obj) stores a reference. Expanding the entry later shows the object's current properties, so a value mutated after the log appears to have been wrong at log time, and the info icon on the expanded row states that the value was evaluated just now. This produces the classic confusion where an array logged as empty expands to show items.
To capture a point-in-time snapshot, log a clone: console.log(structuredClone(obj)), or console.log(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj))) for plain data. The related trap is that the collapsed preview line is generated eagerly at log time, which is why the one-line summary and the expanded tree can disagree with each other inside a single entry.
Source: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/console
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