---
title: debugDescription
framework: xcuiautomation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: xcuiautomation/xcuielementquery/debugdescription
---

# debugDescription

Provides debugging information about the query.

## Declaration

```swift
var debugDescription: String { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion The data in the string varies based on the time at which it’s captured, but it may include any of the following as well as additional data: A description of each step of the query evaluation Information about the inputs and matched outputs of each step of the query The data this method returns is for debugging your test. Don’t depend on any part the resulting string for test evaluation.