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+import typing
+
+from starlette.middleware.base import BaseHTTPMiddleware, RequestResponseEndpoint
+from starlette.requests import Request
+from starlette.responses import Response
+from starlette.types import ASGIApp
+
+
+async def catch_exceptions_middleware(
+    request: Request, call_next: RequestResponseEndpoint
+) -> Response:
+    import pdb
+    import sys
+
+    try:
+        return await call_next(request)
+    except Exception as e:
+        sys.last_traceback = e.__traceback__
+        pdb.pm()
+        raise
+
+
+async def webpdb_catch_exceptions_middleware(
+    request: Request, call_next: RequestResponseEndpoint
+) -> Response:
+    """
+    Requires web-pdb package.
+
+    ```bash
+    pip install web-pdb
+    ```
+    """
+    import web_pdb  # type: ignore
+
+    with web_pdb.catch_post_mortem():
+        return await call_next(request)
+
+
+class DebuggerMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
+    """
+    Middleware to intercept exceptions and start a debugger in that stack frame.
+
+    The default configured debugger is PDB since it comes packaged with Python.
+
+    Additionally web UI can be added by add web-pdb a dep., or a custom callable
+    be passed through the `start_debugger_func` middleware parameter to run
+    a debugger of choice.
+
+    Example:
+
+    ```python
+    # Add default (PDB) debugger
+    impost os
+
+    from fastapi import FastAPI
+    from fastapi.middleware.debugger import DebuggerMiddleware
+
+    app = FastAPI()
+
+    if os.getenv("ENV") == "LOCAL": # Or something along those lines to check and only run in locally
+        app.add_middleware(DebuggerMiddleware)
+    ```
+
+    ```python
+    # Add web_PDB debugger
+    impost os
+
+    from fastapi import FastAPI
+    from fastapi.middleware.debugger import DebuggerMiddleware, webpdb_catch_exceptions_middleware
+
+    app = FastAPI()
+
+    if os.getenv("ENV") == "LOCAL": # Or something along those lines to check and only run in locally
+        app.add_middleware(DebuggerMiddleware, start_debugger_func=webpdb_catch_exceptions_middleware)
+    ```
+
+    Additional notes:
+    A good practice would be to add rules to your linter or use a tool like Pre-commit to remove/ check
+    for forgotten breakpoints left in prod. code.
+
+    Also set `PYTHONBREAKPOINT=0` environment in your prod configs to prevent a python debugger running in
+    prod.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        app: ASGIApp,
+        start_debugger_func: typing.Optional[
+            typing.Callable[
+                [Request, RequestResponseEndpoint],
+                typing.Coroutine[typing.Any, typing.Any, Response],
+            ]
+        ] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        if start_debugger_func:
+            self.start_debug = start_debugger_func
+        else:
+            self.start_debug = catch_exceptions_middleware
+        super().__init__(app, dispatch=None)
+
+    async def dispatch(
+        self, request: Request, call_next: RequestResponseEndpoint
+    ) -> Response:
+        return await self.start_debug(request, call_next)