debug.setinfo

Modifies metadata fields for the specified function or stack level.

debug.setinfo(func: function | number, infoTable: table): ()

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
func	`function	number`	The target function or stack level to modify.
infoTable	table	A table containing fields to overwrite (like name).

Returns

void

Example

Example 1

local function test() end
debug.setinfo(test, { name = "custom_name" })
print(debug.getinfo(test).name) -- custom_name

Commonly used to spoof traceback output for debugging or stealth.