From deee684426af49eb1f4e5e9e43ba7745a8ce594b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Blaine Bublitz <blaine.bublitz@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 07:53:13 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] chore: add RUST_BACKTRACE environment variable to nix config

---
 flake.nix | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index fc8e5fa6868..28859ebb2b9 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@
         # hidden from the developer - i.e. when they see the command being run via `nix flake check`
         RUST_TEST_THREADS = "1";
 
+        # We enable backtraces on any failure for help with debugging
+        RUST_BACKTRACE = "1";
+
         # We set the environment variable because barretenberg must be compiled in a special way for wasm
         BARRETENBERG_BIN_DIR = "${pkgs.barretenberg-wasm}/bin";