This was a direct-message we'd like to open up to the public forum.
We are working on Shiny-app troubleshooting and reprex guides. Currently, these are focused on novice and more advanced users building their Shiny app. But this question brings up the need to improve how we advise folks having issues deploying these apps. And then as folks deploy their apps, they might deploy to shinyapps.io, Shiny-Server, Shiny Server Pro, RStudio Connect, or other options.
I'm curious what folks with more experience with diagnosing Shiny deployment issues think are the best practices to help these folks?
My goal for this thread would be to inform a set of guides for folks on RStudio Community to help others sort out their issues. That is, what info should we always ask people to provide? Should we have specific guides for each deployment endpoint or take a different approach?
Just for reference, currently, the resources for Shiny Deployment troubleshooting are;