Diving Into roblox debug.getupvalues for Scripting

If you've been digging into the more technical side of Luau, you've likely come across roblox debug.getupvalues and wondered what it actually does for your code. It's one of those functions that sounds a bit intimidating at first, mostly because it sits inside the debug library, which usually implies you're peeking under the hood of how the engine handles memory and variables. But once you break it down, it's actually a pretty straightforward tool for inspecting how functions remember the things around them. ...

February 10, 2026 · 6 min · Devletsah Bock