diff --git a/packages/js/src/index.ts b/packages/js/src/index.ts
index 4980151..9315394 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/index.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const formbricks: TFormbricks = {
 export type {
   TAppearance,
   TEmbeddedDataInput,
+  TFormbricksDebugEvent,
   TFormbricksEventName,
   TFormbricksEventPayloads,
 } from "./types/formbricks";
diff --git a/packages/js/src/lib/load-formbricks.test.ts b/packages/js/src/lib/load-formbricks.test.ts
index 7c1cabc..055ae83 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/lib/load-formbricks.test.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/lib/load-formbricks.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
-import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
-import type { TSetupConfig } from "../types/formbricks";
+import {
+  afterEach,
+  beforeEach,
+  describe,
+  expect,
+  expectTypeOf,
+  test,
+  vi,
+} from "vitest";
+import type { TFormbricksDebugEvent, TSetupConfig } from "../types/formbricks";
 
 // We need to import the module after each reset
 let setup: (config: TSetupConfig) => Promise<void>;
@@ -714,6 +722,20 @@ describe("load-formbricks", () => {
       );
     });
 
+    // Debug mode's event. The wrapper forwards it like any other; the SDK decides when it fires.
+    test("formbricks_debug passes through to the SDK, with its own payload type", async () => {
+      const instance = createEmittingInstance();
+      await runSetupWith(instance);
+
+      const handler = vi.fn((event: TFormbricksDebugEvent) => {
+        expectTypeOf(event.type).toEqualTypeOf<"survey" | "visit">();
+        expectTypeOf(event.at).toEqualTypeOf<number>();
+      });
+      on("formbricks_debug", handler);
+
+      expect(instance.on).toHaveBeenCalledWith("formbricks_debug", handler);
+    });
+
     test("an older self-hosted SDK without events warns instead of crashing", async () => {
       const consoleWarnSpy = createConsoleWarnSpy();
       const legacyInstance = { ...mockFormbricks }; // no on/off
diff --git a/packages/js/src/types/formbricks.ts b/packages/js/src/types/formbricks.ts
index 5376322..146d180 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/types/formbricks.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/types/formbricks.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,28 @@ export interface TFormbricksEventPayloads {
     finished: boolean;
   };
   formbricks_survey_closed: { surveyId: string };
+  /**
+   * Debug mode only (`?formbricksDebug=true`): why each survey on a fired trigger did or did not
+   * show, with every show condition's result, and the visitor's visit. A new subscriber first gets
+   * what already happened on the page. Never pushed to the GTM dataLayer. Instances without show
+   * conditions never send it.
+   */
+  formbricks_debug: TFormbricksDebugEvent;
 }
 
 export type TFormbricksEventName = keyof TFormbricksEventPayloads;
 
+/**
+ * The `formbricks_debug` payload. Typed loosely on purpose: its shape may change between versions,
+ * so read it to debug, not to build on. `type` tells a survey decision from a visit update.
+ */
+export interface TFormbricksDebugEvent {
+  type: "survey" | "visit";
+  /** When it happened, in milliseconds since the Unix epoch. */
+  at: number;
+  [key: string]: unknown;
+}
+
 /**
  * How surveys render. Mirrors js-core's `TAppearance` (packages/js-core/src/lib/common/appearance.ts
  * in the formbricks monorepo). "system" follows the browser's color scheme.