diff --git a/conference.js b/conference.js
index 1cd0755c5a..753ff41a80 100644
--- a/conference.js
+++ b/conference.js
@@ -1060,6 +1060,14 @@ export default {
         downloadJSON(logs, filename);
     },
 
+    /**
+     * Download app state, a function that can be called from console while debugging.
+     * @param filename (optional) specify target filename
+     */
+    saveState(filename = 'meet-state.json') {
+        downloadJSON(APP.store.getState(), filename);
+    },
+
     /**
      * Exposes a Command(s) API on this instance. It is necessitated by (1) the
      * desire to keep room private to this instance and (2) the need of other
diff --git a/react/features/base/util/downloadJSON.web.ts b/react/features/base/util/downloadJSON.web.ts
index d85a101d97..7cb9fc5532 100644
--- a/react/features/base/util/downloadJSON.web.ts
+++ b/react/features/base/util/downloadJSON.web.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,22 @@
  * @param {string} filename - The filename to give to the downloaded file.
  * @returns {void}
  */
-export function downloadJSON(json: Object, filename: string) {
-    const data = encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(json, null, '  '));
+export function downloadJSON(json: Object, filename: string): void {
+    const replacer = () => {
+        const seen = new WeakSet();
+
+        return (_: any, value: any) => {
+            if (typeof value === 'object' && value !== null) {
+                if (seen.has(value)) {
+                    return '[circular ref]';
+                }
+                seen.add(value);
+            }
+
+            return value;
+        };
+    };
+    const data = encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(json, replacer(), '  '));
 
     const elem = document.createElement('a');