diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/README.md b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/README.md
index 25ed1621d0..77dde089aa 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/README.md
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/README.md
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ yarn test-ivy-aot //packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/test_cases/...
 
 (The last command runs the partial compilation tests.)
 
-
 ## Updating a golden partial file
 
 There is one golden partial file per `TEST_CASES.json` file. So even if this file defines multiple
@@ -137,11 +136,22 @@ that contains the `GOLDEN_PARTIAL.js` to update.
 
 ## Debugging test-cases
 
-Compliance tests are basically `jasmine_node_test` rules. As such, they can be debugged
-just like any other `jasmine_node_test`.  The standard approach is to add `--config=debug`
+The full and linked compliance tests are basically `jasmine_node_test` rules. As such, they can be
+debugged just like any other `jasmine_node_test`.  The standard approach is to add `--config=debug`
 to the Bazel test command.
 
-It is useful when debugging to focus on a single test-case.
+For example:
+
+```sg
+yarn test-ivy-aot //packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/full --config=debug
+yarn test-ivy-aot //packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/linked --config=debug
+```
+
+To debug generating the partial golden output use the following form of Bazel command:
+
+```sh
+yarn bazel run //packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/test_cases:generate_partial_for_<path/to/test_case>.debug
+```
 
 
 ### Focusing test-cases
@@ -154,4 +164,3 @@ This is equivalent to using jasmine `fit()`.
 
 You can exclude a test case by setting `"excludeTest": true` in the `TEST_CASES.json` file.
 This is equivalent to using jasmine `xit()`.
-
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/partial/partial_compliance_goldens.bzl b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/partial/partial_compliance_goldens.bzl
index 5ebd956a98..ea296400cd 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/partial/partial_compliance_goldens.bzl
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/partial/partial_compliance_goldens.bzl
@@ -6,26 +6,39 @@ def partial_compliance_golden(filePath):
 
     # Remove the "TEST_CASES.json" substring from the end of the provided path.
     path = filePath[:-len("/TEST_CASES.json")]
+    generate_partial_name = "generate_partial_for_%s" % path
+    data = [
+        "//packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/partial:generate_golden_partial_lib",
+        "//packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/test_cases",
+        "//packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/testing/fake_core:npm_package",
+    ]
 
     nodejs_binary(
-        name = "_generate_%s" % path,
+        name = generate_partial_name,
         testonly = True,
-        data = [
-            "//packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/partial:generate_golden_partial_lib",
-            "//packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/test_cases",
-            "//packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/testing/fake_core:npm_package",
-        ],
+        data = data,
         visibility = [":__pkg__"],
         entry_point = "//packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/partial:cli.ts",
         templated_args = [
-            # "--node_options=--inspect-brk",
+            filePath,
+        ],
+    )
+
+    nodejs_binary(
+        name = generate_partial_name + ".debug",
+        testonly = True,
+        data = data,
+        visibility = [":__pkg__"],
+        entry_point = "//packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/partial:cli.ts",
+        templated_args = [
+            "--node_options=--inspect-brk",
             filePath,
         ],
     )
 
     npm_package_bin(
         name = "_generated_%s" % path,
-        tool = "_generate_%s" % path,
+        tool = generate_partial_name,
         testonly = True,
         stdout = "%s/this_file_should_not_be_committed" % path,
         link_workspace_root = True,
@@ -34,11 +47,7 @@ def partial_compliance_golden(filePath):
             "no-windows",
         ],
         visibility = [":__pkg__"],
-        data = [
-            "//packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/partial:generate_golden_partial_lib",
-            "//packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/test_cases",
-            "//packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/testing/fake_core:npm_package",
-        ],
+        data = data,
     )
 
     generated_file_test(