This DEV-only field was added in 836331ba5f69f2cc53b273ec073fae116db14302 by @sebmarkbage but it's not being used anymore to my knowledge.
workInProgress = createFiber(
      current.tag,
      pendingProps,
      current.key,
      current.mode,
    );
    workInProgress.elementType = current.elementType;
    workInProgress.type = current.type;
    workInProgress.stateNode = current.stateNode;
    if (__DEV__) {
      
      workInProgress._debugID = current._debugID;
      workInProgress._debugSource = current._debugSource;
      workInProgress._debugOwner = current._debugOwner;
      workInProgress._debugHookTypes = current._debugHookTypes;
    }
    workInProgress.alternate = current;
    current.alternate = workInProgress;
  } else {
    workInProgress.pendingProps = pendingProps;
    
    workInProgress.type = current.type;
    
    
    workInProgress.flags = NoFlags;