VS Code Debugger not working for python

GHANASHYAM SATPATHY 306 Reputation points
2022-02-07T07:03:40.79+00:00

I am experiencing debugging issue for my VS Code in WIN-10. It happened since weekend when I did OS restart . It was working fine before and I had launch.json configured too. Debugging was working fine. Any troubleshooting tips. It seems when I do Run->"start Debugging' no command comes to terminal. Any VS Code log file that I can look at to troubleshoot the issue. Following is the VS Code version I have in my system.

Version: 1.64.0 (user setup)
Commit: 5554b12acf27056905806867f251c859323ff7e9
Date: 2022-02-03T04:22:20.678Z
Electron: 13.5.2
Chromium: 91.0.4472.164
Node.js: 14.16.0
V8: 9.1.269.39-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.18363

An early response is highly appreciated.

Thanks

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  1. NickS 306 Reputation points
    2022-02-07T14:52:13.097+00:00

    The Python extension is broken - just seems to have updated at the same time as VS Code.

    Go back to extension version v2021.12.1559732655 by clicking on the extensions control and selecting "Install another version...". Note that you will have to disable "Extensions: Auto Update", which might be a good thing. I also set "Update: Mode" to "none" for good measure.

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  1. Neely, Ronald 11 Reputation points
    2022-07-23T00:20:28.487+00:00

    So this bug is back with Python Extension version v2022.10.1 running on Ubuntu 18.04 with python 3.6.9.
    This is a serious bug that keeps happening.
    I had to roll back to extension version v2021.12.1559732655 to debug.

    2 people found this answer helpful.

  2. Mickey Cohen 6 Reputation points
    2022-04-06T15:56:05.73+00:00

    Click on the python extention (publisher microsoft) and select "install pre-release". It would be V2022.5.10961002 (you can see it when you hover with the mouse above the extension)

    Fixed the problem for me.

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  3. Yuval Kuperberg 5 Reputation points
    2023-01-31T08:24:41.5533333+00:00

    Still happening in 2023... Switching python version didn't help, how is this still an issue??

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  4. pk_1996 1 Reputation point
    2022-07-25T18:49:03+00:00

    +1
    Happening repeatedly to me too. I am on a Windows OS. Was not happening previously when I was on a Ubuntu system!
    Need to downgrade the Python extension version. The above-mentioned version mentioned worked for me.

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