VS Code Debugger not working for python

GHANASHYAM SATPATHY 301 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 296 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. Paul Bennett 0 Reputation points
    2023-01-27T15:53:37.6466667+00:00

    Go to the output window and look in the python logs when you press debug it will tell you what the command being tried is.

    Replicate that command in the terminal and you'll get a good idea of the issue.

    My problem was that I was trying to debug a script on a python 3.6 venv. VSCode comes bundled with a version of debugpy that was too high for 3.6.

    I replaced the debugpy module (%USERPROFILE%.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2023.1.10091012\pythonFiles\lib\python\debugpy) with debugpy v1.5.1.

    This worked for me but is obviously not great practice.

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  2. Brouwer, Suzanne 0 Reputation points
    2023-02-10T07:32:03.6666667+00:00

    I also still have this issue in 2023... Using a remote SSH and when trying to use my venv on remote location as Interpreter, the dubugger does not do anything anymore...

  3. Stefan E 0 Reputation points
    2023-03-11T21:38:38+00:00

    Jupiter debugging still broken - roll-back of Python extension doesn't help

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  4. Amelia Miner 0 Reputation points
    2023-07-13T20:38:51.1466667+00:00

    Having this same issue right now on my system. Python extension that breaks debugging is 2023.12.0. Switching to pre release does not fix it. Downgrading to the previous version does not fix it (odd since it was working yesterday). Downgrading to v2021.12.1559732655 does fix it.

    Windows 10 22H2
    VS Code "about" window:
    Version: 1.80.1 (user setup)

    Commit: 74f6148eb9ea00507ec113ec51c489d6ffb4b771

    Date: 2023-07-12T17:22:07.651Z

    Electron: 22.3.14

    ElectronBuildId: 21893604

    Chromium: 108.0.5359.215

    Node.js: 16.17.1

    V8: 10.8.168.25-electron.0

    OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045