VS Code Debugger not working for python

GHANASHYAM SATPATHY 306

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

Ken Tucker 5,856 Reputation points

2022-02-07T11:18:18.13+00:00

Do you have a python vs code extension installed?

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.python
GHANASHYAM SATPATHY 306 Reputation points

2022-02-07T11:24:26.097+00:00

Yes it is there, hence it was working before too.
NickS 306 Reputation points

2022-02-07T14:03:30.013+00:00

I have the exact same issue. When VS Code was updated to 1.64.0 it seems to have broken Python debugging.

Clicking on "Run Python File" works fine. Clicking on "Debug Python File" now does nothing. This worked fine before the update.

I might need to look at how to roll-back this latest update.

Thanks.
GHANASHYAM SATPATHY 306 Reputation points

2022-02-07T14:10:52.393+00:00

Great! Exactly same issue I am facing.
Clicking on "Run Python File" works fine. Clicking on "Debug Python File" now does nothing.

Let me know if you get any workaround.

Thanks.
Joe McDaniel 1 Reputation point

2022-03-22T16:38:26.533+00:00

I have a similar problem -- launch.json seems to be completely ignored for run or debug. I tried the switch to an old version of the intellisense extension to no effect. I am running latest VSCode on Ubuntu (also latest version). This has been a problem since I first installed VSCode -- I keep looking for a fix, but nada .....
John Romania 1 Reputation point

2022-08-26T16:50:58.647+00:00

Money!....thanks!

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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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GHANASHYAM SATPATHY 306 Reputation points

2022-02-07T15:24:41.837+00:00

Thanks a lot @NickS it worked.

cole shaler 6 Reputation points

2022-06-01T04:54:31.06+00:00

thanks that worked. so weird

dudemcfro 1 Reputation point

2022-06-01T16:39:39.62+00:00

That didn't work for me :( Strange...

dudemcfro 1 Reputation point

2022-06-01T16:51:34.85+00:00

That didn't work for me :( Strange...

David Powell 1 Reputation point

2022-07-05T16:21:22.403+00:00

Thank you for this solution. Worked for me.

Tavakkolmoghaddam, Farid [ETHUS] 1 Reputation point

2022-07-18T21:49:33.197+00:00

Thanks, that worked!

21077577 1 Reputation point

2022-07-26T07:49:14.103+00:00

Thank you, it worked for me. I was struggling to find the reason why my python code not use debug.

Thanks again

kamal 1 Reputation point

2022-09-15T16:09:07.68+00:00

If it didn;t work for you, make sure your configurations looks like this one: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/debugging#_additional-configurations. This was my problem.

Svyatoslav Pchelintsev 1 Reputation point

2022-10-21T10:44:06.943+00:00

Hello from October 2022. The extension versions are changing, but the bug persists (I use python 3.6.9). Thank you @NickS !

Kostadin Krushkov 0 Reputation points

2023-02-22T06:11:47.5066667+00:00

This version no longer works as a fix, at least for me. And the problem persists

Santiago Fortes 0 Reputation points

2024-06-25T20:55:17.79+00:00

Thank you for this. Worked.
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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
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Mike (Hammer) Hampton 0 Reputation points

2023-09-18T21:30:32.5633333+00:00

Seeing this today, Sep 2023, with v2023.16.0

MatthiasBrucklacher-9640 5 Reputation points

2024-02-20T10:50:56.99+00:00

For me, the solution was to re-select Python Debugger in the debugger view. For some reason, this was not selected anymore.

Dahye Hwang 0 Reputation points

2024-05-10T05:46:52.09+00:00

Re-selecting Python Debugger works for me. Thank you.
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