Visual Studio Code creating breakpoints with auto attach disabled in NodeJS Application












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I recently read this article which speaks on a new feature of VS Code that auto attaches on Node processes. I turned this on in the settings to try it out but after disabling it, it still seems to run on its own. Or perhaps, this has nothing to do with the phenomenon that is occurring.



What's happening is that when I start my server with VS Code (using NodeJS launch configuration) after a few minutes of runtime, VS Code sets a breakpoint (phantom?) on a seemingly random line of code. It could either be something like server side JavaScript or even a Node Module like Azure App Insights. There isn't really any rhyme or reason to why/where the breakpoint is being set.



I have some theories:




  1. I enabled the auto attach setting and because it is new, disabling it does not work somehow. Maybe I discovered a bug with it.

  2. My code sucks so much that VS Code doesn't want to continue to run it. It pauses on certain parts of the code because it is getting hung up on something.

  3. I set breakpoints at some of these locations previously (some, not all) and they are being set because of some caching issue.


Here are some screenshots to help visually understand what I am witnessing:
VS Code Screenshot auto attach/phantom debug



Here is my .vscode/launch.json configuration:






{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"type": "node",
"request": "launch",
"name": "Launch",
"program": "${workspaceFolder}\bin\www",
"envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/config.env"
}
]
}












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    I recently read this article which speaks on a new feature of VS Code that auto attaches on Node processes. I turned this on in the settings to try it out but after disabling it, it still seems to run on its own. Or perhaps, this has nothing to do with the phenomenon that is occurring.



    What's happening is that when I start my server with VS Code (using NodeJS launch configuration) after a few minutes of runtime, VS Code sets a breakpoint (phantom?) on a seemingly random line of code. It could either be something like server side JavaScript or even a Node Module like Azure App Insights. There isn't really any rhyme or reason to why/where the breakpoint is being set.



    I have some theories:




    1. I enabled the auto attach setting and because it is new, disabling it does not work somehow. Maybe I discovered a bug with it.

    2. My code sucks so much that VS Code doesn't want to continue to run it. It pauses on certain parts of the code because it is getting hung up on something.

    3. I set breakpoints at some of these locations previously (some, not all) and they are being set because of some caching issue.


    Here are some screenshots to help visually understand what I am witnessing:
    VS Code Screenshot auto attach/phantom debug



    Here is my .vscode/launch.json configuration:






    {
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
    {
    "type": "node",
    "request": "launch",
    "name": "Launch",
    "program": "${workspaceFolder}\bin\www",
    "envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/config.env"
    }
    ]
    }












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      I recently read this article which speaks on a new feature of VS Code that auto attaches on Node processes. I turned this on in the settings to try it out but after disabling it, it still seems to run on its own. Or perhaps, this has nothing to do with the phenomenon that is occurring.



      What's happening is that when I start my server with VS Code (using NodeJS launch configuration) after a few minutes of runtime, VS Code sets a breakpoint (phantom?) on a seemingly random line of code. It could either be something like server side JavaScript or even a Node Module like Azure App Insights. There isn't really any rhyme or reason to why/where the breakpoint is being set.



      I have some theories:




      1. I enabled the auto attach setting and because it is new, disabling it does not work somehow. Maybe I discovered a bug with it.

      2. My code sucks so much that VS Code doesn't want to continue to run it. It pauses on certain parts of the code because it is getting hung up on something.

      3. I set breakpoints at some of these locations previously (some, not all) and they are being set because of some caching issue.


      Here are some screenshots to help visually understand what I am witnessing:
      VS Code Screenshot auto attach/phantom debug



      Here is my .vscode/launch.json configuration:






      {
      "version": "0.2.0",
      "configurations": [
      {
      "type": "node",
      "request": "launch",
      "name": "Launch",
      "program": "${workspaceFolder}\bin\www",
      "envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/config.env"
      }
      ]
      }












      share|improve this question














      I recently read this article which speaks on a new feature of VS Code that auto attaches on Node processes. I turned this on in the settings to try it out but after disabling it, it still seems to run on its own. Or perhaps, this has nothing to do with the phenomenon that is occurring.



      What's happening is that when I start my server with VS Code (using NodeJS launch configuration) after a few minutes of runtime, VS Code sets a breakpoint (phantom?) on a seemingly random line of code. It could either be something like server side JavaScript or even a Node Module like Azure App Insights. There isn't really any rhyme or reason to why/where the breakpoint is being set.



      I have some theories:




      1. I enabled the auto attach setting and because it is new, disabling it does not work somehow. Maybe I discovered a bug with it.

      2. My code sucks so much that VS Code doesn't want to continue to run it. It pauses on certain parts of the code because it is getting hung up on something.

      3. I set breakpoints at some of these locations previously (some, not all) and they are being set because of some caching issue.


      Here are some screenshots to help visually understand what I am witnessing:
      VS Code Screenshot auto attach/phantom debug



      Here is my .vscode/launch.json configuration:






      {
      "version": "0.2.0",
      "configurations": [
      {
      "type": "node",
      "request": "launch",
      "name": "Launch",
      "program": "${workspaceFolder}\bin\www",
      "envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/config.env"
      }
      ]
      }








      {
      "version": "0.2.0",
      "configurations": [
      {
      "type": "node",
      "request": "launch",
      "name": "Launch",
      "program": "${workspaceFolder}\bin\www",
      "envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/config.env"
      }
      ]
      }





      {
      "version": "0.2.0",
      "configurations": [
      {
      "type": "node",
      "request": "launch",
      "name": "Launch",
      "program": "${workspaceFolder}\bin\www",
      "envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/config.env"
      }
      ]
      }






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