VSCode debug not launching application

[mijlouis]

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Electron Forge version

6.0.0-beta.63

Electron version

v17.2.0

Operating system

Windows 10 (19042)

Last known working Electron Forge version

No response

Expected behavior

Being able to debug electron-forge application in VSCode

Actual behavior

With the vscode launch config provided in the documentation

    {
      "type": "node",
      "request": "launch",
      "name": "Electron Main",
      "runtimeExecutable": "${workspaceFolder}/node_modules/.bin/electron-forge-vscode-nix",
      "windows": {
        "runtimeExecutable": "${workspaceFolder}/node_modules/.bin/electron-forge-vscode-win.cmd"
      },
      // runtimeArgs will be passed directly to your Electron application
      "outputCapture": "std",
      "env": {
        "DEBUG": "electron-forge:*"
      },
      "runtimeArgs": [
        "foo",
        "bar"
      ],
      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
    },

I am not able to get the application launched.

Steps to reproduce

When I start debugging my project through vscode, the step Launch Application is not triggered (no appropriate comment in the DEBUG CONSOLE of vscode). It says that the debugger is attached but the application does not start and thus, no breakpoint that I have set are hit.

When I start the project normally through npm run start everything works fine and the application starts.

What could be the reason for this?

Thanks in advance for your help and Best Regards

Additional information

No response

[goemoncode]

In my case, I solved it by setting "console": "integratedTerminal" in launch.json instead of "outputCapture": "std".

I hope this helps.

[cwellsx]

I don't understand that launch.config.

Instead of using it I use this .vscode/launch.json and run the Run npm start debugging target:

{
  // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
  // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
  // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
    {
      "command": "npm start",
      "name": "Run npm start",
      "request": "launch",
      "type": "node-terminal"
    },
    {
      "type": "node",
      "request": "launch",
      "name": "Launch Program",
      "skipFiles": ["<node_internals>/**"],
      "program": "${workspaceFolder}\\webpack.plugins.ts",
      "preLaunchTask": "tsc: build - tsconfig.json",
      "outFiles": ["${workspaceFolder}/dist/**/*.js"]
    }
  ]
}

That executes (and lets me debug) the electron-forge-start script -- but if I set a breakpoint in my source code for the Electron main process, then it will break there too, after that process is started.