Unable to debug a TypeScript testing framework using Visual Studio Code

Question

I am not able to get debugging working on VSCode for a testing framework using WebdriverIO . Only this message is displayed: - Waiting for the debugger to disconnect.

However, I am able to get debugging up and running for a TS code one time. If I am starting my machine once, and then again, it is giving same issue as - Waiting for the debugger to disconnect.

Below is the launch.json file:

{
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
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    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [{
        "type": "node",
        "request": "launch",
        "skipFiles": [
            "<node_internals>/**"
        ],
        "outputCapture": "std",
        "name": "Launch Program",
        "program": "${workspaceRoot}/node_modules/@wdio/cli/bin/wdio.js",
        "args": ["${workspaceRoot}/build/main/config/wdio.conf.js"],
         "preLaunchTask": null,
        "sourceMaps": true,
        "outFiles": [
            "${workspaceFolder}/out/**/*.js"
        ],
        "resolveSourceMapLocations": [ //code to avoid 'Could not read sourcemaps' issues
            "${workspaceFolder}/**",
            "!**/node_modules/**"
        ]
    }]
}

Console-log stack-trace:

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe .\node_modules@wdio\cli\bin\wdio.js C:\Automation\angular_ui-auto-framework/build/main/config/wdio.conf.js

Debugger attached. Execution of 1 workers started at 2022-12-21T15:25:32.199Z [2022-12-21 20:55:32:902] - DONE - File 'c:\Automation\angular_ui-auto-framework\src\osr_ui-automation\Results\testReport.json' is deleted successfully Waiting for the debugger to disconnect...

hmm-alt · Answer 1 · 2023-02-13T21:03:43.840

I have faced similar problems with latest version of the vscode. I had to downgrade to nodejs 16lts and downgrade vscode to 1.57 and using below launch.json working fine so far.

{
  "name": "Start Spec",
  "type": "node",
  "request": "launch",
  "args": ["wdio.conf.js", "--spec", "${file}"],
  "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
  "autoAttachChildProcesses": true,
  "program": "${workspaceRoot}/node_modules/@wdio/cli/bin/wdio.js",
  "console": "integratedTerminal"
}

Unable to debug a TypeScript testing framework using Visual Studio Code

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