Debugger hangs in finally block after CTRL+C
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100
- Issue type
- Bug
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Activity status
- Stale
- Tech stack
- powershell, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- devtools
Research direction
Start by reproducing the hang in Visual Studio Code with the PowerShell script from the issue, then inspect the attached PowerShell Trace LSP.log, PowerShell.log, and StartEditorServices-27172.log. Done means pressing CTRL+C while stopped at $counter in finally no longer leaves the debugger and terminal hung.
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Description
Prerequisites
- I have written a descriptive issue title.
- I have searched all open and closed issues to ensure it has not already been reported.
- I have read the troubleshooting guide.
- I am sure this issue is with the extension itself and does not reproduce in a standalone PowerShell instance.
- I have verified that I am using the latest version of Visual Studio Code and the PowerShell extension.
- If this is a security issue, I have read the security issue reporting guidance.
Summary
Debugger and terminal hangs while debugging script in finally {} block after CTRL+C was pressed.
PowerShell Version
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 7.6.0-preview.3
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.6.0-preview.3-29-g14f80030cc1dd1054f447b6a7c4b859285d5bc22
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.26100
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 7.0}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0
Name : Visual Studio Code Host
Version : 2025.1.0
InstanceId : 9398e63a-02c1-4dec-a50c-2c5056df2b1f
UI : System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserInterface
CurrentCulture : en-US
CurrentUICulture : en-US
PrivateData : Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost+ConsoleColorProxy
DebuggerEnabled : True
IsRunspacePushed : False
Runspace : System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalRunspace
Visual Studio Code Version
1.98.1
2fc07b811f760549dab9be9d2bedd06c51dfcb9a
x64
Extension Version
ironmansoftware.powershell-universal@5.2.0
ms-vscode.powershell@2025.1.0
tylerleonhardt.vscode-inline-values-powershell@0.0.7
Steps to Reproduce
- Set breakpoint at
$counterin thefinally {}block - Start debugging
- Press
CTRL+C
try {
$counter = 0
while ($true) {
$counter++
Write-Host "Counter: $counter"
Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
}
} finally {
$counter
}
Visuals
Logs
PowerShell Trace LSP.log
PowerShell.log
StartEditorServices-27172.log
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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- 1.9k
- Forks
- 548
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
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