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Obfuscated variables are not made readable using the available inline source map

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript, vscode
Domain
developer-experience, devtools

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in VS Code with pathMappings and the available inline source map, then trace how mapped names are used for breakpoints versus variable display. Done means hover values and the Run and Debug variables pane show useful, non-obfuscated names instead of only the obfuscated variables.

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Description

Obfuscated variables are not made readable using the available inline source map.

With pathMappings configured, breakpoints in VSCode work, but the variables values aren't visible in the editor on mouse hover, and the "variables" pane in the "run and debug" pane only shows the obfuscated variables without any useful names.

Dominant language
TypeScript
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