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Enable debugpy to work with domain sockets

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30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
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Stale
Tech stack
python

Research direction

No files or tests are named. First verify whether debugpy already supports Unix domain sockets, then trace the existing network-socket communication entry points; done means debugpy can communicate through Unix domain sockets for environments that cannot use network sockets.

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Description

If I understand correctly, the current version of debugpy only supports listening on network sockets. However, due to security limitations in our use case, we are unable to use network sockets. Could you add support for communication with debugpy via Unix domain sockets, or is this feature already available?

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