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Add configuration option to issue a SIGTERM (or other signal) when the debugger is being stopped

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enhancement

Related to implementing this issue: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python-debugger/issues/316

Example Use Cases

  • When working with hardware, hardware connections/locks can be released.
  • Debugging/testing signal handling capabilities (e.g., testing an AWS Batch container termination)

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