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Debugger is not working

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
python
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Start by reproducing the timeout in VS Code with the reported debugpy and Python extension versions, using the single-line print test described in the issue. Collect the debugger configuration, reproduction steps, and relevant debugpy or VS Code logs; the issue is done when the cause of the timeout is identified and a verified fix or actionable diagnosis is available.

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Description

question

Type: Bug

I am brand new to coding as well as vs code, I am using this ide to learn, but I hjave no idea what to do when something stopd working. I am currently trying to use the debugger, (debugpy) but every chance I ran a test on a single line of code ( print("Test")) its giving me a timed out notification.

VS Code version: Code 1.119.0 (8b640eef5a6c6089c029249d48efa5c99adf7d51, 2026-05-05T11:23:50-07:00)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Modes:

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Memory (System) 31.15GB (17.14GB free)
Process Argv --crash-reporter-id 5ec3e6e2-1d66-43c3-a70f-22f04e7acb0a
Screen Reader no
VM 0%
Extensions (7)
Extension Author (truncated) Version
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