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Debugger doesn't stop at breakpoint inside finally block when no exception raised

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java, typescript
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Start by reproducing the breakpoint behavior in a regular Java application with a finally block that completes without raising an exception, then compare it with the exception path. Trace the TypeScript debugger handling for finally-block breakpoints; done means execution stops at the breakpoint in both cases.

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Description

ai-triaged bug

In a regular Java application, when a breakpoint is set within the finally block, the debugger session doesn’t terminate there when no exception is raised.

However, if an exception is raised during the execution of the code, the debugger will stop at the breakpoint.

Dominant language
TypeScript
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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