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Add the ability to disable the debugger

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java, typescript
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Start by tracing how vmArgs are converted into the Java launch command and where the default JDWP argument is appended. Define the new argument's true behavior from the issue: the built-in -agentlib:jdwp=... option should be omitted, allowing a third-party debugger to provide the agent. Verify the resulting command still supports the existing debugger behavior when the option is not enabled.

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Description

ai-triaged enhancement

In some cases, it's useful to use a 3rd party debugger. Since the JVM does not allow multiple TI agents, we cannot simply add -agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=*:5005 to vmArgs.

Maybe a solution is to add an argument that, when true, does not add append -agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=n,suspend=y,address=localhost:62188 to the command.

Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
591
Forks
429
Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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