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Could not find or load main class & ERROR: transport error 103: invalid port number specified

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

Research direction

Start by reproducing the Java command shown in the report and compare it with the launch configuration that produced the errors. Done means identifying why the main class cannot be loaded and why the transport port is invalid, then confirming a corrected debug launch.

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Description

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Error: Could not find or load main class
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

If I take the java command and directly run it, I got these errors

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