microsoft / microsoft/DebugMCP
Debug session becomes unsynchronized during long `step_over` and cannot be stopped
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Description
I’m seeing inconsistent behavior when DebugMCP handles long-running operations during step_over.
Scenario 1 – Function with sleep
demo_run.py
from utils import demo
def main() -> None:
print('Start')
demo()
print('End')
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
utils.py
from time import sleep
def demo():
sleep(100)
print('in demo')
Failure Behavior:
When execution reaches demo() and sleep(100) is still running, step_over fails with:
Debug session is not ready. Please wait for initialization to complete.
Attempting stop_debugging afterward fails with:
No active debug session to stop
In the end the debug session is still running and must be terminated manually.
Scenario 2 – Sleep inside main
from time import sleep
def main() -> None:
print('Start')
sleep(100)
print('End')
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
Result: step_over times out while sleep(100) is still executing, and the agent later fails to stop debugging.
Issues:
step_overtimes out or reports invalid session while code is still executing.stop_debuggingfails to terminate an active session after such errors.
Expected Behavior:
- Long-running execution should not invalidate the session.
step_overshould wait or return a clear "execution in progress" state.stop_debuggingshould reliably stop any active session.
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with the provided demo_run.py and utils.py scenarios, then trace the step_over and stop_debugging entry points through session state and timeout handling. Done means long-running sleep calls do not invalidate the session, step_over reports a clear in-progress state or waits, and stop_debugging terminates the active session.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, typescript
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100