microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol

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Defines a common protocol for debug adapters.

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Last GitHub push: Sep 17, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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90 open issues indexed

Variable paging of named variables Open

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microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#633 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 25, 2026
ChecksumAlgorithm should include SHA384 and SHA512 Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#630 · Opened Jul 16, 2026
SetExceptionBreakpoints contradiction Open

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microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#611 · Opened Apr 22, 2026
Supporting more options for value formatting Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#599 · 8 reactions · Opened Mar 6, 2026
Add condition, hitCondition, and logMessage to the Breakpoint type Open

under-discussion

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microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#596 · 9 comments · Opened Feb 24, 2026
Clarifying 'loadedSource' events Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#588 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 8, 2026
Support paginating 'loadedSources' Open

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microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#587 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 8, 2026
Goto in disassembled code Open

feature-request

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microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#577 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 15, 2025
Data breakpoint log message Open

feature-request

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microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#570 · Opened Oct 23, 2025
Function and instruction breakpoint log message Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#569 · Opened Oct 23, 2025
Support "attach" stop reason Open

clarification

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#566 · 6 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 17, 2025
Allow enumeration of variables without fetching values Open

info-needed under-discussion

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#564 · 2 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Oct 6, 2025
Clarify separator format in path Open

clarification

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microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#563 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 4, 2025
Disabled breakpoints are erased from breakpoints list when sending a Breakpoint Request Open

info-needed

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#560 · 6 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 17, 2025
Support for non-invasive debuggers? Open

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microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#557 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 1, 2025
Allow setting of mode also for function breakpoints Open

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microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#539 · Opened May 26, 2025
Support breakpoints for specific threads Open

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microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#536 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 30, 2025
Support for avoiding source focus in "stopped" events Open

under-discussion

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#525 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 22, 2025
Allow Overwrite of Stacktrace with SupportsDelayedStackTraceLoading Open

under-discussion

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#508 · 6 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 11, 2024
Add a `memoryType: assembly` to `Variable` Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#495 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 14, 2024
Does `setBreakpoints` trigger multiple `breakpoint` events? Open

clarification

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#434 · 7 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 19, 2023
Extend `StackFrame` to support longer description than `name` Open

feature-request

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#433 · 2 comments · 2 assignees · Opened Sep 15, 2023
website is not hyperlinked like the LSP website Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#432 · Opened Sep 8, 2023
Clarify how `addressRange` is supposed to be represented in `Module` event Open

under-discussion

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microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#424 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 4, 2023
Allow resolving the source location of stack frames as needed Open

feature-request

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#407 · 12 comments · 4 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 26, 2023
dataBreakpointInfo and setDatabreakpointsRequest needs new fields Open

under-discussion

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microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#404 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 14, 2023
Make jump to code a standard event Open

feature-request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#399 · 3 reactions · Opened May 30, 2023
Make hot reload a standard request Open

feature-request

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#398 · 8 comments · 3 reactions · Opened May 30, 2023
Unclear meaning of "debug session" Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#386 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 14, 2023
startDebugging missing from the changelog Open

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#378 · Opened Mar 10, 2023
Clarify usage of sourceModified flag Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#376 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 2, 2023
Support SteppingGranularity "block" Open

feature-request

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#356 · 2 assignees · Opened Nov 18, 2022
Add 'singleThread' argument to pause requests Open

feature-request

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#355 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 2 assignees · Opened Nov 18, 2022
Read/WriteMemory access width parameter addition Open

under-discussion

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#348 · 2 comments · 2 assignees · Opened Nov 7, 2022
Track cross-thread control-flow events Open

info-needed

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#342 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 2 assignees · Opened Oct 13, 2022
Instruction breakpoints: lifetime of memory references and persistence Open

clarification

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#340 · 2 comments · 2 assignees · Opened Oct 9, 2022
Support nesting of threads Open

feature-request

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#339 · 1 comment · 9 reactions · 2 assignees · Opened Oct 8, 2022
Support multiplexing of spawned debug sessions Open

feature-request

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#329 · 11 comments · 2 reactions · 2 assignees · Opened Sep 9, 2022
DAP Overview diagram for debuggers configure information only when the debuggee is about to start running. Open

clarification

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#318 · Opened Jul 25, 2022
Make Debug Console REPL have different Requests & Request response settings Open

feature-request

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#265 · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 17, 2022
Should `memoryReference` reuse be explicitly suggested? Open

clarification

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#238 · 17 comments · 2 assignees · Opened Jan 5, 2022
Proposal: remove requirement for exact instruction count for disassemble response Open

under-discussion

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 32/100

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#234 · 8 comments · Opened Dec 16, 2021
Allow hinting `DebugProtocol.Source` to prefer `path` over `sourceReference` Open

clarification feature-request

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#224 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 15, 2021
Where is the Documentation for VSCode's Debug Adapter and Protocol implementation? Open

feature-request

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#450 · 1 comment · 5 reactions · Opened Sep 8, 2021
readMemory request: return additional information about memory Open

feature-request under-discussion

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#200 · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 17, 2021
support more flexible ValueFormat Open

feature-request

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microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#197 · 1 comment · Opened May 27, 2021
Add allThreadsContinued to responses that resume execution Open

feature-request

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microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#192 · 1 comment · Opened May 17, 2021
SourceRequest: Lazily provide local file path? Open

*question feature-request

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microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#189 · Opened Apr 18, 2021
Add terminateDebugger option to disconnect request Open

feature-request under-discussion

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#175 · 12 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 20, 2021
Better support for large number of green-thread like things Open

feature-request

microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol#169 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 4, 2021

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