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Debug on WSL stuck when `"externalConsole": true`

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Description

Type: Bug

Open WSL vscode.
Setup basic C++ project to test debug.
Set "externalConsole": true in launch.json.
See that you can't start debug session.

This issue is also reproduced at Oct 2021 on WSL 2, Windows 11 22000.194, vscode 1.60.1, vscode-cpptools 1.7.0-insiders2

Extension version: 1.17.5
VS Code version: Code 1.82.0 (8b617bd08fd9e3fc94d14adb8d358b56e3f72314, 2023-09-06T22:07:07.438Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22621
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

System Info
Item Value
CPUs 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12800HX (24 x 2304)
GPU Status 2d_canvas: enabled
canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
vulkan: disabled_off
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled
webgpu: enabled
Load (avg) undefined
Memory (System) 31.77GB (19.66GB free)
Process Argv --crash-reporter-id ef3eb753-8dd7-45a8-82d8-b8c58b2a92db
Screen Reader no
VM 0%
Item Value
Remote WSL: Ubuntu
OS Linux x64 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
CPUs 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12800HX (24 x 2303)
Memory (System) 15.51GB (14.28GB free)
VM 0%
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First steps

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Research direction

No source file or test is named. Start by reproducing the failure in a WSL VS Code window with a basic C++ project and "externalConsole": true in launch.json; trace the debug-session startup path and use the successful start of the session as the completion criterion.

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Assessment

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

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