microsoft / microsoft/vscode-dotnettools

Support Intellitrace debugging in Devkit

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Description

Describe the feature you'd like

When debugging complex scenarios, sometimes Intellitrace debugging would be extremely powerful.
However when developing on a mac, you're stuck with a very low-level debugging experience in VS Code or a better experience in Rider, but that still falls short of what would be possible on Windows with full VS and Intellitrace.

As a .NET developer on macOS, I want to be able to use time-travel debugging and walk back breakpoints and see and change information on the stack and debug like it would be possible on Windows.

Alternatives considered

Install a VM and use VS, but this is cumbersome to set up because that would involve remote debugging as the code should run somewhere else (on the mac).

Environment Information

VS Code on macOS

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Research direction

The issue names no implementation files or tests. Start by locating the C# Dev Kit debugging entry points and checking how Intellitrace or time-travel debugging could be supported on macOS. Done would mean a documented, working way to use the requested debugging workflow in VS Code.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, macos, vscode
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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