microsoft / microsoft/vscode-mock-debug

Mock debug adapter sends stop event before response to step request in violation of the spec

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Description

The DAP specification (https://microsoft.github.io/debug-adapter-protocol/specification#Requests_Next) states the following about all the step requests (next, stepIn, stepOut, stepBack):

The debug adapter first sends the response and then a stopped event (with reason step) after the step has completed.

The mock debug adapter appears to do this in reverse, violating the spec.
Looking at https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-mock-debug/blob/main/src/mockDebug.ts#L511-L539, it appears that the runtime step method (which indirectly, but as far as I can tell synchronously, sends the stop event) is called before sending a response to the step request.

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Start in src/mockDebug.ts around lines 511-539 and trace the step request through the runtime step method and response handling. Verify the ordering for next, stepIn, stepOut, and stepBack against the DAP specification; done means the response is sent before the stopped event for each step request.

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typescript
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Bug
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