Bug: Debug Attach stopped working in 2025.18.0

Debug attach mode stopped working in 2025.18.0. When I downgrade to 2025.16.0, it works again.

Reproducer:

Launch configuration:

{
    "name": "Python Debugger: Attach using Process Id",
    "type": "debugpy",
    "request": "attach",
    "processId": "${command:pickProcess}"
}

In my SLES 15-SP4 (Linux) machine:

> python3
Python 3.12.0 (main, Oct 18 2023, 17:19:09) [GCC 7.5.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
Ctrl click to launch VS Code Native REPL
>>> import os
>>> os.getpid()
<pid of python process will be shown>

Start the debugging with the launch configuration from above and use the pid from the os.getpid(). Then observe that it will just try to attach for a minute, then give up with the following error:

This is the content in the debug console:

Attach to PID failed.

--- Starting attach to pid: 141427 ---
0.00s - Debugger warning: It seems that frozen modules are being used, which may
0.00s - make the debugger miss breakpoints. Please pass -Xfrozen_modules=off
0.00s - to python to disable frozen modules.
0.00s - Note: Debugging will proceed. Set PYDEVD_DISABLE_FILE_VALIDATION=1 to disable this validation.
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1".
0x00007fa0655600a6 in select () from /lib64/libc.so.6
The target architecture is set to "auto" (currently "i386:x86-64").
$1 = (void *) 0x0
No symbol "DoAttach" in current context.
[Inferior 1 (process 141427) detached]
E+00000.426: Code injection into PID=141427 failed:
             
             Traceback (most recent call last):
               File "/disk2/tsonono/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.18.0/bundled/libs/debugpy/adapter/../../debugpy/../debugpy/server/cli.py", line 468, in attach_to_pid
                 add_code_to_python_process.run_python_code(
               File "/disk2/tsonono/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.18.0/bundled/libs/debugpy/_vendored/pydevd/pydevd_attach_to_process/add_code_to_python_process.py", line 483, in run_python_code_linux
                 subprocess.check_call(" ".join(cmd), shell=True, env=env)
               File "/usr/itm/python/3.12.0/lib/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 413, in check_call
                 raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
             subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command 'gdb --nw --nh --nx --pid 141427 --batch --eval-command='set scheduler-locking off' --eval-command='set architecture auto' --eval-command='call (void*)dlopen("/disk2/tsonono/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.18.0/bundled/libs/debugpy/_vendored/pydevd/pydevd_attach_to_process/attach_linux_amd64.so", 2)' --eval-command='sharedlibrary attach_linux_amd64' --eval-command='call (int)DoAttach(0, "import codecs;import json;import sys;decode = lambda s: codecs.utf_8_decode(bytearray(s))[0] if s is not None else None;script_dir = decode([47, 100, 105, 115, 107, 50, 47, 116, 115, 111, 110, 111, 110, 111, 47, 46, 118, 115, 99, 111, 100, 101, 45, 115, 101, 114, 118, 101, 114, 47, 101, 120, 116, 101, 110, 115, 105, 111, 110, 115, 47, 109, 115, 45, 112, 121, 116, 104, 111, 110, 46, 100, 101, 98, 117, 103, 112, 121, 45, 50, 48, 50, 53, 46, 49, 56, 46, 48, 47, 98, 117, 110, 100, 108, 101, 100, 47, 108, 105, 98, 115, 47, 100, 101, 98, 117, 103, 112, 121, 47, 97, 100, 97, 112, 116, 101, 114, 47, 46, 46, 47, 46, 46, 47, 100, 101, 98, 117, 103, 112, 121, 47, 46, 46, 47, 100, 101, 98, 117, 103, 112, 121, 47, 115, 101, 114, 118, 101, 114]);setup = json.loads(decode([123, 34, 109, 111, 100, 101, 34, 58, 32, 34, 99, 111, 110, 110, 101, 99, 116, 34, 44, 32, 34, 97, 100, 100, 114, 101, 115, 115, 34, 58, 32, 91, 34, 49, 50, 55, 46, 48, 46, 48, 46, 49, 34, 44, 32, 52, 52, 52, 56, 57, 93, 44, 32, 34, 119, 97, 105, 116, 95, 102, 111, 114, 95, 99, 108, 105, 101, 110, 116, 34, 58, 32, 102, 97, 108, 115, 101, 44, 32, 34, 108, 111, 103, 95, 116, 111, 34, 58, 32, 110, 117, 108, 108, 44, 32, 34, 97, 100, 97, 112, 116, 101, 114, 95, 97, 99, 99, 101, 115, 115, 95, 116, 111, 107, 101, 110, 34, 58, 32, 34, 97, 53, 101, 51, 51, 100, 52, 53, 50, 48, 56, 50, 51, 48, 49, 54, 53, 54, 48, 55, 57, 52, 52, 48, 57, 54, 57, 98, 48, 51, 52, 52, 102, 99, 99, 50, 56, 97, 54, 98, 57, 53, 55, 49, 55, 50, 50, 99, 54, 97, 99, 100, 48, 53, 48, 49, 54, 102, 102, 50, 99, 54, 102, 102, 34, 125]));sys.path.insert(0, script_dir);import attach_pid_injected;del sys.path[0];attach_pid_injected.attach(setup);", 0)'' returned non-zero exit status 1.
             
             Stack where logged:
               File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
               File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
               File "/disk2/tsonono/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.18.0/bundled/libs/debugpy/adapter/../../debugpy/__main__.py", line 71, in <module>
                 cli.main()
               File "/disk2/tsonono/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.18.0/bundled/libs/debugpy/adapter/../../debugpy/../debugpy/server/cli.py", line 508, in main
                 run()
               File "/disk2/tsonono/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.18.0/bundled/libs/debugpy/adapter/../../debugpy/../debugpy/server/cli.py", line 475, in attach_to_pid
                 log.reraise_exception("Code injection into PID={0} failed:", pid)
               File "/disk2/tsonono/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.18.0/bundled/libs/debugpy/adapter/../../debugpy/../debugpy/common/log.py", line 222, in reraise_exception
                 _exception(format_string, *args, **kwargs)
             

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "/disk2/tsonono/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.18.0/bundled/libs/debugpy/adapter/../../debugpy/__main__.py", line 71, in <module>
    cli.main()
  File "/disk2/tsonono/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.18.0/bundled/libs/debugpy/adapter/../../debugpy/../debugpy/server/cli.py", line 508, in main
    run()
  File "/disk2/tsonono/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.18.0/bundled/libs/debugpy/adapter/../../debugpy/../debugpy/server/cli.py", line 475, in attach_to_pid
    log.reraise_exception("Code injection into PID={0} failed:", pid)
  File "/disk2/tsonono/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.18.0/bundled/libs/debugpy/adapter/../../debugpy/../debugpy/server/cli.py", line 468, in attach_to_pid
    add_code_to_python_process.run_python_code(
  File "/disk2/tsonono/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.18.0/bundled/libs/debugpy/_vendored/pydevd/pydevd_attach_to_process/add_code_to_python_process.py", line 483, in run_python_code_linux
    subprocess.check_call(" ".join(cmd), shell=True, env=env)
  File "/usr/itm/python/3.12.0/lib/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 413, in check_call
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command 'gdb --nw --nh --nx --pid 141427 --batch --eval-command='set scheduler-locking off' --eval-command='set architecture auto' --eval-command='call (void*)dlopen("/disk2/tsonono/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.18.0/bundled/libs/debugpy/_vendored/pydevd/pydevd_attach_to_process/attach_linux_amd64.so", 2)' --eval-command='sharedlibrary attach_linux_amd64' --eval-command='call (int)DoAttach(0, "import codecs;import json;import sys;decode = lambda s: codecs.utf_8_decode(bytearray(s))[0] if s is not None else None;script_dir = decode([47, 100, 105, 115, 107, 50, 47, 116, 115, 111, 110, 111, 110, 111, 47, 46, 118, 115, 99, 111, 100, 101, 45, 115, 101, 114, 118, 101, 114, 47, 101, 120, 116, 101, 110, 115, 105, 111, 110, 115, 47, 109, 115, 45, 112, 121, 116, 104, 111, 110, 46, 100, 101, 98, 117, 103, 112, 121, 45, 50, 48, 50, 53, 46, 49, 56, 46, 48, 47, 98, 117, 110, 100, 108, 101, 100, 47, 108, 105, 98, 115, 47, 100, 101, 98, 117, 103, 112, 121, 47, 97, 100, 97, 112, 116, 101, 114, 47, 46, 46, 47, 46, 46, 47, 100, 101, 98, 117, 103, 112, 121, 47, 46, 46, 47, 100, 101, 98, 117, 103, 112, 121, 47, 115, 101, 114, 118, 101, 114]);setup = json.loads(decode([123, 34, 109, 111, 100, 101, 34, 58, 32, 34, 99, 111, 110, 110, 101, 99, 116, 34, 44, 32, 34, 97, 100, 100, 114, 101, 115, 115, 34, 58, 32, 91, 34, 49, 50, 55, 46, 48, 46, 48, 46, 49, 34, 44, 32, 52, 52, 52, 56, 57, 93, 44, 32, 34, 119, 97, 105, 116, 95, 102, 111, 114, 95, 99, 108, 105, 101, 110, 116, 34, 58, 32, 102, 97, 108, 115, 101, 44, 32, 34, 108, 111, 103, 95, 116, 111, 34, 58, 32, 110, 117, 108, 108, 44, 32, 34, 97, 100, 97, 112, 116, 101, 114, 95, 97, 99, 99, 101, 115, 115, 95, 116, 111, 107, 101, 110, 34, 58, 32, 34, 97, 53, 101, 51, 51, 100, 52, 53, 50, 48, 56, 50, 51, 48, 49, 54, 53, 54, 48, 55, 57, 52, 52, 48, 57, 54, 57, 98, 48, 51, 52, 52, 102, 99, 99, 50, 56, 97, 54, 98, 57, 53, 55, 49, 55, 50, 50, 99, 54, 97, 99, 100, 48, 53, 48, 49, 54, 102, 102, 50, 99, 54, 102, 102, 34, 125]));sys.path.insert(0, script_dir);import attach_pid_injected;del sys.path[0];attach_pid_injected.attach(setup);", 0)'' returned non-zero exit status 1.
PYDEVD_GDB_SCAN_SHARED_LIBRARIES not set (scanning all libraries for needed symbols).
Running: gdb --nw --nh --nx --pid 141427 --batch --eval-command='set scheduler-locking off' --eval-command='set architecture auto' --eval-command='call (void*)dlopen("/disk2/tsonono/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.18.0/bundled/libs/debugpy/_vendored/pydevd/pydevd_attach_to_process/attach_linux_amd64.so", 2)' --eval-command='sharedlibrary attach_linux_amd64' --eval-command='call (int)DoAttach(0, "import codecs;import json;import sys;decode = lambda s: codecs.utf_8_decode(bytearray(s))[0] if s is not None else None;script_dir = decode([47, 100, 105, 115, 107, 50, 47, 116, 115, 111, 110, 111, 110, 111, 47, 46, 118, 115, 99, 111, 100, 101, 45, 115, 101, 114, 118, 101, 114, 47, 101, 120, 116, 101, 110, 115, 105, 111, 110, 115, 47, 109, 115, 45, 112, 121, 116, 104, 111, 110, 46, 100, 101, 98, 117, 103, 112, 121, 45, 50, 48, 50, 53, 46, 49, 56, 46, 48, 47, 98, 117, 110, 100, 108, 101, 100, 47, 108, 105, 98, 115, 47, 100, 101, 98, 117, 103, 112, 121, 47, 97, 100, 97, 112, 116, 101, 114, 47, 46, 46, 47, 46, 46, 47, 100, 101, 98, 117, 103, 112, 121, 47, 46, 46, 47, 100, 101, 98, 117, 103, 112, 121, 47, 115, 101, 114, 118, 101, 114]);setup = json.loads(decode([123, 34, 109, 111, 100, 101, 34, 58, 32, 34, 99, 111, 110, 110, 101, 99, 116, 34, 44, 32, 34, 97, 100, 100, 114, 101, 115, 115, 34, 58, 32, 91, 34, 49, 50, 55, 46, 48, 46, 48, 46, 49, 34, 44, 32, 52, 52, 52, 56, 57, 93, 44, 32, 34, 119, 97, 105, 116, 95, 102, 111, 114, 95, 99, 108, 105, 101, 110, 116, 34, 58, 32, 102, 97, 108, 115, 101, 44, 32, 34, 108, 111, 103, 95, 116, 111, 34, 58, 32, 110, 117, 108, 108, 44, 32, 34, 97, 100, 97, 112, 116, 101, 114, 95, 97, 99, 99, 101, 115, 115, 95, 116, 111, 107, 101, 110, 34, 58, 32, 34, 97, 53, 101, 51, 51, 100, 52, 53, 50, 48, 56, 50, 51, 48, 49, 54, 53, 54, 48, 55, 57, 52, 52, 48, 57, 54, 57, 98, 48, 51, 52, 52, 102, 99, 99, 50, 56, 97, 54, 98, 57, 53, 55, 49, 55, 50, 50, 99, 54, 97, 99, 100, 48, 53, 48, 49, 54, 102, 102, 50, 99, 54, 102, 102, 34, 125]));sys.path.insert(0, script_dir);import attach_pid_injected;del sys.path[0];attach_pid_injected.attach(setup);", 0)'

The gdb version on my host if 14.2, if that's of any relevance, as the debugger is seemingly using the host's gdb based on the output in the debug console.

Riproduci il fallimento dell’attach usando la configurazione di avvio fornita, un processo Python 3.12, l’ambiente SLES 15-SP4 e host gdb. Leggi debugpy/server/cli.py, pydevd_attach_to_process/add_code_to_python_process.py e il traceback relativo ad attach_linux_amd64.so; il lavoro è completato quando l’attach tramite PID funziona in 2025.18.0 senza l’errore di injection segnalato.