Using alt to debug a test no longer works
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Description
Type: Bug
Previously, I could hold alt while clicking on the ▷ gutter button in order to debug a test. Holding alt still changes the icon to the debug version of ▷, but it no longer works, instead doing the equivalent of "Add conditional breakpoint".
VS Code version: Code 1.127.0 (4fe60c8b1cdac1c4c174f2fb180d0d758272d713, 2026-06-30T10:52:33+02:00)
OS version: Linux x64 6.18.26-gentoo-x86_64
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 6.18.26-gentoo-x86_64
Remote OS version: Linux x64 6.18.26-gentoo-x86_64
Remote OS version: Linux x64 6.18.26-gentoo-x86_64
System Info
|Item|Value|
|---|---|
|CPUs|Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10850K CPU @ 3.60GHz (20 x 4800)|
|GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
GPU0: VENDOR= 0x1002, DEVICE=0x7550, DRIVER_VENDOR=Mesa, DRIVER_VERSION=26.0.8 *ACTIVE*
GPU1: VENDOR= 0x8086, DEVICE=0x9bc5
Machine model name:
Machine model version:
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
skia_graphite: disabled_off
trees_in_viz: disabled_off
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: disabled_software
vulkan: disabled_off
webgl: enabled
webgpu: enabled
webgpu_on_vk_via_gl_interop: disabled_off
webnn: disabled_off|
|Load (avg)|4, 2, 1|
|Memory (System)|62.62GB (41.83GB free)|
|Process Argv|--ozone-platform-hint=auto --enable-wayland-ime --crash-reporter-id 217c2155-7214-48e7-83e7-a2317fced1b9 --crash-reporter-id 217c2155-7214-48e7-83e7-a2317fced1b9|
|Screen Reader|no|
|VM|0%|
|DESKTOP_SESSION|plasma|
|XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP|KDE|
|XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP|KDE|
|XDG_SESSION_TYPE|wayland|
|Item|Value|
|---|---|
|Remote|Container claude-code-claude (claude-code-claude-1)|
|OS|Linux x64 6.18.26-gentoo-x86_64|
|CPUs|Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10850K CPU @ 3.60GHz (20 x 4800)|
|Memory (System)|62.62GB (41.83GB free)|
|VM|0%|
|Item|Value|
|---|---|
|Remote|Container claude-code-claude (claude-code-claude-1)|
|OS|Linux x64 6.18.26-gentoo-x86_64|
|CPUs|Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10850K CPU @ 3.60GHz (20 x 4799)|
|Memory (System)|62.62GB (41.82GB free)|
|VM|0%|
|Item|Value|
|---|---|
|Remote|Container claude-code-claude (claude-code-claude-1)|
|OS|Linux x64 6.18.26-gentoo-x86_64|
|CPUs|Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10850K CPU @ 3.60GHz (20 x 4800)|
|Memory (System)|62.62GB (41.83GB free)|
|VM|0%|
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