debuggers.initialConfigurations not calling command

[chrisdias]

Insiders: 1.18.0-insider Commit: 154498 Date: 2017-11-02

The docker extension contributes the following in package.json:

    "debuggers": [
      {
        "type": "docker",
        "label": "Docker Attach",
        "initialConfigurations": "vscode-docker.debug.configureLaunchJson"
      }
    ],

and in the activation of the extension it registers the vscode-docker.debug.configureLaunchJson command:

    ctx.subscriptions.push(vscode.commands.registerCommand('vscode-docker.debug.configureLaunchJson', configureLaunchJson));

When configuring a new workspace the command is not called, instead this is generated:

{
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": "vscode-docker.debug.configureLaunchJson"
}

On Stable the command is executed and the following is generated:

{
        "version": "0.2.0",
        "configurations": [
            {
                "name": "Docker: Attach to Node",
                "type": "node",
                "request": "attach",
                "port": 9229,
                "address": "localhost",
                "localRoot": "${workspaceRoot}",
                "remoteRoot": "/usr/src/app"
            }
        ]
    }

So, its appears broken on Insiders only and is a regression. Not sure how many other extensions do the same contribution.

[ramya-rao-a]

See https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_17#_debug-contributions-in-packagejson debuggers.startSessionCommand, debuggers.initialConfigurations were deprecated in 1.17 and support for them is dropped in 1.18

You need to implement a DebugConfigurationProvider and provide the initial configurations via the provideDebugConfigurations method in it

[weinand]

@chrisdias the deprecation of the initialConfigurations and startSession commands had been already announced in the August release notes: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_16#_debug-api-updates.

And this information was repeated in the September release notes:
https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_17#_debug-contributions-in-packagejson

Please note: you can still contribute initial launch configs statically in the package.json like this:

   "debuggers": [
      {
        "type": "docker",
        "label": "Docker Attach",
        "initialConfigurations": [
            {
                "name": "Docker: Attach to Node",
                "type": "node",
                "request": "attach",
                "port": 9229,
                "address": "localhost",
                "localRoot": "${workspaceRoot}",
                "remoteRoot": "/usr/src/app"
            }
        ]
      }
    ],

only the somewhat ugly way of specifying a command for the "initialConfigurations" contribution was removed in October.

[chrisdias]

fixed in vscode-docker microsoft/vscode-docker@9f6daa8
also added bug for docs: microsoft/vscode-docs#1237