F5 showing Debug Stopped

[arjuncorestrat]

Type: Bug

Behaviour

Not able to debug code. Trying to run launch.json, just shows popup saying Debug Stopped.

Steps to reproduce:

1.Just press F5 with any launch.json file.

Diagnostic data

launch.json configuration

There is no diagnostic data available, there is no output.

Output for Python in the Output panel (View→Output, change the drop-down the upper-right of the Output panel to Python)

There is no output.

Output for Python Debugger in the Output panel (View→Output, change the drop-down the upper-right of the Output panel to Python Debugger)

XXX

# Behaviour

XXX

Steps to reproduce:

1. XXX

Diagnostic data

launch.json configuration

XXX

Output for Python in the Output panel (View→Output, change the drop-down the upper-right of the Output panel to Python)

XXX

Output for Python Debugger in the Output panel (View→Output, change the drop-down the upper-right of the Output panel to Python Debugger)

XXX

VS Code version: Code 1.105.0 (03c265b1adee71ac88f833e065f7bb956b60550a, 2025-10-08T14:09:35.891Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1265U (12 x 2688)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled 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: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.44GB (4.00GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id ddc320b9-8fe9-4850-b1fa-c9be0ac41bfc
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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[eleanorjboyd]

can you provide some information about what your launch configuration and setup is?

[github-actions]

Because we have not heard back with the information we requested, we are closing this issue for now. If you are able to provide the info later on, then we will be happy to re-open this issue to pick up where we left off.

Happy Coding!