dlv dap: long-running server that doesn't terminate on disconnect and accepts new clients to launch/attach to new process

[polinasok]

The current dlv-dap server is a single-use server. On disconnect, it not only stops the client connection, but also terminates itself.

DAP/Vscode devs have advised us that when using a debug adapter that is a server, we do not launch a new instance for every debug session/process, but instead have a long-running server. On disconnect, this server would shut down the debug session, close the client connection, and continue running. It can then accept a new client connection when a new session is triggered and would respond to launches/attach request to trace a new process every time.

Apparently this what the Java extension does. It is integrated with a long-running Java language server that also serves DAP and acts as a debug adapter. The server is started as soon as a Java project is opened and runs until VSCode is shut down. Each new DAP session results in a new connection to the server (code).

[polinasok]

There are no plans to do this. Closing.