debugger attach pickProcess should run after preLaunchTask

[taikulawo]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No

• VS Code Version:
  Version: 1.70.2
  Commit: e4503b3
  Date: 2022-08-16T05:36:37.829Z
  Electron: 18.3.5
  Chromium: 100.0.4896.160
  Node.js: 16.13.2
  V8: 10.0.139.17-electron.0
  OS: Darwin x64 21.6.0
• OS Version:
  MacOs Monterey
  Version 12.5 (21G72
  Steps to Reproduce:
  there has a same issue Launch preLaunchTask should complete before resolveDebugConfiguration #95162 mark fixed.
  but I can still reproduce it.
  please watch this issue debugger attach pickProcess should run after preLaunchTask vscode-cpptools#9773

[roblourens]

This is probably happening because your task does not actually wait for nginx to start. Please make sure your task is configured correctly to run until the launch config is ready to proceed.

[vscodenpa]

This issue has been closed automatically because it needs more information and has not had recent activity. See also our issue reporting guidelines.

Happy Coding!

[borjamunozf]

Same issue here with different task. Tried to setup also problemMatcher but same result:

Task definition

  {
        "label": "Deployment-tools-start-simulators",
        "isBackground": false,
        "type": "shell",
        "command": "${workspaceFolder}/rig_common/deployment_tools/build/sim/default_rig/start.sh",
        "options": {
          "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/rig_common/deployment_tools/build/sim/default_rig",
          "env": {
            "DISPLAY": "${env:DISPLAY}",
            "USE_GUI": "${input:useGui}",
            "USE_HTML": "0",
            "USE_VNC": "0",
          }
        }, 
        "problemMatcher": [],

Launch definition

  //Start simulators, pick & attach to ioSim, stop after debug ends.
        {
            "name": "(gdb) Start simulators & Attach Process to AcdsIoSim",
            "type": "cppdbg",
            "request": "attach",
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/build/sim/default/AcdsIoSim.bin",
            "processId": "${command:pickProcess}",
            "MIMode": "gdb",
            "setupCommands": [
                {
                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
                    "ignoreFailures": true
                },
                {
                    "description": "Set Disassembly Flavor to Intel",
                    "text": "-gdb-set disassembly-flavor intel",
                    "ignoreFailures": true
                },
            ],
            "preLaunchTask": "Deployment-tools-start-simulators",
            "postDebugTask": "Deployment-tools-stop-simulators",
        },