Attach to process launch shows command 'PickProcess' is not found if protocol is inspector'

[sandy081]

Testing #20991

Launched the application from terminal using node v6.5.0 as follows

node --inspect --debug-brk=24056 --nolazy server/out/server.js

When changed node version to v6.10.0 it works

[polysok]

while waiting for a fix, you can just rename PickProcess to pickProcess. That works for me.

[cramhead]

The pickProcess trick does not work. I get info message "Please set up the launch configuration file for your application. command 'pickProcess' not found" on MacOS Sierra 10.12.5 (16F73)

[weinand]

@cramhead sorry, but I don't understand your problem. It does not seem to be related to the original problem, though.

How does your launch config look like?

[millermatt]

@weinand

sorry, but I don't understand your problem. It does not seem to be related to the original problem, though.

It's the exact same error shown in OP's gif.

VS Code 1.13.1
Node 8.1.2

{
    "type": "node",
    "request": "attach",
    "name": "Attach to Process",
    "processId": "${command:PickProcess}",
    "port": 9229,
    "protocol": "inspector"
}

Running this configuration results in the message:

Please set up the launch configuration file for your application. command 'PickProcess' not found

If you add "protocol": "inspector" to your launch configuration then PickProcess is no longer a command that VS Code recognizes.

[weinand]

@millermatt the use of processId and "protocol": "inspector" is not supported in VS Code < 1.14. In earlier versions only the "legacy" protocol is supported.

Please note 1: use "Attach via Process ID" only if you did not start node.js in debug mode. If you have started node.js with the "--debug" or "--inspect" options, there is no need to use the processId attribute because there is only one process that listens on that port.

Please note 2: starting with VS Code 1.14 please don't specify the portand the protocol attributes when using processId. We will use the correct port and protocol automatically if you attach via a process ID.