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Visual Studio Premier 2013 Update 3: Only hits break points the first time


I just upgraded to from Visual Studio 2013 Premier Update 1 to Visual Studio 2013 Premier Update 3. Everything seemed fine until I tried to debug a REST service using WizTools REST Client (which is an awesome tool, btw). The first time I hit the service endpoint, the break point hits and I can step through and debug just fine. No problem. But then, if I try again, the break point is never hit. The service runs and the resulting JSON appears in the results window of the WizTool client, but, no break point, so I can't debug.

I've done this a million times with VS 2008, 2010, and 2013 update 1. It's always stopped at the break points no matter how many times I hit the REST service endpoint. The ONLY thing that's changed here is that I upgraded to Update 3. No config changes, no solution changes, no nothing, except the upgrade to Upgrade 3.

I've searched here and in Google for a similar problem, and all I found was this: Why does Visual Studio not hit breakpoint until second debug session?

He seems to be having the opposite problem: It doesn't hit the first time, but does every other. And, he's debugging unit tests and I'm debugging REST service end points (don't know if that matters).

Any ideas?


Solution

  • Found a solution, for anyone who happens to come across this later. For me, the answer was going to Debug > Attach To Process > select the process javaw.exe, which has the title of WizTools.org RestClient. That's the tool I am using to test these REST services. Never had to do this before, and it's possible there is a better solution - in fact I sure hope there is.