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Node.js Debugger ends as soon as it is attached

I'm currently using WebStorm as IDE and my project uses pm2 as process manager. The structure of my ecosystem is the following:

module.exports = {
  name: 'myProject',
  cwd: __dirname,
  script: 'npm',
  args: 'run start:debug',
};

which executes

"start:debug": "nodemon --config nodemon-debug.json"

As soon as the project starts, the terminal throws:

Debugger listening on ws://127.0.0.1:9229/24bd6549-1601-4b0d-9e36-495765176abc
For help, see: https://nodejs.org/en/docs/inspector

I then press the Debug button in WebStorm with the following configuration:

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After that the terminal shows this and the project starts without debugger:

Debugger listening on ws://127.0.0.1:9229/24bd6549-1601-4b0d-9e36-495765176abc
For help, see: https://nodejs.org/en/docs/inspector
Debugger attached.
Debugger ending on ws://127.0.0.1:9229/24bd6549-1601-4b0d-9e36-495765176abc
For help, see: https://nodejs.org/en/docs/inspector

My node version:

nvm current -> v14.20.1

Yesterday it worked fine, today I turned on my PC and it is broken, nothing on my environment has changed that I'm aware of.

Solution

  • It turns out the last version of WebStorm, 2022.3.3, broke the WebStorm debugger, I had to go back to version 2022.3.2.