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Bug/Regression? Debugger terminal commands require Enter in attached process console
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Summary
Debugger terminal commands require Enter in attached process console.
PowerShell Version
Name Value
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PSVersion 7.5.4
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.5.4
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.26200
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0
Name : Visual Studio Code Host
Version : 2025.5.0
InstanceId : d51c83ef-d689-470d-914b-04cfe94b45b9
UI : System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserInterface
CurrentCulture : en-GB
CurrentUICulture : en-US
PrivateData : Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost+ConsoleColorProxy
DebuggerEnabled : True
IsRunspacePushed : False
Runspace : System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalRunspace
Visual Studio Code Version
1.106.3
bf9252a2fb45be6893dd8870c0bf37e2e1766d61
x64
Extension Version
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Steps to Reproduce
(1) Open pwsh console (or in my case an app hosting PowerShell Core).
(2) In VSCode, attach to this process for PowerShell debugging.
(3) In pwsh, invoke the attached script debug-4489.far.ps1 -- it sets some breakpoints for testing.
debug-4489.far.ps1.zip
(4) In pwsh, type and invoke test1 -- it breaks into VSCode debugger.
(5) In VSCode terminal type $host and hit Enter.
Expected result
VSCode evaluates the statement $host and prints the output (the host properties in this result).
It definitely used to work like this some versions ago.
Actual result
Nothing happens in the terminal until we go to the attached pwsh console and hit Enter there.
(Why? And how a user is supposed to know this?)