VS Code Python Test Debugging Does Not Hit Breakpoint

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0800

I had this problem in Python development environment wherein a breakpoint is not hit while trying to debug tests. It turns out that this is a known issue and a work around is available via the launch.json file.

{
 "version": "0.2.0",
 "configurations": [
 {
 "name": "Debug Tests",
 "type": "python",
 "request": "launch",
 "purpose": [
 "debug-test"
 ],
 "console": "integratedTerminal",
 "justMyCode": false,
 "env": {
 "PYTEST_ADDOPTS": "--no-cov"
 }
 }
 ]
}

Below is the explanation form Microsoft.

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VS Code Python Test Debugging Does Not Hit Breakpoint