Cannot find module bootloader.js

Lately I’ve been getting this when trying to use the debugger (which now also doesn’t work)

Error: Cannot find module '/Users/[User]/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode.js-debug-nightly-2020.3.217/src/bootloader.js'
Require stack:
- internal/preload
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:954:17)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:847:27)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1016:19)
    at Module._preloadModules (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1285:12)
    at loadPreloadModules (internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js:439:5)
    at prepareMainThreadExecution (internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js:66:3)
    at internal/main/run_main_module.js:7:1 {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [ 'internal/preload' ]
}

pwa-node doesn’t work at all now 😦 But i can’t reproduce it on a public repo (it may not be related to the above)

[connor4312]

Because this is happening in tasks, I think you’re running into https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/96375. You should be able to fix this by:

1. Setting debug.node.autoAttach to “disabled” (to clear previous bad state)
2. Setting it back to on or off, as you prefer
3. Using the⚠️ icon on the top right to relaunch terminals as desired (or just reopen/reload VS Code)

[connor4312]

Okay, thanks. The solution for that issue is here: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/102057#issuecomment-657728467 If you’re running the latest 1.48, you should only need to do these two steps on workspaces where you have this issue:

1. Set debug.node.autoAttach to “on”. Wait a moment.
2. Set debug.node.autoAttach to “disabled”. Wait a moment.
3. Open a new terminal, or reload the window.

(after this you can safely turn auto attach back on if you’d like to use it)