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WSL2 chrome debug with Error running browser: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:53579

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Describe the bug WSL2 chrome debug not possible, browser opens for a moment then closes, with messege:

Error running browser: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:53579

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

On windows 10, install WSL2
Install VSCODE (insiders or stable)
Try debug javascript

launch.json:

  {
        "name": "Launch Chrome",
        "request": "launch",
        "type": "pwa-chrome",
        "url": "http://localhost:5000",
        "trace": true,
        "webRoot": "${workspaceFolder}"
      },

Log File vscode-debugadapter-00e1f992.json

Vscode -> 1.56.0-insider Javacript Debugger (Nightly) v2021.4.2617

Additional context Curiously installing older versions of the javascript debugger also give the same error, even versions 3 months old Also installing older versions of Debugger for chrome and Remote WSL also fails with the same error

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Created 2 years ago
Comments:16 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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umer-ilyascommented, Apr 13, 2022

getting this error on vs code version 1.66.2

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neilmendozacommented, Dec 1, 2021

The following worked for me. If I open my project using the “Remote - WSL” VS Code extension, e.g. by typing code /my/folder in Linux, I get this issue. However, if I open the folder as a “normal Windows folder” rather than a WSL folder by browsing to \\wsl$ in Explorer I can debug OK.