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Remote attach is very very buggy. Debug adapter crashes all the time

See original GitHub issue

From @nojvek on March 14, 2017 0:8

Environment data

VS Code version: Version 1.10.2 (1.10.2) Python Extension version: 0.5.9 Python Version: 2.7 OS and version: Mac OS Sierra

Expected behavior

Remote attach works like Chrome-Dev tools

Actual behavior

Python remote debugger connects with orange but crashes later

Steps to reproduce:

Run attach scenario

Settings

Your launch.json (if dealing with debugger issues):

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Attach (Remote Debug)",
            "type": "python",
            "request": "attach",
            "localRoot": "${workspaceRoot}",
            "remoteRoot": "/home/noj/xyz",
            "port": 3333,
            "secret": "boo",
            "host": "localhost"
        }
    ]
}

Your settings.json:

Logs

Output from Python output panel
----------Generating Tags---------- ctags --options=/Users/nojvek/.vscode/extensions/donjayamanne.python-0.5.9/resources/ctagOptions --languages=Python --exclude=/site-packages/ -o /Users/nojvek/mp/analytics/.vscode/tags . /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ctags: illegal option – - usage: ctags [-BFadtuwvx] [-f tagsfile] file …

Output from Console window (Help->Developer Tools menu)

workbench.main.js:142 TypeError: Cannot read property 'Threads' of undefined
    at PythonDebugger.threadsRequest (/Users/nojvek/.vscode/extensions/donjayamanne.python-0.6.0/out/client/debugger/Main.js:339:27)
    at PythonDebugger.DebugSession.dispatchRequest (/Users/nojvek/.vscode/extensions/donjayamanne.python-0.6.0/node_modules/vscode-debugadapter/lib/debugSession.js:427:22)
    at PythonDebugger.ProtocolServer._handleData (/Users/nojvek/.vscode/extensions/donjayamanne.python-0.6.0/node_modules/vscode-debugadapter/lib/protocol.js:104:38)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (/Users/nojvek/.vscode/extensions/donjayamanne.python-0.6.0/node_modules/vscode-debugadapter/lib/protocol.js:24:60)
    at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:188:7)
    at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:176:18)
    at Socket.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:134:10)
    at Pipe.onread (net.js:543:20): Error: TypeError: Cannot read property 'Threads' of undefined
    at PythonDebugger.threadsRequest (/Users/nojvek/.vscode/extensions/donjayamanne.python-0.6.0/out/client/debugger/Main.js:339:27)
    at PythonDebugger.DebugSession.dispatchRequest (/Users/nojvek/.vscode/extensions/donjayamanne.python-0.6.0/node_modules/vscode-debugadapter/lib/debugSession.js:427:22)
    at PythonDebugger.ProtocolServer._handleData (/Users/nojvek/.vscode/extensions/donjayamanne.python-0.6.0/node_modules/vscode-debugadapter/lib/protocol.js:104:38)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (/Users/nojvek/.vscode/extensions/donjayamanne.python-0.6.0/node_modules/vscode-debugadapter/lib/protocol.js:24:60)
    at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:188:7)
    at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:176:18)
    at Socket.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:134:10)
    at Pipe.onread (net.js:543:20)
    at file:////Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/electron-browser/workbench.main.js:95:13980
    at Object.v [as _notify] (file:////Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/electron-browser/workbench.main.js:32:11161)
    at Object.enter (file:////Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/electron-browser/workbench.main.js:32:14666)
    at _run (file:////Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/electron-browser/workbench.main.js:32:15987)
    at _error (file:////Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/electron-browser/workbench.main.js:32:15504)
    at file:////Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/electron-browser/workbench.main.js:88:1241
    at g.e.dispatch (file:////Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/electron-browser/workbench.main.js:88:2592)
    at g.e.handleData (file:////Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/electron-browser/workbench.main.js:88:2100)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (file:////Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/electron-browser/workbench.main.js:88:1101)
    at emitOne (events.js:96:13)

Copied from original issue: DonJayamanne/pythonVSCode#819