Could NOT attach to process

I want to attach a shared library (.so) file to a running process. my launch.json file reads,

{
        "type": "gdb",
        "request": "attach",
        "name": "Attach to PID",
        "target": "14823",
        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
        "valuesFormatting": "parseText"
    },

The output from the debug console,

[Inferior 1 (process 18766) detached]
Warning: 'set target-async', an alias for the command 'set mi-async', is deprecated.
Use 'set mi-async'.
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warning: Could not load shared library symbols for bin/linux64/launcher_client.so.
Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"?

[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
0x00007f7a856bd868 in __GI___clock_nanosleep (clock_id=clock_id@entry=0, flags=flags@entry=0, req=0x7ffea540f510, rem=0x7ffea540f500) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/clock_nanosleep.c:78
78	../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/clock_nanosleep.c: No such file or directory.

Additionally, an error shows in the bottom right of VS Code, Failed to get Stack Trace: Selected thread is running. (from stack-info-depth --thread 1) , and the process does not freeze after running launch.json.

[GitMensch]

you can execute that statement in the console before / after setting breakpoints - if that is what you want, too

[GitMensch]

That’s a bit strange. I’d try adding "autorun": [ "set breakpoint pending on" ] to launch configuration.