Ability to detach instead of stop debugging

[danergo]

Environment

• OS and version: Ubuntu Linux 24.04LTS

• VS Code: Version: 1.96.3
  Commit: 91fbdddc47bc9c09064bf7acf133d22631cbf083
  Date: 2025-01-09T18:14:09.060Z
  Electron: 32.2.6
  ElectronBuildId: 10629634
  Chromium: 128.0.6613.186
  Node.js: 20.18.1
  V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0
  OS: Linux x64 6.8.0-90-generic

• C/C++ extension: 1.29.3

• OS and version of remote machine (if applicable): Debian Linux

• GDB / LLDB version: GNU GDB 16.3

Bug Summary and Steps to Reproduce

Bug Summary:

I can't attach my cross-debugger to a remote target without being killed at the end.

I want to debug my application running on a remote target.

For this, on the target I'm running gdbserver :1234 --attach $(pidof myapp).

I have created a launch.json script for vscode:

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Debug",
            "type": "cppdbg",
            "request": "launch",
            "preLaunchTask": "Debug: Start gdbserver",
            "program": "/home/developer/src/build/Debug/myapp_unstripped",
            "cwd": "/home/developer/src",
            "MIMode": "gdb",
            "miDebuggerPath": "aarch64-linux-gnu-gdb",
            "miDebuggerServerAddress": "IP:1234",
            "stopAtEntry": false,
            "logging": {"engineLogging": false},
        }
    ]
}

I want VS Code to leave my app alone when I finish debugging, i.e. do not kill it.

As far as I know I can use attach instead of launch, but it always drops me a process picker on my local machine.

How can I finish debugging without killing the process?

I'm on Linux, target is also Linux, but different architecture.

Debugger Configurations

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Debug",
            "type": "cppdbg",
            "request": "launch",
            "preLaunchTask": "Debug: Start gdbserver",
            "program": "/home/developer/src/build/Debug/myapp_unstripped",
            "cwd": "/home/developer/src",
            "MIMode": "gdb",
            "miDebuggerPath": "aarch64-linux-gnu-gdb",
            "miDebuggerServerAddress": "IP:1234",
            "stopAtEntry": false,
            "logging": {"engineLogging": false},
        }
    ]
}

Debugger Logs

No need. I'm forced to use "launch" which only has "Stop debugging" which will stop my app. I wish to detach from debugger.

Other Extensions

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Additional Information

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