# Debugger doesn't stop at breakpoints when running tests (but does during normal execution)

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/debugger-doesnt-stop-at-breakpoints-when-running-tests-but-does-during-normal-execution/93202
**Category:** VS Code
**Tags:** testing, debugging, vscode
**Created:** [January 19, 2023, 9:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/debugger-doesnt-stop-at-breakpoints-when-running-tests-but-does-during-normal-execution/93202 "2023-01-19T09:14:15Z")
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### Author: ![nrontsis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nrontsis/32/38535_2.png) [@nrontsis](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nrontsis)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/debugger-doesnt-stop-at-breakpoints-when-running-tests-but-does-during-normal-execution/93202/3 "2023-02-11T12:31:19Z")

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I have run to what I think were similar issues in [this thread](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-debug-exception-triggered-by-unit-test-in-vscode/90438/2)

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