# VSCode Debugging Question

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-debugging-question/74301>\
**Category:** VS Code\
**Tags:** debug\
**Created:** [January 9, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-debugging-question/74301 "2022-01-09T19:32:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![TI36XPro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ti36xpro/32/33658_2.png) [@TI36XPro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TI36XPro)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-debugging-question/74301/1 "2022-01-09T19:32:23Z")

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I’m not sure I am doing this properly - maybe I am missing something and someone wiser than me can steer me right.

I am using Julia 1.6.2 in VsCode 1.63.2 on Windows Subsystem for Linux 1 (WSL1), running Ubuntu. When I try to debug code, either using `Julia: Debug File in New Process` or from the REPL by using `@run main()`, VsCode acts like it is going to start debugging, the little debug control panel appears but then it just hangs. I just waited for 10 minutes just to see if it was a slow start or something and it never actually started debugging or reached my first break point.

What could I be doing wrong that is making the debugger hang for so long? Is there anything I can check or try to remedy the situation so I can actually use the debugger? I accept it may not be as responsive as what I’m used to with python or MATLAB debuggers, but I can’t be waiting minutes for it to start. I must be doing something wrong.

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**Author:** ![jzr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jzr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jzr)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-debugging-question/74301/2 "2022-01-09T22:32:04Z")

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> [@TI36XPro](#):
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> the little debug control panel appears but then it just hangs.

You have to press a button (continue, step in, step over) on that panel to make it go.