python debugger ignores breakpoints?

[brettcannon]

Discussed in #23522

^{Originally posted by kaare-mikkelsen May 29, 2024}
I have made a cell and marked some break points:

However, when I click 'debug cell', the debugger just executes the cell, ignoring the break points?

The behavior is erratic. This is a few lines earlier in the same file:

Here the breakpoint at l. 93 works, but all else is ignored.

My launch.json looks like this:

{
// Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
// Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
// For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Python: Current File",
"type": "python",
"request": "launch",
"program": "${file}",
"console": "integratedTerminal",
"justMyCode": false,
"noDebug": false, }
]
}

My python version is 3.11.9.

What am I doing wrong?

[karthiknadig]

This has already been answered here: microsoft/debugpy#1593