Handing of "[DEP0062] DeprecationWarning: `node --inspect --debug-brk` is deprecated. Please use `node --inspect-brk` instead"

[alanosman]

Hi team, I was reading through the closed issues on this deprecated warning but I still can't seem to get the message removed and am a little confused with exactly how it was resolved. I've followed (I think) the instructions for using the setting "protocol": "inspector" but I still it being launched with the deprecated parameter and see the message even though I have this setting.

By using "protocol": "inspector" is that supposed to issue the correct node debug command? In one of the discussions detailing this issue (here #32529), it was mentioned by @weinand that there is no way to remove this message because both debug parameters are submitted. But surely this protocol setting could be smart and only submit the parameters required for more modern versions of node? Also setting this parameter to auto fails and node will not start.

If you look at the command being issued it shows that node --inspect --debug-brk are the two parameters being passed. Node is asking for --inspect-brk. Maybe one other option would be to add a launch parameter to provide your own debug parameters should you desire.

Maybe I am doing something wrong, or maybe I am just late to the party and missed the solution, but I am still puzzled and have expired all of my searches on trying to resolve it. Please point me to the article that shows the solution if so.

I am using node 9.5.0 on WSL with the latest Visual Code production build 1.20.1. I also checked on the insiders build of VC and it's also there.

My launch.json

{
    // 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": [
        {
            "type": "node",
            "request": "launch",
            "name": "queue",
            "protocol": "inspector",
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/queue.js",
            "useWSL": true,
            "outputCapture": "std",
            "sourceMaps": true
        },
    ]
}

Cheers.

[weinand]

I cannot reproduce this problem on Windows with VS Code 1.20.1 and node.js v9.5.0:

Please verify that the node.js running in WSL has the version you expect if to have.

[alanosman]

Hi @weinand - I still get the same message using my desktop with visual code. That is running a production build of Windows 10 with the latest creators update.

I did tried again, this time on my Surface book (different machine) which has Insiders build version of Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16. I get the same issue. I tried to force run a specific version of node within launch.json (as you can see below), but that still did not eliminate the message. I've also tried upgrading to node 9.6.1 and downgrading to node 7x, but still I see the message. I also tried the Visual Code insiders build, and still I see the message.

What's different about your environment? Could it be something related to your .bashrc?

{
    // 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": [
        {
            "type": "node",
            "protocol": "inspector",
            "request": "launch",
            "name": "Run Elastc",
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/elastc.js",
            "useWSL": true,
            "outputCapture": "std",
            "sourceMaps": true,
            "runtimeExecutable": "/home/aosman/.nvm/versions/node/v9.6.1/bin/node"
        },
    ]
}

[alanosman]

@weinand what other info can I get you?

[weinand]

instead of running "elastc.js" please just run the trivial program version.js:

console.log(process.version)

What is the output?

If you set "useWSL" to false what is the output?

[alanosman]

@weinand here it is with a simple test:

If I set useWSL to false, nothing will work. I do not have node installed on Windows and my code is executing from within bash. If you really need to know I will go ahead and install it, but that really is outside the environment we are in.

[weinand]

So I cannot explain why you are seeing this but it is not really a problem at all. See this comment for why we are doing this:

It's not a bug, it's a valid way to put node 8 in debug mode, which they only kept to make life easier for IDEs. See nodejs/node#12949 and related issues. Also I have #27731 to make version detection more sophisticated in the future and try to use --inspect-brk.

@roblourens might chime in...