WebStorm node.js debugging not working

please can you elaborate on this issue? Do you change the code, add/remove breakpoint while debugging? Do you use sourcemaps, hot reload, etc? project that can be used to recreate the issue would be helpful

I wrote a lot this code yesterday. I added break points at that point. Eventually got it to work by debugging with print statements. This morning I restarted WebStorm and went through a simple debug session to capture screenshots for this post. No new breakpoints added today. It most likely won't happen in a simple project. Not using source maps, hot reload or webpack.  I have been using WebStorm professionally for nearly 2 years and it has happened many times when I wrote new code (say 100 lines or more). It eventually seems to settle/get fixed on its own somehow but its a bummer that its does not work when most needed i.e. getting newly written code to work. I can't share my source code but I can do a interactive screen share session and/or supply any other WebStorm related project files. Let me know what you need in that category.

> I have been using WebStorm professionally for nearly 2 years and it has happened many times when I wrote new code (say 100 lines or more). 

 Do you use any post-processing (transpiling, bundling, beautifying code, etc., copying it to other fokder)? Do you have any symlinks in your project path?

If the files you change are the ones you debug, and the session (and even the IDE) was restarted after changing the code, it can't be related to adding new code

No post processing that I can think of unless some third party is npm module is doing under the hood. We do use newrelicnode.js agent to collect performance stats. Writing  new code is definitely the trigger and if I were to guess it may be adding new code in an existing module. Things seem to be OK in a brand new module but I will have to confirm that after adding another larger new module. Does webstorm keep any debug cache on disk? .idea/workspace.xml seems to have some breakpoint info. How does that work?

It seems to work ok for newly created files. Problem seems to be large files with existing code where a few dozen lines of new code has been added in new functions etc. 

>Does webstorm keep any debug cache on disk? 

No, nothing

>.idea/workspace.xml seems to have some breakpoint info. How does that work?

it just stores the file URL and line number, plus breakpoint properties (enabled/disabled, condition, etc.). Like:

<line-breakpoint enabled="true" type="javascript">
          <condition expression="flag" language="JavaScript" />
          <url>file://$PROJECT_DIR$/app.js</url>
          <line>15</line>
          <properties />
 </line-breakpoint>

This seems to be a problem. It seems after a few Javascript Debug sessions, a temporary read only version of my file is opened. Once that temp file shows up, i can't seem to get my changes to get bebugged.

Closing PhpStorm and reopening seems to work one time until I add more code.

This is a bug that needs fixing. Not debugging JS is have the reason I pay for the IDE.

I should Note - even after I close PhpStorm and reopen, the file name of the read only file that the debugger uses is the same. Seems like a temp file or cache somewhere.

>This seems to be a problem. 

What? Storing file URL and line number in workspace.xml? No. I can't imagine how this can be related to your issue

>It seems after a few Javascript Debug sessions, a temporary read only version of my file is opened.

these read-only file is likely a runtime version of your file. If the file that is being executed can't be mapped to source file for some reason (no sourcemaps found, no local version of the file exists because the code is generated dynamically from eval(), for example, etc), the read-only tab is opened on stepping into the code

I don't know what workspace.xml has to do with the issue. I am just reporting that javascript debugging is not working, is using some sort  read only file, and that file does not update.

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>I don't know what workspace.xml has to do with the issue

what's the reason for replying to my comment about workspace.xml then? If your issue has nothing in common with the one being discussed in the thread, please don't pollute it with unrelated comments, create a new thread instead.

I had the same issue using build #WS-173.4548.30.  I fixed it by deleting my .idea directory and recreating my configuration from within Webstorm.

I've hit the same issue today. Debugger not working for Node.js or a Typescript app created using create-react-app. Just no debugging ability at all. Was working fine yesterday.

Webstorm 2018.3.5

Windows 10.17134.648

Debugging does work for both Node.js and React apps in 2018.3.5, so it must be a configuration issue.

Please share a project you have problems with.

I can't - they are both confidential.

What I can tell you is that deleting .idea/workspace.xml in both projects partially fixed the issue. By partially I mean if there is only a single project IDE window open then I can debug that project. Open a second project and debugging stops.

This doesn't really help me as there are 4 projects that I need open simultaneously.

Not disagreeing about debugging working; it just doesn't work consistently or reliably. Blaming config isn't really an answer.

>Blaming config isn't really an answer.

Almost all such issues are project-specific, so no answers can be expected unless you provide a project the problem can be recreated with

>By partially I mean if there is only a single project IDE window open then I can debug that project. Open a second project and debugging stops.

I have never met such problems. Can you record a screencast that demonstrates it?

>Almost all such issues are project-specific, so no answers can be expected unless you provide a project the problem can be recreated with

I'm sorry, but that is not good enough for a paid product. You have an issue here first reported 2 years ago and is persistent. 

While the problem may be with config, as the first point of contact you need to start providing some ideas of things to try to resolve this very disruptive problem. At this point, I'm evaluating VS Code for my team's needs; a free product.

A bit more information: Webstorm is saying "ensure that JetBrains IDE Support extension is installed and enabled in Chrome" while the JB icon in Chrome says "Connected to Webstorm 2018.3.5"

>You have an issue here first reported 2 years ago and is persistent. 

In this thread, we have several unrelated issues reported

>A bit more information: Webstorm is saying "ensure that JetBrains IDE Support extension is installed and enabled in Chrome" while the JB icon in Chrome says "Connected to Webstorm 2018.3.5

Can be https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/WEB-37230. Please try disabling extension ( in Settings | Build, Execution, Deployment | Debugger | Live Edit, uncheck Use JetBrains IDE Support extension for debugging and Live Edit.) - does debugging work?

debuggin not working node.js created defualt app. Breakpoints are not stopping.  any ideas 2017.1 product ?

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What Node.js version do you use?

node 12.16.3 or 11.9.0. i just created the default node js express application and breakpoints not working

Webstorm 2017.1 was released long before Node.js 12.x... You can't expect them to work together, sorry.
I'd suggest to either upgrade the IDE to the most recent version or downgrade Node.js to v. <=8