Extension starts a debug session upon VS Code startup and blocks

[guillaumedavidphd]

Describe the bug
The extension starts a debug session upon VS Code startup on its own. Manually terminating the debug session crashes the extension and a message appears asking to restart MATLAB.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Start VS Code
2. Wait for it to fully load, and check out the "Run and Debug" tab
3. See that a debug session is in progress, blocking other features such as "Extensions restart"

Expected behavior
A debug session should not be started automatically, blocking other features.

Useful Information

• OS Version: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
• VS Code Version: 1.96.2
• MATLAB version: R2022a
• MATLAB extension version: 1.3.0

[philipb314]

Thank you for reporting this issue. We will be looking into the issue that occurs when terminating the debug session.
One thing to note is that there is also a known issue with the latest v1.3 extension release for MATLAB R2022a specifically you might also run into.
Additionally, to prevent that debugger session starting automatically you can uncheck the setting "matlab.automaticallyStartDebugger" for the extension.

[guillaumedavidphd]

Thanks. Just to clarify, the issue is not about what happens when terminating the debug session. The issue is that a debug session starts with the extension and blocks other VS Code features.