v1.9.0

What's Changed

• Custom event for radix notify by @omarArm in #534
• Handle memory notifications by @omarArm in #533
• Serialize concurrent breakpoint handlers with a mutex by @asimgunes in #536
• Add support set expression request by @omarArm in #535
• Add breakpoint locations request by @omarArm in #537
• Bump qs from 6.15.0 to 6.15.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #541
• 1.9.0 release preparations by @omarArm in #542

Full Changelog: v1.8.1...v1.9.0

v1.8.1

What's Changed

• Use Node 24 in publish job to fix npm self-upgrade crash by @asimgunes in #531
• v1.8.1 Release Preparations by @asimgunes in #532

Full Changelog: v1.8.0...v1.8.1

v1.8.0

What's Changed

• Send invalidate event on radix change by @omarArm in #523
• Setting supportsTerminateRequest = this.isRemote by @thorstendb-ARM in #521
• Support value formatting by @omarArm in #506
• Unify to Arm Limited in copyright headers by @jreineckearm in #524
• Remove redundant sendVarDelete call that throws an error by @duyhihi91 in #512
• Using detach command for disconnection by @datphan9798 in #522
• v1.8.0 Release Preparations by @asimgunes in #529

New Contributors

• @duyhihi91 made their first contribution in #512

Full Changelog: v1.7.1...v1.8.0

v1.7.1

What's Changed

• Bump tar from 7.5.9 to 7.5.10 by @dependabot[bot] in #505
• Remove signed-off-by requirement by @jonahgraham in #510
• Fix execution of commands with quotes by @cwalther in #507
• Bump flatted from 3.3.3 to 3.4.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #511
• Make sure error response is sent on failed setInstructionBreakpointsRequest by @jonahgraham in #516
• Correct type information of setInstructionBreakpointsRequest in test client by @jonahgraham in #517
• Stabilize race in test "sends error response if incorrect GDB server CLI arg" by @jonahgraham in #518
• Ensure consistent use of Source.path as full name of source by @jonahgraham in #514
• v1.7.1 Release Preparations by @asimgunes in #520

Full Changelog: v1.7.0...v1.7.1

v1.7.0

What's Changed

• Run linting during CI (and other small cleanups) by @cwalther in #477
• feat/preConnectCommands by @andy9a9 in #431
• Adapt multithread test for all the places that the test program could stop by @jonahgraham in #479
• Bump qs from 6.12.1 to 6.14.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #481
• Fix detach getting stuck on exited program, take 2 by @cwalther in #483
• feat(updateThreadInfo): add option to disable update thread info by @andy9a9 in #482
• Bump tar from 7.4.3 to 7.5.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #488
• Avoid using async as a Promise executor by @hieunguyenbv in #489
• Fix uncaught exception during waiting for threads to stop by @cwalther in #497
• Bump qs from 6.14.1 to 6.14.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #493
• Bump tar from 7.5.3 to 7.5.9 by @dependabot[bot] in #494
• Adding address to error message of read memory request by @omarArm in #486
• v1.7.0 Release Preparations by @jreineckearm in #498
• Fix publishing by @jreineckearm in #499
• Use npm instead of yarn for trusted publish by @jreineckearm in #500
• Install latest npm by @jreineckearm in #502

Resolved Issues

• Implements #432/#476: Add preConnectCommands which executes GDB commands before attaching to inferior (gdb type) / before attaching to target (gdbtarget type).
• Implements #482: Add updateThreadInfo option to control when thread info is retrieved.
• Fixes #483: detach request still occasionally getting stuck on exited program.
• Fixes #485: Read Memory request error message is not comprehensive enough.
• Fixes #487: Uncaught exception caused by async Promise executor in startGDBServer.

Notable code changes

• Changed behavior
  • Overridable initializeSessionArguments method is now also called from attachOrLaunchRequest on GDBDebugSessionBase, not only from attachOrLaunchRequest on GDBTargetDebugSession.
  • Overridden validateRequestArguments method on GDBTargetDebugSession now also calls base class (GDBDebugSessionBase) implementation.

New Contributors

• @andy9a9 made their first contribution in #431
• @hieunguyenbv made their first contribution in #489

Full Changelog: v1.6.0...v1.7.0

v1.6.0

What's Changed

• Add thread and frame params for assigning variables by @tam18902 in #470
• chore: Patch yarn.lock to resolve to newer glob v10.5.0 by @jreineckearm in #474
• Relaxed error handling by @jreineckearm in #471
• Preventing "Commands" Command and cleanup by @omarArm in #472
• v1.6.0 and CHANGELOG by @jreineckearm in #475

Resolved Issues

• Fixes #421: Using "commands" command for breakpoints locks up debugger.
• Fixes #469: Issue with setting Program Counter ($PC$) register on Windows via GDB 12.1 using -var-assign.
• Fixes #473: Confusing error pop-ups without additional user value in some corner cases.
• chore #474: Patch yarn.lock to resolve to newer glob v10.5.0.

Notable Code Changes

New features

• Adds frameRef argument to sendVarCreate.
• Adds GDBBackend specific error classes.
• New protected methods on GDBDebugSessionBase that can be used to check if requests can proceed and if errors shall be reported: canRequestProceed, shouldReportError.

New Contributors

• @tam18902 made their first contribution in #470

Full Changelog: v1.5.0...v1.6.0

v1.5.0

What's Changed

• Skip pausing target at startup if request has no breakpoints by @datphan9798 in #467
• Replace utf8 package with using TextDecoder API by @jreineckearm in #466
• Silently pause target before reset if running by @jreineckearm in #464
• v1.5.0 Release Preparations by @jreineckearm in #468

Resolved Issues

• Fixes #463: Cannot use custom reset while CPU is running.
• Fixes #465: UTF-8 'Failed to decode cstring' errors for GDB with CP1252 support only.
• Fixes #467: Skip pausing target at startup if request has no breakpoints

New Contributors

• @datphan9798 made their first contribution in #467

Full Changelog: v1.4.1...v1.5.0

v1.4.1

What's Changed

• Fix evaluateName expressions for arrays and array children. by @jreineckearm in #459
• Workaround for #446 after windows-2022 runner image updates by @jreineckearm in #462
• 1.4.1 Patch Release Preparations by @jreineckearm in #461

Resolved Issues

• Fixes 400: Evaluation of variables to support RTOS Views extension.

Full Changelog: v1.4.0...v1.4.1

v1.4.0

What's Changed

• Run CI on Windows 2022 until fix for GDB 16.2 by @jreineckearm in #447
• Fix erroneous assumption of async mode when target does not support it by @cwalther in #440
• Adding Data Breakpoint support for complex data types by @omarArm in #448
• Fix missing thread names when attaching to a non-stopping target by @cwalther in #439
• Support auxiliary GDB connections to allow selected operations while CPU running by @jreineckearm in #449
• New test for multiple variables in multiple threads at multiple depths by @jonahgraham in #452
• Cleans up and fixes tests for unexpected early exits for remote launches by @jreineckearm in #450
• Support auxiliary GDB with target parameters/connectCommands by @jreineckearm in #454
• Consistently use threadId in MI sendStackInfoDepth. by @jreineckearm in #455
• Finish up #379: "Releasing" docs by @jreineckearm in #453
• 1.4.0 Release Preparations by @jreineckearm in #456

Resolved Issues

• Implements #442: Support auxiliary GDB connections to allow selected operations while CPU running.
• Completes #422: Support data breakpoints for complex data types.
• Fixes #439: Missing thread names when attaching to targets that don’t stop on attach.
• Fixes #440: Automatically disable async mode in adapter if debug target does not support it.

Notable code changes

API changes

• GDBTargetDebugSession.startGDBAndAttachToTarget and GDBDebugSessionBase.attachOrLaunchRequest now call new protected methods IGDBBackend.confirmAsyncMode,GDBDebugSessionBase.warnAsyncDisabled, and GDBDebugSessionBase.validateRequestArguments to validate launch/attach arguments.
• GDBDebugSessionBase has methods with changed signatures: evaluateRequestGdbCommand, getFullPathExpression, and getAddr.

New features

• New NamedLogger class which adds a prefix to log messages. Used in MIParser and GDBBackend.
• Optional name argument for IGDBBackendFactory.createBackend that is passed through to NamedLogger instances.
• New protected members on GDBDebugSessionBase that can be set/used by derived debug session classes: auxGdb, isRemote, missingThreadNames.

Full Changelog: v1.3.0...v1.4.0

v1.3.0

What's Changed

• Avoid unnecessary ThreadInfoRequests by @cwalther in #416
• Disabling evaluate request error messages when hovering over comments by @omarArm in #420
• Covering the case when source file for Breakpoint is unknown by @omarArm in #426
• Bump tmp from 0.2.3 to 0.2.4 by @dependabot[bot] in #419
• Fix getting stuck on concurrent breakpoint setup by @cwalther in #407
• Fix a flaky test by @cwalther in #433
• Improvement for step functions latencies by @asimgunes in #429
• Fix my own flaky test by @cwalther in #438
• Bump sha.js from 2.4.11 to 2.4.12 by @dependabot[bot] in #434
• Bump cipher-base from 1.0.4 to 1.0.6 by @dependabot[bot] in #435
• Fix detach getting stuck on exited program by @cwalther in #437
• Handle recovery from late out-of-band error arrivals by @jreineckearm in #415
• Adding support for data breakpoints by @omarArm in #443
• Adding more robustness to warning messages of the evaluateRequest by @omarArm in #444
• v1.3.0 Release Preparations by @jreineckearm in #445

New Contributors

• @cwalther made their first contribution in #416

Full Changelog: v1.2.0...v1.3.0