Debugger Hangs on check_output

[1John419]

from subprocess import check_output

command = r'dir'
output = check_output(command, shell=True)
print(output)

This hangs in the debugger in 2024.12.0. However, it runs as expected from the command line outside of vscode.

Works fine in 2024.10.0.

[eleanorjboyd]

Hi! Can you include the config you use from launch.json to run this in the debugger? Do you know which line it hangs on in the debugger?

[1John419]

{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
    {
      "name": "Py",
      "type": "debugpy",
      "request": "launch",
      "program": "${file}",
      "console": "integratedTerminal",
    },
    {
      "name": "Py redirect",
      "type": "debugpy",
      "request": "launch",
      "program": "${file}",
      "console": "integratedTerminal",
      "args": [">", "${relativeFileDirname}/output.txt"]
    },
  ]
}

Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Python 3.12.2 64-bit
VS Code 1.95.2

As stated, debugger hangs attempting to execute this command:

output = check_output(command, shell=True)

Regression. Runs without issue using version 2024.10.0. Consistently hangs using version 2024.12.0.