VSCode debug dotnet: You may only use the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET/C/C++ Debugger (vsdbg) ...

Question

I downloaded the Visual Studio Code for Mac, and use it on my Mac. Created a dotnet project and try to debug it, but I got this error message and the debugger cannot start:

You may only use the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET/C/C++ Debugger (vsdbg) with Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio or Visual Studio for Mac software to help you develop and test your applications.

Dotnet info:

.NET SDK:
 Version:           8.0.405
 Commit:            fb1830d421
 Workload version:  8.0.400-manifests.a85f4036
 MSBuild version:   17.11.9+a69bbaaf5

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     Mac OS X
 OS Version:  15.3
 OS Platform: Darwin
 RID:         osx-arm64
 Base Path:   /usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/8.0.405/

.NET workloads installed:
Configured to use loose manifests when installing new manifests.
There are no installed workloads to display.

Host:
  Version:      8.0.12
  Architecture: arm64
  Commit:       89ef51c5d8

.NET SDKs installed:
  6.0.418 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  7.0.400 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  8.0.101 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  8.0.405 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]

.NET runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.26 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 7.0.10 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 8.0.1 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 8.0.12 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.26 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 7.0.10 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 8.0.1 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 8.0.12 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]

Other architectures found:
  None

Environment variables:
  Not set

global.json file:
  Not found

Learn more:
  https://aka.ms/dotnet/info

Download .NET:
  https://aka.ms/dotnet/download

VSCode:

Version: 1.96.4 (Universal)
Commit: cd4ee3b1c348a13bafd8f9ad8060705f6d4b9cba
Date: 2025-01-16T00:16:19.038Z (2 wks ago)
Electron: 32.2.6
ElectronBuildId: 10629634
Chromium: 128.0.6613.186
Node.js: 20.18.1
V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.3.0

How can I solve this issue?

Answer 1

@Endre, Welcome to Microsoft Q&A, based on the latest Microsoft Learning What happened to Visual Studio for Mac?-Support timeline, Visual Studio for Mac will no longer be supported or maintained after August 31, 2024.

You may need to consider using Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio to replace Visual Studio Code for Mac. For details, you could read the following link: Alternative options for developing on the Mac.

Best Regards,

Jack

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