[BUG] Unity - break on exceptions not working

[tomerbarkan]

Describe the Issue

When debugging a Unity project with Visual Studio code using the official C#, C# Dev Kit, and Unity plugins by microsoft, the checkbox to break on User-Unhandled Exceptions or All Exceptions do not work.

This feature works well with Unity in Visual Studio and in Rider, but not in Visual Studio Code.

Steps To Reproduce

In a Unity project with C#, C# Dev Kit and Unity plugins

1. Debug a Unity project by attaching the debugger to the Unity editor.
2. Open the Run and Debug panel, in the Breakpoints section, enable the User-Unhandled Exceptions checkbox
3. Set your code to throw an exception, any exception
4. Run the project in Unity, reach the code that throws an exception.

Expected Behavior

Expected: The debugger will break when the exception is thrown
Actual: The exception is logged in the Unity log, but the execution continues and the debugger does not break

Environment Information

• OS: Windows 10
• VS Code: 1.97.2
• Unity: 2021.3.29f

[tomerbarkan]

I apologize if this is not the right place for bugs in the Unity extension. This is where the link "Report Issue" leads to from Microsoft's page in the marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualStudioToolsForUnity.vstuc&ssr=false#review-details

If I should report this issue somewhere else, please let me know.

[jbevain]

@tomerbarkan you reached the right place. We'll have a look!

[jbevain]

@tomerbarkan I've checked on a 2021 install, and it seems to be reporting exceptions thrown from code invoked by Unity (like Unity's messages Update/etc) as user handled.

Checking the All Exceptions checkbox will catch the exception.

On 2022 and after, Unity will treat those exceptions as user unhandled.

I don't think that's something we'll special case at the moment, as you can just check All Exceptions.

[tomerbarkan]

@jbevain Thanks for taking a look.
All Exceptions is not working for me either, only manually placed exceptions. I'll try a newer version of Unity and see if that solves the problem.

[tomerbarkan]

@jbevain I can confirm that after upgrading to the latest version of Unity 6, both "All Exceptions" and "User-Unhandled Exceptions" seem to be working correctly. Thanks again.

[jbevain]

Good to hear. Closing this! Thanks!

[PeterSPrins]

Where do I find the Run and Debug panel?