Fixes

• Fix invalid type annotation in test_pydev_monkey comprehension by Philip DePetro (@pdepetro) in #2033
• Fix PEP 768 code injection SyntaxError when temp path contains backslashes by Rich Chiodo (@rchiodo) with @Copilot in #2038
• Fix race between adapter connection publication and session attachment by Alexandre Perez (@aperez) in #2049
• Fix debugger hang when expanding objects with blocking property getters (#2053) by Rich Chiodo (@rchiodo) in #2055
• Fix duplicate stopped event when two threads hit a breakpoint at once by Alexandre Perez (@aperez) in #2056
• Avoid exceptions in environment diagnostics by Rich Chiodo (@rchiodo) in #2059
• Fix thread identity when the first traced call is another thread's is_alive() by Alexandre Perez (@aperez) in #2061
• Respect isolated mode when patching sys.path by Karan Dhaodiyal (@karandhaodiyal28-hash) in #2050

Enhancements

• Add trigger_exception_handler() for post-mortem debugging of caught exceptions by Emily (@nshepperd) in #1996
• Add lldb attach-to-PID option for debugpy on Linux by Philip DePetro (@pdepetro) in #2052
• Populate hitBreakpointIds in the DAP stopped event by Alexandre Perez (@aperez) in #2060
• Return the endpoint from listen() with the in-process adapter by Karan Dhaodiyal (@karandhaodiyal28-hash) in #2051

Infrastructure work

• Add Dependabot configuration for pip and GitHub Actions by Rich Chiodo (@rchiodo) in #2041
• Update vendored pydevd 3.4.1 -> 3.5.0 (maintenance refresh) by Rich Chiodo (@rchiodo) in #2044
• Pin secure test dependency floors and drop EOL Python 3.9/3.8 by Rich Chiodo (@rchiodo) in #2045
• Add more typing to debugpy and switch to 'standard' type checking mode by Rich Chiodo (@rchiodo) in #1637
• Add debugpy release agent by Rich Chiodo (@rchiodo) in #2062
• Pin GitHub Actions to full-length commit SHAs by Dan Fiedler (@danfiedler-msft) in #2063
• Add python 3.15 to tests by Finn Womack (@finnagin) in #2069

Thanks to Philip DePetro (@pdepetro), Rich Chiodo (@rchiodo), Emily (@nshepperd), Alexandre Perez (@aperez), Karan Dhaodiyal (@karandhaodiyal28-hash), Dan Fiedler (@danfiedler-msft), and Finn Womack (@finnagin) for the commits.

Full Changelog: v1.8.21...v1.8.22

Fixes for:

• Return evaluate result in DAP response body instead of writing to stdout: #2027
• Prevent invalid scopes request from crashing debug session: #2026
• Skip uninitialized __slots__ in variable resolver: #2024
• Handle -c arguments that are bytes instead of str: #2021
• Fix evaluation of variables from chained exception frames: #2018
• ContinueRequest with a specific threadId no longer resumes all threads (in-process adapter): #2012
• Avoid strong reference to exceptions during unwind: #2008
• Show error message on evaluate failures in the hover context: #2006
• Display dlerror output when dlopen fails: #2000
• Replace removed pkgutil.get_loader with importlib.util.find_spec in get_fullname: #1998

Enhancements:

• Add option to ignore all system exit codes: #2017
• Pull changes from pydevd up to March 2026: #2010

Infrastructure work:

• Suppress Flawfinder false positives on Cython memcpy / read-loop iterators (TSA #2816216, #2816217, #2816218, #2816219, #2816220): #2028, #2029, #2030, #2031, #2032

Thanks to @maxbachmann, @mfussenegger, and @sambrightman for the commits.

Fixes for:

• annotate in 3.14 causing exceptions: #1971

Enhancements:

• Use remote_exec if available: c7e86a1
• Support more architectures: 1bbecdf

Infrastructure work:

• Support devcontainers for development: 7dbc229

Thanks to Varun Ramesh (@rameshvarun), Xeonacid (@Xeonacid), and Philip DePetro (@pdepetro) for the commits

More fixes for #1980. Spaces in python files are handled now too.

Fixes:

• Spaces in python interpreter cause debug launch failure

Fixes:

• Debug attach for 3.14

Fixes

• Fix bug in attach for 3.11 and lower on Windows

Thanks to Piotr Osiewicz (@osiewicz)

Fixes:

• Step Over, Step Into, not working when debugging Subprocesses
• Allow debugging child processes started through an intermediary
• Attach to process on arm64 Mac
• Documentation typo
• 3.14 preliminary support

Thanks to MichaelSpece, Jordan Borean (@jborean93), Conrad Irwin (@ConradIrwin) for your help

Fixes for:

• binskim warnings on linux
• support for posix_spawnp

Fixes:

• #1812
• #1832