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Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[0.30.0] - 2026-04-02

Added

  • FreeRTOS-aware crash analyzer support in xsdb-gdb sessions, including handler-aware analysis for:
    • vApplicationAssert
    • vApplicationStackOverflowHook
    • vApplicationMallocFailedHook
    • ARM abort/exception handlers used by Xilinx FreeRTOS ports (A9, R5, A53)
    • MicroBlaze FreeRTOS exception handler register-dump context
  • Extended XSDB: Run Crash Analyzer to emit formatted FreeRTOS crash reports when halted inside supported handlers.

Changed

  • XSDB: Quick Reset, XSDB: Reset Processor, and XSDB: Reset System now work without an active debug session by using standalone XSDB fallback.
  • Added support for standalone reset settings:
    • xilinx-debug.xsdb.standalonePath
    • xilinx-debug.xsdb.standaloneHwServerUrl

[0.29.0] - 2026-04-01

Added

  • Integrated in-extension HDF/XSA parser module under src/hdf-xsa-parser for hardware handoff parsing and normalization.
  • New Xilinx: Project Setup Wizard webview command to import .hdf/.xsa, inspect parsed hardware info, and generate project scaffolding.
  • New XSDB memory transfer commands:
    • XSDB: Dump Memory to File
    • XSDB: Load Memory from File
  • Hex editor binary file actions:
    • Export .bin
    • Import .bin
  • New XSDB: Clock & Power Monitor panel with platform-aware clock decoding and ZynqMP power-domain status decoding.
  • New optional crashAnalyzer launch/attach setting for xsdb-gdb to emit ARM fault analysis reports on exception/signal stops.

Changed

  • Root TypeScript build now excludes nested hdf-xsa-parser workspace so npm run vscode:prepublish compiles only the extension sources.
  • Added extension dependencies required by the integrated parser:
    • adm-zip
    • fast-xml-parser

[0.28.0] - 2026-03-27

Added

  • XSDB for board initialization tasks (connect, target select, loadhw, PS init, FPGA program, reset)

  • UART Serial Terminal: Built-in serial terminal in the VS Code Terminal panel using external tools (plink/picocom/minicom/screen/PowerShell). Auto-detects available COM ports on Windows and /dev/ttyUSB*//dev/ttyACM* on Linux. Commands: UART: Connect Serial Terminal, UART: Disconnect Serial Terminal.

  • Telnet Terminal: Built-in Telnet terminal using Node.js net.Socket with inline IAC negotiation handling. No external dependencies required. Commands: Telnet: Connect, Telnet: Disconnect.

  • Raw TCP Terminal: Built-in plain TCP terminal for non-telnet socket servers (for example lwIP TCP console endpoints on Zynq targets). Commands: TCP: Connect (Raw), TCP: Disconnect (Raw).

  • Quick Connect/Disconnect Buttons: Status bar buttons for UART, Telnet, and raw TCP that act as one-click toggles (connect when disconnected, disconnect when connected).

  • Hex Memory Editor: Read/write hex memory editor webview for inspecting and modifying memory during xsdb-gdb debug sessions. Classic hex editor layout with offset, hex bytes, and ASCII columns. Click to edit, write changes back. Command: XSDB: Hex Memory Editor.

  • Quick Board Reset: Status bar button and debug toolbar button for instant board reset during xsdb-gdb sessions. Configurable default reset type. Commands: XSDB: Quick Reset, XSDB: Reset Processor, XSDB: Reset System.

  • Standalone XSDB Connection Manager: Shared infrastructure for tools that need XSDB access outside of debug sessions.

  • New configuration settings under xilinx-debug.* for serial, telnet, hex editor, and quick reset defaults.

For details check README_zynq.md

Added

  • fix missing output of variable type for structure (@henryriley0)
  • add static variable support (@henryriley0)
  • fix gdb check error when debug beginning (@henryriley0)
  • fix implicitly type error in log message when build vsix (@henryriley0)
  • check for configured debugger before start to provide a nicer error message (@GitMensch)
  • New frameFilters option for GDB that allows using custom frame filters, enabled by default (@JacquesLucke)
  • Suppress error for hover as the user may just play with the mouse ([@oltolm]).
  • solve the problem of failed parsing of containers (@henryriley0)
  • Fixes #421 - Added registerLimit option to specify the registers to display - PR #444 (@chenzhiy2001)
  • resolve the issue of not being able to set the GDB binary with a path on Windows - PR #448 (@henryriley0)
  • add qt unit test (@henryriley0)

0.27.0 - 2024-02-07

Added

  • Added registers view (@nomtats) #242
  • Enabled breakpoints inside riscv files (@William-An) #404

0.26.1 - 2022-12-31

Fixed

  • Fixes #387 - Updated documentation for running as sudo (@GitMensch)
  • Fixes #236 - Documentation indicates that multi-threaded debugging is not supported (@brownts)
  • Fixes #381 - POSIX relative paths in SSH sourceFileMap were not properly formatted (@brownts)
  • Fixes #348 - Not waiting for autorun commands to complete before continuing execution (@brownts)
  • Fixes #382 - Breakpoints not always cleared over SSH - PR #383 (@abussy-aldebaran)
  • Fixes #305 - Added updates for HACKING and documentation linting (@brownts, @GitMensch)
  • Fixes #322 - replace deprecated substr (@GitMensch)
  • Fixes #332 - "go to cursor location" does not work with ssh sourceFileMap (@GitMensch)
  • Partially fixes #347 - Add github automated unit testing and linting - PR #354 (@brownts)
  • Fixes #346 - Case-sensitivity not respected in SSH path mapping - PR #352 (@brownts)
  • Fixes #342 - Local variables not displayed more than 2 stack frames deep - PR #345 (@brownts)

0.26.0 - 2022-04-16

Added

  • Resolves #298 - New ssh.sourceFileMap configuration to allow multiple substitutions between local and ssh-remote and separate ssh working directory - PR #323 (@GitMensch)
  • Resolves #265 - allow specification of port/x11port via variable (as numeric string) (@GitMensch)
  • New stopAtEntry configuration to run debugger to application's entry point - PR #306 (@brownts)
  • Github Action added for production releasing (@WebFreak001, @brownts)
  • Resolves #244 - New stopAtConnect configuration - PR #299, #302 (@brownts)

Changed

  • vscode dependency was increased from 1.28 to 1.55 along with the debug-adapter protocol to get rid of some outdated dependencies (@GitMensch)
  • SSH2 module updated from deprecated 0.8.9 to current 1.6.0, allowing connections with more modern key algorithms, improved error handling (including user messages passed on) and other improvements. (@GitMensch)
  • cwd changed to required property (@WebFreak001)

Fixed

  • Fixes #329 - Attaching to local PID now performs initialization prior to attaching - PR #341 (@brownts)
  • Fixes #339 - Fix MI parser to allow async-record w/o a result - PR #340 (@brownts)
  • Fixes #206 - Extra debugger arguments now work in all configurations - PR #316, #338 (@GitMensch, @brownts)
  • Fix path type detection for differing remote path type - PR #334 (@brownts)
  • Fixes #298 - fix path translation for SSH to Win32 and for extended-remote without executable (attach to process) - PR #323 (@GitMensch)
  • Fixes #308 - fix stack frame expansion in editor via use of the startFrame parameter - PR #312 (@brownts)
  • Fixes #277 - prevent "Not implemented stop reason (assuming exception)" in many cases, initial recognition of watchpoints (@GitMensch)
  • Fixes #307 - fix additional race conditions with setting breakpoints - PR #313 (@brownts)
  • Fixes #230 - Breakpoints may be deleted when not recognized correctly - PR #259 (@kvinwang)
  • Fixes #303 - fix for race conditions on startup where breakpoints were not hit - PR #304 (@brownts)
  • Set as a default debugger for all supported languages - PR #281 (@reznikmm)
  • Fixes #293, #294 - Path Substitutions working with attach+ssh, LLDB and Windows-Style paths - PR #295 (@brownts)
  • Fixes #278 - Add quotation marks around the variable name to support spaces - PR #279 (@martin-fleck-at)
  • Fixes #282 - Ensure we send error response for threads request - PR #283 (@martin-fleck-at)
  • Stop using enableBreakpointsFor in package.json - PR #280 (@reznikmm)

0.25.1 - 2021-06-14

Fixed

  • Remove the need for extra trust for debugging workspaces per guidance "for debug extensions" as noted in the Workspace Trust Extension Guide - PR #272 (@GitMensch)
  • don't abort if set target-async or cd fails in attach (brings in line with existing behavior from launch) (@WebFreak001)
  • Fix simple value formatting list parsing with empty string as first argument - PR #239 (@nomtats)

0.25.0 - 2020-05-20

Added

  • Resolves #210 - Improve thread names on embedded GDB, makes not all threads always have the same name (@anshulrouthu, @WebFreak001)
  • Support up to 65535 threads instead of 256 threads - PR #227 ([@ColdenCullen])
  • Add support for path substitutions ({"fromPath": "toPath"}) for GDB and LLDB - PR #221 (@karljs)

0.24.0 - 2019-12-19

Added

Fixed

0.23.1 - 2019-04-03

Fixed

  • Fixes #174 - Added kotlin to language list (@WebFreak001)
  • Fixes #173 - Breakpoints in SSH in other working directories properly resolved (@WebFreak001)
  • Fixes #175 - Undefined/null paths don't crash stacktrace (@WebFreak001)

0.23.0 - 2019-03-19

Added

  • Resolves #158 - New Examine memory Location UI (@WebFreak001)

Changed

  • Project code improvements - PR #150, #151 (@simark)
  • Initial configurations contain valueFormatting now - PR #149 (@Yanpas)

Fixed

  • Fixes #170 - Normalize file paths in stack trace (@WebFreak001)
  • Fixes #171 - Breakpoints in SSH on windows fixed - PR #172 (@HaronK)

0.22.0 - 2018-03-21

Added

  • Additional Fortran Language Ids - PR #138 (@rafmudaf)
  • Resolves #134 - Support for using SSH agent - PR #136 (@JelleRoets)
  • Resolves #36 - Support multi-threading - PR #129 (@LeszekSwirski)
  • Breakpoint support for Fortran90 - PR #130 (@eamousing)

Fixed

  • Fixed GDB expansion logic with floats - PR #128 (@Marus)
  • Fixed attach to PID template - PR #126 (@gentoo90)

0.21.2 - 2017-07-23

Fixed

0.21.1 - 2017-07-23

Fixed

  • Enabled breakpoints for crystal - PR #111 (@faustinoaq)

0.21.0 - 2017-07-23

Fixed

  • Several fixes to variable pretty printers - PR #109 (@gentoo90)

0.20.0 - 2017-05-26

Added

  • Added support for pretty printers in variable list, enable with "valuesFormatting": "prettyPrinters" if you have a pretty printer to get potentially improved display of variables. - PR #107 (@gentoo90)