Starting a debug session from VSCode extension always erases and flashes the target

[SidPrice]

Using VSCode and the nRF Connect VSCode extension, each time a debug session is started the target is erased and programmed, regardless of whether the code was changed.

This really slows down the development time.

The extension should really check if the code has changed before erasing the flash.

Sid

[Raoul]

Hi everyone!

There are two options for this:

- Create a custom debug configuration, and set the flash property to false. See docs here: https://nrfconnect.github.io/vscode-nrf-connect/connect/advanced_features.html#custom-launch-and-debug-configurations

- Set nrf-connect.debugging.flash to false in your VS Code settings

Best regards,

Raoul

[wallyb]

thanks for the tip Raoul

[Burt]

Has Nordic commented on this? I don't see any responses from them.

[Simonr]

Raoul is a prior Nordic employee, so that is the Nordic response on this ticket. If you have a related question, please create a new ticket as this is rather old at this point.

Best regards,
Simon