Debugger doesn't quote paths with spaces #767
Description
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Environment data
- debugpy version: 2025.10.0
- OS and version: Ubuntu Linux 22.04.1 LTS
- Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): Python 3.13.5
- Using VS Code or Visual Studio: VS Code
Version: 1.102.3
Commit: 488a1f239235055e34e673291fb8d8c810886f81
Date: 2025-07-29T03:00:23.339Z
Electron: 35.6.0
ElectronBuildId: 11847422
Chromium: 134.0.6998.205
Node.js: 22.15.1
V8: 13.4.114.21-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.8.0-72-generic
Actual behavior
Debugpy cannot handle spaces in folder names
/usr/bin/env /bin/python /home/cory/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.10.0-linux-x64/bundled/libs/debugpy/adapter/../../debugpy/launcher 45117 -- /nfs/twilightsparkle.cory.albrecht.name/mnt/Archives/home/cory/Development/The Planet Monger/utilities/src/taps-query.py ${command:pickArgs}
cory@redbarchetta[17:02:38].../Development/The Planet Monger/utilities$ /usr/bin/env /bin/python /home/cory/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.10.0-linux-x64/bundled/libs/debugpy/adapter/../../debugpy/launcher 45117 -- /nfs/twilightsparkle.cory.albrecht.name/mnt/Archives/home/cory/Development/The Planet Monger/utilities/src/taps-query.py ${command:pickArgs}
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/runpy.py", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
"__main__", mod_spec)
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/runpy.py", line 88, in _run_code
exec(code, run_globals)
~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/cory/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.10.0-linux-x64/bundled/libs/debugpy/adapter/../../debugpy/launcher/../../debugpy/__main__.py", line 71, in <module>
cli.main()
~~~~~~~~^^
File "/home/cory/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.10.0-linux-x64/bundled/libs/debugpy/adapter/../../debugpy/launcher/../../debugpy/../debugpy/server/cli.py", line 501, in main
run()
~~~^^
File "/home/cory/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.10.0-linux-x64/bundled/libs/debugpy/adapter/../../debugpy/launcher/../../debugpy/../debugpy/server/cli.py", line 351, in run_file
runpy.run_path(target, run_name="__main__")
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/cory/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.10.0-linux-x64/bundled/libs/debugpy/_vendored/pydevd/_pydevd_bundle/pydevd_runpy.py", line 309, in run_path
code, fname = _get_code_from_file(run_name, path_name)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/cory/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.10.0-linux-x64/bundled/libs/debugpy/_vendored/pydevd/_pydevd_bundle/pydevd_runpy.py", line 278, in _get_code_from_file
with io_open_code(decoded_path) as f:
~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/nfs/twilightsparkle.cory.albrecht.name/mnt/Archives/home/cory/Development/The'
Expected behaviour
That debugpy properly handle valid path names, like escaping spaces the way the soon-to-be retired "type": "python" in launch.json.
cory@redbarchetta[16:28:15].../Development/The Planet Monger/utilities$ /usr/bin/env /nfs/twilightsparkle.cory.albrecht.name/mnt/Archives/home/cory/Development/The\ Planet\ Monger/utilities/.venv/bin/python /home/cory/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.10.0-linux-x64/bundled/libs/debugpy/adapter/../../debugpy/launcher 39967 -- /nfs/twilightsparkle.cory.albrecht.name/mnt/Archives/home/cory/Development/The\ Planet\ Monger/utilities/src/taps-query.py
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Steps to reproduce:
- Make a python project in a directory that has spaces in the path.
- Try to debug with VScode using "type": "debugpy" in launch.json.
- Watch it fail.