Cannot enter into debug mode (IEP-1370)

[GayathriHommi]

Describe the bug
I'm using esp32h2 and Expressif IDE. I need to debug a project. But i'm facing issue to enter into debug mode

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. I'm following this document to debug my esp32h2 board with buildin USB-tag. Create a new Expressif IDF project
2. Build the project. And click on debug as>> debug configuration. Click on GDB hardware debugging. On the Right side click on debugger and change the GDB command to "riscv32-esp-elf-gdb", connection to "localhost:3333", Go to Start up and add "mon reset halt
   maintenance flush register-cache
   set remote hardware-watchpoint-limit 2" in initiation command. Scroll down and select set break point at : app_main
3. Then click apply and debug

Error occured

5. If i change the debug server to general serial and select com port. The launch configuration is taking for ever to load

Expected behavior
A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.

Screenshots
Debug Configuration settings

Espressif-IDE Product Information:
[1/4] cmd.exe /C "cd /D D:\IDF_ws\Hello_world\blink\build\esp-idf\esptool_py && C:\Espressif\python_env\idf5.3_py3.11_env\Scripts\python.exe C:/Espressif/frameworks/esp-idf-v5.3.1/components/partition_table/check_sizes.py --offset 0x8000 partition --type app D:/IDF_ws/Hello_world/blink/build/partition_table/partition-table.bin D:/IDF_ws/Hello_world/blink/build/blink.bin"
blink.bin binary size 0x32130 bytes. Smallest app partition is 0x100000 bytes. 0xcded0 bytes (80%) free.

[2/4] cmd.exe /C "cd /D D:\IDF_ws\Hello_world\blink\build\bootloader && C:\Espressif\tools\cmake\3.24.0\bin\cmake.exe --build ."
[1/1] cmd.exe /C "cd /D D:\IDF_ws\Hello_world\blink\build\bootloader\esp-idf\esptool_py && C:\Espressif\python_env\idf5.3_py3.11_env\Scripts\python.exe C:/Espressif/frameworks/esp-idf-v5.3.1/components/partition_table/check_sizes.py --offset 0x8000 bootloader 0x0 D:/IDF_ws/Hello_world/blink/build/bootloader/bootloader.bin"

Bootloader binary size 0x53d0 bytes. 0x2c30 bytes (35%) free.

Build complete (0 errors, 0 warnings): D:\IDF_ws\Hello_world\blink\build
C:\Espressif\python_env\idf5.3_py3.11_env\Scripts\python.exe C:\Espressif\frameworks\esp-idf-v5.3.1\tools\idf_size.py D:/IDF_ws/Hello_world/blink/build/blink.map
Memory Type Usage Summary
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Memory Type/Section | Used [bytes] | Used [%] | Remain [bytes] | Total [bytes] |
|---------------------+--------------+----------+----------------+---------------|
| Flash Code | 154118 | 1.84 | 8234458 | 8388576 |
| .text | 110378 | 1.32 | | |
| .rodata | 43484 | 0.52 | | |
| .appdesc | 256 | 0.0 | | |
| DIRAM | 55156 | 21.38 | 202844 | 258000 |
| .text | 44246 | 17.15 | | |
| .data | 6625 | 2.57 | | |
| .bss | 4272 | 1.66 | | |
| LP SRAM | 24 | 0.59 | 4072 | 4096 |
| .rtc_reserved | 24 | 0.59 | | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
C:\Espressif\python_env\idf5.3_py3.11_env\Scripts\python.exe C:/Espressif/frameworks/esp-idf-v5.3.1/\components\partition_table\gen_esp32part.py D:\IDF_ws\Hello_world\blink\build\partition_table\partition-table.bin
Total time taken to build the project: 455 ms

Eclipse Error log:

Error in final launch sequence:

Failed to execute MI command:
-target-select remote localhost:3333

Error message from debugger back end:
localhost:3333: Connection timed out.
Failed to execute MI command:
-target-select remote localhost:3333

Error message from debugger back end:
localhost:3333: Connection timed out.
localhost:3333: Connection timed out.

[kolipakakondal]

Hi @GayathriHommi Could you try ESP-IDF OpenOCD Debugging and see how it works? With this setup, both the server and client are managed within the IDE itself. The screenshot you shared shows GDB hardware debugging, which we do not recommend, as it requires users to start OpenOCD from the terminal and perform GDB debugging through the IDE, making it less user-friendly.

Here is the guide for ESP-IDF OpenOCD Debugging
https://docs.espressif.com/projects/espressif-ide/en/latest/openocddebugging.html#openocddebugging

[GayathriHommi]

Thanks a lot @kolipakakondal. Using OpenOCD debugging worked out.

[GayathriHommi]

@kolipakakondal can I use esp-matter in esp idf for esp32h2