Unable to attach pdb remote debugger on MacOS #137033
Description
Bug report
Bug description:
When I try to attach a remote debugger on MacOS with:
python3.14 -m pdb -p 58653
I get the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.14/lib/python3.14/pdb.py", line 3610, in <module>
pdb.main()
~~~~~~~~^^
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.14/lib/python3.14/pdb.py", line 3541, in main
attach(opts.pid, opts.commands)
~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.14/lib/python3.14/pdb.py", line 3425, in attach
sys.remote_exec(pid, connect_script.name)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
PermissionError: Cannot get task port for PID 58653 (kern_return_t: 5). This typically requires running as root or having the 'com.apple.system-task-ports' entitlement
The same thing happens also with sudo:
sudo python3.14 -m pdb -p 58653
or the root user:
sudo su
sh-3.2# python3.14 -m pdb -p 58653
I am able to get it to work by running the same command on Linux in Docker:
root@40505a05971f:/data# python -m pdb -p 13
> /data/remote_debugging.py(8)<module>()
-> time.sleep(1)
This is on MacOS Sequoia Version 15.5 and I'm using Python 3.14.0rc1 (b4 had the same issue though).
The release notes don't mention anything about this being a Linux only feature so I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if this is an actual bug.
The script that I'm trying to attach to:
import os
import time
print(os.getpid())
counter = 1
while True:
counter += 1
time.sleep(1)CPython versions tested on:
3.14
Operating systems tested on:
macOS