Debug Python CDK app

[avoidik]

Hello,

I'm trying to debug my Python CDK app via VSCode using this article as my how-to guide. Everything works as intended however the process being debugged is unable to access cdk.json file from the current project's directory, this is the special file used to define a runtime context together with a bunch of run-time variables. If I run my process outside the debugging session then this file becomes magically accessible. It sounds like the working directory was set to something where my code cannot find the cdk.json file. I was wondering I'm missing something, any tips here?

[int19h]

If your launch.json has "program": "..." with absolute path, that path is used as the current directory by default. However, you can override that by specifying "cwd": "..." as needed.

[avoidik]

thanks Pavel for your suggestion, unfortunately it doesn't work, here is my launch.json config file I am using in vscode to debug my application

{
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Python: Debug cdk",
            "type": "python",
            "request": "launch",
            "stopOnEntry": false,
            "module": "demo_app.app",
            "console": "integratedTerminal",
            "justMyCode": false,
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
        },
    ]
}

however if I set env as follows it works

"env": {
  "CDK_CONTEXT_JSON": "{\"aaa\": \"bbb\", \"ccc\": \"ddd\"}"
}

I am still trying to understand whether this specific behavior corresponds to debugpy or cdk itself, I am going to ask CDK community the same question