The latest `Raspberry Pi RP2040 Boards` platform's debug configuration is incompatible with 2.3.0

[Kabron287]

Describe the problem

Debug option absent in 2.3 while it present in 2.2.1

To reproduce

Just run app.

Expected behavior

Debug option absent

Arduino IDE version

2.3

Operating system

Windows

Operating system version

10

Additional context

No response

Issue checklist

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• I verified the problem still occurs when using the latest nightly build
• My report contains all necessary details

[kittaakos]

What does the tooltip tell when you hover over the disabled Debug toolbar item?

[Kabron287]

What does the tooltip tell when you hover over the disabled Debug toolbar item?

No programmer selected for Raspberry Pi Pico W
Pico DebugProbe is connected.

[kittaakos]

OK. It is not a bug, but let's check. What happens when you select the programmer from the Tools > Programmer menu?

A programmer must be selected for the debugger to start in Arduino IDE 2.3.0+: arduino/arduino-cli#2443.

IDE2 intentionally disables the debug functionality when no board or programmer is selected. See #2342 for more details. We track a related follow-up at #2345 that is specifically connected to the custom board options.

You can define a default programmer in your boards.txt if you're a platform developer. Or you can request this as a feature from your core developers. For more details, see arduino/arduino-cli#2416.

[Kabron287]

OK. It is not a bug, but let's check. What happens when you select the programmer from the Tools > Programmer menu?

Please, show me where Programmer is?

[Kabron287]

I see no meanfull information in the links, you provided.

[kittaakos]

Thank you for providing more information on the problem.

I have opened a follow-up: earlephilhower/arduino-pico#2003

Arduino IDE users using the current version of Raspberry Pi RP2040 Boards platform must use version 2.2.1 to enable the debugging.

I decided to leave this issue open for visibility reasons, but this problem cannot be fixed in this repository. I appreciate your understanding.

[fpistm]

Have the same issue with STM32 core. Honestly I don't understand why a programmer is requested now. It is not very clear how to properly support the new requested configuration.