PIO code of 32 instructions compiles but fails to run

[GitJer]

When I make a PIO program of 32 instructions it compiles just fine, but when I then upload it (with vscode and debugger) it fails to execute with the error message (I changed the path):

assertion "program->length < PIO_INSTRUCTION_COUNT" failed: file "path_to/pico-sdk/src/rp2_common/hardware_pio/pio.c", line 64, function: _pio_find_offset_for_program

Is it due to the debugger?

The PIO code is (I know I could've used nops or something):

.program tester

label0:
    jmp label1
label1:
    jmp label2
label2:
    jmp label3
label3:
    jmp label4
label4:
    jmp label5
label5:
    jmp label6
label6:
    jmp label7
label7:
    jmp label8
label8:
    jmp label9
label9:
    jmp label10
label10:
    jmp label11
label11:
    jmp label12
label12:
    jmp label13
label13:
    jmp label14
label14:
    jmp label15
label15:
    jmp label16
label16:
    jmp label17
label17:
    jmp label18
label18:
    jmp label19
label19:
    jmp label20
label20:
    jmp label21
label21:
    jmp label22
label22:
    jmp label23
label23:
    jmp label24
label24:
    jmp label25
label25:
    jmp label26
label26:
    jmp label27
label27:
    jmp label28
label28:
    jmp label29
label29:
    jmp label30
label30:
    jmp label31
label31:
    jmp label0

The c-code is:

#include <stdio.h>

#include "pico/stdlib.h"
#include "hardware/pio.h"

#include "tester.pio.h"

int main()
{
    // the pio instance
    PIO pio;
    // the state machine
    uint sm;

    // needed for printf
    stdio_init_all();

    // pio 0 is used
    pio = pio0;
    // state machine 0
    sm = 0;
    // load the pio program into the pio memory
    uint offset = pio_add_program(pio, &tester_program);
    // make a sm config
    pio_sm_config c = tester_program_get_default_config(offset);
    // init the pio sm with the config
    pio_sm_init(pio, sm, offset, &c);
    // enable the sm
    pio_sm_set_enabled(pio, sm, true);

    while (true)
    {
    }
}

[kilograham]

this is issue #236