Flask debug mode stuck at "Restarting with stat"

Question

I don't know what have happened, but after months of developing a Python💕Flask project, I suddenly cannot run it in debug mode. Python gets stuck at displaying:

• Restarting with stat

When running via Visual Studio, it just remains like that, the IDLE Python Shell waits there for a bit and then returns to >>> prompt as the program has escaped without any errors.

The problem isn't in my code, the same happens when simply trying to run an empty Flask app:

from flask import Flask
Flask(__name__).run(debug=True)

If debug is on False, it all runs perfectly, but that makes development significantly more uncomfortable.

I've tried a couple of Python versions, even re-installed, didn't work.

What could be the problem?

Answer 1

Was having the same problem with debug=True. Selecting the legacy debug checkbox in the options seemed to enable reloading after changes without needing to restart. But now it doesn't automatically launch the website when i click on start, you have to manually type in localhost:xxxx in the browser.

Following are the steps that worked for me in Visual Studio 2019:

1. select options from the tools drop down

2. select python

3. select debugging

4. check the "Use legacy debugger" option(it was unchecked by default)