VS Code starts debugging in integrated terminal instead of debug console

Question

I've been using VS Code for quite some time and just today I started having this strange issue. Previously if I started debugging an program (F5) it would start debugging and show output in the "Debug Console":

But now It starts debugger in the "Terminal" and also outputs to "Debug Console".

Here is my launch.json:

{     "version": "0.2.0",     "configurations": [{             "name": "Python: Current File",             "type": "python",             "request": "launch",             "program": "${file}"         }     ] } 

I want output only in the "Debug Console" (previously default behavior). Please help me with setting it back to the way it was.

Answer 1

Edit 3

As with the release 2019.4.0 of the python extension it is now possible to set the console option to internalConsole (#4321).

In .vscode/launch.json:

"console": "internalConsole" 

Edit 2

As suggested in omartin2010's answer you can additionally set the option

"internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart" 

to automatically open the debug console when starting debugging.

Edit 1

Setting the "console" option explicitly to "none" was originally the way to go (see answers), but now "none" is no longer valid (see Edit 3 above)

"console": "none" 

Original answer

To ensure that the output is written to the debug console you can set the debugOptions. Adding the following entry to your configuration in yourlaunch.json should fix it:

"debugOptions": [     "RedirectOutput" ]