Visual Studio Code Debugger not launching

• OS and Version: Windows 10 Build 19042.985
• VS Code Version: 1.56.2
• C/C++ Extension Version: v1.4.0-insiders
• other extensions: remote-ssh

I've been working with remote-ssh on a raspberry and c/c++ extension without any issue, all of a sudden I cannot start the debugger. Nothing changed, configuration files are the same as before but now when I start the debugger, I see for a couple of seconds the top debugging bar and then it disappears. No message on the console, nothing.

For this purpose, I created a simple project from scratch, and even there, the same issue appears.

To Reproduce launch.json

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "(gdb) Launch",
            "type": "cppdbg",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/a.out",
            "args": [],
            "stopAtEntry": false,
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
            "environment": [],
            "logging": { "engineLogging": true },
            "externalConsole": true,
            "MIMode": "gdb",
            "miDebuggerPath": "/usr/bin/gdb",
            "setupCommands": [
                {
                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
                    "ignoreFailures": false
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

main.c

#include <stdio.h>
int main(){
    printf("ciao\n");
    return 1;
}

Compile with gcc -g main.c

As I stated before, this workflow worked for me, from one second to another it stopped working as intended and I have no idea why and how to fix it, any help is appreciated.

What I tried

• reinstall vscode
• reinstall the c/c++ extension and delete by hand the extension folder
• numerous reboots

Updates

I have tried with the wsl-remote extension and it is working as expected.ù

Tried to uninstall gdb from host and launch the debug session, the message "gdb" not found does not even appear as it should