Request from debugger to report bug

[bgcampbell]

Type: Bug

Received the following message:

"warning: could not convert 'main' from the host encoding (CP1252) to UTF-32.
This normally should not happen, please file a bug report."

when simply attempting to start the debugger for a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 with the Raspberry Pi pico extension.

VS Code version: Code 1.107.1 (994fd12, 2025-12-17T14:15:14.850Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor (12 x 3593)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off trees_in_viz: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.94GB (3.27GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 2f94d498-5381-467e-9849-f19b28913993
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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vscode-auto-timestamp	lpu	0.0.8
cortex-debug	mar	1.12.1
debug-tracker-vscode	mcu	0.0.15
memory-view	mcu	0.0.28
peripheral-viewer	mcu	1.6.0
rtos-views	mcu	0.0.13
csdevkit	ms-	1.90.2
csharp	ms-	2.110.4
vscode-dotnet-runtime	ms-	3.0.0
debugpy	ms-	2025.18.0
python	ms-	2025.20.1
vscode-pylance	ms-	2025.10.4
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cmake-tools	ms-	1.21.36
cpptools	ms-	1.30.0
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vscode-serial-monitor	ms-	0.13.1
sqltools	mtx	0.28.5
pico-w-go	pau	4.3.4
platformio-ide	pla	3.3.4
raspberry-pi-pico	ras	0.19.0
java	red	1.50.0
vscode-gradle	vsc	3.17.1
vscode-java-debug	vsc	0.58.4
vscode-java-dependency	vsc	0.27.0
vscode-java-pack	vsc	0.30.5
vscode-java-test	vsc	0.43.2
vscode-maven	vsc	0.45.1

(1 theme extensions excluded)

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