Remote debug not working with "gradle jettyRunWar"

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I’m using gradle 1.8 to build a standard web-app (has to be 1.8 as I also use gradle for Android which insists on 1.8).

I had gradle run my app configured for remote debug with the usual

GRADLE_OPTS="-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=5005" gradle jettyRunWar

All seemed normal, with this message in the app output:

Listening for transport dt_socket at address: 5005

and Intellij connected no problem to the remote app debug. However with the gradle daemon mode enabled the breakpoints (in Intellij 13) did not fire. If I disable the gradle daemon and restart the app with just

gradle jettyRunWar

the breakpoints work fine.

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To set remote debugging options for the daemon you’ll have to use org.gradle.jvmargs. Here’s an example that sets the property on the command line:

gradle -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs="-XX:MaxPermSize=256M -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=5005" jettyRunWar

Of course you can also move the property into “gradle.properties”.