go-delve/delve · error

hardware breakpoints not implemented

Error message

hardware breakpoints not implemented

What it means

Error "hardware breakpoints not implemented" thrown in go-delve/delve.

Source

Thrown at pkg/proc/breakpoints.go:198

	return wtype&WatchRead != 0
}

// Write returns true if the hardware breakpoint should trigger on memory writes.
func (wtype WatchType) Write() bool {
	return wtype&WatchWrite != 0
}

// Size returns the size in bytes of the hardware breakpoint.
func (wtype WatchType) Size() int {
	return int(wtype >> 4)
}

// withSize returns a new HWBreakType with the size set to the specified value
func (wtype WatchType) withSize(sz uint8) WatchType {
	return WatchType((sz << 4) | uint8(wtype&0xf))
}

var ErrHWBreakUnsupported = errors.New("hardware breakpoints not implemented")

func (bp *Breakpoint) String() string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("Breakpoint %d at %#v %s:%d", bp.LogicalID(), bp.Addr, bp.File, bp.Line)
}

func (bp *Breakpoint) LogicalID() int {
	for _, breaklet := range bp.Breaklets {
		if breaklet.Kind == UserBreakpoint {
			return breaklet.LogicalID
		}
	}
	return NoLogicalID
}

// VerboseDescr returns a string describing parts of the breakpoint struct
// that aren't otherwise user visible, for debugging purposes.
func (bp *Breakpoint) VerboseDescr() []string {
	r := []string{}

View on GitHub (pinned to a23773e6c3)

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/proc/breakpoints.go:198 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of go-delve/delve@a23773e6c3 (2026-08-31). Data as JSON: /api/errors/4720d538cefd1297. Report an issue: GitHub.