How to capture first-chance exception in Rider

Questions

A first-chance exception refers to the state when the runtime has caught a problem, prepared an exception object, but hasn’t yet looked for an error handler.

How to capture first-chance exceptions in Rider?

Answer

By default, JetBrains Rider does not suspend for first-chance exceptions. Exceptions within a try-catch block are classified as first-chance, meaning they are caught before propagating further, and thus the debugger does not pause execution.

To suspend on such exceptions:

1. Navigate to Run | View Breakpoints and Exceptions.

2. Locate the Any CLR Exception breakpoint.

3. Enable the User code option: