How to capture first-chance exception in Rider

October 26, 2026 08:37 Updated

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:

Navigate to Run | View Breakpoints and Exceptions.
Locate the Any CLR Exception breakpoint.
Enable the User code option: