Expo debug stuck in "waiting for device to connect" step.

[amacinho]

Description of the bug

Expo debug does not start in VSCode. It gets over "waiting for bundler on 127.0.0.1:8081 step successfully, but gets stuck waiting for a device to connect.

To Reproduce

1. Run Expo debug on VSCode. ctrl+shift+P Expo: Debug expo app (also tried using a launch configuration)
2. Confirm it's in "waiting for bundler on 127.0.0.1:8081" step.
3. Go to terminal. Run npx expo start.
4. Go back to VSCode, confirm it's now "waiting for device to connect"
5. Go back to terminal, launch Expo app on my phone using the QR code.
6. The app loads, I can interact with it. But Expo Debug is still stuck.

Expected behavior

Debugging should start.

Actual behavior

Got stuck.

Additional context

Stuck:

launch.json configs I tried:
{
"type": "expo",
"request": "attach",
"name": "Debug Expo Go",
"projectRoot": "${workspaceFolder}/client",
"bundlerPort": "8081",
"bundlerHost": "127.0.0.1",
"trace": true,
"enableTurboSourcemaps": false
}
or
{
"type": "expo",
"request": "attach",
"name": "Debug Expo Go",
"projectRoot": "${workspaceFolder}/client",
"bundlerPort": "8081",
"bundlerHost": "127.0.0.1"
},

Expo ~52.0.17
Expo app on iPhone:

[kristian-nst]

Same here 52.0.17

[douglascugliaridev]

Same here 52.0.11

[ground-beetle]

Just tried to use Expo for the first time and, here you go, facing this blocker for debugging via VSCode and Android emulator. Not the best experience so far 😆

Confirming the above steps for reproducing the issue.
Reproducible with Expo 52.0.23 and Expo Tools 1.5.1