Can't debug protractor in Webstorm (it just hangs)

Question

I've got an Angular project that I've written a protractor test against, and can't seem to get debugging to work in Webstorm. When I click the Run for my Prototype configuration, it tests successfully. But if I try the Debug button, I get something in the Variables window along the lines of:

--!  Connected to 127.0.0.1:52686

But it just hangs there - no further processing, and no browser window launched. Is there something I need to configure to get this working?

Answer 1

That was a Protractor issue, which should be fixed now:

"Fix is in - should be out next release. Thanks for your patience, everyone." - @juliemr

from GitHub issue #552

EDIT: Released in 0.20.0 version! (0.20.1 for Windows users). See Protractor changelog.

Answer 2

Try watching this video and let me know if it works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLMyI7QKcwg

Update: this is a bug in 19 / 20.1 https://github.com/angular/protractor/issues/603

Try using an older version until it gets resolved.