Visual Studio Remote Debugger Firewall Error

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An error occurred while launching remote debugging

It's a fairly common problem, in my experience.

The usual fix is making sure your network isn't blocking the remote debugger's port: 4024 for Visual Studio 2019, or 4022 for 2017.

That didn't work for me.

Solution

The web app had a custom domain, a subdomain set up as a CNAME in DNS.

I found the app's IP address (under Properties in Azure) and added two entries to the Windows hosts file, one for the custom domain and one for the original *.azurewebsites.net subdomain. That fixed it.