diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 6e8f2f256fa399b9e941559d22f4f9f948dd1305..326821017b67e333a7f6914afbb05b71393b39b6 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
       "debugServerPath" : "${workspaceFolder}/.devcontainer/start_qemu.sh",
       "debugServerArgs": "-g 2345 ${workspaceFolder}/build/kleidicv/test/framework/kleidicv-framework-test --gtest_filter=*",
       "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+      "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
       "preLaunchTask": "Build KleidiCV for debug",
     },
     {
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
       "debugServerPath" : "${workspaceFolder}/.devcontainer/start_qemu.sh",
       "debugServerArgs": "-g 2345 -cpu cortex-a53 ${workspaceFolder}/build/kleidicv-debug/test/api/kleidicv-api-test --vector-length=16 --gtest_filter=*",
       "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+      "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
       "preLaunchTask": "Build KleidiCV for debug",
     },
     {
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@
       "debugServerPath" : "${workspaceFolder}/.devcontainer/start_qemu.sh",
       "debugServerArgs": "-g 2345 -cpu max,sve128=on,sme=off ${workspaceFolder}/build/kleidicv-debug/test/api/kleidicv-api-test --vector-length=16 --gtest_filter=*",
       "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+      "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
       "preLaunchTask": "Build KleidiCV for debug",
     },
     {
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@
       "debugServerPath" : "${workspaceFolder}/.devcontainer/start_qemu.sh",
       "debugServerArgs": "-g 2345 -cpu max,sve2048=on,sve-default-vector-length=256,sme=off ${workspaceFolder}/build/kleidicv-debug/test/api/kleidicv-api-test --vector-length=256 --gtest_filter=*",
       "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+      "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
       "preLaunchTask": "Build KleidiCV for debug",
     },
     {
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@
       "debugServerPath" : "${workspaceFolder}/.devcontainer/start_qemu.sh",
       "debugServerArgs": "-g 2345 -cpu max,sve128=on,sme512=on ${workspaceFolder}/build/kleidicv-debug/test/api/kleidicv-api-test --vector-length=64 --gtest_filter=*",
       "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+      "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
       "preLaunchTask": "Build KleidiCV for debug",
     },
   ]