issues debugging using VS code - visual-studio-code

I'm developing an office-js taskpane add-in for Excel.
I am using VS code as the IDE and debugging environment.
After running a debug, more often than not I cannot run a second debugging session because VS code does not launch WebPack.
I end each debugging session simply by closing Excel. That also ends the session according to the VS code terminal. But if I hit F5 again, Excel starts immediately and webpack does not. I have to reboot the machine to get it working again.
Does anyone here know how I might fix this extremely annoying issue?

Here are a few links you may find helpful in debugging Office Add-ins:
Debug Office Add-ins
Attach a debugger from the task pane
Sideloading and Debugging Outlook Add-ins

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