Hang Starting nRF52840 Feather Express Under Segger Debugger

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Thanks! This does seem to solve the problem. Specifically this is what I did:
Create a .gdbinit file in my home directory containing:

 define restart
     monitor reset 
     shell sleep 1
     cont 
 end

Change platformio.ini file to be:

[env:adafruit_feather_nrf52840]
platform = nordicnrf52
board = adafruit_feather_nrf52840
framework = arduino
debug_tool = jlink
upload_protocol = jlink
build_type = debug 
debug_extra_cmds = source gdbinit

Then in Platformio (VSCode ), start the debugger. (Press the Run button in the Activity Bar and then the Run - PIO Debug button in the top left.)
When the program stops at the first line in main.cpp type “restart” in the debug console, hit enter.
The program starts running normally and hits the first real breakpoint, if any.

This works. Is it the correct way to do it?

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