Xdebug Cloud is hosted service that allows for Xdebug debugging sessions to be proxied through an online service bypassing networking complications.

With Xdebug Cloud both your IDE and Xdebug make a connection to a hosted service. By having this proxy service, Xdebug no longer needs to connect directly to your IDE. This bypasses complex networking set-ups, related to Vagrant, Docker, NAT networks, and more.

Xdebug Cloud needs support in your IDE. At the moment, PhpStorm and VS Code, through the PHP Debug Adaptor, have support for Xdebug Cloud.

This video explains how Xdebug Cloud works in more detail:

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