return {
    "mfussenegger/nvim-dap",
    dependencies = {
        "rcarriga/nvim-dap-ui",
        "theHamsta/nvim-dap-virtual-text",
        "nvim-neotest/nvim-nio",
        "williamboman/mason.nvim",
        "jay-babu/mason-nvim-dap.nvim",
    },
    config = function()
        local dap = require("dap")
        local dapui = require("dapui")

        -- Initialize UI and virtual text components
        dapui.setup()
        require("nvim-dap-virtual-text").setup()

        -- Automatically manage debugger installations via Mason
        require("mason-nvim-dap").setup({
            ensure_installed = { "codelldb" }, -- Auto-installs CodeLLDB
            automatic_installation = true,
        })

        -- Automatically open/close DAP UI panels
        dap.listeners.after.event_initialized["dapui_config"] = function() dapui.open() end
        dap.listeners.before.event_terminated["dapui_config"] = function() dapui.close() end
        dap.listeners.before.event_exited["dapui_config"] = function() dapui.close() end

        -- Step 2 & 3 configurations will go here...
        -- Define the adapter connection
        dap.adapters.codelldb = {
            type = 'server',
            port = "${port}",
            executable = {
                -- Adjust this path if Mason uses a different default location on your OS
                command = vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/mason/bin/codelldb",
                args = {"--port", "${port}"},
            }
        }

        -- Configure C++ configurations
        dap.configurations.cpp = {
            {
                name = "Launch file",
                type = "codelldb",
                request = "launch",
                program = function()
                    return vim.fn.input('Path to executable: ', vim.fn.getcwd() .. '/', 'file')
                end,
                cwd = '${workspaceFolder}',
                stopOnEntry = false,
                args = {},
            },
        }

        -- Re-use C++ configuration for C language
        dap.configurations.c = dap.configurations.cpp


    end
}