Periodic Refresh Timer per Session and and use with CPU Time Info

[jreineckearm]

Fixes

• [Feature Request]: Trace and Live Debug Capablities #315

Changes

• Adds periodic refresh timer to GDBTargetDebugSession.
• Refresh timer handling in debug tracker.
• Refresh timer usage with CPU Time Info.

Note: Use J-Link for testing.

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• 🤖 This change is covered by unit tests (if applicable).
• 🤹 Manual testing has been performed (if necessary).
• 🛡️ Security impacts have been considered (if relevant).
• 📖 Documentation updates are complete (if required).
• 🧠 Third-party dependencies and TPIP updated (if required).

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR implements a periodic refresh timer system for GDB debug sessions to enable automatic updates of CPU time information during debugging. The refresh timer is designed to work specifically with J-Link for testing.

• Adds PeriodicRefreshTimer class to manage periodic refresh operations per debug session
• Integrates refresh timer lifecycle management with debug session events (continued/stopped/terminated)
• Updates CPU states handling to support both event-driven and periodic refresh patterns

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 4 out of 4 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

File	Description
src/debug-session/periodic-refresh-timer.ts	New timer class implementing periodic refresh functionality with configurable intervals
src/debug-session/gdbtarget-debug-session.ts	Integrates refresh timer into debug sessions and enables it for auxiliary GDB configurations
src/debug-session/gdbtarget-debug-tracker.ts	Manages timer lifecycle based on debug events (start/stop/terminate)
src/features/cpu-states/cpu-states.ts	Refactors CPU state updates to support periodic refresh and adds refresh event handling

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Diff Coverage: The code coverage on the diff in this pull request is 94.0%.

Total Coverage: This PR will increase coverage by 0.25%.

File Coverage Changes

Path	File Coverage Δ	Indirect
src/debug-session/gdbtarget-debug-session.ts	0.2
src/debug-session/gdbtarget-debug-tracker.ts	0.4
src/debug-session/periodic-refresh-timer.ts	100.0
src/features/cpu-states/cpu-states.ts	0.2

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Pull Request Overview

Copilot reviewed 8 out of 8 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

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[omarArm]

I tested it, the timer is being updated periodically in the AUX mode