A begin/end block declaring a local variable crashes statement after block

[FrenchBear]

I've simplified existing code to the bare minimum to reproduce the crash:

begin
    local k = 0
end
a = 1

Running this in VS Code debug mode:

Executing task: C:\Users\Pierr\.julia\juliaup\julia-1.10.2+0.x64.w64.mingw32\bin\julia.exe --color=yes --startup-file=no --history-file=no --project=C:\Users\Pierr\.julia\environments\v1.10 c:\Users\Pierr\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.75.2\scripts\debugger\run_debugger.jl \\.\pipe\vsc-jl-dbg-c75982ac-80eb-479a-b262-4b8d07eab950 \\.\pipe\vsc-jl-cr-e9d4abb1-2c9d-4797-8214-12ee986017b7 

> Connecting to debugger... Done!

┌ Error: Some Julia code in the VS Code extension crashed
└ @ VSCodeDebugger c:\Users\Pierr\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.75.2\scripts\error_handler.jl:15
┌ Error: Some Julia code in the VS Code extension crashed
└ @ VSCodeDebugger c:\Users\Pierr\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.75.2\scripts\error_handler.jl:15
ERROR: ERROR: ArgumentError: Endpoint is not running, the current state is closed.lowering did not return a `:thunk` expression, got $(Expr(:toplevel, :(#= C:\Development\GitHub\Julia\Learning\11_flow\f1.jl:1 =#), quote
    #= C:\Development\GitHub\Julia\Learning\11_flow\f1.jl:2 =#
    local k = 0
end, :(#= C:\Development\GitHub\Julia\Learning\11_flow\f1.jl:4 =#), :(a = 1)))
Stacktrace:
 [1] 
Stacktrace:VSCodeDebugger.JuliaInterpreter.Frame(mod::Module, ex::Expr)

    @[1]  VSCodeDebugger.JuliaInterpretererror(s::String) 
c:\Users\Pierr\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.75.2\scripts\packages\JuliaInterpreter\src\   @types.jl:280 Base
  .\[2]error.jl:35 get_next_top_level_frame(state::VSCodeDebugger.DebugAdapter.DebuggerState)

    @[2]  VSCodeDebugger.DebugAdaptercheck_dead_endpoint! 
c:\Users\Pierr\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.75.2\scripts\packages\DebugAdapter\src\   @debugger_core.jl:60 c:\Users\Pierr\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.75.2\scripts\packages\JSONRPC\src\
core.jl:344  [inlined][3]
  our_debug_command(cmd::Symbol, state::VSCodeDebugger.DebugAdapter.DebuggerState)[3]
    @send_success_response(endpoint::VSCodeDebugger.JSONRPC.JSONRPCEndpoint{Base.PipeEndpoint, Base.PipeEndpoint}, original_request::Dict{String, Any}, result::VSCodeDebugger.DebugAdapter.ThreadsResponseArguments) 
VSCodeDebugger.DebugAdapter   @  c:\Users\Pierr\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.75.2\scripts\packages\DebugAdapter\src\VSCodeDebugger.JSONRPCdebugger_core.jl:83 c:\Users\Pierr\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.75.2\scripts\packages\JSONRPC\src\
core.jl:298 [4]
  startdebug(socket::Base.PipeEndpoint, error_handler::VSCodeDebugger.var"#3#4"{Tuple{String, String}})[4]
    @dispatch_msg(x::VSCodeDebugger.JSONRPC.JSONRPCEndpoint{Base.PipeEndpoint, Base.PipeEndpoint}, dispatcher::VSCodeDebugger.JSONRPC.MsgDispatcher, msg::Dict{String, Any}) 
VSCodeDebugger.DebugAdapter   @  c:\Users\Pierr\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.75.2\scripts\packages\DebugAdapter\src\VSCodeDebugger.JSONRPCpackagedef.jl:106 c:\Users\Pierr\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.75.2\scripts\packages\JSONRPC\src\
typed.jl:73 [5]
  startdebugger()[5]
    @(::VSCodeDebugger.DebugAdapter.var"#146#172"{VSCodeDebugger.var"#3#4"{Tuple{String, String}}, VSCodeDebugger.JSONRPC.JSONRPCEndpoint{Base.PipeEndpoint, Base.PipeEndpoint}, VSCodeDebugger.JSONRPC.MsgDispatcher})() 
VSCodeDebugger   @  c:\Users\Pierr\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.75.2\scripts\packages\VSCodeDebugger\src\VSCodeDebugger.DebugAdapterVSCodeDebugger.jl:43 c:\Users\Pierr\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.75.2\scripts\packages\DebugAdapter\src\
packagedef.jl:76 [6]
 top-level scope
   @ c:\Users\Pierr\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.75.2\scripts\debugger\run_debugger.jl:13
 [7] include(mod::Module, _path::String)
   @ Base .\Base.jl:495
 [8] exec_options(opts::Base.JLOptions)
   @ Base .\client.jl:318
 [9] _start()
   @ Base .\client.jl:552

 *  The terminal process "C:\Users\Pierr\.julia\juliaup\julia-1.10.2+0.x64.w64.mingw32\bin\julia.exe '--color=yes', '--startup-file=no', '--history-file=no', '--project=C:\Users\Pierr\.julia\environments\v1.10', 'c:\Users\Pierr\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.75.2\scripts\debugger\run_debugger.jl', '\\.\pipe\vsc-jl-dbg-c75982ac-80eb-479a-b262-4b8d07eab950', '\\.\pipe\vsc-jl-cr-e9d4abb1-2c9d-4797-8214-12ee986017b7'" terminated with exit code: 1.