diff --git a/src/adapter/resourceProvider/basicResourceProvider.ts b/src/adapter/resourceProvider/basicResourceProvider.ts
index 318f9b136..64d5a5d2a 100644
--- a/src/adapter/resourceProvider/basicResourceProvider.ts
+++ b/src/adapter/resourceProvider/basicResourceProvider.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ export class BasicResourceProvider implements IResourceProvider {
         return { ok: false, url, error, statusCode: 200 };
       }
     }
-
     return this.fetchHttp(url, cancellationToken, headers);
   }
   /**
diff --git a/src/adapter/scriptSkipper/implementation.ts b/src/adapter/scriptSkipper/implementation.ts
index 5efb2ab72..86fefb6f6 100644
--- a/src/adapter/scriptSkipper/implementation.ts
+++ b/src/adapter/scriptSkipper/implementation.ts
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ export class ScriptSkipper {
     if (
       !skipped &&
       source.absolutePath &&
+      urlUtils.isAbsolute(source.absolutePath) &&
       this._testSkipAuthored(urlUtils.absolutePathToFileUrl(source.absolutePath))
     ) {
       this.setIsUrlBlackboxSkipped(url, true);
diff --git a/src/adapter/sources.ts b/src/adapter/sources.ts
index a833f04bb..6b30523da 100644
--- a/src/adapter/sources.ts
+++ b/src/adapter/sources.ts
@@ -1082,9 +1082,10 @@ export class SourceContainer {
     const todo: Promise<unknown>[] = [];
     for (const url of map.sources) {
       const absolutePath = await this.sourcePathResolver.urlToAbsolutePath({ url, map });
-      const resolvedUrl = absolutePath
-        ? utils.absolutePathToFileUrl(absolutePath)
-        : map.computedSourceUrl(url);
+      const resolvedUrl =
+        absolutePath && utils.isAbsolute(absolutePath)
+          ? utils.absolutePathToFileUrl(absolutePath)
+          : map.computedSourceUrl(url);
 
       const existing = this._sourceMapSourcesByUrl.get(resolvedUrl);
       if (existing) {
@@ -1106,7 +1107,6 @@ export class SourceContainer {
         resolvedUrl,
       });
 
-      const fileUrl = absolutePath && utils.absolutePathToFileUrl(absolutePath);
       const smContent = this.sourceMapFactory.guardSourceMapFn(
         map,
         () => map.sourceContentFor(url, true),
@@ -1129,6 +1129,10 @@ export class SourceContainer {
         }
       }
 
+      const fileUrl =
+        absolutePath && utils.isAbsolute(absolutePath)
+          ? utils.absolutePathToFileUrl(absolutePath)
+          : absolutePath;
       const source = new SourceFromMap(
         this,
         resolvedUrl,
@@ -1146,6 +1150,7 @@ export class SourceContainer {
       );
       source.compiledToSourceUrl.set(compiled, url);
       compiled.sourceMap.sourceByUrl.set(url, source);
+
       todo.push(this._addSource(source));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/adapter/threads.ts b/src/adapter/threads.ts
index 0622f3a66..bbac0badd 100644
--- a/src/adapter/threads.ts
+++ b/src/adapter/threads.ts
@@ -1751,8 +1751,9 @@ export class Thread implements IVariableStoreLocationProvider {
       }
 
       const compiledSource =
-        this._sourceContainer.getSourceByOriginalUrl(urlUtils.absolutePathToFileUrl(chunk.path)) ||
-        this._sourceContainer.getSourceByOriginalUrl(chunk.path);
+        this._sourceContainer.getSourceByOriginalUrl(
+          urlUtils.isAbsolute(chunk.path) ? urlUtils.absolutePathToFileUrl(chunk.path) : chunk.path,
+        ) || this._sourceContainer.getSourceByOriginalUrl(chunk.path);
       if (!compiledSource) {
         todo.push(chunk.toString());
         continue;
diff --git a/src/common/sourceMaps/sourceMapResolutionUtils.ts b/src/common/sourceMaps/sourceMapResolutionUtils.ts
index 3d3023033..1d3991d72 100644
--- a/src/common/sourceMaps/sourceMapResolutionUtils.ts
+++ b/src/common/sourceMaps/sourceMapResolutionUtils.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ export function getFullSourceEntry(sourceRoot: string | undefined, sourcePath: s
   if (!sourceRoot.endsWith('/')) {
     sourceRoot += '/';
   }
-
   return sourceRoot + sourcePath;
 }
 
@@ -35,12 +34,13 @@ export async function getComputedSourceRoot(
   logger: ILogger,
 ): Promise<string> {
   generatedPath = utils.fileUrlToAbsolutePath(generatedPath) || generatedPath;
-
   let absSourceRoot: string;
   if (sourceRoot) {
     if (utils.isFileUrl(sourceRoot)) {
       // sourceRoot points to a local path like "file:///c:/project/src", make it an absolute path
       absSourceRoot = utils.fileUrlToAbsolutePath(sourceRoot);
+    } else if (utils.isValidUrl(sourceRoot)) {
+      absSourceRoot = sourceRoot;
     } else if (utils.isAbsolute(sourceRoot)) {
       // sourceRoot is like "/src", should be like http://localhost/src, resolve to a local path using pathMaping.
       // If path mappings do not apply (e.g. node), assume that sourceRoot is actually a local absolute path.
@@ -79,9 +79,13 @@ export async function getComputedSourceRoot(
     );
   }
 
-  absSourceRoot = utils.stripTrailingSlash(absSourceRoot);
-  absSourceRoot = fixDriveLetterAndSlashes(absSourceRoot);
-
+  if (!utils.isValidUrl(absSourceRoot)) {
+    absSourceRoot = utils.stripTrailingSlash(absSourceRoot);
+    absSourceRoot = fixDriveLetterAndSlashes(absSourceRoot);
+  } else {
+    //guarantees one slash in the end for later join with sources files
+    absSourceRoot = new URL(absSourceRoot).href;
+  }
   return absSourceRoot;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/common/urlUtils.ts b/src/common/urlUtils.ts
index 973009292..a33677f6c 100644
--- a/src/common/urlUtils.ts
+++ b/src/common/urlUtils.ts
@@ -207,6 +207,16 @@ export function isValidUrl(url: string): boolean {
   }
 }
 
+export function isValidUrlWithProtocol(url: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    const parsed = new URL(url);
+
+    return parsed.protocol.toLowerCase() == 'http:' || parsed.protocol.toLowerCase() == 'https:';
+  } catch (e) {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
 export function escapeForRegExp(s: string): string {
   const chars = '^[]{}()\\.^$*+?|-,';
 
@@ -301,6 +311,11 @@ export function fileUrlToNetworkPath(urlOrPath: string): string {
 
 // TODO: this does not escape/unescape special characters, but it should.
 export function absolutePathToFileUrl(absolutePath: string): string {
+  if (!isAbsolute(absolutePath)) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `You are using the 'absolutePathToFileUrl()' on a string which is not absolute: ${absolutePath}`,
+    );
+  }
   if (platform === 'win32') {
     return 'file:///' + platformPathToUrlPath(absolutePath);
   }
diff --git a/src/targets/browser/browserPathResolver.ts b/src/targets/browser/browserPathResolver.ts
index d429551b5..ab925d3ef 100644
--- a/src/targets/browser/browserPathResolver.ts
+++ b/src/targets/browser/browserPathResolver.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../common/sourceMaps/sourceMapResolutionUtils';
 import { IUrlResolution } from '../../common/sourcePathResolver';
 import * as utils from '../../common/urlUtils';
-import { urlToRegex } from '../../common/urlUtils';
+import { isValidUrlWithProtocol, urlToRegex } from '../../common/urlUtils';
 import { PathMapping } from '../../configuration';
 import { ISourcePathResolverOptions, SourcePathResolverBase } from '../sourcePathResolver';
 
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ export class BrowserSourcePathResolver extends SourcePathResolverBase<IOptions>
     if (queryCharacter !== -1 && url.slice(queryCharacter - 4, queryCharacter) !== '.vue') {
       url = url.slice(0, queryCharacter);
     }
-
     return map ? this.sourceMapSourceToAbsolute(url, map) : this.simpleUrlToAbsolute(url);
   }
 
@@ -170,7 +169,6 @@ export class BrowserSourcePathResolver extends SourcePathResolverBase<IOptions>
     }
 
     url = this.normalizeSourceMapUrl(url);
-
     const { pathMapping } = this.options;
     const fullSourceEntry = getFullSourceEntry(map.sourceRoot, url);
     let mappedFullSourceEntry = this.sourceMapOverrides.apply(fullSourceEntry);
@@ -200,18 +198,18 @@ export class BrowserSourcePathResolver extends SourcePathResolverBase<IOptions>
     }
 
     if (!path.isAbsolute(url)) {
-      return properResolve(
-        await getComputedSourceRoot(
-          map.sourceRoot,
-          map.metadata.compiledPath,
-          pathMapping,
-          defaultPathMappingResolver,
-          this.logger,
-        ),
-        url,
+      const computedSourceRoot = await getComputedSourceRoot(
+        map.sourceRoot,
+        map.metadata.compiledPath,
+        pathMapping,
+        defaultPathMappingResolver,
+        this.logger,
       );
+      if (isValidUrlWithProtocol(computedSourceRoot)) {
+        return new URL(url, computedSourceRoot).href;
+      }
+      return properResolve(computedSourceRoot, url);
     }
-
     return fixDriveLetterAndSlashes(url);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/sources/sources-supports-remote-sources-1424.txt b/src/test/sources/sources-supports-remote-sources-1424.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a11d59182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/sources/sources-supports-remote-sources-1424.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+
+Source event for
+{
+    reason : new
+    source : {
+        name : localhost꞉8001/remote-test/string.ts
+        path : localhost꞉8001/remote-test/string.ts
+        sourceReference : <number>
+    }
+}
+text/javascript
+---------
+let i = 0;
+i++;
+debugger;
+i++;
+i++;
+i++;
+i++;
+i++;
+console.log(i);//ts file
+
+---------
diff --git a/src/test/sources/sourcesTest.ts b/src/test/sources/sourcesTest.ts
index 503d1e5f9..e04bed112 100644
--- a/src/test/sources/sourcesTest.ts
+++ b/src/test/sources/sourcesTest.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,16 @@ describe('sources', () => {
     handle.assertLog({ substring: true });
   });
 
+  itIntegrates('supports remote sources (#1424)', async ({ r }) => {
+    const p = await r.launchUrlAndLoad('index.html');
+    p.addScriptTag('remote-test/string.js');
+
+    const source = await p.waitForSource('string.ts');
+    await dumpSource(p, source, '');
+
+    p.assertLog();
+  });
+
   itIntegrates('works with relative webpack sourcemaps (#479)', async ({ r }) => {
     const p = await r.launchUrl('webpack/relative-paths.html');
 
diff --git a/testWorkspace/web/remote-test/string.js b/testWorkspace/web/remote-test/string.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f418f44a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testWorkspace/web/remote-test/string.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+let i = 0;
+i++;
+debugger;
+i++;
+i++;
+i++;
+i++;
+i++;
+console.log('123');
+//# sourceMappingURL=string.js.map
diff --git a/testWorkspace/web/remote-test/string.js.map b/testWorkspace/web/remote-test/string.js.map
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b92dbc7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testWorkspace/web/remote-test/string.js.map
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "version": 3,
+  "file": "string.js",
+  "sourceRoot": "http://localhost:8001/remote-test/",
+  "sources": [
+    "string.ts"
+  ],
+  "names": [],
+  "mappings": ";AAAA,IAAI,CAAC,GAAG,CAAC,CAAC;AACV,CAAC,EAAE,CAAC;AACJ,QAAQ,CAAC;AACT,CAAC,EAAE,CAAC;AACJ,CAAC,EAAE,CAAC;AACJ,CAAC,EAAE,CAAC;AACJ,CAAC,EAAE,CAAC;AACJ,CAAC,EAAE,CAAC;AACJ,OAAO,CAAC,GAAG,CAAC,CAAC,CAAC,CAAC"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testWorkspace/web/remote-test/string.ts b/testWorkspace/web/remote-test/string.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9326d9659
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testWorkspace/web/remote-test/string.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+let i = 0;
+i++;
+debugger;
+i++;
+i++;
+i++;
+i++;
+i++;
+console.log(i);//ts file