Broken Python venv selection

[quen-de]

Type: Bug

Selecting a venv either globally or per project doesn't change VS Code's behavior: the default system-wide python binary is always used, in every project.

It happened after I killed a terminal running a frozen python script. Relaunching VS Code or reinstalling the Python module didn't solve the issue.

VS Code version: Code 1.83.0 (e7e037083ff4455cf320e344325dacb480062c3c, 2023-10-03T16:12:16.321Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22621
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
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GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled
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Memory (System)	31.68GB (14.10GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 0e95a44c-dbbe-4d34-bd86-be6f31c4378f
Screen Reader	no
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[karthiknadig]

@quen-de You probably need to clear the cache. Please run the Python: Clear cache and reload command

[karrtikr]

If that doesn't help please provide the debug logs which can help diagnose the issue:

• Run Developer: Set log level command
• Select Trace
• Run Developer: Reload Window command
• Provide the output:

Output for Python in the Output panel (View→Output, change the drop-down the upper-right of the Output panel to Python)

XXX

[quen-de]

Hi @karthiknadig , @karrtikr , thank you for your answer. It looks like clearing the cache worked, I got met with an "invalid virtual environment" for all my projects, and after re-specifying the path to the correct binary, everything was fine. Sorry that I cannot better pinpoint the causation.