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Allow disabling of interpreter auto-selection #15975
Description
Environment data
- VS Code version: 1.55.2
- Extension version (available under the Extensions sidebar): v2021.3.680753044
- OS and version: Windows 10, using WSL 2
- Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 3.9 (but should be irrelevant to this issue)
- Type of virtual environment used (N/A | venv | virtualenv | conda | ...): conda
- Relevant/affected Python packages and their versions: N/A
- Relevant/affected Python-related VS Code extensions and their versions: N/A
- Value of the
python.languageServersetting: Not Set
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Background
Nowhere in my vscode settings (user, remote, or workspace) do I define a python.pythonPath (nor python.defaultInterpreterPath), the setting is completely empty:
Expected behaviour
Newly created projects should have no interpreter & vscode should show Select Python Interpreter on the statusbar
Actual behaviour
Newly created projects select my conda project auth0-python-web-app (an environment from a unrelated project).
Steps to reproduce:
[NOTE: Self-contained, minimal reproducing code samples are extremely helpful and will expedite addressing your issue]
This is for me to reproduce
- Create a new directory
File>Open Folder...> Select newly created folder- Create a
*.py - VSCode selects my
auth0-python-web-appenvironment
Other notes
- Restarting VS code doesn't resolve this
- If I delete the selected conda environment (in this case
auth0-python-web-app), vscode will start autoselecting a different conda environment. I can't figure out how it determines which one it selects.
Activity
kimadeline commentedon Apr 19, 2021
Hi Aaron N. Brock ☂️ (@AaronNBrock),
The environment auto-selection proceeds as follows:
If you want to get the "Select Python Environment" prompt on the status bar, you can set
python.defaultInterpreterPathto a bogus value, for example " ".AutomateAaron commentedon Apr 21, 2021
Hey Kim-Adeline Miguel (@kimadeline),
I updating the the setting:
{ "python.defaultInterpreterPath": " " }However it's still automatically selecting a the other environment.
Also, is the functionality you describe here documented anywhere?
Thanks~
kimadeline commentedon May 5, 2021
Hi Aaron N. Brock ☂️ (@AaronNBrock), thank you for your patience!
This setting only works if you're in the DeprecatePythonPath experiment. Try adding this to your global
settings.json:It is documented in the wiki.
However since your ask is to find a way to disable interpreter auto-selection, I am going to switch this to a feature request and mark this issue as "needs decision" to make sure we have a conversation about your idea. We plan to leave this feature request open for at least a month to see how many 👍 votes your idea gets to help us make our decision, so feel free to upvote the initial post to help us prioritize it.
[-]VSCode automatically selecting random conda environment[/-][+]Allow disabling of interpreter auto-selection[/+]