No way to "Clear Workspace Interpreter Setting"

[djbrown]

Type: Bug

Behaviour

Expected vs. Actual

I cannot reset the currently active workspace interpreter, even though this feature/command/setting is referred to on various issues (#18255, #17693, #17890, #17693, ...) and even in code:

• vscode-python/package.json

  Line 350 in 021b362

  "command": "python.clearWorkspaceInterpreter",

• vscode-python/package.nls.json

  Line 12 in 021b362

  "python.command.python.clearWorkspaceInterpreter.title": "Clear Workspace Interpreter Setting",

• vscode-python/src/client/interpreter/configuration/interpreterSelector/commands/resetInterpreter.ts

  Line 14 in 021b362

  export class ResetInterpreterCommand extends BaseInterpreterSelectorCommand {

Steps to reproduce:

1. open command palette
2. search for "python interpreter"
3. expected command not list

Diagnostic data

• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 3.11.4
• Type of virtual environment used (e.g. conda, venv, virtualenv, etc.): Poetry
• Value of the python.languageServer setting: Default

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

XXX

User Settings

languageServer: "Pylance"

Extension version: 2023.14.0
VS Code version: Code 1.81.1 (6c3e3dba23e8fadc360aed75ce363ba185c49794, 2023-08-09T22:22:42.175Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz (8 x 2592)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off 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
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.84GB (5.28GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 6a947b0b-2920-480a-98a0-5c6d6b7ebd8c
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	WSL: Ubuntu
OS	Linux x64 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz (8 x 2591)
Memory (System)	7.76GB (6.60GB free)
VM	0%

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[djbrown]

Possible workaround might be via usernamehw.commands as mentioned in #17693 (comment)
Didn't look into that yet

[karrtikr]

Hi @djbrown , we currently only show it if a Python file is currently opened, as that is when the currently selected interpreter is visible in the status bar:

Thanks for letting us know about this, we should probably clarify it in the docs.