Virtual environment not active in new powershell terminal

[ewdyang]

Type: Bug

Behaviour

Expected vs. Actual

Expected: Currently selected virtual environment from python interpreter selection should be active when a new python terminal is created using Python: Create Terminal

Actual: Virtual environment is not active when new terminal is created.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Activate a virtual environment using Python: Select Interpreter
2. Create a new terminal using Python: Create Terminal

Diagnostic data

• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 3.12.1
• Type of virtual environment used (e.g. conda, venv, virtualenv, etc.): Venv
• Value of the python.languageServer setting: Default

Terminal hover window:

Running $env:PATH or #env:path in the powershell terminal that should have the virtual environment active gives following output:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.1.1-Q16-HDRI;C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.1.0-Q16-HDRI;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Intel\Shared Libraries\redist\intel64_win\compiler;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\Calibre2\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Windows Performance Toolkit\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files\PuTTY\;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.2\include;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v11.2\extras\CUPTI\lib64;C:\Program Files\nTopology\nTopology\;C:\Program 
Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Client SDK\ODBC\110\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2023b\bin;C:\Program Files\dotnet\;C:\Users\user name\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Scripts\;C:\Users\user name\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\;C:\Users\user name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\user name\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Users\user name\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\bin;C:\Users\user name\AppData\Local\Pandoc\;
PS D:\Documents\MSAM\Microscope Computer Vision Code> 

Contents of Enivronment changes from showing environment contributions of the relevant terminal:

# Terminal Environment Changes

## Extension: ms-python.python

Activated environment for `.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe`

- `PATH=c:\Users\user name\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2024.0.1\pythonFiles\deactivate\powershell;D:\Documents\MSAM\Microscope Computer Vision Code\.venv\Scripts;${env:PATH}`
- `PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC;.CPL`
- `PSMODULEPATH=D:\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\PowerShell\Modules\`
- `PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8`
- `PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1`
- `VIRTUAL_ENV=D:\Documents\MSAM\Microscope Computer Vision Code\.venv`
- `VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT=.venv`

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

2024-02-14 15:28:09.458 [info] Experiment 'pythonRecommendTensorboardExt' is active
2024-02-14 15:28:09.458 [info] Experiment 'pythonREPLSmartSend' is active
2024-02-14 15:28:09.458 [info] Experiment 'pythonSurveyNotification' is active
2024-02-14 15:28:09.458 [info] Experiment 'pythonTerminalEnvVarActivation' is active
2024-02-14 15:28:09.458 [info] Experiment 'pythonTestAdapter' is active
2024-02-14 15:28:09.489 [info] Default formatter is set to null for workspace d:\Documents\MSAM\Microscope Computer Vision Code
2024-02-14 15:28:09.518 [info] Test server listening.
2024-02-14 15:28:09.702 [info] Python interpreter path: .\.venv\Scripts\python.exe
2024-02-14 15:28:09.776 [info] > & "d:/Documents/MSAM/Microscope Computer Vision Code/.venv/Scripts/Activate.ps1" ; echo 'e8b39361-0157-4923-80e1-22d70d46dee6' ; python "c:/Users/user name/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2024.0.1/pythonFiles/printEnvVariables.py"
2024-02-14 15:28:09.776 [info] shell: powershell
2024-02-14 15:28:09.814 [info] > conda info --json
2024-02-14 15:28:09.840 [info] > "d:/Documents/MSAM/Microscope Computer Vision Code/.venv/Scripts/activate.bat" && echo 'e8b39361-0157-4923-80e1-22d70d46dee6' && python "c:/Users/user name/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2024.0.1/pythonFiles/printEnvVariables.py"
2024-02-14 15:28:09.840 [info] shell: commandPrompt
2024-02-14 15:28:10.357 [info] > C:\Users\user name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python3.9.exe "c:/Users/user name/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2024.0.1/pythonFiles/printEnvVariables.py"
2024-02-14 15:28:10.357 [info] shell: powershell
2024-02-14 15:28:10.712 [info] Send text to terminal: & "C:/Users/user name/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/python3.9.exe" "c:\Users\user name\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2024.0.1\pythonFiles\printEnvVariablesToFile.py" "c:\Users\user name\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2024.0.1\pythonFiles\deactivate\powershell\envVars.txt"
2024-02-14 15:28:11.019 [info] Starting Pylance language server.
2024-02-14 15:28:48.810 [info] Experiment 'pythonRecommendTensorboardExt' is active
2024-02-14 15:28:48.810 [info] Experiment 'pythonREPLSmartSend' is active
2024-02-14 15:28:48.810 [info] Experiment 'pythonSurveyNotification' is active
2024-02-14 15:28:48.810 [info] Experiment 'pythonTerminalEnvVarActivation' is active
2024-02-14 15:28:48.810 [info] Experiment 'pythonTestAdapter' is active
2024-02-14 15:28:48.810 [info] Default formatter is set to null for workspace d:\Documents\MSAM\Microscope Computer Vision Code
2024-02-14 15:28:48.814 [info] Test server listening.
2024-02-14 15:28:48.819 [info] Python interpreter path: .\.venv\Scripts\python.exe
2024-02-14 15:28:49.039 [info] > & "d:/Documents/MSAM/Microscope Computer Vision Code/.venv/Scripts/Activate.ps1" ; echo 'e8b39361-0157-4923-80e1-22d70d46dee6' ; python "c:/Users/user name/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2024.0.1/pythonFiles/printEnvVariables.py"
2024-02-14 15:28:49.039 [info] shell: powershell
2024-02-14 15:28:49.078 [info] > conda info --json
2024-02-14 15:28:49.110 [info] > "d:/Documents/MSAM/Microscope Computer Vision Code/.venv/Scripts/activate.bat" && echo 'e8b39361-0157-4923-80e1-22d70d46dee6' && python "c:/Users/user name/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2024.0.1/pythonFiles/printEnvVariables.py"
2024-02-14 15:28:49.110 [info] shell: commandPrompt
2024-02-14 15:28:49.453 [info] > C:\Users\user name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python3.9.exe "c:/Users/user name/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2024.0.1/pythonFiles/printEnvVariables.py"
2024-02-14 15:28:49.454 [info] shell: powershell
2024-02-14 15:28:49.776 [info] Send text to terminal: & "C:/Users/user name/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/python3.9.exe" "c:\Users\user name\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2024.0.1\pythonFiles\printEnvVariablesToFile.py" "c:\Users\user name\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2024.0.1\pythonFiles\deactivate\powershell\envVars.txt"
2024-02-14 15:28:50.123 [info] Starting Pylance language server.

User Settings

languageServer: "Pylance"

Extension version: 2024.0.1
VS Code version: Code 1.86.1 (31c37ee8f63491495ac49e43b8544550fbae4533, 2024-02-07T09:08:20.941Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core Processor (12 x 3693)
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 skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	31.95GB (19.34GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 5a28bdd8-fa5f-44d4-94bc-3f25b8361447
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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[ewdyang]

Seems similar to #22888 but terminal doesn't say that shell integration failed to activate.
Could also be same cause as #22894

[karrtikr]

Please try out the pre-release version of the extension, you can use the following:

[abf7d]

Hi @karrtikr , It did not fix the problem

[ewdyang]

Please try out the pre-release version of the extension, you can use the following:

The pre-release fixed the problem for me, the virtual environment is active in the new terminal as expected.

[abf7d]

Hi @karrtikr, do you have any other recommendations for me? This didn't fix the issue.

[karrtikr]

Your issue might be different, please open up a new one and we'll be happy to have a look, make sure to provide the debug logs asked earlier.

[abf7d]

Sorry, I had an issue opened and it took awhile to respond. Here's the link:
#22894

[karrtikr]

The pre-release fixed the problem for me, the virtual environment is active in the new terminal as expected.

Thanks, closing this in that case.

@abf7d Apologies, I'll reach back out to you on your issue soon.