Terminal does not activate my ".conda" environment that is selected as "Current Interpreter"

[jpfeuffer]

Type: Bug

Behaviour

When I open a new zsh terminal in VSCode, although I activated "activateActiveEnvironmentInTerminal" (or how this settings is called), it only loads the conda base environment.
My .conda environment in the same folder is correctly selected and displayed in the lower right corner of VSCode. And I can activate it easily with conda activate ./.conda

Steps to reproduce:

0. Activate "activateActiveEnvironmentInTerminal" in settings
1. Select interpreter
2. New environment
3. Select .conda
4. Create it
5. Open a new Terminal and hope it gets activated.

The problem is that you command tried to run conda -n .conda and not conda -p .conda. This is a PREFIX environment not a NAMED environment..

Diagnostic data

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

2024-11-21 13:05:03.417 [error] getActivatedEnvironmentVariables Error: Command failed: conda run -n .conda --no-capture-output python /Users/x/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2024.20.0-darwin-arm64/python_files/get_output_via_markers.py /Users/x/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2024.20.0-darwin-arm64/python_files/printEnvVariables.py

EnvironmentLocationNotFound: Not a conda environment: /Users/x/miniforge3/envs/.conda


    at genericNodeError (node:internal/errors:984:15)
    at wrappedFn (node:internal/errors:538:14)
    at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:423:12)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:531:35)
    at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1105:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (node:internal/child_process:457:11)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:519:28)
    at Pipe.<anonymous> (node:net:339:12) {
  code: 1,
  killed: false,
  signal: null,
  cmd: 'conda run -n .conda --no-capture-output python /Users/x/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2024.20.0-darwin-arm64/python_files/get_output_via_markers.py /Users/x/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2024.20.0-darwin-arm64/python_files/printEnvVariables.py'
}

Extension version: 2024.20.0
VS Code version: Code 1.95.3 (Universal) (f1a4fb101478ce6ec82fe9627c43efbf9e98c813, 2024-11-13T14:50:04.152Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 23.6.0
Modes:

• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 3.11.10
• Type of virtual environment used (e.g. conda, venv, virtualenv, etc.): Conda
• Value of the python.languageServer setting: Default

User Settings

venvPath: "<placeholder>"

languageServer: "Pylance"

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[karthiknadig]

@jpfeuffer Can you share the exact setting you are using (i.e., can you share the settings.json content)? Python extension only has the following settings for activation:
python.terminal.activateEnvInCurrentTerminal
python.terminal.activateEnvironment

We detect prefixed vs named environments, so it should use the correct command.

[jpfeuffer]

Now it doesn't even try to find my environment anymore. I don't get any logs of your extension trying to set my .conda environment...

My only python settings are:

"python.venvPath": "....../pypoetry/virtualenvs",
"python.analysis.typeCheckingMode": "basic",

python.terminal.activateEnvInCurrentTerminal is ON by default as far as I can see.

[jpfeuffer]

I tried with and without python.terminal.activateEnvInCurrentTerminal. Both do not work.

[jpfeuffer]

Ok, so with python locator = js it just does nothing.
With python locator = native I get the error from my initial report.

In summary: nothing works.

[jpfeuffer]

You do detect prefixed environments for stuff like pylance, but not for activation in the shell.

[brandonlukas]

I encountered the same issue too, which only started occurring for me this morning.

When I open a new terminal, I have to manually activate the environment with conda activate ./.conda. When I run the current line or file, it does use the .conda/bin/python, however.

My settings.json is as follows:

{
    "[python]": {
        "editor.defaultFormatter": "ms-python.black-formatter",
        "editor.formatOnSave": true
    },
    "terminal.integrated.inheritEnv": false,
    "editor.minimap.enabled": false,
    "python.terminal.activateEnvInCurrentTerminal": true, // just added, but no effect
    "python.terminal.activateEnvironment": true // just added, but no effect
}

[karthiknadig]

Can you try version 2024.16.1 or 2024.14.1 and see if they behave better? This will help narrow down the problem. Locally I am not able to repo this.
You can switch version using the ⚙️icon from the extension view and selecting "install specific version":

[brandonlukas]

@karthiknadig I can confirm the problem persists on both versions (I was originally using v2024.14.1, and just tested v2024.16.1).

[brandonlukas]

I ended up creating a new Conda environment outside of VSCode (e.g., conda create --name myenv python=3.10 in Terminal), and then selecting this interpreter with Python: Select Interpreter in the Command Palette pane. Now when I open terminal, the Conda environment is selected. I apologize I couldn't be more helpful </3

[jpfeuffer]

But this is a named environment. I want my environment in the development folder of my vscode project (under .conda).
This is not a satisfying solution.