Description
Type: Bug
I find the exact same behavior as
#21907
In short, VSCode will randomly complain on opening that it cannot find the python interpreter I select in the settings:
Failed to check if /workspaces/xxx/.python_env.venv/bin/python is an executable
[Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, lstat '/workspaces/xxx/.python_env.venv/bin/python'] {
errno: -2,
code: 'ENOENT',
syscall: 'lstat',
path: '/workspaces/xxx/.python_env.venv/bin/python'
}
My settings.json contains
"python.defaultInterpreterPath": "${workspaceFolder}/.python_env.venv/bin/python",
And of course the /workspaces/xxx/.python_env.venv/bin/python binary exists and I can run it from the terminal without issues. As I said, it's the same behavior that was raised in #21907
Some additional info:
- I am using devcontainers
- The python interpreter might not exist the very first time the container is created. It is created instead right after (in the
post_createstep of the devcontainers setup). - After creating the python environment (either in the post_create step or manually), if I restart VSCode, then usually it is able to find the interpreter correctly, but not always. Sometimes it just flat out refuses to do so, and I need to reload multiple times. This feels like some settings got corrupted somewhere (perhaps because the very first time it tries to do it, the environment is not available? and some things are cached and break the normal logic?)
When it enters the corrupted state, only a reload would do. Even if I manually select the interpreter from the UI, it refuses to believe it exists (and raises the error I pasted above, saying that lstat says it cannot find the path).
Would love a resolution of this!
Extension version: 2025.6.1
VS Code version: Code 1.100.2 (Universal) (848b80aeb52026648a8ff9f7c45a9b0a80641e2e, 2025-05-14T21:47:40.416Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 24.5.0
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 6.8.0-52-generic
- Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda):
- Type of virtual environment used (e.g. conda, venv, virtualenv, etc.): Unknown
- Value of the
python.languageServersetting: Default
User Settings
languageServer: "Pylance"
testing
• pytestArgs: "<placeholder>"
• pytestEnabled: true
• autoTestDiscoverOnSavePattern: "<placeholder>"
Installed Extensions
| Extension Name | Extension Id | Version |
|---|---|---|
| atlas-hcl | Ari | 0.7.2 |
| autodocstring | njp | 0.6.1 |
| debugpy | ms- | 2025.8.0 |
| even-better-toml | tam | 0.21.2 |
| git-worktrees | Git | 2.2.0 |
| go | gol | 0.46.1 |
| hcl | has | 0.6.0 |
| jinjahtml | sam | 0.20.0 |
| js-debug | ms- | 1.100.1 |
| jupyter | ms- | 2025.4.1 |
| jupyter-renderers | ms- | 1.1.0 |
| markdown-all-in-one | yzh | 3.6.3 |
| npm-intellisense | chr | 1.4.5 |
| prettier-sql-vscode | inf | 1.6.0 |
| prettier-vscode | esb | 11.0.0 |
| python | ms- | 2025.6.1 |
| rainbow-csv | mec | 3.19.0 |
| ruff | cha | 2025.22.0 |
| RunOnSave | eme | 0.2.7 |
| shell-format | fox | 7.2.5 |
| shellcheck | tim | 0.37.7 |
| terraform | has | 2.34.4 |
| vscode-bazel | Baz | 0.11.0 |
| vscode-buf | buf | 0.7.2 |
| vscode-containers | ms- | 2.0.2 |
| vscode-css-modules | cli | 0.5.4 |
| vscode-docker | ms- | 2.0.0 |
| vscode-env | Iro | 0.1.0 |
| vscode-eslint | dba | 3.0.10 |
| vscode-github-actions | git | 0.27.1 |
| vscode-js-profile-table | ms- | 1.0.10 |
| vscode-jupyter-cell-tags | ms- | 0.1.9 |
| vscode-jupyter-slideshow | ms- | 0.1.6 |
| vscode-markdownlint | Dav | 0.60.0 |
| vscode-postgres | cko | 1.4.3 |
| vscode-pull-request-github | Git | 0.110.0 |
| vscode-pylance | ms- | 2025.5.1 |
| vscode-yaml | red | 1.18.0 |
System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | Apple M2 Pro (12 x 2400) |
| 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 webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off |
| Load (avg) | 2, 2, 2 |
| Memory (System) | 16.00GB (0.07GB free) |
| Process Argv | --crash-reporter-id 54172603-de0d-47aa-9334-9d80e622f0a2 |
| Screen Reader | no |
| VM | 0% |
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Remote | Dev Container: Ubuntu @ hetzner |
| OS | Linux x64 6.8.0-52-generic |
| CPUs | AMD EPYC Processor (8 x 0) |
| Memory (System) | 15.25GB (11.17GB free) |
| VM | 0% |
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