conda environment activation not working in Python Terminal

[danielsc]

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Issue Type: Bug

Behaviour

Expected vs. Actual

I am using conda environments in vscode on a mac (with apple silicon -- but that probably doesn't matter).
I set my python interpreter to the right conda environment, but in the Terminal that environment is not activated, instead the default system python continues to be used.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a conda environment
   conda create --name test python=3.10
2. Python: Select Interpreter, setting it to the conda environment
   
3. Python: Create Terminal.
   VSCode is executing the right conda command to activate the environment:
   
   but somehow it messes up and the path still has the global python ahead of the conda env's python:
   
4. run: which python to see that the system python is used
5. run: echo $PATH to see that /usr/bin is before /Users/danielsc/opt/miniconda3/envs/vnext/bin or whatever your conda envs location is
6. Do the same in a system shell to see that it works fine there:
   

When running tests or a .py file, it seems to now be using conda run, so everything works fine there:

(test) danielsc@Daniels-MacBook-Pro vnext % conda run -n test --no-capture-output --live-stream python /Users/danielsc/git/vnext/processing/process_md_for_includes.py

Diagnostic data

• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 3.7.12
• Type of virtual environment used (e.g. conda, venv, virtualenv, etc.): Conda
• Value of the python.languageServer setting: Default

User Settings

defaultLS: {
    "defaultLSType": "Pylance"
}

downloadLanguageServer: true

envFile: "<placeholder>"

venvPath: "<placeholder>"

venvFolders: "<placeholder>"

condaPath: "<placeholder>"

pipenvPath: "<placeholder>"

poetryPath: "<placeholder>"

languageServer: "Pylance"

linting
• enabled: true
• cwd: "<placeholder>"
• Flake8Args: "<placeholder>"
• flake8Enabled: false
• flake8Path: "<placeholder>"
• lintOnSave: true
• banditArgs: "<placeholder>"
• banditEnabled: false
• banditPath: "<placeholder>"
• mypyArgs: "<placeholder>"
• mypyEnabled: true
• mypyPath: "<placeholder>"
• pycodestyleArgs: "<placeholder>"
• pycodestyleEnabled: false
• pycodestylePath: "<placeholder>"
• prospectorArgs: "<placeholder>"
• prospectorEnabled: false
• prospectorPath: "<placeholder>"
• pydocstyleArgs: "<placeholder>"
• pydocstyleEnabled: false
• pydocstylePath: "<placeholder>"
• pylamaArgs: "<placeholder>"
• pylamaEnabled: false
• pylamaPath: "<placeholder>"
• pylintArgs: "<placeholder>"
• pylintPath: "<placeholder>"

sortImports
• args: "<placeholder>"
• path: "<placeholder>"

formatting
• autopep8Args: "<placeholder>"
• autopep8Path: "<placeholder>"
• provider: "autopep8"
• blackArgs: "<placeholder>"
• blackPath: "<placeholder>"
• yapfArgs: "<placeholder>"
• yapfPath: "<placeholder>"

testing
• cwd: "<placeholder>"
• debugPort: 3000
• nosetestArgs: "<placeholder>"
• nosetestsEnabled: false
• nosetestPath: "<placeholder>"
• promptToConfigure: true
• pytestArgs: "<placeholder>"
• pytestEnabled: false
• pytestPath: "<placeholder>"
• unittestArgs: "<placeholder>"
• unittestEnabled: true
• autoTestDiscoverOnSaveEnabled: true

terminal
• activateEnvironment: true
• executeInFileDir: "<placeholder>"
• launchArgs: "<placeholder>"

experiments
• enabled: true
• optInto: []
• optOutFrom: []

insidersChannel: "off"

tensorBoard
• logDirectory: "<placeholder>"

Extension version: 2022.2.1924087327
VS Code version: Code 1.65.2 (Universal) (c722ca6c7eed3d7987c0d5c3df5c45f6b15e77d1, 2022-03-10T14:33:49.188Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 21.3.0
Restricted Mode: No

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Apple M1 Pro (10 x 24)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled metal: disabled_off multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on oop_rasterization: enabled opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled skia_renderer: disabled_off_ok video_decode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	2, 4, 4
Memory (System)	16.00GB (0.09GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 71c792d0-e169-43f5-83f8-d8cde4befb10
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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[karrtikr]

This is a known issue in VS Code and we're in the process of resolving this.
More info can be found here https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_36#_launch-terminals-with-clean-environments

As a temporary solution please change the setting terminal.integrated.inheritEnv to false as outlined in https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_36#_launch-terminals-with-clean-environments

Please let us know how this goes.

[karrtikr]

Another alternative is to make sure VS Code is running in a activated environment. Try this:

1. Anaconda prompt and cd to your workspace.
2. Activate the environment using conda activate
3. Start VS Code using code .

related #10626

[brettcannon]

Because we have not heard back with the information we requested, we are closing this issue for now. If you are able to provide the info later on then we will be happy to re-open this issue to pick up where we left off.