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CTRL-C is immediately issued upon run, execution gets cancelled by activation command

area-terminalEnvironment extension specific terminal issues.Environment extension specific terminal issues.

bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bug

verifiedVerification succeededVerification succeeded

Status: Closed (completed).

#640 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by raydrak64 was closed on Jan 29, 2026

Update dependencies: bump diff to 5.2.2 and sinon to 19.0.5

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Status: Merged (completed).

microsoft/vscode-python-environmentsnumber 1112

#1112 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by eleanorjboyd was closed on Jan 20, 2026

Fix <code>python.defaultInterpreterPath</code>0. setting not being applied to new workspaces

bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bug

Status: Merged (completed).

microsoft/vscode-python-environmentsnumber 1110

#1110 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by StellaHuang95 was closed on Jan 21, 2026

Remove repo specific issue-label actions

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Status: Merged (completed).

microsoft/vscode-python-environmentsnumber 1119

#1119 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by anthonykim1 was closed on Jan 28, 2026

Enhance environment manager settings updates to avoid unnecessary write to settings.json

bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bug

Status: Merged (completed).

microsoft/vscode-python-environmentsnumber 1120

#1120 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by eleanorjboyd was closed on Jan 26, 2026

Add telemetry for project structure metrics at extension startup

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Status: Merged (completed).

microsoft/vscode-python-environmentsnumber 1121

#1121 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by eleanorjboyd was closed on Jan 26, 2026

terminal does not auto-reveal when running script

area-terminalEnvironment extension specific terminal issues.Environment extension specific terminal issues.

bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bug

importantIssue identified as high-priorityIssue identified as high-priority

verifiedVerification succeededVerification succeeded

Status: Closed (completed).

#1128 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by amunger was closed on Jan 29, 2026

Ensure to show terminal on run Python file with command activated terminal

bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bug

Status: Merged (completed).

microsoft/vscode-python-environmentsnumber 1129

#1129 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by anthonykim1 was closed on Jan 29, 2026

Overwriting <code>python.defaultInterpreterPath</code> on first startup

bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bug

importantIssue identified as high-priorityIssue identified as high-priority

needs PR

verifiedVerification succeededVerification succeeded

Status: Closed (completed).

#1082 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by jdegenstein was closed on Jan 27, 2026

Remove redundant shell activation and deactivation for FISH in getShellActivationCommands

bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bug

Status: Merged (completed).

microsoft/vscode-python-environmentsnumber 1097

#1097 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by eleanorjboyd was closed on Jan 13, 2026

Update setting description for shell startup

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Status: Merged (completed).

microsoft/vscode-python-environmentsnumber 1106

#1106 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by anthonykim1 was closed on Jan 14, 2026

add support for virtualEnv and virtualEnvWrapper to venv manager

bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bug

Status: Merged (completed).

microsoft/vscode-python-environmentsnumber 1103

#1103 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by eleanorjboyd was closed on Jan 14, 2026

Add deprecation notes to some settings

documentationImprovements or additions to documentationImprovements or additions to documentation

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Status: Merged (completed).

microsoft/vscode-python-environmentsnumber 1100

#1100 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by StellaHuang95 was closed on Jan 13, 2026

Enhance validation in native Python finder for Json to TS object conversion

debt

Status: Merged (completed).

microsoft/vscode-python-environmentsnumber 1102

#1102 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by eleanorjboyd was closed on Jan 13, 2026

Add validation going between JSON values/ PET and TS for Conda environments

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Status: Closed (abandoned).

microsoft/vscode-python-environmentsnumber 1101

#1101 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by eleanorjboyd was closed on Jan 13, 2026

Fix activation icon state when using <code>shellStartup</code>

area-activationIssue related to activation. Root cause can be from interpreter selection or activation in terminalIssue related to activation. Root cause can be from interpreter selection or activation in terminal

area-terminalEnvironment extension specific terminal issues.Environment extension specific terminal issues.

bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bug

Status: Merged (completed).

microsoft/vscode-python-environmentsnumber 837

#837 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by renan-r-santos was closed on Jan 7, 2026

update to use PET 2026.0

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Status: Merged (completed).

microsoft/vscode-python-environmentsnumber 1084

#1084 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by eleanorjboyd was closed on Jan 7, 2026

Bump version to 1.17.0 in package.json and package-lock.json

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Status: Merged (completed).

microsoft/vscode-python-environmentsnumber 1086

#1086 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by eleanorjboyd was closed on Jan 7, 2026

Bump version to 1.16.0 release

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Status: Merged (completed).

microsoft/vscode-python-environmentsnumber 1085

#1085 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by eleanorjboyd was closed on Jan 7, 2026

Refactor: Replace direct child_process.spawn calls with spawnProcess for consistent environment handling and add PYTHONUTF8=1 for subprocesses

bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bug

Status: Merged (completed).

microsoft/vscode-python-environmentsnumber 1087

#1087 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by eleanorjboyd was closed on Jan 8, 2026

createTerminal with command activation should return activated terminal

area-activationIssue related to activation. Root cause can be from interpreter selection or activation in terminalIssue related to activation. Root cause can be from interpreter selection or activation in terminal

bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bug

Status: Merged (completed).

microsoft/vscode-python-environmentsnumber 1088

#1088 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by anthonykim1 was closed on Jan 9, 2026

Remove polling to check shell integration

area-activationIssue related to activation. Root cause can be from interpreter selection or activation in terminalIssue related to activation. Root cause can be from interpreter selection or activation in terminal

area-terminalEnvironment extension specific terminal issues.Environment extension specific terminal issues.

debt

Status: Merged (completed).

microsoft/vscode-python-environmentsnumber 1090

#1090 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by anthonykim1 was closed on Jan 9, 2026

Add small timeout to avoid ctrl+c on Windows after activation

area-terminalEnvironment extension specific terminal issues.Environment extension specific terminal issues.

bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bug

Status: Closed (abandoned).

microsoft/vscode-python-environmentsnumber 1093

#1093 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by anthonykim1 was closed on Jan 12, 2026

Don't use polling to check for shell integration

area-activationIssue related to activation. Root cause can be from interpreter selection or activation in terminalIssue related to activation. Root cause can be from interpreter selection or activation in terminal

area-terminalEnvironment extension specific terminal issues.Environment extension specific terminal issues.

debt

Status: Closed (completed).

#1089 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by anthonykim1 was closed on Jan 9, 2026

createTerminal api does not return activated terminal when command type activation

area-activationIssue related to activation. Root cause can be from interpreter selection or activation in terminalIssue related to activation. Root cause can be from interpreter selection or activation in terminal

area-terminalEnvironment extension specific terminal issues.Environment extension specific terminal issues.

bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bug

verifiedVerification succeededVerification succeeded

Status: Closed (completed).

#1078 In microsoft/vscode-python-environments;

· by anthonykim1 was closed on Jan 9, 2026