microsoft / microsoft/vscode-python-environments
extension doesn't activate python venv in terminal windows.
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Since May 14, 2026.
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Description
The extension information says::
✅ Create activated terminals
However on every instance of VSCode I use, having this extension enabled breaks the auto-activation of python virtual environments in terminals that previously worked fine. This is consistent against multiple versions of VSCode, on multple versions of windows, both running locally and via RemotetSSH to various linux hosts, with various versions of python.
Expected behavior
Opening a terminal activates the selected virtual environment in it,
Actual behavior
Nothing happens other than I get annoyed.
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