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`Python: Create Environment` command fails to start console
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Description
System details:
Positron and OS details:
Positron Dev Version: 2025.08.0 build 0
Code - OSS Version: 1.100.0
Commit: c08ec0bf (main)
Date: Unknown
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.5.0
Interpreter details:
Python
Describe the issue:
The Python: Create Environment command sometimes fails to start up the Console.
Steps to reproduce the issue:
- Create a new workspace with a new venv (I used the New Folder Flow)
- I tried the venv option and uv option here
- Run
Python: Create Environmentand choose an option- I tried the venv option and uv option here too
- If you choose "Use Existing", the console shuts down and doesn't start a new console
The "Delete and Recreate" option seems to work fine.
Expected or desired behavior:
New environment should always start
Were there any error messages in the UI, Output panel, or Developer Tools console?
Sometimes in the Python Language Pack logs I see
New environment has already been selected
Sometimes it's just
createPythonRuntime: startup behavior: implicit
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the Python: Create Environment flow with a new workspace, trying both venv and uv and then the Use Existing option. Read the Python Language Pack logs and Developer Tools console around the shutdown; done means selecting an existing environment reliably starts a new console without the reported startup messages.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, typescript
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100