Issues

• Map current and ideal Python environment agent-tool flows

  area-environments
  Task

  microsoft/vscode-python#26079 · Filter by author eleanorjboyd opened on Jul 31, 2026
  

• Meta: Evolve Python environment tools for autonomous agent workflows

  area-environmentsfeature-request
  Feature

  microsoft/vscode-python#26078 · Filter by author eleanorjboyd opened on Jul 31, 2026
  

• Django test discovery passes incompatible default arguments to manage.py test

  triage-needed
  microsoft/vscode-python#26163 · Filter by author paduszyk opened on Jul 29, 2026
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• Test Explorer always waits an extra ~5s per run: named-pipe "drain" deferred never resolves, falls back to RESULT_PIPE_DRAIN_TIMEOUT_MS

  microsoft/vscode-python#26071 · Filter by author alihamdan opened on Jul 28, 2026
  

• Python activation fails when environment extension settings conflict across scopes

  microsoft/vscode-python#26068 · Filter by author atomiechen opened on Jul 28, 2026
  

• Native Environment Locator fails to register Miniforge/Conda interpreter, while JS Locator works

  info-needed
  microsoft/vscode-python#26057 · Filter by author Fraaaaaaaaank opened on Jul 24, 2026
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• Support Relative Paths

  feature-request
  microsoft/vscode-python#26056 · Filter by author sglbl opened on Jul 23, 2026
  

• pytest runner overrides --dist=worksteal

  info-needed
  microsoft/vscode-python#26051 · Filter by author tsbertalan-ati opened on Jul 20, 2026
  2

  

• "[warning] Working directory resolves to different path" due to case-sensitive comparison

  microsoft/vscode-python#26050 · Filter by author hunterhogan opened on Jul 20, 2026
  1

  

• Send line to terminal does nothing after sleep or terminal crash

  info-needed
  microsoft/vscode-python#26044 · Filter by author ddxv opened on Jul 19, 2026
  1

  

• Cannot select interpreters

  microsoft/vscode-python#26034 · Filter by author Asendaushoe opened on Jul 10, 2026
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• Starting with v2026.2.0 unittest test discovery does not work for custom --start-directory (aka -s) in python.testing.unittestArgs

  microsoft/vscode-python#26033 · Filter by author i-ky opened on Jul 9, 2026
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• Python interpreter is attempting to run .venv as the python command

  microsoft/vscode-python#26030 · Filter by author WibblyGhost opened on Jul 6, 2026
  

• pytest discovery ignores per-subfolder pytest.ini / pyproject.toml [tool.pytest.ini_options] in monorepo (Windows)

  microsoft/vscode-python#26023 · Filter by author chirag127 opened on Jul 1, 2026
  

• Pylance startup blocked on environment enumeration (slow first-run / refresh)

  microsoft/vscode-python#26020 · Filter by author rchiodo opened on Jun 24, 2026
  

• Show Python in activity bar conditionally

  feature-request
  microsoft/vscode-python#26015 · Filter by author oliviercailloux opened on Jun 20, 2026
  4

  

• Fails to find environments after VScode updates

  buginfo-needed
  microsoft/vscode-python#26013 · Filter by author david-cortes opened on Jun 19, 2026
  7

• Conversion to Scripts/python.exe not working

  microsoft/vscode-python#25995 · Filter by author ivannp opened on Jun 7, 2026
  1

  

• [Feature request][Test explorer] List tests "by file", rather than "by tree"

  feature-request
  microsoft/vscode-python#25994 · Filter by author diogo-rossi opened on Jun 7, 2026
  

• Use Smart Send with Jupyter Interactive Window

  feature-request
  microsoft/vscode-python#25993 · Filter by author abielr opened on Jun 7, 2026
  

• Infinite loop occurred in build_nested_folders.

  microsoft/vscode-python#25991 · Filter by author andreyfedoseev opened on Jun 4, 2026
  

• Testing reliability & perf 2026 — workstream

  microsoft/vscode-python#25978 · Filter by author eleanorjboyd opened on May 29, 2026
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• .env values cached in terminal env across reload/quit; only "Clear Workspace Cache" flushes them (regression of #25805?)

  microsoft/vscode-python#25975 · Filter by author kaifcoder opened on May 25, 2026
  

• Support for Zuban Language server

  feature-requesttriage-needed
  microsoft/vscode-python#25961 · Filter by author dbarbeau opened on May 18, 2026
  

• [Request] Treat MSYS2 / Cygwin Python as a "Linux‑like" environment – use its own shell & Unix‑style paths

  feature-request
  microsoft/vscode-python#25959 · Filter by author suxpert opened on May 18, 2026