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Fail to activate the Jupyter extension

See original GitHub issue

Applies To

Notebooks (.ipynb files)
Interactive Window and/or Cell Scripts (.py files with #%% markers)

What happened?

The latest pre-release version of the Jupyter extension cannot be activated as reported by https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-jupyter/issues/11938#issuecomment-1325302330.

A history version works for me: v2022.11.1003281132

VS Code Version

1.73.1

Jupyter Extension Version

v2022.11.1003301027

Jupyter logs

Visual Studio Code (1.73.1, ssh-remote, desktop)
Jupyter Extension Version: 2022.11.1003301027.
Python Extension Version: 2022.19.13251009.
Workspace folder /***
info 17:34:03.699: ZMQ install verified.
User belongs to experiment group 'jupyterTest'
User belongs to experiment group 'jupyterEnhancedDataViewer'
error 17:34:04.188: Failure during activation. [TypeError: s.notebooks.createNotebookControllerDetectionTask is not a function
	at h.startRefreshWithPython (/***/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2022.11.1003301027/out/extension.node.js:2:2070921)
	at h.activate (/***/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2022.11.1003301027/out/extension.node.js:2:2069968)
	at /***/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2022.11.1003301027/out/extension.node.js:17:163983
	at Array.map (<anonymous>)
	at c.activateSync (/***/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2022.11.1003301027/out/extension.node.js:17:163973)
	at /***/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2022.11.1003301027/out/extension.node.js:2:1576749]
error 17:34:04.189: sendStartupTelemetry() failed. [TypeError: s.notebooks.createNotebookControllerDetectionTask is not a function
	at h.startRefreshWithPython (/***/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2022.11.1003301027/out/extension.node.js:2:2070921)
	at h.activate (/***/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2022.11.1003301027/out/extension.node.js:2:2069968)
	at /***/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2022.11.1003301027/out/extension.node.js:17:163983
	at Array.map (<anonymous>)
	at c.activateSync (/***/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2022.11.1003301027/out/extension.node.js:17:163973)
	at /***/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2022.11.1003301027/out/extension.node.js:2:1576749]
error 17:34:04.189: extension activation failed [TypeError: s.notebooks.createNotebookControllerDetectionTask is not a function
	at h.startRefreshWithPython (/***/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2022.11.1003301027/out/extension.node.js:2:2070921)
	at h.activate (/***/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2022.11.1003301027/out/extension.node.js:2:2069968)
	at /***/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2022.11.1003301027/out/extension.node.js:17:163983
	at Array.map (<anonymous>)
	at c.activateSync (/***/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2022.11.1003301027/out/extension.node.js:17:163973)
	at /***/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2022.11.1003301027/out/extension.node.js:2:1576749]
error 17:34:04.207: Failed to active the Jupyter Extension [TypeError: s.notebooks.createNotebookControllerDetectionTask is not a function
	at h.startRefreshWithPython (/***/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2022.11.1003301027/out/extension.node.js:2:2070921)
	at h.activate (/***/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2022.11.1003301027/out/extension.node.js:2:2069968)
	at /***/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2022.11.1003301027/out/extension.node.js:17:163983
	at Array.map (<anonymous>)
	at c.activateSync (/***/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2022.11.1003301027/out/extension.node.js:17:163973)
	at /***/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-toolsai.jupyter-2022.11.1003301027/out/extension.node.js:2:1576749]

Coding Language and Runtime Version

Python v3.8.13

Language Extension Version (if applicable)

Pylance v2022.11.30

Anaconda Version (if applicable)

conda v4.11.0

Running Jupyter locally or remotely?

Remote

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 10 months ago
Comments:8 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

amungercommented, Dec 1, 2022

Ok, I have it cleared up now. There is still an issue where pre-release jupyter is using a proposed API that is not available in stable VSCode. We bumped the required version in our pre-release to enforce the dependency and prevent these versions being used together, but since we already pushed a pre-release version with this bad configuration, it will be used by default as the latest compatible version available.

This will resolve by next week when the new stable releases go live, but for now, the workarounds for now are to install VSCode insiders or downgrade the Jupyter extension to v2022.11.1003281132. Sorry for the inconvenience

1reaction

kylebarroncommented, Dec 8, 2022

This is indeed now working for me as of vscode 1.74.0