Cannot install Python extension due to version conflict installing ms-toolsai/jupyter extension

Environment data

• VS Code version: 1.60.0
• Extension version (available under the Extensions sidebar): v2021.8.1159798656
• OS and version: macOS 11.5.2
• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): Python 3.9.7 from home-brew
• Type of virtual environment used (N/A | venv | virtualenv | conda | …): N/A
• Relevant/affected Python packages and their versions: N/A
• Relevant/affected Python-related VS Code extensions and their versions: ms-toolsai/jupyter, I don’t know its version because the error doesn’t report that.
• Value of the python.languageServer setting: N/A (I can’t install the extension!)

[NOTE: If you suspect that your issue is related to the Microsoft Python Language Server (python.languageServer: 'Microsoft'), please download our new language server Pylance from the VS Code marketplace to see if that fixes your issue]

Expected behaviour

Clicking “install” in the extensions marketplace for the ms-python extension, in the current version of VS Code, installs the Python extension.

Actual behaviour

It does not install. Instead, the following alert is presented:

Can’t install ‘ms-toolsai.jupyter’ extension because it is not compatible with the current version of VS Code (version 1.60.0).

BTW this problem also manifested in version 1.59.1 of VS Code.

Steps to reproduce:

1. navigate to extensions marketplace
2. search for “Python”
3. Try to install the Python extension

Logs

I see no relevant logs in the Extensions or Logs (Extension Host) output.

[karthiknadig]

We will be removing this dependency soon. Automatic updates should work without trying to pull in optional dependencies that were not installed.

[karthiknadig]

Here is what you can do temporarily: There is another thing you can try is removing the optional dependency. To do this you can open up the VSIX (it is just a ZIP file), find extension.manifest in the root directory and package.json under extensions directory. Remove the lines that have the ms-toolsai.jupyter. Re-zip with .vsix as the extension, and try installing.