Conda environment Python is not used when starting VS Code from the terminal

VS Code version

1.62.0

Extension version

2021.11

OS type

macOS

OS version

11.6.1

Python distribution

Anaconda

Python version

3.9.6

Language server

Pylance

Expected behaviour

When I start VS Code from the macOS terminal using the code command, I expect the integrated VS Code terminal to use the default conda environment. For example, when I open a folder from within VS Code (using File -> Open… from the menu), it opens the selected folder of Python files. I select a Python file to edit it and VS Code selects my default conda environment which is named base. When I open the integrated VS Code terminal, it uses the base conda environment and the associated Python. A screen capture of this process is shown below.

Actual behaviour

When I start VS Code from the macOS terminal using the code command, the integrated VS Code terminal does not use the default conda environment’s Python. The integrated terminal uses the system Python and packages.

Steps to reproduce

From within the Mac terminal, I cd to the folder containing the Python files. From within the directory, I open VS Code using the code . terminal command. I select a Python file to edit and VS Code selects my default conda environment which is named base. When I open the integrated VS Code terminal, it says I’m using the base conda environment. However, the integrated VS Code terminal is not using the conda environment Python and packages. A screen capture of this is shown below.

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[gonghenghai]

@karthiknadig Sorry, but I think you have misunderstood him. He does not mean after he has selected a python interpreter in the system terminal then enter into the VSCode, the python interpreter activated in the system terminal should be inherited by the VSCode.

What has occurred is, he entered into the VSCode through the system terminal with the command of code ., no matter what environment has activated in the system terminal, the VSCode can not select the conda base environment, even the bottom-left prompted he has selected the conda base environment, even he select the python interpreter manually, even he activate the environment manually, even he create a new terminal, even he has opened the folder and selected the conda base in the past and reopen it again, nothing works. He just can not get the conda base environment when he entered into VSCode through code . command.

What a weird thing, just beyond my imagination. This is the link on StackOverflow

[karthiknadig]

Closing this in favor of https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/issues/11039