Debugging in python 3.6 broken

Issue Type: Bug

Behaviour

Short: debugging with python 3.6 not working in version 2022.10.0. But working with python 3.9. And in 2022.8.1 or 2021.6… debugging with 3.6 works too.

Yesterday after windows restart, debugging in my project, based on python 3.6 (conda virtual environment), was broken. It did not run even in new project with only one file contain “print(‘test’)”. Running without debugging worked fine. Debugging in python 3.9 worked fine too. I tested it on second pc (win 10), same result. After a day of experiments I found that with older version of python plugin, than latest 2022.10.0, debugging in python 3.6 working fine. Before manipulations with plugin I tried to reinstall python, vs code, venv, clean path, create project in another directories, starting of vs code as administrator and all other reasonable actions, that I googled. Without success. Advice to try older version of plugin I foung in some very old message, and it’s working… Magic. Sorry for my English, that even don’t allow me to read issue reporting instruction) Hope that nobody else will not loose his day for this investigation.

Steps to reproduce:

install plugin “Python” version 2022.10.0 (just latest now) to VS Code. Create conda environment with python 3.6 Create project folder with file like “test.py”, write “print(‘test’)” in it. (choose created before environment) Try to start debugging

Diagnostic data

• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): Python 3.6.13 :: Anaconda, Inc.
• Type of virtual environment used (e.g. conda, venv, virtualenv, etc.): virt-conda
• Value of the python.languageServer setting: Default

"Python" channel in the OUTPUT panel

Error 2022-07-11 09:27:28: Detection of Python Interpreter for Command python3 and args  failed as file  does not exist
Error 2022-07-11 09:27:28: Detection of Python Interpreter for Command python and args  failed as file  does not exist
Error 2022-07-11 09:27:28: Failed to get interpreter information for 'C:\Users\Victo\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python3.exe' [Error: Command failed: "C:\\Users\Victo\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python3.exe" "c:\Users\Victo\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2021.6.944021595\pythonFiles\interpreterInfo.py"
Python was not found; run without arguments to install from the Microsoft Store, or disable this shortcut from Settings > Manage App Execution Aliases.

	at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:406:12)
	at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:390:28)
	at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1064:16)
	at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:301:5)] {
  killed: false,
  code: 9009,
  signal: null,
  cmd: '"C:\\\\Users\\Victo\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsApps\\python3.exe" "c:\\Users\\Victo\\.vscode\\extensions\\ms-python.python-2021.6.944021595\\pythonFiles\\interpreterInfo.py"'
}
Error 2022-07-11 09:27:28: Failed to get interpreter information for 'C:\Users\Victo\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python.exe' [Error: Command failed: "C:\\Users\Victo\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python.exe" "c:\Users\Victo\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2021.6.944021595\pythonFiles\interpreterInfo.py"
Python was not found; run without arguments to install from the Microsoft Store, or disable this shortcut from Settings > Manage App Execution Aliases.

	at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:406:12)
	at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:390:28)
	at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1064:16)
	at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:301:5)] {
  killed: false,
  code: 9009,
  signal: null,
  cmd: '"C:\\\\Users\\Victo\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsApps\\python.exe" "c:\\Users\\Victo\\.vscode\\extensions\\ms-python.python-2021.6.944021595\\pythonFiles\\interpreterInfo.py"'
}
Error 2022-07-11 09:27:29: Failed to check if file needs to be fixed [EntryNotFound (FileSystemError): Unable to read file 'c:\Projects\Server\V3_adopted\.vscode\settings.json' (Error: Unable to resolve nonexistent file 'c:\Projects\Server\V3_adopted\.vscode\settings.json')
	at Function._handleError (c:\Users\Victo\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:87:29443)
	at Object.readFile (c:\Users\Victo\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:87:28357)
	at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
	at async y.readText (c:\Users\Victo\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2021.6.944021595\out\client\extension.js:9:343940)
	at async p.doesFileNeedToBeFixed (c:\Users\Victo\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2021.6.944021595\out\client\extension.js:59:581700)
	at async c:\Users\Victo\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2021.6.944021595\out\client\extension.js:59:580827
	at async Promise.all (index 1)
	at async p.getFilesToBeFixed (c:\Users\Victo\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2021.6.944021595\out\client\extension.js:59:580773)
	at async p.updateTestSettings (c:\Users\Victo\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2021.6.944021595\out\client\extension.js:59:580400)] {
  code: 'FileNotFound'
}

Extension version: 2021.6.944021595 VS Code version: Code 1.69.0 (92d25e35d9bf1a6b16f7d0758f25d48ace11e5b9, 2022-07-07T05:28:36.503Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22000 Restricted Mode: No

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics (16 x 3194)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_renderer: enabled_on video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	31.41GB (20.65GB free)
Process Argv	–crash-reporter-id 5d4fda30-a5de-45e3-93ee-c6a3e6b71f31
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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[karthiknadig]

debugpy dropped support for python 3.6 (since it is out of service for about 6 months now). Please pin to 2022.08.* version of the extension which was the last version with 3.6 support.

[sicxu]

Same issue! After switching back to an old plugin version (v2022.8.1), the debugging works again. Thanks!