Python 2.7 environment not shown in status bar

Issue Type: Bug

Behaviour

Expected vs. Actual

Expected: Python 2.7 environment selected as interpreter should be shown in the status bar. Actual: Python environment is not shown in Status bar.

This is not a duplicate of https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/issues/18588

Steps to reproduce:

1. Select Python 3.x interpreter --> environment shown:

1. select Python 2.7 interpreter --> environment not shown

Diagnostic data

• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 3.9.4
• Type of virtual environment used (e.g. conda, venv, virtualenv, etc.): Global
• Value of the python.languageServer setting: Default

User Settings

defaultLS: {"defaultLSType":"Pylance"}

downloadLanguageServer: true

envFile: "<placeholder>"

venvPath: "<placeholder>"

venvFolders: "<placeholder>"

condaPath: "<placeholder>"

pipenvPath: "<placeholder>"

poetryPath: "<placeholder>"

languageServer: "Pylance"

linting
• enabled: true
• cwd: "<placeholder>"
• Flake8Args: "<placeholder>"
• flake8Enabled: true
• flake8Path: "<placeholder>"
• lintOnSave: true
• banditArgs: "<placeholder>"
• banditEnabled: false
• banditPath: "<placeholder>"
• mypyArgs: "<placeholder>"
• mypyEnabled: false
• mypyPath: "<placeholder>"
• pycodestyleArgs: "<placeholder>"
• pycodestyleEnabled: false
• pycodestylePath: "<placeholder>"
• prospectorArgs: "<placeholder>"
• prospectorEnabled: false
• prospectorPath: "<placeholder>"
• pydocstyleArgs: "<placeholder>"
• pydocstyleEnabled: false
• pydocstylePath: "<placeholder>"
• pylamaArgs: "<placeholder>"
• pylamaEnabled: false
• pylamaPath: "<placeholder>"
• pylintArgs: "<placeholder>"
• pylintPath: "<placeholder>"

sortImports
• args: "<placeholder>"
• path: "<placeholder>"

formatting
• autopep8Args: "<placeholder>"
• autopep8Path: "<placeholder>"
• provider: "autopep8"
• blackArgs: "<placeholder>"
• blackPath: "<placeholder>"
• yapfArgs: "<placeholder>"
• yapfPath: "<placeholder>"

testing
• cwd: "<placeholder>"
• debugPort: 3000
• nosetestArgs: "<placeholder>"
• nosetestsEnabled: undefined
• nosetestPath: "<placeholder>"
• promptToConfigure: true
• pytestArgs: "<placeholder>"
• pytestEnabled: true
• pytestPath: "<placeholder>"
• unittestArgs: "<placeholder>"
• unittestEnabled: false
• autoTestDiscoverOnSaveEnabled: true

terminal
• activateEnvironment: true
• executeInFileDir: "<placeholder>"
• launchArgs: "<placeholder>"

experiments
• enabled: true
• optInto: []
• optOutFrom: []

insidersChannel: "off"

tensorBoard
• logDirectory: "<placeholder>"

Extension version: 2022.0.1814523869 VS Code version: Code 1.64.2 (f80445acd5a3dadef24aa209168452a3d97cc326, 2022-02-09T22:02:28.252Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19044 Restricted Mode: No

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel® Core™ i7-9850H CPU @ 2.60GHz (12 x 2592)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on oop_rasterization: enabled opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled skia_renderer: enabled_on video_decode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	31.81GB (21.04GB free)
Process Argv	–file-uri file:///d%3A/<placeholder>.code-workspace --crash-reporter-id bcdeaf73-3611-48c1-88c5-d1a1db6c090b
Screen Reader	no
VM	60%

[karthiknadig]

@schlamar Can you set python logging level to debug, and share the logs from Output > Python tab.

@shehrozeee You might be in an experiment see her #18283

[karthiknadig]

This is likely due to cached info. You should be able to run the above command and clear it out.