SSH connection extremely unstable when Python extension is active

Environment data

• VS Code version: 1.42.0-insider
• Extension version (available under the Extensions sidebar): 2020.1.58038
• OS and version: Darwin x64 18.6.0
• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): Python 3.7.3
• Type of virtual environment used (N/A | venv | virtualenv | conda | …): N/A (but I get these commands printed in the terminal automatically on startup)

source /home/jonathan.pan/python/bin/activate
conda activate base

• Relevant/affected Python packages and their versions: N/A
• Jedi or Language Server? (i.e. what is "python.jediEnabled" set to; more info #3977): Enabled

Expected behaviour

SSH connection stays active when connections are active on both sides.

Actual behaviour

SSH connection on VSCode drops often (every few minutes) and sporadically. My coworkers and I all noticed this happening and stopped using the extension for awhile. However, I am writing some Python recently and the extension is extremely useful so would like to get it working.

When the Python extension is disabled, my connection never drops.

Steps to reproduce:

I have no idea why it’s doing it, however it is not affecting only me. It will eventually drop the SSH connection given enough time.

Logs

No output.

[ArekSredzki]

Hi @karthiknadig, this issue is inhibiting the usage of this plugin by the many developers in our organization and it’d be a high value add to resolve. Any chance that this could be investigated soon?

[karthiknadig]

Starting with 2021.10.* we have switched over to the new system of discovering environments. There should be reduced load on the system on first load, and following loads should fair better. If you run into issue, please file a bug and make sure you use "python.logging.level": "debug" when filing with the logs.

@LinqLover Jupyter notebooks are now a separate extension so if this is continuing to be a issue, please file a bug on https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-jupyter