Python ENV switching (bottom right corner) not working

[norrila]

Type: Bug

Python ENV switching (bottom right corner) not working. In previous versions of VS Code I could easily switch between python environments by clicking on the bottom right corner of VS code and select the env. This would happen right away and worked great. Now I need to click on the bottomr right corner, select the env I want and then restart VS code for it to start in that env.

Be great if this could be fixed as its a very useful feature

VS Code version: Code 1.114.0 (e7fb5e96c0730b9deb70b33781f98e2f35975036, 2026-04-01T09:27:11Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

[norrila]

Just to give some more feedback, I installed every version of VS Code until I found the version that didnt have this bug. The version that does not have this bug is listed below. All versions newer than this have the bug.

Version: 1.109.5 (user setup)
Commit: 072586267e68ece9a47aa43f8c108e0dcbf44622
Date: 2026-02-19T19:43:32.382Z
Electron: 39.3.0
ElectronBuildId: 13313481
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

[sdg002]

Yes. Similar behaviour here. I am seeing rampant inconsistencies. I have un-installed this extension for now.