[Bug]: python.defaultInterpreterPath not working

[ty-elastic]

Is there an existing issue for this?

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OS/Web Information

• Web Browser: Safari
• Local OS: MacOS
• Remote OS: Linux running codercom/code-server container
• Remote Architecture: ARM
• code-server --version: 4.22.0

Steps to Reproduce

1. create Dockerfile which performs

   
   sudo apt -y update
   sudo apt install -y python3-venv

mkdir /workspace cd /workspace python3 -m venv .venv source .venv/bin/activate

pip install jupyter

code-server --install-extension ms-toolsai.jupyter --force --user-data-dir /user-data code-server --install-extension ms-python.python --force --user-data-dir /user-data

and then I've tried to set `python.defaultInterpreterPath` via:

cat > /workspace/workspace.code-workspace <<EOL { "folders": [ { "path": "/workspace" } ], "settings": { "python.venvPath" : ["/workspace"], "python.defaultInterpreterPath": "/workspace/.venv/bin/python3" } } EOL

and/or

cat > /user-data/User/settings.json <<EOL { "python.venvPath" : ["/workspace"], "python.defaultInterpreterPath": "/workspace/.venv/bin/python3" } EOL

and/or

cat > /user-data/Machine/settings.json <<EOL { "python.venvPath" : ["/workspace"], "python.defaultInterpreterPath": "/workspace/.venv/bin/python3" } EOL

and/or

cat > /workspace/.vscode/settings.json <<EOL { "python.venvPath" : ["/workspace"], "python.defaultInterpreterPath": "/workspace/.venv/bin/python3" } EOL

### Expected

When I open a `test.ipynb` file, `.venv (Python 3.11.2)` should be automatically selected as the kernel.

### Actual

I get `Detecting Kernels`, and then `Select Kernel`.

### Logs

[logs2.txt](https://github.com/coder/code-server/files/14543680/logs2.txt)

### Screenshot/Video

_No response_

### Does this issue happen in VS Code or GitHub Codespaces?

- [ ] I tested this in native VS Code.
- [ ] This does not happen in native VS Code.
- [ ] I tested this in GitHub Codespaces.
- [ ] This does not happen in GitHub Codespaces.

### Are you accessing code-server over a secure context?

- [ ] I am using a secure context.

### Notes

I'm trying to build a container which includes a code-server preconfigured for working on Jupyter notebooks with Python content, and trying to avoid the user having to manually select a Kernel.

Notably, I gather that the current python interpreter is stored in browser storage. I cleared that before this test.

[ty-elastic]

interestingly, if I set python.defaultInterpreterPath to something nonsense like /workspace/blah/.venv/bin/python3 I get a failure message when I open the notebook.

yet with it set properly, I get and then

[ty-elastic]

also weird, when I set python.defaultInterpreterPath to something nonsense like /workspace/blah/.venv/bin/python3, I get the error about an invalid interpreter, and then when I go to select a python environment I see this: (note the "Use Python from..." line).. which doesn't show up when I set it to a valid interpreter.

[ty-elastic]

ah, that's interesting. if i just create a standard python file and run it, it works... its like the jupyter extension doesn't respect python.defaultInterpreterPath ?

[ty-elastic]

haha. my fault. this is a known issue, unrelated to code-server, of course ;-).

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-jupyter/issues/15032