Microsoft/VSCode - Cannot create a Python Interactive Window

[RobinYookr]

Hello,

Since today I am not able to create a Python Interactive Window. Whenever I try to do so, I get the message
"Connectiong to IPython kernel: Connecting to kernel." followed by "Timed out waiting to get a heartbeat from kernel process.". I have attached a log file with more information.

Logging.txt

I found the error:
"Error 2020-09-24 17:15:28: Failed to start the Daemon, StdErr: C:\Users\john van helden\Anaconda3\python.exe: can't open file '"c:/Users/john van helden/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.python-2020.9.111407/pythonFiles/pyvsc-run-isolated.py"': [Errno 22] Invalid argument"

The file is present at the specified location and the permissions of the file are good. If I click on the file, it is succesfully opened in VSCode.

System info:

• Windows 10
• VS Code version: 1.49.1
• Anaconda Navigator 1.9.12
• Python 3.7.9 64-bit ('base':conda)

Steps taken:

• Remove Python extension in VSCode;
• Close all VSCode instances;
• Delete extension folder in ?/.vscode/extensions called ms-python.python-{version};
• Open VSCode again and install Python extension;
• Delete VSC entirely and reinstall;
• Update all packages in Anaconda;
• Install Python 3.8.5 and try again using this interpreter, same issue;

Looking forward to some help.

Thanks in advance!

[RobinYookr]

Error:

File in location:

File permissions:

Checkboxes for 'Entire management, Editing, Reading and executing, reading, writing'.

[RobinYookr]

File openend in VSC:

[DonJayamanne]

@anupampydey Please could you provide the following info:

• VS Code Version
• Extension version
• Logs

[greazer]

for engineering team: Consider not running python-run-isolated when starting the daemon. Also having spaces in the user name may be causing an issue.

Thanks @RobinYookr, we'll take a look.

[RobinYookr]

• VS Code version: 1.49.1
• Python extension v2020.9.111407
• Logs is attached already, see the logging.txt file.

Thank you in advance!

[RobinYookr]

Regarding the spaces in the username of windwows: the Interactive Python windows has been working perfectly for the last 9 months. It stopped working since today, while no special activities (e.g. updates or whatsoever) have taken place.

[vietbub]

Please could you check and confirm the file exists.
If not, please could you uninstall the python extension & confirm the following folder has been deleted

@DonJayamanne Confirmed file existed, uninstalled Python extension and confirmed that the folder and file were removed/deleted, reinstalled the Python Extension. Same exact issue is happening

[vietbub]

Also want to add that vscode worked for most of the day on 9/23 PST. It only started having this problem around ~4 AM PST 9/24.

Just found 3.8.6 Python got released could this be an issue if I'm running on 3.8.5?

[aryvini]

Please could you check and confirm the file exists.
If not, please could you uninstall the python extension & confirm the following folder has been deleted

@DonJayamanne Confirmed file existed, uninstalled Python extension and confirmed that the folder and file were removed/deleted, reinstalled the Python Extension. Same exact issue is happening

same happening with me

[RobinYookr]

Also want to add that vscode worked for most of the day on 9/23 PST. It only started having this problem around ~4 AM PST 9/24.

Just found 3.8.6 Python got released could this be an issue if I'm running on 3.8.5?

I downloaded version 3.8.6. and the problem is still there. So for me the problem arises in Python versions 3.7.9, 3.8.5 and 3.8.6.

[bcwein]

I have the same problem, updated my anaconda environment today using
anaconda update -n myenv --all
as well as updating to vscode python extension version 2020.9.111407

Only way that i could get my jupyter notebooks to work again was to downgrade the extension to the previous version as shown in the image below

[vietbub]

I can vouche that downgrading the Extension: Python resolves the issue.

To downgrade click on wrench icon and select install another version

[RobinYookr]

Downgrading worked for me as well when I use Python 3.7.9, but not when I use 3.8.6 64-bit.

@bcwein thanks for the tip and @vietbub thanks for showing how to downgrade!

[anupampydey]

I changed my VS Code update mode to "manual" from "default" and downgraded the Python Extension from 2020.9.111407 to the previous version 2020.8.109390 and now everything is fine. Worked with Jupyter notebooks again without any problem. Thanks bcwein & RobinYookr.

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[aryvini]

I can vouche that downgrading the Extension: Python resolves the issue.

To downgrade click on wrench icon and select install another version

Downgrading worked for me as well,

Thanks.