env/interpreter for equally named project on differet hosts

[iRyoka]

Type: Bug

Behaviour

Expected vs. Actual

Suppose I work with the same project on different machines via remote deveopment. Say, an ssh-machine and a wsl machine. On both machines the project folders are named the same (in fact, have equal absolute paths). But the virtualenvs are named differently. Each time I switch between servers I have to re-selece the python interpreter. I guess, this is due to the fact that the extension relies on the path (not including the machine!) to store the venv name. I would expect it to treat these two folders as different projects for they are located on different servers.

Steps to reproduce:

1. connect to wsl2 via remote-development
2. checkout any githab repo to /home/user/repo-name
3. create a venv for this project, say, via pipenv
4. set the enterpreter to the generated venv
5. do the same on another server. The username should be the same to ensure an equal absolute path. However, the new venv name is now different as it is selected randomly.
6. point the new venv as the current file's interpreter
7. swith back to wsl; you'll get 'select interpreter' instead of the previously selected one

Diagnostic data

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

Output for Python in the Output panel (View→Output, change the drop-down the upper-right of the Output panel to Python)

XXX

User Settings

languageServer: "Pylance"

testing
• pytestArgs: "<placeholder>"
• pytestEnabled: true

Extension version: 2022.14.0
VS Code version: Code 1.71.2 (74b1f979648cc44d385a2286793c226e611f59e7, 2022-09-14T21:03:37.738Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22000
Modes:
Sandboxed: No
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.10.16.3-microsoft-standard-WSL2
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.15.0-1017-gcp

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7300HQ CPU @ 2.50GHz (4 x 2496)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_renderer: enabled_on video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.88GB (1.06GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 90747096-2440-441c-83c5-4b8800313892
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	WSL: Ubuntu
OS	Linux x64 5.10.16.3-microsoft-standard-WSL2
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7300HQ CPU @ 2.50GHz (4 x 2495)
Memory (System)	11.70GB (3.49GB free)
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	SSH: <can't share>
OS	Linux x64 5.15.0-1017-gcp
CPUs	Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.00GHz (32 x 2000)
Memory (System)	204.45GB (145.41GB free)
VM	0%

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[karrtikr]

Thanks for the bug report! We investigate issues in order based on priority and severity, which includes the impact it has on your ability to use the extension to do productive work, and the number of people affected. If other users come forward and leave a comment demonstrating they are seeing/reproducing the problem then we will raise this issue's priority. Thanks for understanding and the patience!

[karrtikr]

Venv tests started failing after #20212, so reverting that temporarily #20230. Whenever we decide to fix the issue make sure venv tests pass.