debugpy cli does not work when using virtual envs

[karthiknadig]

Type: Bug

Behaviour

Activate a virutal environment in VS Code terminal. Try debugging using the activated python. It uses the wrong python.

Steps to reproduce:

1. This in on Windows
2. Have multiple pythons installed using windows store
3. Create a virtual environment
4. Load a python project and use cli debugging.
5. If you print sys.executable you get the wrong one.

Diagnostic data

launch.json configuration

XXX

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

XXX

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

XXX

Extension version: 2025.1.2025021101
VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.98.0-insider (b1bce46d27c96db4ad9e1a7968606118feff9abb, 2025-02-11T12:59:07.299Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
Modes:

• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 3.12.8
• Type of virtual environment used (e.g. conda, venv, virtualenv, etc.): VirtualEnvironment

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1065G7 CPU @ 1.30GHz (8 x 1498)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on 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_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	31.60GB (10.67GB free)
Process Argv	--log trace --log ms-python.python=info --crash-reporter-id 4fb1ebc1-cf4c-4880-a88a-47738ec3768d
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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[karthiknadig]

I think the debugpy.ps1 should use [System.Environment], see:

$os = [System.Environment]::OSVersion
if ($os.Platform -match "Win32NT") {
    python $env:BUNDLED_DEBUGPY_PATH --listen 0 --wait-for-client $args
} else {
    python3 $env:BUNDLED_DEBUGPY_PATH --listen 0 --wait-for-client $args
}

[TheOpponent]

I tried to recreate my venv to fix this and wasn't able to get access to debugpy on Windows 10.

(.venv) C:\Users\user\Documents\Scripts\sample>debugpy main.py
'debugpy' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

[karthiknadig]

@TheOpponent Do you see a terminal warning on the terminal title? This happens if the terminal did not startup with the correct flags. This PR #601 should address it.

[TheOpponent]

I did this after relaunching the terminal after installing 1.97.0.

[karthiknadig]

$os = [System.Environment]::OSVersion.Platform
if ($os -eq [System.PlatformID]::Win32NT) {
    python $env:BUNDLED_DEBUGPY_PATH --listen 0 --wait-for-client $args
} else {
    python3 $env:BUNDLED_DEBUGPY_PATH --listen 0 --wait-for-client $args
}

[eleanorjboyd]

closed by #610