After updating VS Code today, the Python native REPL no longer uses the selected Python interpreter/virtual environment for the workspace. Instead it always uses the global default interpreter path ...

The May 2020 update of Visual Studio Code's Python extension -- by far the most popular tool in the marketplace -- is mostly routine with a lot of fixes and minor tweaks, though developers showed ...

Expected: Able to paste interpreter path into "Select a Python Environment" just like it works with this extension disabled/uninstalled Actual: Pasting paths doesn't work.

The main update in the new Python extension for VS Code is that it's easier to select or change a Python interpreter path in a file system.