Allow disabling of interpreter auto-selection #17228

^{Originally posted by AaronNBrock April 16, 2021}

Environment data

• VS Code version: 1.55.2
• Extension version (available under the Extensions sidebar): v2021.3.680753044
• OS and version: Windows 10, using WSL 2
• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 3.9 (but should be irrelevant to this issue)
• Type of virtual environment used (N/A | venv | virtualenv | conda | ...): conda
• Relevant/affected Python packages and their versions: N/A
• Relevant/affected Python-related VS Code extensions and their versions: N/A
• Value of the python.languageServer setting: Not Set

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Background

Nowhere in my vscode settings (user, remote, or workspace) do I define a python.pythonPath (nor python.defaultInterpreterPath), the setting is completely empty:

Expected behaviour

Newly created projects should have no interpreter & vscode should show Select Python Interpreter on the statusbar

Actual behaviour

Newly created projects select my conda project auth0-python-web-app (an environment from a unrelated project).

Steps to reproduce:

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This is for me to reproduce

1. Create a new directory
2. File > Open Folder... > Select newly created folder
3. Create a *.py
4. VSCode selects my auth0-python-web-app environment

Other notes

• Restarting VS code doesn't resolve this
• If I delete the selected conda environment (in this case auth0-python-web-app), vscode will start autoselecting a different conda environment. I can't figure out how it determines which one it selects.