The April 2026 update to the Python Environments extension for VS Code brings notable startup performance improvements, including lazy manager discovery for Pipenv, pyenv, and Poetry, faster environment resolution, and a narrower default workspace scan pattern that fixes 30+ second hangs on large or remote projects. Reliability improvements include PET crash recovery and a conda base environment restoration bug fix. New quality-of-life features include auto-refreshing package lists after pip installs, multi-project terminal environment selection prompts, and automatic PowerShell execution policy handling for virtual environment activation on Windows.
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Python Environments — April 2026 Release Copy linkFaster startup Copy linkImproved reliability Copy linkEnvironment updates and terminals Copy link1 Comment
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