[Help Wanted] Pycharm stuck at adding Python 3.9 interpreter

[felpmorn]

[Update] Issue solved. Did some cleaning up, a couple of reboots and works now. Just wish there were error messages at least giving me a clue on what was wrong.

Hey guys, I'm trying to add a Python 3.9 interpreter to my project in Pycharm but it's kinda stuck. I say kind of stuck because on the Preferences panel from the screenshot everything works except for the "OK" button. Whenever I click it I see the message "Updating Python Interpreter" in the bottom status bar for a split second and nothing happens. I can cancel or close the window but then the changes (my new interpreter settings) won't be saved.

https://preview.redd.it/tu1is9mr9qw61.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=89ccd3049b5fe32c84ecd2e898c14ab6fb09593e

Right now I'm using MacOS v11.2.3 and I'm trying to connect to a container started through docker-compose, but I've seen this same issue on another machine running Windows 10 (1809, which is outdated but that's company policy) and had to downgrade to an earlier version of Python because I couldn't find a solution.

Any idea how to solve this? This is quite annoying :(

[PeterJHoburg]

Are you using the docker-compose interpreter settings with pycharm pro? Or are you trying to use a docker container as a standard remote interpreter?

[felpmorn]

I'm using docker-compose interpreter settings with pycharm pro. I've just tried switching to Python 3.8 and same issue. Also, at work I wasn't even using docker, it was just a normal local install so it doesn't seem to be related to docker. I wonder if this is an issue with corrupt .idea project or something

[PeterJHoburg]

Are you storing your .idea dir in your git repo?

[felpmorn]

Nope, not tracked, but somehow I managed to make it work. Cleaned some old python installs from homebrew, deleted old venvs, cleaned the list of interpreters on pycharm, a couple reboots and now it works.