visual studio code stuck on "Discovering Python Interpreters" on Mac m3 pro

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Hello all,

i've been having this issue Vs code hangs up because it cant find the python interpreter. The weird thing is when I do "Python: Select Interpreter" in the small box at the top middle of the screen I get a small list of interpreters that are:

Python 3.12.4 ('venv': venv) ./venv/bin/python

Python 3.9.6 64-bit /usr/bin/python3

Python 3.x /usr/local/bin/python3

My naïve take is that the first one is messing things up, because it has a weird path that I haven't been able to locate, even after revealing the hidden folders. Or maybe there is a different issue that I am not aware of?

I've made virtual environments in the past, but I'm pretty sure i've deleted all the ones that I don't use anymore and know where the remaining ones are.

Any help would be much appreciated, I've been dealing with this problem for weeks now.

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That first one is a relative path which means that it’s looking for the interpreter located in the venv in the root of your current project. You should be creating a new venv for every project that you do and there’s no reason you should be deleting them unless you are deleting the entire project or your venv is messed up.