Test runner does not use selected interpreter

[Daniel63656]

I have tests that rely on packages such as sortedcontainers. I run code with a miniconda env called 'musicml'. I have musicml selected as interpreter and it shows up in status bar. In Terminal with activated env I can collect and run tests just fine (pytest test returns all tests running successfully), but the test panel shows discovery errors due to
E ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'sortedcontainers'

How is this possible if interpreter is set? In terminal, where python also gives 2 paths. Can this be related to this faulty behavior? I use Windows 10

(musicml) C:\Users\Daniel\AppDevelopment\scoreworks\MusicModelPython>where python
C:\Users\Daniel\miniconda3\envs\musicml\python.exe
C:\Users\Daniel\miniconda3\python.exe

I don't have any hardcoded interpreter in settings.json. In fact, removing .vscode changes nothing.

This may be related to #7215 which was closed because the author did not continue writing.

[karthiknadig]

@Daniel63656 This might be a bug. Ensure that your python extension is the latest that is 2024.16.1. Can you file a bug using the issue reporter for python? Please include the Logs form Output > Python, and Output>Python locator.

[Daniel63656]

I found an answer.
This can be solved by going to settings (ctrl + ,) switching python.locator from 'native' to 'js' and restart VSCode

[karthiknadig]

I still recommend filing a bug. We are trying to narrow down what causes this. The eventual goal is to move into the native locator. It is new, so there are areas where it can fail. This seems like one of those cases.

/cc @DonJayamanne

[zljubisic]

Yes 'native' to 'js' works which is so sad.