Using the setActiveEnvironment() API causes the environment details to disappear

[brettcannon]

Issue Type: Bug

Behaviour

Expected vs. Actual

Calling the function blinks out the environment details in the status bar.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Ask Brett to demonstrate using in-development code.

Diagnostic data

• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 3.9.12
• Type of virtual environment used (e.g. conda, venv, virtualenv, etc.): Venv
• Value of the python.languageServer setting: Pylance

User Settings

defaultLS: {"defaultLSType":"Pylance"}

downloadLanguageServer: true

envFile: "<placeholder>"

venvPath: "<placeholder>"

venvFolders: "<placeholder>"

condaPath: "<placeholder>"

pipenvPath: "<placeholder>"

poetryPath: "<placeholder>"

languageServer: "Pylance"

linting
• enabled: false
• cwd: "<placeholder>"
• Flake8Args: "<placeholder>"
• flake8Enabled: false
• flake8Path: "<placeholder>"
• lintOnSave: true
• banditArgs: "<placeholder>"
• banditEnabled: false
• banditPath: "<placeholder>"
• mypyArgs: "<placeholder>"
• mypyEnabled: false
• mypyPath: "<placeholder>"
• pycodestyleArgs: "<placeholder>"
• pycodestyleEnabled: false
• pycodestylePath: "<placeholder>"
• prospectorArgs: "<placeholder>"
• prospectorEnabled: false
• prospectorPath: "<placeholder>"
• pydocstyleArgs: "<placeholder>"
• pydocstyleEnabled: false
• pydocstylePath: "<placeholder>"
• pylamaArgs: "<placeholder>"
• pylamaEnabled: false
• pylamaPath: "<placeholder>"
• pylintArgs: "<placeholder>"
• pylintPath: "<placeholder>"

sortImports
• args: "<placeholder>"
• path: "<placeholder>"

formatting
• autopep8Args: "<placeholder>"
• autopep8Path: "<placeholder>"
• provider: "black"
• blackArgs: "<placeholder>"
• blackPath: "<placeholder>"
• yapfArgs: "<placeholder>"
• yapfPath: "<placeholder>"

testing
• cwd: "<placeholder>"
• debugPort: 3000
• nosetestArgs: "<placeholder>"
• nosetestsEnabled: undefined
• nosetestPath: "<placeholder>"
• promptToConfigure: true
• pytestArgs: "<placeholder>"
• pytestEnabled: false
• pytestPath: "<placeholder>"
• unittestArgs: "<placeholder>"
• unittestEnabled: true
• autoTestDiscoverOnSaveEnabled: true

terminal
• activateEnvironment: true
• executeInFileDir: "<placeholder>"
• launchArgs: "<placeholder>"

experiments
• enabled: true
• optInto: []
• optOutFrom: []

tensorBoard
• logDirectory: "<placeholder>"

Extension version: 2022.5.11021002
VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.67.0-insider (fcaeb69, 2022-04-12T05:16:47.168Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22000
Restricted Mode: No
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.10.102.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.10.102.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8665U CPU @ 1.90GHz (8 x 2112)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on oop_rasterization: enabled opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_renderer: enabled_on video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.75GB (1.14GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 2f8216b4-0af9-4bf4-a156-6cdcff01b0ab
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	WSL: Ubuntu
OS	Linux x64 5.10.102.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8665U CPU @ 1.90GHz (8 x 2112)
Memory (System)	7.64GB (3.58GB free)
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	WSL: Ubuntu
OS	Linux x64 5.10.102.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8665U CPU @ 1.90GHz (8 x 2112)
Memory (System)	7.64GB (3.58GB free)
VM	0%

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[brettcannon]

The issue turned out to be because I was opening the output panel automatically, and that caused the environment information to disappear (the language type as "Python" persisted).

Whether we should fix this so the environment information sticks around is a separate issue.