From 8155aae96baa1ab88e01de57e1180911bcf3c0df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eleanorjboyd <26030610+eleanorjboyd@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:18:58 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] bug: fix path resolution to use resolved environment directly
 from setting

---
 src/features/interpreterSelection.ts | 24 ++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/features/interpreterSelection.ts b/src/features/interpreterSelection.ts
index e2aee39e..58f976d4 100644
--- a/src/features/interpreterSelection.ts
+++ b/src/features/interpreterSelection.ts
@@ -391,28 +391,12 @@ async function tryResolveInterpreterPath(
             }
 
             if (manager && resolvedEnv) {
-                // Create a wrapper environment that uses the user's specified path
-                const newEnv: PythonEnvironment = {
-                    envId: {
-                        id: `defaultInterpreterPath:${interpreterPath}`,
-                        managerId: manager.id,
-                    },
-                    name: 'defaultInterpreterPath: ' + (resolved.version ?? ''),
-                    displayName: 'defaultInterpreterPath: ' + (resolved.version ?? ''),
-                    version: resolved.version ?? '',
-                    displayPath: interpreterPath,
-                    environmentPath: Uri.file(interpreterPath),
-                    sysPrefix: resolved.prefix ?? '',
-                    execInfo: {
-                        run: {
-                            executable: interpreterPath,
-                        },
-                    },
-                };
+                // Use the resolved environment directly - it has the canonical ID format
+                // The 'source' field tracks that this came from defaultInterpreterPath setting
                 traceVerbose(
-                    `[tryResolveInterpreterPath] Resolved '${interpreterPath}' to ${resolved.executable} (${resolved.version})`,
+                    `[tryResolveInterpreterPath] Resolved '${interpreterPath}' to ${resolved.executable} (${resolved.version}) with ID ${resolvedEnv.envId.id}`,
                 );
-                return { manager, environment: newEnv, source: 'defaultInterpreterPath' };
+                return { manager, environment: resolvedEnv, source: 'defaultInterpreterPath' };
             }
         }
         traceVerbose(