2021.10.0 (7 October 2021)

Enhancements

1. Set the default value of python.linting.pylintEnabled to false.
   (#3007)
2. Phase out Jedi 0.17, and use Jedi behind a language server protocol as the Jedi option. Remove Jedi-related settings python.jediMemoryLimit and python.jediPath, since they are not used with the new language server implementation.
   (#11995)
3. Add support for dynamic updates in interpreter list.
   (#17043)
4. Query for fresh workspace envs when auto-selecting interpreters in a new workspace.
   (#17264)
5. Increase Microsoft Python Language Server deprecation prompt frequency and update wording.
   (#17361)
6. Remove "The Python extension will have limited support for Python 2.7 in the next release" notification.
   (#17451)
7. Added non-blocking discovery APIs for Jupyter.
   (#17452)
8. Resolve environments using cache if cache has complete env info.
   (#17474)
9. Ensure debugger contribution points are turned off when using virtual workspaces.
   (#17493)
10. Display a notification about the end of Jedi support when using Python 2.7.
    (#17512)
11. If user has selected an interpreter which is not discovery cache, correctly add it to cache.
    (#17575)
12. Update to latest version of Jedi LS.
    (#17591)
13. Update to vscode-extension-telemetry 0.4.2.
    (#17608)

Fixes

1. Don't override user provided --rootdir in pytest args.
   (#8678)
2. Don't log error during settings migration if settings.json doesn't exist.
   (#11354)
3. Fix casing of text in unittest patterns quickpick.
   (thanks Anupama Nadig)
   (#17093)
4. Use quickpick details for the "Use Python from python.defaultInterpreterPath setting" entry.
   (#17124)
5. Fix refreshing progress display in the status bar.
   (#17338)
6. Ensure we do not start a new discovery for an event if one is already scheduled.
   (#17339)
7. Do not display workspace related envs if no workspace is open.
   (#17358)
8. Ensure we correctly evaluate Unknown type before sending startup telemetry.
   (#17362)
9. Fix for unittest discovery failure due to root id mismatch.
   (#17386)
10. Improve pattern matching for shell detection on Windows.
    (thanks Erik Demaine)
    (#17426)
11. Changed the way of searching left bracket [ in case of subsets of tests.
    (thanks ilexei)
    (#17461)
12. Fix hang caused by loop in getting interpreter information.
    (#17484)
13. Ensure database storage extension uses to track all storages does not grow unnecessarily.
    (#17488)
14. Ensure all users use new discovery code regardless of their experiment settings.
    (#17563)
15. Add timeout when discovery runs conda info --json command.
    (#17576)
16. Use conda-forge channel when installing packages into conda environments.
    (#17628)

Code Health

1. Remove support for rope. Refactoring now supported via language servers.
   (#10440)
2. Remove pylintMinimalCheckers setting. Syntax errors now reported via language servers.
   (#13321)
3. Remove ctags support. Workspace symbols now supported via language servers.
   (#16063)
4. Fix linting for some files in .eslintignore.
   (#17181)