Reporting a bug

Choose your own 🐜 adventure!

• VS Code on the desktop?
  • Does the Python extension at least load?
    • Yes
    • No
• VS Code on the web? (i.e. vscode.dev or github.dev)
  • Yes
• raise RuntimeError("you should never reach here ...")

Desktop

The extension loads

1. Run the Python: Report Issue... command from the command palette (note: the "Python" part of that command is important as this is not Help: Report Issue...; that's a different command!).
2. Notice the new window that looks something like the following:

3. Fill in the details of the bug where there are XXX markers (you will have a chance to add screenshots and GIFs momentarily).
4. Click the green Create on GitHub button.
5. Attach any screenshots or GIFs to help explain the bug you are experiencing.
6. Submit the issue on GitHub.

The extension won't even start

1. Run the Help: Report Issue... command from the command palette.
2. Notice the new window that looks something like the following:

3. Set File on to An extension.
4. Set Extension to Python.
5. Fill in Title and Steps to Reproduce.
6. Click the green Create on GitHub button.
7. Add any screenshots or GIFs to the issue.
8. Submit the issue on GitHub.

Web

Create a new issue by following this link.