Poetry Hot | Pylance Missing Imports

Or if you're using a pyproject.toml file, add python-language-server under [tool.poetry.dependencies] .

"python.analysis.extraPaths": [ ".venv/lib/python3.x/site-packages" // Adjust version ] Use code with caution.

Navigate to the path you copied earlier. Inside that folder, go to bin (Mac/Linux) or Scripts (Windows) and select the python (or python.exe ) file. pylance missing imports poetry hot

Pylance occasionally caches old, broken environment states. You can force a complete re-index: Open the Command Palette ( Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + P ). Run the command. Check for Missing Type Stubs

A common and often hidden cause is Pylance's auto-exclusion rule. Recent versions auto-exclude any folder starting with a period ( . ), which includes Poetry's .venv directory. This causes Pylance to completely ignore the virtual environment and its installed packages. Or if you're using a pyproject

If you are a Python developer who has recently made the switch from pip and venv to for dependency management, you have likely experienced a moment of pure frustration. You’ve just created a fresh virtual environment, added your packages (e.g., poetry add requests ), and written your import statement.

poetry shell code .

The problem arises when Pylance fails to recognize imports that are managed by Poetry. This can lead to:

How to fix (step-by-step)

: Open the Command Palette and run Python: Clear Pylance workspace cache . This forces a rescan of your environment.