Missing folder extensions\ms-python.python-2024.16.0-universal\python-env-tools\bin\pet.exe

[allaboutmikey]

With mspython extension installed, I start vscodium.
The Output (Extension Host) tab shows:

2024-10-10 12:20:41.350 [error] Error: spawn c:\Users\user\.vscode-oss\extensions\ms-python.python-2024.16.0-universal\python-env-tools\bin\pet.exe ENOENT
	at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:286:19)
	at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:484:16)
	at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)

The path up to: c:\Users\user\.vscode-oss\extensions\ms-python.python-2024.16.0-universal\
does exist, but there is no python-env-tools folder inside. This was also the case for at least the previous version of the extension (which was 2024.14.1-universal).
Is that supposed to be part of the extension, or is there another extension that adds that path and presumably also the tools within?

[karthiknadig]

@allaboutmikey It is part of the extension. The build scrip used to build the extension needs an update. The python extension published to vscode marketplace should have the right content.

[nvglucifer]

What exactly does this pet.exe do ?

Over 4MB diskspace, 1.2MB while running.
End task it using task manager seem not broke anything.

But every time I refresh vscode this pet.exe start running again.

[karthiknadig]

pet stands for Python environment tools. We are replacing the Python discovery mechanism with this new native binary. See https://github.com/microsoft/python-environment-tools

[rawlukMike]

Frankly pet making python extension platform dependent is a pain.
I cannot upgrade past 2024.11 since Sonartype Nexus won't allow me to pull extension vsix file from marketplace.visualstudio.com since it won't respect ?targetPlatform=win32-x64 query param.
Downloading extension through nexus and manually installing was the only way in my organisation.
I know this kind of sonartype nexus/marketplace duo blame, but seems really weird to have platform dependent binary in python extension which actually solves problems with platforms in the first place.