Rescan intellisense when conda environment is updated in vscode

Question

I have just started using vscode for Python (ML) development. One thing I am unable to figure out is how to set vscode's intellisense refresh if the conda environment is updates.

e.g. Created a new workspace with a python interpreter from a conda environment. The environment.yml as conda and pip packages. In the middle of my work, if I update the yml file and update the conda environment with conda env update -f environment.yml I want vscode to update its intellisense and the workspace as well so that I don't get symbol/import not found errors from the newly installed package. I know that with PyCharm you could set it such that the symbols would be reloaded.

Answer 1

I'm not sure if this is the most efficient way, but there is a command to reload the window, which has the effect of reloading the Python extension and rescanning the libraries. Open the command palette with CTRL+SHIFT+P, then start typing "reload". The option you want is called "Developer: Reload Window"