terminal starts as root user

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No No

I have tried to disable all installed extensions and the terminal will turn back to normal user.

what's weird is that it only happend on one project, the other projects don't have this problem.

• VS Code Version: 1.96.2
• OS Version: macOS 11.4

Steps to Reproduce:

1. login a remote server as root user
2. kill terminal

I found this env change

[gjsjohnmurray]

Does the Start Extension Bisect command help you identify exactly which extension is causing the problem?

i tried just now, the result is python extension.

but i cloned this project in anthor folder and this problem would happen

also the other projects don't have this problem

it's an old copilot chat windows and the python extensions that somehow causes this problem.
Disable the python extensions and never enable them for this workspace will solve this problem or disable the python extensions first and enable them after open a new chat windows will also do

[anthonykim1]

Thanks for filing this. @dark-souls-3
Does not using copilot chat still wrongly have you start as root user?
Meaning, is Python extension alone, and not using anything else (such as copilot chat via disabling copilot chat), can you still repro

[eleanorjboyd]

🤖 Thanks for the additional context. Could you confirm whether this still reproduces on the latest VS Code and Python extension with Copilot Chat disabled, and provide the Python: Report Issue output, the Python output-channel logs from opening the affected terminal, the selected interpreter/environment manager, and the environment-variable differences you observe? Please also clarify whether this is a local terminal or a VS Code Remote session and how the root login was started. Issues marked info-needed automatically close after 30 days without a reply.