Resolving Pylance Missing Imports in Poetry Environments When working with Poetry in Visual Studio Code, Pylance may fail to resolve imports, resulting in "reportMissingImports" warnings and a loss of IntelliSense. This occurs because Pylance's default search paths do not always automatically align with the virtual environment (venv) managed by Poetry. Primary Cause: Interpreter Mismatch
[tool.poetry.dependencies]
python = "^3.11"
core = path = "./core", develop = true
Selecting the interpreter manually works until VS Code forgets. Here is the robust, production-grade solution: Force Poetry to create the .venv inside your project root. pylance missing imports poetry hot
If you have a client/ and server/ folder, each with its own poetry.lock: Part 3: The Permanent Fix (Best Practice) Selecting
Step 2: In VS Code, open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P). When running tests or scripts from the terminal,
If you already have an environment, delete it and reinstall so it moves into your project folder: rm -rf .venv # or delete the external one poetry install Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard Step 2: Select the Interpreter in VS Code Now that the is in your project, VS Code needs to use it. Command Palette Ctrl+Shift+P Cmd+Shift+P "Python: Select Interpreter" Choose the one labeled "Python 3.x.x ('.venv': poetry)" Step 3: Configure Pylance Analysis
Open the Command Palette: Press Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Shift+P (macOS).
poetry run or enable the integrated terminal to activate the venv; but for Pylance you still must select the correct interpreter as above.