#5861

Problems

• Unable to run a cell after opening a notebook for first time after installing VS Code
  • Basically user needs until all Python interpreters have been discovered. This can be very slow depending on a number of factors.
  • The users perception is They cannot run a cell

Tasks/Suggestions:

• Review (& provide feedback) the new Python API
  • What will it take to implement this
  • Do we need changes in the API
• Progress indicator for kernels loading/being fetched (would be be of any value?)
• Add a placeholder lazy kernel for Python? (see corresponding issue with usecases for Lazy kernels)
• Add active interpreter as a controller (while discovering other interpreters)
• Add telemetry (if we don't already have this) to determine how quickly we return controllers
• Add telemetry (if we don't already have this) to determine how quickly we get interpreters from Python extension