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Restarting Kernel hangs on Windows and WSL #17138

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Applies To

  • Notebooks (.ipynb files)
  • Interactive Window and/or Cell Scripts (.py files with #%% markers)

What happened?

When running restarting a kernel within VS Code the restart hangs until VS Code is restarted. This happens when running notebooks in Windows or WSL.

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VS Code Version

Version: 1.105.1 (user setup) Commit: 7d842fb85a0275a4a8e4d7e040d2625abbf7f084 Date: 2025-10-14T22:33:36.618Z Electron: 37.6.0 ElectronBuildId: 12502201 Chromium: 138.0.7204.251 Node.js: 22.19.0 V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0 OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

Jupyter Extension Version

2025.9.1

Jupyter logs

Below is the output when it resets correctly. When it hangs on reset there are no logs generated

2:47:34.888 [info] Restart requested ~/folder/project/research/opensearch_and_agents/zdev.ipynb
12:47:34.902 [info] Process Execution: ~/folder/project/.venv/bin/python -c "import ipykernel; print(ipykernel.__version__); print("5dc3a68c-e34e-4080-9c3e-2a532b2ccb4d"); print(ipykernel.__file__)"
12:47:34.925 [info] Process Execution: ~/folder/project/.venv/bin/python -m ipykernel_launcher --f=/run/user/1000/jupyter/runtime/kernel-v3a2315f63e5f3c5cbb3c16f5d41ddb1350e16372b.json
    > cwd: ~/folder/project/research/opensearch_and_agents
12:47:35.336 [info] Restarted 975165b4-a01a-4f61-a653-5ae52d367da1

Coding Language and Runtime Version

Python 3.11.11 and Python 3.11.9

Language Extension Version (if applicable)

2025.16.0

Anaconda Version (if applicable)

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bugIssue identified by VS Code Team member as probable buginfo-neededIssue requires more information from posternotebook-executionKernels issues (start/restart/switch/execution, install ipykernel)

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