I have seen thise question and this one

Neither help me

When I add the python extension for vscode, the status line states

python extension loading ...

But it never does

I have removed all extensions from vscode and deleted all ms-python files from .config, removed and reinstalled vscode

I am running python 3.12.4 on manjaro

code - OSS

Version: 1.91.1
Commit: f1e16e1e6214d7c44d078b1f0607b2388f29d729
Date: 2024-07-12T15:10:53.972Z
Electron: 29.4.5
ElectronBuildId: undefined
Chromium: 122.0.6261.156
Node.js: 20.9.0
V8: 12.2.281.27-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.6.41-1-MANJARO

Can anyone help?