Python environment detection is very slow

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

The current version of Cursor does not allow the use of Pylance and seems to rely on jedi-language-server, which makes Python environment discovery very slow. On a server with over a hundred environments, after restarting Cursor it takes several minutes to finish scanning the Python environments. During this process, you cannot select an environment, and it takes a few more minutes before syntax highlighting becomes available, whereas Pylance only takes a few seconds.

Steps to Reproduce

On a server with over a hundred environments, after restarting Cursor it takes several minutes to finish scanning the Python environments.

Operating System

Linux

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

版本: 1.5.11 (user setup)
提交: 1.99.3
日期: 2f2737de9aa376933d975ae30290447c910fdf40
Electron: 2025-09-05T03:48:32.332Z
ElectronBuildId: 34.5.8
Chromium: undefined
Node.js: 132.0.6834.210
V8: 20.19.1
OS: 13.2.152.41-electron.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

Can you check if you’re using the extension from Anysphere?

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