python.analysis.extraPaths not working for directories containing symlinks #7564
Description
Environment data
- Pylance version: 2025.8.1
- OS and version: SLES 15-SP4 (Linux)
- Python version: 3.10.16 (also tried with 3.12.0)
Code Snippet
N/A
Repro Steps
- In a VS Code workspace's
settings.json, file, add a directory topython.analysis.extraPathsthat contains symlinked python files. - Import one of the symlinked files from within a Python file that is being edited in the VS Code workspace.
Expected behavior
The symlinked python files should be found by Pylance and I should be able to use go-to definition on the import as well as code that uses those imports.
Actual behavior
Pylance does not find the python files and report errors on the imports Import "xyz" could not be resolvedPylance[reportMissingImports](https://github.com/microsoft/pylance-release/blob/main/docs/diagnostics/reportMissingImports.md)
Logs
2025-09-17 16:34:32.513 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/1000/linux64/doc/html/dml-1.2-reference-manual" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/linux64/doc/html/dml-1.2-reference-manual"
2025-09-17 16:34:32.514 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/1000/linux64/doc/html/dml-1.4-reference-manual" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/linux64/doc/html/dml-1.4-reference-manual"
2025-09-17 16:34:33.232 [error] Stopping server timed out
2025-09-17 16:34:34.238 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/ARC-CPU" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2084"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.252 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/ARC-CPU-Restricted" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7284"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.252 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/ARM-CPU" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2077"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.253 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/ARM-Juno" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2078"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.253 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/ARM-Versatile-Express" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2103"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.253 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/ARM-devices" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/4055"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.253 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/ARMv8A-FVP" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2070"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.253 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Addon-Devices-Restricted" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2017"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.253 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/CADENCE-RISC-V-CPU" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2056"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.253 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/CPU-Tools" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7201"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.253 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/CPU-interfaces" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7301"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.253 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Cloud-Agent" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/6009"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.253 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Crypto-Engine" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/1030"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.253 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Crypto-Engine-Restricted" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/4031"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.254 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Doc-and-Packaging" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/6007"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.254 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Documentation-System" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/6008"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.254 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/External-Memory" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7202"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.254 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/GDB" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/1031"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.254 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/H8-CPU" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2041"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.254 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/I8051-CPU" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2085"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.254 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/I8051-CPU-Restricted" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7266"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.254 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/IA-CPU" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7294"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.254 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/IA-CPU-Experimental" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7299"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.254 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Installer-Test" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7277"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.254 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Intel-Confidential-Modeling-Library" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2015"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.254 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Intel-LIT" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7220"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.255 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Intel-SystemC" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7213"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.255 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/M68K-CPU" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2082"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.255 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/MIPS-CPU" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2097"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.255 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Model-Builder" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/1010"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.255 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/NIOS-CPU" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2100"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.255 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Nios-V-CPU" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2051"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.255 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/OSS-Sources" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/1020"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.255 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Python" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/1033"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.255 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/QSP-CPU" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/8112"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.255 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/QSP-CPU-SAN" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/3114"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.255 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/QSP-Clear-Linux" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/4094"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.255 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/QSP-Images" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/3096"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.256 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/QSP-UEFI-BIOS" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/4095"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.256 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/QSP-x86" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2096"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.256 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/RISC-V-CPU" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2050"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.256 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/RISC-V-Experimental-CPU" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2059"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.256 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/RISC-V-Simple" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2053"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.256 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/RISCV-HorseCreek" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2011"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.256 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Remote-Transaction-Library" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/3005"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.256 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/SDB" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7020"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.256 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/SHAVE-CPU" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7204"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.256 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/SIFIVE-CPU" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2052"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.256 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/SPARC-CPU" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7290"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.256 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Simics-Base" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/1000"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.257 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Simics-Express" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/1003"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.257 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Simics-Test" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7207"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.257 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Synopsys-DW" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/4065"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.257 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Synopsys-DW-Model-Library-binary" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/4066"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.257 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/SystemC-Library" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/1013"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.257 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/TS-CPU" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7297"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.257 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/TS-IA-CPU" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7293"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.257 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/TS-IA-CPU-External" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7295"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.257 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/TS-IA-X86S" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7280"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.257 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Test-Extra-Package-Lib-Path-1" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/6026"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.257 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Test-Extra-Package-Lib-Path-2" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/6027"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.257 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Test-Extras" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7209"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.258 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Test-Legacy-Iterator" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/6028"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.258 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Test-Symbol-Versioning" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/6029"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.258 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Training" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/6010"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.258 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/UEFI-FW-tracker" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7285"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.258 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Usim" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7298"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.258 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/WebUI-Server" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7272"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.258 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Websome" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/1002"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.258 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/X86-Performance-Models" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7210"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.258 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/X86-SAN-CPU" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/3112"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.258 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/Xtensa-CPU-Restricted" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7292"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.349 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/simics%28%20%29base/linux64/doc/html/dml-1.2-reference-manual" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/linux64/doc/html/dml-1.2-reference-manual"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.349 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/simics%28%20%29base/linux64/doc/html/dml-1.4-reference-manual" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/linux64/doc/html/dml-1.4-reference-manual"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.662 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/uCode" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/7298"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.665 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/x86-440BX" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2018"
2025-09-17 16:34:34.666 [warning] (20252) Skipping recursive symlink "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/x86-X58-ICH10" -> "file:///disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/pkgs/2075"
2025-09-17 16:34:35.225 [info] (20252) Auto-excluding /disk2/tsonono/repos/simics-base/venv
2025-09-17 16:34:35.228 [info] (20252) Found 25058 source files
2025-09-17 16:34:35.228 [info] (20252) BG: Priority queue background worker(2) root directory: file:///disk2/tsonono/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-python.vscode-pylance-2025.8.1/dist
2025-09-17 16:34:35.229 [info] (20252) BG: Priority queue background worker(2) started
2025-09-17 16:34:35.229 [info] (20252) BG: Indexer background runner(3) root directory: file:///disk2/tsonono/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-python.vscode-pylance-2025.8.1/dist (index)
2025-09-17 16:34:35.229 [info] (20252) BG: Indexing(3) started
2025-09-17 16:34:35.229 [info] (20252) BG: scanned(3) 746 files over 1 exec env
2025-09-17 16:34:35.352 [info] Server process exited successfully
As of version 2025.8.1 of Pylance (this does not happen when downgrading to 2025.7.1), directories added with python.analysis.extraPaths that contain symlinked python files has seemingly stopped working. I don't see anything in the changelog indicating that this use case should not work anymore.