Dose vscode-python init need access network?

[BigFaceBoy]

There is a host which can not access network, so I install a code-server on the host and the vscode-python .vsix. But I found that the python code hint did not work. The log output is:

[anthonykim1]

@karthiknadig I thought we needed network access to get lsp, is that right?

[karthiknadig]

@BigFaceBoy you are using 2023.4 that is a very old version of the python extension. Also, Which version of VS Code are you using? The error you see occurs when you use Pylance on editors that are not supported.

I thought we needed network access to get lsp, is that right?

Not to run LSP, but to download the language server.

[BigFaceBoy]

@karthiknadig Can I install the language server offline like installing .vsix ?

[javitab]

@karthiknadig Can I install the language server offline like installing .vsix ?

+1 for this, I've been futzing with the vsix trying to make offline install work in an airgapped environment and trying to figure out what I've been doing wrong.