Pylance requires you to set the Python PATH:

If you're in Mac/Linux, use:

which python3

And in Windows (Command Prompt cmd.exe):

where python

So that the path in which your Python is installed is returned.

Copy that path.

Go to your vscode and open the settings.json file (CTRL + SHIFT + P, and type "settings.json" at search bar)

Add the following key to the json file:

"python.defaultInterpreterPath": "<PATH RETURNED ABOVE>"

The path may look like "C:\\Users\\YOURUSERNAME\\anaconda3\\bin\\python.exe on Windows or "/usr/local/bin/python3" on Mac/Linux.

Note: backslashes in settings.json must be escaped with an additional backslash, so C:\Users becomes "C:\\Users".

The following documentation provides more information about how to configure Python for Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/settings-reference

Answer from Vitor Pereira Barbosa on Stack Overflow
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reportMissingImports is a diagnostic in Pylance and Pyright that warns when an import statement cannot be resolved because the module is missing or not installed.
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Pylance missing imports with DevContainers · Issue #7880 · microsoft/pylance-release
February 17, 2026 - Create a new file src/my_app/utils/my_new_file.py Try to import it in in src/my_app/business/do_business.py and Pylance says it can't resolve the import.
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To anyone with a missing imports issue. If you have installed Pylance and Python extensions from VS Code, you should hover your mouse over the missing imports. Then, Pylance will show you an option saying Quick Fix, click on that and select the right interpreter from the pop-up. More on stackoverflow.com
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Environment data Pylance version: 2025.7.104 OS and version: Windows 11 [version 10.0.26100.6584] Python version: Python 3.13.3 (tags/v3.13.3:6280bb5, Apr 8 2025, 14:47:33) [MSC v.1943 64 bit (AMD6... More on github.com
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I am learning a Python book, so I created folder for each chapter to storage code. Working directory is as follows: book └─chapter1 ├─a.py └─b.py b.py import a When I "open by code" in "book" folde... More on github.com
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pylance reports missing imports when "pip install -e ." · Issue #4061 · microsoft/pylance-release
March 11, 2023 - pylance reports missing imports when "pip install -e ."#4061 · Copy link · Assignees · Labels · by design · HernandoMV · opened · on Mar 11, 2023 · Issue body actions · Not sure if this is a bug or feature request, but here it goes: I have a local module that I am importing in another module, and I use "pip install -e ." to keep changing and working on both modules.
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Reporting Missing imports · Issue #2202 · microsoft/pylance-release
December 31, 2021 - reportMissingModuleSource pylance is not supporting the basic imports
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Missing imports in uv multipackage workspace · Issue #7609 · microsoft/pylance-release
October 2, 2025 - Pylance is now reporting thousands of reportMissingImports from my packages and Pypi dependencies. Clicking on the issues opens a read-only editor that does not highlight the file in the explorer view.
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Import "[module]" could not be resolvedPylance (reportMissingImports) · Issue #236 · microsoft/pylance-release
August 13, 2020 - However, module "a" is really imported and it works well. If I delete "python.languageServer": "Pylance" and use Jedi, yellow wavy line won't show up. In addition, if i "open by code" in "chapter1" folder, yellow wavy line won't show up. The Yellow wavy line doesn't have any effect, but it's a nuisance.
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reporting missing imports but they are not missing · Issue #3924 · microsoft/pylance-release
February 7, 2023 - pylance should detect the installed packages and not generate an import error (reportMissingImport) pylance throws a missing import error for all packages, even those already installed ·
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Pylance reports import Missing in inexistent file when git enabled · Issue #5895 · microsoft/pylance-release
May 18, 2024 - Type: Bug Create a workspace with git initialized Add some imports for local packages Git commit Extension version: 2024.5.1 VS Code version: Code 1.89.1 (dc96b837cf6bb4af9cd736aa3af08cf8279f7685, ...
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Allow ignoring reportMissingImports warning when catching/supressing ModuleNotFoundError · Issue #2996 · microsoft/pylance-release
July 4, 2022 - microsoft / pylance-release Public ... opened · on Jul 4, 2022 · Issue body actions · reportMissingImports will flag missing imports even if they are not strictly required....
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Release version 2024.2.1 shows missing imports error for function imported from another python file · Issue #5459 · microsoft/pylance-release
February 11, 2024 - Create a python file main.py and import a function from another file(mylibrary.py) located in the same directory ... Pylance highlights the library as missing but debugging it shows no error.
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pylance randomly stopped recognizing used imports · Issue #4142 · microsoft/pylance-release
March 24, 2023 - noticeably, it will recognize other imports like time, making me think that perhaps it does not recognize my pip installs. In any case, the program this is in works just fine, same as before. The problem is the pylance linter.
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Pylance flags new submodules as missing imports with default settings · Issue #4359 · microsoft/pylance-release
May 16, 2023 - ... Rather than paste the logs, I'll just say that I can tell in the logs that the new file isn't being indexed. There's a couple workarounds I'm aware of. The first workaround is to reload the window. After doing this, the import is no longer ...
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Pylance fails to resolve imports from virtualenv site-packages unless extraPaths is set · Issue #7083 · microsoft/pylance-release
March 29, 2025 - Pylance should automatically include .venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages in the search paths based on the interpreter set in the workspace. The interpreter is set to .venv/bin/python, but site-packages is not included in the search paths, and imports from installed packages fail.
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Unexpected pylance "reportMissingImports" in notebook for local package · Issue #3208 · microsoft/pylance-release
August 17, 2022 - In notebook.ipynb, there is a pylance warning "reportMissingImports" Intellicode properly detects the A class while I am typing the import line
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reportMissingImports when import a file whose name contains an underscore · Issue #52 · microsoft/pylance-release
July 4, 2020 - Pylance reports no error for "import helloworld", but (under the conditions explained below) for "import hello_world" it reports: Import "hello world" could not be resolved Pylance (reportMissingImports) [1,8]
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Pylance unable to detect venv modules · Issue #3421 · microsoft/pylance-release
October 1, 2022 - The "Python" extension could detect the venv, but Pylance produces a reportMissingImports error, even though numpy is installed in the venv. If I remember correctly, this issue was said to be solved some years ago, but apparently, it still exists. Language Server version: 2022.9.40 · OS and version: linux x64 · Python version (and distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 3.9.2 · python.analysis.indexing: false · python.analysis.typeCheckingMode: basic · import numpy as np ·
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