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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Use comments like # pyright: ignore[reportMissingImports] to suppress warnings for optional or platform-specific imports. Review the Pyright configuration documentation for options to adjust or suppress this diagnostic if needed.
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'Import "Path.to.own.script" could not be resolved Pylance (reportMissingImports)' in VS Code using Python 3.x on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Stack Overflow
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I'm trying to modify my settings.json ... missing imports for my own scripts. As i've learnt I have to set "python.analysis.useImportHeuristic" to true. Code says it is an unknown configuration setting but as long as I've searched I haven't seen any info about it. What am I missing? ... Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments. ... this also ignores the line for mypy which actually does a better job than pylance and will correctly ... More on stackoverflow.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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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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How to solve Pylance 'missing imports' in vscode - DEV Community
February 3, 2021 - In my case, app folder was not known by Pylance. ... In my case, the fastest solution when imports are not missing is to launch vscode from the virtual environment.
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reportMissingImports when import a file whose name contains an underscore · Issue #52 · microsoft/pylance-release
July 4, 2020 - If files helloworld.py and hello_world.py have identical contents, then Pylance should treat "import helloworld" and "import hello_world" identically as well. 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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December 10, 2025 - The error is resolved by establishing a clear connection between the installed packages and the tool reading your code. If you follow the interpreter selection process (Solution 1), the reportMissingImports error should disappear immediately.
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Import "[module]" could not be resolvedPylance (reportMissingImports) · Issue #236 · microsoft/pylance-release
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pylance reports missing imports when "pip install -e ." · Issue #4061 · microsoft/pylance-release
March 11, 2023 - 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. Doing this, in the VSCode editor, my imports are reported as missing, flagging them in yellow. The code runs totally fine and python can find them.
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May 16, 2021 -

Hello, I am new to coding and vs code, I recently had a system restore where I had to reinstall my vs code. After reinstalling, some of my old code stopped working because the (from file import *) does not recognize the file anymore. I have all my .py files in this one folder and it used to import other .py files in the folder perfectly fine. It is not just these two files either, if I make a new file and try to import that into another file it won't work either. Any help would be much appreciated.

https://imgur.com/a/tEokQ7P

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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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February 2, 2023 -

I have created a virtual environment and chosen the python version inside the virtual environment as my interpreter in vs code. However, when I import module the module name is underlined in orange and it says Import "module" could not be resolved Pylance(reportMissingImports) but the code still runs perfectly. (The code runs but the intellisense does not work)

When I use the global python version as the interpreter, the orange line is not longer there. Any advice on how to resolve this orange squiggle line?

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Import "X" could not be resolved from source Pylance [Fixed] | bobbyhadz
April 10, 2024 - If none of the suggestions helped, you can use a comment to disable the Pylance warning in your IDE. ... You simply have to add the # type: ignore command on the same line as the import statement to disable the check for the specific import.
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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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Reporting Missing imports · Issue #2202 · microsoft/pylance-release
December 31, 2021 - reportMissingModuleSource pylance is not supporting the basic imports
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Fix Pylance resolveMissingImports in VS Code | Sentry
July 15, 2024 - Import "fastapi" could not be resolved Pylance(resolveMissingImports) I’ve already set up a virtual environment and installed the package with PIP by running this command in the VS Code terminal: ... Why is it still showing up as missing?