Downgrade Python Language Server command

[itssimon]

I like that the Python Language Server automatically updates itself in the background, but occasionally updates have rendered VSCode unusable due to high CPU usage or memory leaks. This obviously impacts my work.

It would be great to have an easy way of manually downgrading the language server until issues are resolved and another update is released.

Just for reference, I'm currently experiencing the issue described here and would love to just downgrade to the previous version of the LS which worked perfectly fine.

[DonJayamanne]

We have no plans on supporting this feature.
Please consider one of the following:

• Install an older version of the extension (you can do this from VS Code itself)
• Use the Jedi language server (go into settings.json and enable the setting "python.jediEnabled": true

[IzakMarais]

Here is a stack exchange post showing how to install an older version from VSCode itself.

[IzakMarais]

Install an older version of the extension (you can do this from VS Code itself)

This does not have the desired effect. Regardsless of which older version of the Python extension is installed it always seems to fetch the latest version of the Python language server.

In the screen shot below an older Python extension is still using the latest Language server. I have tried a couple of different versions of the Python extension and they all download this version of the language server.

[IzakMarais]

Use the Jedi language server (go into settings.json and enable the setting "python.jediEnabled": true

This is a successful workaround to the memory problem