unable to find pylsp

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Language server error: pylsp

failed to spawn command. path: "C:\Users\AppData\Local\Zed\languages\pylsp\pylsp-venv\bin\pylsp", working directory: "D:\Coding\Python", args: []
-- stderr--

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[gryevns]

Occurs on mac too, can be ignored by disabling pylsp via settings

  "languages": {
    "Python": {
      "language_servers": ["!pylsp", "..."]
    }
  }

Running version 0.163.3

[shakfu]

I'm getting the same problem on an M1 Mac on Zed version 0.166.1 (01883a4) where even if add

"languages": {
      "Python": {
        "language_servers": ["!pylsp"]
      }
    }

I get the error:

Language server error: pylsp

oneshot canceled
-- stderr--
~/Library/Application Support/Zed/languages/pylsp/pylsp-venv/bin/pylsp: line 2: ~/Library/Application Support/Zed/languages/pylsp/pylsp-venv/bin/python3.13: No such file or directory
~/Library/Application Support/Zed/languages/pylsp/pylsp-venv/bin/pylsp: line 2: exec: ~/Library/Application Support/Zed/languages/pylsp/pylsp-venv/bin/python3.13: cannot execute: No such file or directory

[shakfu]

As a fix to the error my prior post, I suggest to remove and re-install the zed editor and then if you still get the error as I did, then do the following:

cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Zed/languages/pylsp
rm -rf pylsp-venv
virtualenv pylsp-venv
source pylsp-venv/bin/activate
pip install "python-lsp-server[all]"

The pylsp error disappeared after the above.

[TorratDev]

Hello everyone! :D

I had the same problem on windows 11 and I made a PR with a simple change to make it work, at least on windows 11.

The PR: #22587

If you try it and it fails let me know and I'll check it again.

[ZachZimm]

On Arch Linux I fixed this by installing python-lsp-server from the package manager.

[aretrace]

have this issue as well, on macOS

[Phelsong]

This is a version mismatch with the pylsp-venv wheels, if you delete it will auto rebuild next launch and resolve itself.
This broke on arch when they moved from 3.12 -> 3.13

delete:
~/.local/share/zed/languages/pylsp/pylsp-venv
or
$HOME\AppData\Local\Zed\languages\pylsp\pylsp-venv
or
w/e the mac path is

They probably need to add a check of the versions on startup and rebuild on mismatch.

[bobrocke]

This is a version mismatch with the pylsp-venv wheels, if you delete it will auto rebuild next launch and resolve itself. This broke on arch when they moved from 3.12 -> 3.13

delete: ~/.local/share/zed/languages/pylsp/pylsp-venv or $HOME\AppData\Local\Zed\languages\pylsp\pylsp-venv or w/e the mac path is

What is the Mac path?

[hobson]

I had the same problem on Linux (Ubuntu/Mint). @shakfu 's OSX answer worked for me after changing the application path to ~/.local/share/zed and the virtualenv command to python -m virtualenv .... This ensure's the correct virtualenv and python versions on my system.

cd ~/.local/share/zed/languages/pylsp
rm -rf pylsp-venv
python -m virtualenv pylsp-venv
source pylsp-venv/bin/activate
pip install "python-lsp-server[all]"

[fkarlsson]

This is a version mismatch with the pylsp-venv wheels, if you delete it will auto rebuild next launch and resolve itself. This broke on arch when they moved from 3.12 -> 3.13

delete: ~/.local/share/zed/languages/pylsp/pylsp-venv or $HOME\AppData\Local\Zed\languages\pylsp\pylsp-venv or w/e the mac path is

What is the Mac path?

The Mac path is here:

~/Library/Application Support/Zed/languages/pylsp/pylsp-venv

I faced this issue and did as was suggested by @Phelsong, deleted pylsp-venv and restarted Zed. The directory is recreated and I've had no issues after that.

[devzeth]

Can reproduce on my mac as well in zed preview 175.3, and deleting as suggesting above worked. But shouldn't zed take care of this @osiewicz ?

[kkettinger]

Fresh install of zed 0.174.8 under linux (tuxedo-os/ubuntu):

Language server error: pylsp

failed to spawn command. path: "/home/kk/.local/share/zed/languages/pylsp/pylsp-venv/bin/pylsp", working directory: "/home/kk/projects/test args: []
-- stderr--

The bin folder doesn't contain pylsp:

$ ls /home/kk/.local/share/zed/languages/pylsp/pylsp-venv/bin/
insgesamt 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 kk kk  7 Feb 26 08:42 python -> python3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 kk kk 16 Feb 26 08:42 python3 -> /usr/bin/python3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 kk kk  7 Feb 26 08:42 python3.12 -> python3

[devashish2024]

After months, I just fixed it for myself atleast! (On Debian latest)

sudo apt-get install python3-venv
rm ~/.local/share/zed/languages/pylsp/pylsp-venv/ -rf # unsure but just worked

I already had python3-virtualenv installed and virtualenv .venv works, but still, doing this command and then removing the pylsp-venv folder, then force-closing zed and re-launching it worked!

Source of the command (1): https://askubuntu.com/a/1474910

Also solution for #20028

[yomiko451]

fixed it for me on mint22, thanks a lot!

[tnkuehne]

uv pip install python-lsp-server[all]

This worked for me on Ubuntu 24.04

[julienr]

After months, I just fixed it for myself atleast! (On Debian latest)

sudo apt-get install python3-venv
rm ~/.local/share/zed/languages/pylsp/pylsp-venv/ -rf # unsure but just worked

That fixed it for me as well on Ubuntu 24.04. I was missing the system python3-venv package and installing it + forcing zed to create the pylsp-venv fixed the issue.

[insane-dreamer]

Fixed issue for me on Ubuntu 24.04 (only deleting the folder under .local and restarting Zed did not resolve it; I had to install python3-venv as well.

[RomanPro100]

After months, I just fixed it for myself atleast! (On Debian latest)

sudo apt-get install python3-venv
rm ~/.local/share/zed/languages/pylsp/pylsp-venv/ -rf # unsure but just worked

Fixed it for me, TYSM

[orazdow]

If you're using the msys2 windows binary,you have delete the venv folder and rebuild it in native windows, not mysy2:

cd %LOCALAPPDATA%\Zed\languages\pylsp
python -m venv pylsp-venv
pylsp-venv\Scripts\activate.bat
pip install "python-lsp-server[all]

Zed still says "downloading pylsp" on every start though.. not sure why.

[stormasm]

This comment is about running Zed on a Mac.

Deleting Zed and re-installing did NOT work for me and I played around with it for about a day.

The only thing that did work was...

As noted above on a Mac this bug can be ignored by disabling pylsp via settings

  "languages": {
    "Python": {
      "language_servers": ["!pylsp", "..."]
    }
  }

Running Zed version 0.188.4

[mikayla-maki]

It looks like there's a lot of uncertainty about this issue, and the original issue is for a platform we don't support yet. As such, I'm converting this to a discussion so the community has an archive of it :)

[bepri]

I encountered this bug on Ubuntu 25.04 with Zed 0.193.1. Running rm -r ~/.local/share/zed/languages/pylsp/pylsp-venv and then relaunching Zed appears to have fixed it.

[SuperKenVery]

In my case, I

• Lacked python-venv. Running sudo apt install python3.8-venv solved this
• Lacked socks5 support while my network requires it. Editing pyvenv.cfg inside the venv and set include-system-site-packages=true, and do sudo apt install python3-socks solved it.
• After that I need to manually install pylsp: pip install python-lsp-server[all]

[jacksonwb]

Is there a solution for this on macOS? Currently still getting this on v0.203.5. Deleting the venv folder didn't resolve.

[jacksonwb]

Ok I resolved by manually activating the environment inside ~/Library/Application Support/Zed/languages/pylsp/pylsp-venv and installing python-lsp-server there.