Issue when autoloading env var with equals sign (=) in its value in a virtual env

[natanmoraes]

Type: Bug

Behaviour

Expected vs. Actual

Expected: If I have an environment variable with an equals sign (=) character in its value and a virtual environment is active, I expect its value to not change when loaded by the vscode terminal

Actual: When the .env file is loaded, for each variable that has an equals sign (=) in its value, the value is "cropped" right before the first instance of the equals sign.

For example a connection string variable for azure cosmos would be something like:
COSMOS_NOSQL_URL="AccountEndpoint=https://localhost:8081/;AccountKey=......
After the autoloading, if I run echo $COSMOS_NOSQL_URL the returned value is only AccountEndpoint

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a project with a .env file in its root directory with a variable with an equals sign (=) somewhere in its value
2. Create a virtual environment for the new project and open it on vscode
3. Make sure the config python.envFile is set to ${workspaceFolder}/.env
4. Open a new terminar in vscode and run echo $<your variable name> and observe the output

Diagnostic data

• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 3.12.1
• Type of virtual environment used (e.g. conda, venv, virtualenv, etc.): Pyenv
• Value of the python.languageServer setting: Default

Output for Python in the Output panel (View→Output, change the drop-down the upper-right of the Output panel to Python)

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User Settings

languageServer: "Pylance"

testing
• unittestEnabled: true

Extension version: 2024.2.1
VS Code version: Code 1.87.0 (019f4d1419fbc8219a181fab7892ebccf7ee29a2, 2024-02-27T23:42:16.599Z)
OS version: Linux x64 6.5.0-21-generic
Modes:

[natanmoraes]

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[karrtikr]

Closing as duplicate of microsoft/vscode#197603, we encourage you interact with that issue to raise priority.