CONDA_AUTO_ACTIVATE_BASE=true sets base

[andreamah]

Testing #20538

In the TPI's Case II & III, I notice that base gets activated anyways

[karrtikr]

@andreamah This seems expected as auto activate base is configured to true.

Manual activation isn't required in those cases.

[andreamah]

Didn't case II and III have something like

Open a Python file to activate the extension, ensure the base environment is not auto-selected at startup.

?

So then I wouldn't expect an automatic activation in that case?

[karrtikr]

Ah, Yes, I think what's happening is that base environment was already selected for the workspace. In which case it was auto activated.

If some other environment was pre selected, we would not be auto selecting and activating base in that case. Thanks for pointing it out!

[karrtikr]

Closing as expected in that case.