Regression: interpreter selection status bar not working when switching environments

[StellaHuang95]

Repro Steps

1. Open a workspace with Python files and a .venv in the workspace and an empty workspace settings.json
2. Observe that the status bar shows the .venv as the selected environment
3. Click the status bar and select a global interpreter from the dropdown

Expected Behavior
The interpreter switches to the selected global one, and the status bar updates accordingly.

Actual Behavior
The status bar still shows the venv as the selected environment

Recording.2026-01-26.131942.mp4

This does not repro before the changes in #1120
Root cause still needs investigation, but we may want to revert the changes in the meantime.

[StellaHuang95]

Note: This doesn't repro if there's already "python-envs.defaultEnvManager" and "python-envs.defaultPackageManager" entries in the settings.json

[eleanorjboyd]

Hello! This fix is now out on python-environment-extension version 1.17.10341640 (the newest pre-release). To switch, go to the marketplace for this extension and either select to install the latest pre-release or click the button that says "switch to pre-release" for the extension version. We would appreciate greatly if you are able to give this a try on the pre-release version and let us know if your bug is fixed!