From ec99fcb20b453bbc6dd7f44ff82f9327ee935762 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Don Jayamanne <don.jayamanne@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2021 17:35:11 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Show active interpreter controller only for local

---
 .../datascience/notebook/notebookControllerManager.ts       | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/client/datascience/notebook/notebookControllerManager.ts b/src/client/datascience/notebook/notebookControllerManager.ts
index 1cfd668acc3..28dc9c64441 100644
--- a/src/client/datascience/notebook/notebookControllerManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/datascience/notebook/notebookControllerManager.ts
@@ -288,7 +288,11 @@ export class NotebookControllerManager implements INotebookControllerManager, IE
         traceInfoIf(isCI, `Clear controller mapping for ${document.uri.toString()}`);
         const loadControllersPromise = this.loadNotebookControllers();
 
-        if (isPythonNotebook(getNotebookMetadata(document)) && this.extensionChecker.isPythonExtensionInstalled) {
+        if (
+            isPythonNotebook(getNotebookMetadata(document)) &&
+            this.extensionChecker.isPythonExtensionInstalled &&
+            this.isLocalLaunch
+        ) {
             // If we know we're dealing with a Python notebook, load the active interpreter as a kernel asap.
             this.createActiveInterpreterController(JupyterNotebookView).catch(noop);
         }