Vscode doesn't respect the login shell on MacOS

[ladyrick]

Type: Bug

1. install and config a miniconda.
2. brew install xonsh
3. add /opt/homebrew/bin/xonsh to /etc/shells
4. on conda base env, run pip install xonsh
5. add /opt/homebrew/Caskroom/miniconda/base/bin/xonsh to /etc/shells
6. chsh -s /opt/homebrew/Caskroom/miniconda/base/bin/xonsh to change the login shell
7. reboot
8. open iterm2. the shell is /opt/homebrew/bin/xonsh, which shows that the login shell is changed.
9. open vscode. open integrated terminal. the terminal looks like a "xonsh", but actually it is /opt/homebrew/bin/xonsh instead of the login shell /opt/homebrew/Caskroom/miniconda/base/bin/xonsh

And some tries:

1. I try to chsh -s /bin/bash, reboot, and chsh -s /opt/homebrew/Caskroom/miniconda/base/bin/xonsh. no help.
2. I try to brew uninstall xonsh. Then I open vscode terminal. It exits quickly. But the second time I open vscode terminal, It works.
3. I try to remove /opt/homebrew/bin/xonsh from /etc/shells, reboot. It works.

It seems like vscode deeply relay on /etc/shells to determine which shell to start.

By the way, on MacOS, when I change the login shell, vscode must requires a reboot to notice that the login shell has been changed. This bothers me little because I can accept a reboot. But this time it is a real bug.

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VS Code version: Code 1.95.3 (f1a4fb1, 2024-11-13T14:50:04.152Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 24.0.0
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