DVC is not initialized

[mykytahordia]

Version:

DVC plugin version: 1.2.29
DVC cli tool (python package): 3.64.0
VSCode version: Version:
1.105.1 (Universal)
Commit: 7d842fb85a0275a4a8e4d7e040d2625abbf7f084
Date: 2025-10-14T22:33:36.618Z
Electron: 37.6.0
ElectronBuildId: 12502201
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.19.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

Issue

I've got initialized dvc in my project and added files but when I install the plugin I get "DVC is not initialized" page with Command: /home/lab/cv5/.venv/bin/python -m dvc which is actually correct command and if I run it I get a valid dvc response:

ERROR: the following arguments are required: command
usage: dvc [-q | -v] [-h] [-V] [--cd <path>] [--wait-for-lock] command ...
...

When I click on "Initialize Project" I get:

[version: 1.2.29, 2025-11-15T11:55:00.160Z, pid: 400239] > /home/lab/cv5/.venv/bin/python -m dvc init --subdir - INITIALIZED
[version: 1.2.29, 2025-11-15T11:55:00.395Z, pid: 400239] > /home/lab/cv5/.venv/bin/python -m dvc init --subdir - FAILED with code 1 (242ms)
ERROR: failed to initiate DVC - '.dvc' exists. Use `-f` to force.

Feel free to ask any question.

[kcha]

I’m seeing the same behavior on a fresh setup.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create new project with fresh Git repo
2. Initialize new DVC repo.

Log from DVC extension:

[version: 1.3.0, 2026-02-18T21:30:13.891Z, pid: 54024] > /Users/kevinha/Downloads/test_dvc/.venv/bin/python -m dvc init --subdir - INITIALIZED
[version: 1.3.0, 2026-02-18T21:30:14.482Z, pid: 54025] > /Users/kevinha/Downloads/test_dvc/.venv/bin/python -m dvc config studio.token - INITIALIZED
[version: 1.3.0, 2026-02-18T21:30:14.483Z, pid: 54026] > /Users/kevinha/Downloads/test_dvc/.venv/bin/python -m dvc config studio.offline - INITIALIZED
[version: 1.3.0, 2026-02-18T21:30:14.909Z, pid: 54024] > /Users/kevinha/Downloads/test_dvc/.venv/bin/python -m dvc init --subdir - COMPLETED (1019ms)
[version: 1.3.0, 2026-02-18T21:30:14.980Z, pid: 54025] > /Users/kevinha/Downloads/test_dvc/.venv/bin/python -m dvc config studio.token - COMPLETED (499ms)
[version: 1.3.0, 2026-02-18T21:30:14.980Z, pid: 54026] > /Users/kevinha/Downloads/test_dvc/.venv/bin/python -m dvc config studio.offline - COMPLETED (498ms)
[version: 1.3.0, 2026-02-18T21:30:14.982Z, pid: 54027] > /Users/kevinha/Downloads/test_dvc/.venv/bin/python -m dvc config studio.url - INITIALIZED
[version: 1.3.0, 2026-02-18T21:30:15.440Z, pid: 54027] > /Users/kevinha/Downloads/test_dvc/.venv/bin/python -m dvc config studio.url - COMPLETED (459ms)
[version: 1.3.0, 2026-02-18T21:30:15.443Z, pid: 54049] > git rev-parse --show-toplevel - INITIALIZED
[version: 1.3.0, 2026-02-18T21:30:15.450Z, pid: 54049] > git rev-parse --show-toplevel - COMPLETED (9ms)
[version: 1.3.0, 2026-02-18T21:30:15.454Z, pid: 54055] > git rev-list -n 1 --all - INITIALIZED
[version: 1.3.0, 2026-02-18T21:30:15.463Z, pid: 54055] > git rev-list -n 1 --all - COMPLETED (13ms)
[version: 1.3.0, 2026-02-18T21:32:56.170Z, pid: 55820] > git rev-parse --show-toplevel - INITIALIZED
[version: 1.3.0, 2026-02-18T21:32:56.180Z, pid: 55820] > git rev-parse --show-toplevel - COMPLETED (17ms)
[version: 1.3.0, 2026-02-18T21:32:56.182Z, pid: 55826] > git rev-list -n 1 --all - INITIALIZED
[version: 1.3.0, 2026-02-18T21:32:56.193Z, pid: 55826] > git rev-list -n 1 --all - COMPLETED (12ms)

3. Run example code and log some metrics:

import random
from pathlib import Path

from dvclive import Live
from PIL import Image

EPOCHS = 2

with Live(report="notebook") as live:
    live.log_param("epochs", EPOCHS)

    for i in range(EPOCHS):
        live.log_metric("metric", i + random.random())

4. Confirm that the metrics were written to ./dvclive
5. Open DVC extension panel.

Actual result

The extension still shows the setup page:

DVC is not initialized

The current workspace does not contain a DVC project, which is needed to enable DVC-powered features.

Expected result

The Experiments view should detect the repo and show the logged metrics.

Versions

dvc: 3.66.1
dvclive: 3.49.0
python: 3.12.2
VS Code: 1.109.4
DVC by lakeFS extension: 1.3.0
OS: macOS 26.2 (M1)