and that is brand new installation...

when stared from esp-idf cmd prompt I got following errors:

Setting PYTHONNOUSERSITE, was not set
Using Python in D:\Espressif\python_env\idf5.4_py3.11_env\Scripts\
Unable to create process using '"D:\Espressif\tools\idf-python\3.11.2\python.exe" --version'
Using Git in D:\Espressif\tools\idf-git\2 ...

Thanks @SergeyO ,

Got new error:

PS D:\> D:\Espressif\tools\idf-python\3.11.2\python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip
D:\Espressif\tools\idf-python\3.11.2\python.exe: No module named pip

Additionally, I've deleted all traces of esp-idf and then tried with offline installer (as suggested in the end of the error output from VScode but then different error appeared:

...
Installing D:\Espressif\tools\idf-git\2.39.2 ...
Extracted D:\Espressif\tools\idf-git\2.39.2 ...
Using existing D ...

Hi ESP_FBEZ ,

I was following the steps for the clean esp-idf VSCode installation given here:

https://docs.espressif.com/projects/vscode-esp-idf-extension/en/latest/installation.html

But, installation in step 5 was unable to finish successfully, error was raised that I sent earlier:

Downloading ...

Hello ESP32 forum,

Newbie here, having issues with esp-idf extension for (newly installed) VSCode...

I've tried different version of esp-idf and different download site but error is still the same:

Downloading https://dl.espressif.com/dl/esp-idf/espidf.constraints.v5.4.txt
Destination: C:\Users ...