PlatformIO keeps upgrading to different versions between terminal and IDE

[buckley]

Using Visual Studio Code Version: 1.95.3 (Universal) on macOS 14.7.1.
Within VSCode, the PIO Home tab reports Core 6.1.16·Home 3.4.4, but opening a PlatformIO Terminal and entering platform --version returns PlatformIO Core, version 6.1.17a2.
So, if I build and upload the project via the PlatformIO:Upload button/icon, then PlatformIO will downgrade the version to 6.1.16, and if I use the terminal to execute pio run -e seeed_xiao_esp32s3 --target upload, then PlatformIO will upgrade to 6.1.17a2.
Both pio upgrade and pio upgrade --dev will upgrade to the latest 6.1.17a2. But PlatformIO with VSCode continues to report 6.1.16.

[maxgerhardt]

What are your settings?

[buckley]

Maybe the better way to state this is that the IDE seems to be using the built-in 6.1.16 core, while the CLI terminal (within the IDE) wants to install 6.1.17a2.
Note: ‘new-users can only post one media item’, ffs. Second image in following reply.

[buckley]

Second image to show my settings.

[buckley]

In a nutshell, this image shows my problem: the built-in core remains at 6.1.16, while any terminal interaction uses 6.1.17a2. Therefore, any time I use the other method, the IDE will upgrade/downgrade as it sees fit before beginning the build.