Pylint server crashed

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Visual Studio Code 1.85.1 for Windows is showing the following error. VS Code also seems to not be able to complete the loading process for a conda environment (the kernel keeps spinning clockwise in the upper-right). However, I'm able to manually activate using a conda command in the Terminal pane.

023-12-19 18:35:01.344 [info] sys.path used to run Server:
f:\James\Python\Coursera\Applied Data Science with Python Specialization\Introduction to Data Science in Python\course1_assignment1
c:\Users\roots.vscode\extensions\ms-python.pylint-2023.10.1\bundled\libs
c:\Users\roots.vscode\extensions\ms-python.pylint-2023.10.1\bundled\tool
c:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\envs\pandas\python39.zip
c:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\envs\pandas\DLLs
c:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\envs\pandas\lib
c:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\envs\pandas
c:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\envs\pandas\lib\site-packages
c:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\envs\pandas\lib\site-packages\win32
c:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\envs\pandas\lib\site-packages\win32\lib
c:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\envs\pandas\lib\site-packages\Pythonwin
2023-12-19 18:35:01.347 [info] c:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\envs\pandas\python.exe -m pylint --version
2023-12-19 18:35:01.347 [info] CWD Linter: f:\James\Python\Coursera\Applied Data Science with Python Specialization\Introduction to Data Science in Python\course1_assignment1
2023-12-19 18:35:01.461 [info]
pylint 3.0.2
astroid 3.0.1
Python 3.9.18 | packaged by conda-forge | (tags/v3.9.18-26-g6b320c3b2f6-dirty:6b320c3b2f6, Sep 27 2023, 17:10:14) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)]

2023-12-19 18:35:01.462 [info] Version info for linter running for F:\James\Python\Coursera\Applied Data Science with Python Specialization\Introduction to Data Science in Python\course1_assignment1:
pylint 3.0.2
astroid 3.0.1
Python 3.9.18 | packaged by conda-forge | (tags/v3.9.18-26-g6b320c3b2f6-dirty:6b320c3b2f6, Sep 27 2023, 17:10:14) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)]

2023-12-19 18:35:01.462 [info] SUPPORTED pylint>=2.12.2
FOUND pylint==3.0.2

2023-12-19 18:35:01.468 [info] c:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\envs\pandas\python.exe -m pylint --reports=n --output-format=json --clear-cache-post-run=y --from-stdin f:\James\Python\Coursera\Applied Data Science with Python Specialization\Introduction to Data Science in Python\course1_assignment1\test1.py
2023-12-19 18:35:01.468 [info] CWD Linter: f:\James\Python\Coursera\Applied Data Science with Python Specialization\Introduction to Data Science in Python\course1_assignment1
2023-12-19 18:35:02.115 [info] [Error - 6:35:02 PM] The Pylint server crashed 5 times in the last 3 minutes. The server will not be restarted. See the output for more information.