From c75b32f22bd23d86e3401d5fbd49bc40e0dcb076 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ming <2052760@tongji.edu.cn>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:47:44 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix issue #23497

---
 spyder/plugins/projects/plugin.py | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/spyder/plugins/projects/plugin.py b/spyder/plugins/projects/plugin.py
index 7748d6adbe0..0d1af556ab3 100644
--- a/spyder/plugins/projects/plugin.py
+++ b/spyder/plugins/projects/plugin.py
@@ -290,7 +290,13 @@ def on_mainwindow_visible(self):
         # Open project passed on the command line or reopen last one.
         cli_options = self.get_command_line_options()
         initial_cwd = self._main.get_initial_working_directory()
-
+        connection_file = cli_options.connection_file
+        
+        # Avoid conflicts with `--connect-to-kernel` option. See issue #23497 
+        # for more information.
+        if connection_file is not None:
+            return
+        
         if cli_options.project is not None:
             logger.debug('Opening project from the command line')
             project = osp.normpath(