fix: ensure workspace environments are found when searchKind is provided

crates/pet/src/find.rs

@@ -653,4 +653,88 @@ mod tests {
             "canonicalize() would resolve to target, but path() does not"
         );
     }
+
+    /// Test for https://github.com/microsoft/python-environment-tools/issues/151
+    /// Verifies that refresh with searchKind (e.g., "Venv") still finds environments
+    /// in workspace directories, not just global locations.
+    ///
+    /// The bug was that when searchKind was provided, workspace_directories was cleared,
+    /// preventing discovery of workspace-based environments like venvs.
+    #[test]
+    fn test_search_kind_finds_workspace_venvs() {
+        use super::{find_and_report_envs, SearchScope};
+        use crate::locators::create_locators;
+        use pet_conda::Conda;
+        use pet_core::os_environment::EnvironmentApi;
+        use pet_core::python_environment::PythonEnvironmentKind;
+        use pet_core::Configuration;
+        use pet_poetry::Poetry;
+        use pet_reporter::collect;
+        use std::sync::Arc;
+
+        let tmp = TempDir::new().expect("Failed to create temp dir");
+        let workspace = tmp.path().to_path_buf();
+
+        // Create a venv structure in the workspace
+        let venv_dir = workspace.join(".venv");
+        #[cfg(windows)]
+        let bin_dir = venv_dir.join("Scripts");
+        #[cfg(unix)]
+        let bin_dir = venv_dir.join("bin");
+        fs::create_dir_all(&bin_dir).expect("Failed to create bin dir");
+
+        // Create pyvenv.cfg (required for venv detection)
+        fs::write(
+            venv_dir.join("pyvenv.cfg"),
+            "home = /usr/bin\nversion = 3.11.0\n",
+        )
+        .expect("Failed to create pyvenv.cfg");
+
+        // Create python executable
+        #[cfg(windows)]
+        let python_exe = bin_dir.join("python.exe");
+        #[cfg(unix)]
+        let python_exe = bin_dir.join("python");
+        fs::write(&python_exe, "fake python").expect("Failed to create python exe");
+
+        // Set up locators and configuration
+        let environment = EnvironmentApi::new();
+        let conda_locator = Arc::new(Conda::from(&environment));
+        let poetry_locator = Arc::new(Poetry::from(&environment));
+        let locators = create_locators(conda_locator, poetry_locator, &environment);
+
+        let config = Configuration {
+            workspace_directories: Some(vec![workspace.clone()]),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        for locator in locators.iter() {
+            locator.configure(&config);
+        }
+
+        let reporter = Arc::new(collect::create_reporter());
+
+        // Call find_and_report_envs with SearchScope::Global(Venv)
+        // This simulates the behavior when refresh is called with searchKind: "Venv"
+        find_and_report_envs(
+            reporter.as_ref(),
+            config,
+            &locators,
+            &environment,
+            Some(SearchScope::Global(PythonEnvironmentKind::Venv)),
+        );
+
+        let environments = reporter.environments.lock().unwrap();
+
+        // The venv should be discovered even when searching by kind
+        let venv_found = environments.iter().any(|env| {
+            env.kind == Some(PythonEnvironmentKind::Venv)
+                && env.prefix.as_ref().map(|p| p == &venv_dir).unwrap_or(false)
+        });
+
+        assert!(
+            venv_found,
+            "Venv in workspace should be found when searching by kind. Found environments: {:?}",
+            *environments
+        );
+    }
 }

crates/pet/src/jsonrpc.rs

@@ -211,43 +211,52 @@ pub fn handle_refresh(context: Arc<Context>, id: u32, params: Value) {
 
                 let mut search_scope = None;
 
-                // If search kind is provided and no search_paths, then we will only search in the global locations.
-                if refresh_options.search_kind.is_some() || refresh_options.search_paths.is_some() {
-                    // Always clear this, as we will either serach in specified folder or a specific kind in global locations.
+                // If search_paths is provided, limit search to those paths.
+                // If only search_kind is provided (without search_paths), we still search
+                // workspace directories because many environment types (like Venv, VirtualEnv)
+                // don't have global locations - they only exist in workspace folders.
+                // The reporter will filter results to only report the requested kind.
+                if let Some(search_paths) = refresh_options.search_paths {
+                    // Clear workspace directories when explicit search paths are provided.
                     config.workspace_directories = None;
-                    if let Some(search_paths) = refresh_options.search_paths {
-                        // Expand any glob patterns in the search paths
-                        let expanded_paths = expand_glob_patterns(&search_paths);
-                        trace!(
-                            "Expanded {} search paths to {} paths",
-                            search_paths.len(),
-                            expanded_paths.len()
-                        );
-                        // These workspace folders are only for this refresh.
-                        config.workspace_directories = Some(
-                            expanded_paths
-                                .iter()
-                                .filter(|p| p.is_dir())
-                                .cloned()
-                                .collect(),
-                        );
-                        config.executables = Some(
-                            expanded_paths
-                                .iter()
-                                .filter(|p| p.is_file())
-                                .cloned()
-                                .collect(),
-                        );
-                        search_scope = Some(SearchScope::Workspace);
-                    } else if let Some(search_kind) = refresh_options.search_kind {
-                        config.executables = None;
-                        search_scope = Some(SearchScope::Global(search_kind));
-                    }
+                    // Expand any glob patterns in the search paths
+                    let expanded_paths = expand_glob_patterns(&search_paths);
+                    trace!(
+                        "Expanded {} search paths to {} paths",
+                        search_paths.len(),
+                        expanded_paths.len()
+                    );
+                    // These workspace folders are only for this refresh.
+                    config.workspace_directories = Some(
+                        expanded_paths
+                            .iter()
+                            .filter(|p| p.is_dir())
+                            .cloned()
+                            .collect(),
+                    );
+                    config.executables = Some(
+                        expanded_paths
+                            .iter()
+                            .filter(|p| p.is_file())
+                            .cloned()
+                            .collect(),
+                    );
+                    search_scope = Some(SearchScope::Workspace);
 
                     // Configure the locators with the modified config.
                     for locator in context.locators.iter() {
                         locator.configure(&config);
                     }
+                } else if let Some(search_kind) = refresh_options.search_kind {
+                    // When only search_kind is provided, keep workspace directories so that
+                    // workspace-based environments (Venv, VirtualEnv, etc.) can be found.
+                    // The search_scope tells find_and_report_envs to filter locators by kind.
+                    search_scope = Some(SearchScope::Global(search_kind));
+
+                    // Re-configure the locators (config unchanged, but ensures consistency).
+                    for locator in context.locators.iter() {
+                        locator.configure(&config);
+                    }
                 } else {
                     // Re-configure the locators with an un-modified config.
                     // Possible we congirued the locators with a modified config in the in the previous request.