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fix(dependencies): resolve Windows Python behind Store App execution aliases (#1324) #1389

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions MCPForUnity/Editor/Dependencies/PlatformDetectors/LinuxPlatformDetector.cs
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Expand Up @@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ private string[] GetPathAdditions()
var homeDir = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile);
return new[]
{
Path.Combine(homeDir, ".pyenv", "shims"), // pyenv: Python/uv when Unity is launched from a desktop entry
"/usr/local/bin",
"/usr/bin",
"/bin",
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97 changes: 74 additions & 23 deletions MCPForUnity/Editor/Dependencies/PlatformDetectors/WindowsPlatformDetector.cs
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Expand Up @@ -29,22 +29,14 @@ public override DependencyStatus DetectPython()

try
{
// Try running python directly first (works with Windows App Execution Aliases)
if (TryValidatePython("python3.exe", out string version, out string fullPath) ||
TryValidatePython("python.exe", out version, out fullPath))
// Probe every python-like entry on PATH instead of only the first match. A single
// name routinely resolves to several files on Windows - the Microsoft Store App
// Execution Alias stub, pyenv-win's .bat shims, and real interpreters - and stopping
// at the first one made pyenv (and any setup shadowed by the Store stub) report
// "Python not found" even though the interpreter works fine from a terminal.
foreach (string candidate in EnumeratePythonCandidates())
{
status.IsAvailable = true;
status.Version = version;
status.Path = fullPath;
status.Details = $"Found Python {version} in PATH";
return status;
}

// Fallback: try 'where' command
if (TryFindInPath("python3.exe", out string pathResult) ||
TryFindInPath("python.exe", out pathResult))
{
if (TryValidatePython(pathResult, out version, out fullPath))
if (TryValidatePython(candidate, out string version, out string fullPath))
{
status.IsAvailable = true;
status.Version = version;
Expand All @@ -55,12 +47,12 @@ public override DependencyStatus DetectPython()
}

// Fallback: try to find python via uv
if (TryFindPythonViaUv(out version, out fullPath))
if (TryFindPythonViaUv(out string uvVersion, out string uvFullPath))
{
status.IsAvailable = true;
status.Version = version;
status.Path = fullPath;
status.Details = $"Found Python {version} via uv";
status.Version = uvVersion;
status.Path = uvFullPath;
status.Details = $"Found Python {uvVersion} via uv";
return status;
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -152,6 +144,54 @@ public override DependencyStatus DetectUv()
}


/// <summary>
/// Every python-like executable reachable from PATH, in priority order and de-duplicated.
/// The extension-less names matter: they let 'where' expand through PATHEXT, which is what
/// surfaces pyenv-win's python.bat shims next to regular python.exe installs.
/// </summary>
private IEnumerable<string> EnumeratePythonCandidates()
{
string augmentedPath = BuildAugmentedPath();
var seen = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);

foreach (string name in new[] { "python3.exe", "python.exe", "python3", "python" })
{
foreach (string match in ExecPath.FindAllInPath(name, augmentedPath))
{
if (seen.Add(match)) yield return match;
}
}
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Preserve global PATH priority across executable names.

This loop groups candidates by name, not by PATH position. A later python3.exe is validated before an earlier python.exe or python.bat. Since DetectPython returns the first valid candidate, it can select a lower-priority interpreter and install dependencies against the wrong Python environment.

Collect all matches first and order them by their directory position in the effective PATH before validation. Add a regression case with different executable names in different PATH directories.

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In `@MCPForUnity/Editor/Dependencies/PlatformDetectors/WindowsPlatformDetector.cs`
around lines 157 - 163, Update the candidate enumeration used by DetectPython so
matches for all executable names are collected and globally ordered by directory
position in augmentedPath before validation, rather than processed name-by-name.
Preserve seen-based deduplication, first-valid-candidate selection, and support
for the existing executable names. Add a regression case covering different
Python executable names located in different PATH directories.

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// Last resort: hand the bare names to the process launcher so a working App Execution
// Alias that 'where' failed to report still gets a chance to answer --version.
foreach (string name in new[] { "python3.exe", "python.exe" })
{
if (seen.Add(name)) yield return name;
}
}

/// <summary>
/// Whether a path found in 'uv python list' output looks like a launchable interpreter.
/// pyenv-win registers its interpreters as .bat shims, so restricting this to .exe hid
/// perfectly valid installs.
/// </summary>
internal static bool IsPythonExecutable(string path)
{
string extension = Path.GetExtension(path);
if (!extension.Equals(".exe", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) &&
!extension.Equals(".bat", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) &&
!extension.Equals(".cmd", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
{
return false;
}

string name = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(path);

// pythonw is the console-less variant and never writes a version to stdout/stderr
return name.StartsWith("python", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) &&
!name.StartsWith("pythonw", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
}

private bool TryFindPythonViaUv(out string version, out string fullPath)
{
version = null;
Expand All @@ -173,8 +213,7 @@ private bool TryFindPythonViaUv(out string version, out string fullPath)
if (parts.Length >= 2)
{
string potentialPath = parts[parts.Length - 1];
if (File.Exists(potentialPath) &&
(potentialPath.EndsWith("python.exe") || potentialPath.EndsWith("python3.exe")))
if (File.Exists(potentialPath) && IsPythonExecutable(potentialPath))
{
if (TryValidatePython(potentialPath, out version, out fullPath))
{
Expand All @@ -201,9 +240,10 @@ private bool TryValidatePython(string pythonPath, out string version, out string
{
string augmentedPath = BuildAugmentedPath();

// First, try to resolve the absolute path for better UI/logging display
// First, try to resolve the absolute path for better UI/logging display.
// Already-rooted candidates are passed through: 'where' rejects full paths.
string commandToRun = pythonPath;
if (TryFindInPath(pythonPath, out string resolvedPath))
if (!Path.IsPathRooted(pythonPath) && TryFindInPath(pythonPath, out string resolvedPath))
{
commandToRun = resolvedPath;
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -287,6 +327,17 @@ private string[] GetPathAdditions()
catch { /* Ignore if directory doesn't exist */ }
}

// pyenv-win: shims are what 'python' resolves to in a terminal, but Unity launched from
// the Hub does not always inherit the PATH entry that pyenv's installer added.
var pyenvRoot = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PYENV");
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(pyenvRoot) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(homeDir))
pyenvRoot = Path.Combine(homeDir, ".pyenv", "pyenv-win");
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(pyenvRoot))
{
additions.Add(Path.Combine(pyenvRoot, "shims"));
additions.Add(Path.Combine(pyenvRoot, "bin"));
}

// User scripts
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(homeDir))
additions.Add(Path.Combine(homeDir, ".local", "bin"));
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100 changes: 84 additions & 16 deletions MCPForUnity/Editor/Helpers/ExecPath.cs
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Expand Up @@ -166,6 +166,27 @@ internal static void ClearClaudeCliPath()
catch { }
}

/// <summary>
/// Assigns PATH on a ProcessStartInfo using the spelling the inherited environment already
/// uses. Mono - the runtime the Editor runs on - backs EnvironmentVariables with a
/// case-SENSITIVE dictionary, so writing "PATH" when Windows handed us "Path" adds a second,
/// separate entry and the child process keeps reading the original one. That silently made
/// every extraPathPrepend on Windows a no-op.
/// </summary>
private static void SetPathVariable(ProcessStartInfo psi, string value)
{
string key = "PATH";
foreach (string existing in psi.EnvironmentVariables.Keys)
{
if (string.Equals(existing, "PATH", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
{
key = existing;
break;
}
}
psi.EnvironmentVariables[key] = value;
}

internal static bool TryRun(
string file,
string args,
Expand All @@ -179,16 +200,41 @@ internal static bool TryRun(
stderr = string.Empty;
try
{
bool isWindows = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows);

// Handle PowerShell scripts on Windows by invoking through powershell.exe
bool isPs1 = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows) &&
file.EndsWith(".ps1", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
bool isPs1 = isWindows && file.EndsWith(".ps1", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);

// Handle batch shims (pyenv-win, npm .cmd wrappers, ...) on Windows: CreateProcess
// cannot launch .bat/.cmd directly while UseShellExecute is false, so route them
// through cmd.exe instead of failing with a Win32Exception.
bool isBatch = isWindows &&
(file.EndsWith(".bat", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
file.EndsWith(".cmd", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));

string fileName;
string arguments;
if (isPs1)
{
fileName = "powershell.exe";
arguments = $"-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File \"{file}\" {args}".Trim();
}
else if (isBatch)
{
fileName = "cmd.exe";
// /s /c plus an outer pair of quotes keeps paths containing spaces intact
arguments = $"/s /c \"\"{file}\" {args}\"";
}
else
{
fileName = file;
arguments = args;
}

var psi = new ProcessStartInfo
{
FileName = isPs1 ? "powershell.exe" : file,
Arguments = isPs1
? $"-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File \"{file}\" {args}".Trim()
: args,
FileName = fileName,
Arguments = arguments,
WorkingDirectory = string.IsNullOrEmpty(workingDir) ? Environment.CurrentDirectory : workingDir,
UseShellExecute = false,
RedirectStandardOutput = true,
Expand All @@ -198,9 +244,9 @@ internal static bool TryRun(
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(extraPathPrepend))
{
string currentPath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH") ?? string.Empty;
psi.EnvironmentVariables["PATH"] = string.IsNullOrEmpty(currentPath)
SetPathVariable(psi, string.IsNullOrEmpty(currentPath)
? extraPathPrepend
: (extraPathPrepend + System.IO.Path.PathSeparator + currentPath);
: (extraPathPrepend + System.IO.Path.PathSeparator + currentPath));
}

using var process = new Process { StartInfo = psi, EnableRaisingEvents = false };
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -249,6 +295,22 @@ internal static string FindInPath(string executable, string extraPathPrepend = n
#endif
}

/// <summary>
/// Like <see cref="FindInPath"/>, but returns every match in PATH order instead of only the
/// first one. On Windows a single name can resolve to several entries (App Execution Alias
/// stubs, pyenv-win .bat shims, real interpreters); callers that validate the candidate need
/// to be able to skip the ones that turn out to be non-functional.
/// </summary>
internal static string[] FindAllInPath(string executable, string extraPathPrepend = null)
{
#if UNITY_EDITOR_WIN
return FindAllInPathWindows(executable, extraPathPrepend);
#else
string single = FindInPath(executable, extraPathPrepend);
return string.IsNullOrEmpty(single) ? Array.Empty<string>() : new[] { single };
#endif
}

#if UNITY_EDITOR_OSX || UNITY_EDITOR_LINUX
private static string Which(string exe, string prependPath)
{
Expand All @@ -261,7 +323,7 @@ private static string Which(string exe, string prependPath)
CreateNoWindow = true,
};
string path = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH") ?? string.Empty;
psi.EnvironmentVariables["PATH"] = string.IsNullOrEmpty(path) ? prependPath : (prependPath + Path.PathSeparator + path);
SetPathVariable(psi, string.IsNullOrEmpty(path) ? prependPath : (prependPath + Path.PathSeparator + path));

using var p = Process.Start(psi);
if (p == null) return null;
Expand All @@ -286,6 +348,11 @@ private static string Which(string exe, string prependPath)

#if UNITY_EDITOR_WIN
internal static string FindInPathWindows(string exe, string extraPathPrepend = null)
{
return FindAllInPathWindows(exe, extraPathPrepend).FirstOrDefault();
}

private static string[] FindAllInPathWindows(string exe, string extraPathPrepend = null)
{
try
{
Expand All @@ -303,11 +370,11 @@ internal static string FindInPathWindows(string exe, string extraPathPrepend = n
};
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(effectivePath))
{
psi.EnvironmentVariables["PATH"] = effectivePath;
SetPathVariable(psi, effectivePath);
}

using var p = Process.Start(psi);
if (p == null) return null;
if (p == null) return Array.Empty<string>();

var so = new StringBuilder();
p.OutputDataReceived += (_, e) => { if (e.Data != null) so.AppendLine(e.Data); };
Expand All @@ -316,16 +383,17 @@ internal static string FindInPathWindows(string exe, string extraPathPrepend = n
if (!p.WaitForExit(1500))
{
try { p.Kill(); } catch { }
return null;
return Array.Empty<string>();
}

p.WaitForExit();
string first = so.ToString()
return so.ToString()
.Split(new[] { '\r', '\n' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
.FirstOrDefault();
return (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(first) && File.Exists(first)) ? first : null;
.Select(line => line.Trim())
.Where(line => line.Length > 0 && File.Exists(line))
.ToArray();
}
catch { return null; }
catch { return Array.Empty<string>(); }
}
#endif
}
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