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https://entire.io/gh/jdx/mise/trails/771

Changing a PyPI tool's per-tool python selector now installs a replacement environment instead of reusing the previous runtime-specific directory. If that replacement fails, the prior working environment remains intact.

The fix keeps an existing environment only when both its destination identity and stored Python receipt match the selected interpreter. Missing or mismatched legacy receipts are treated as a replacement, so they cannot be overwritten.

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Changes PyPI install path selection and failure modes when users change python on a tool; incorrect logic could break upgrades or leave duplicate envs, but behavior is guarded by receipts and covered by new tests.

Overview
PyPI tools with a per-tool python selector no longer blindly reuse a discovered legacy ~uv~ install directory when the bound interpreter identity does not match that environment.

A new reset_selected_python_install_path step runs during prepare_install_version after bind_uv_python. It keeps the path only when the directory name matches the tool version pathname and .mise-uv/python.json records the same interpreter identity; otherwise it clears a mismatched path so a fresh install targets a new location, or errors if the same destination would be overwritten without a matching receipt (so a failed reinstall does not delete a still-working env). Explicit install_path values are left unchanged.

Tests cover matching receipts, missing receipts, stale same-destination rejection, and failed replacement leaving the old environment intact.

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• Bug Fixes
  • Selected-Python installs now verify that a discovered environment’s receipt matches the chosen interpreter before reusing it. Missing or mismatched receipts cause installation to fail without clearing the existing path.
  • Discovered paths with a different name are cleared so installation can use the destination for the selected interpreter. Explicitly provided paths remain unchanged.

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📝 Walkthrough

Selected-Python installs validate discovered install paths against the expected tool pathname and a receipt for the selected interpreter. Preparation performs this check after interpreter binding and lock processing. Tests cover matching and missing receipts, changed interpreter identities, and stale destination content.

Changes: Selected Python install paths

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Summary

Validate selected Python install paths src/backend/pipx.rs

Preparation checks discovered paths after interpreter binding and lock processing. It clears paths whose directory name does not match the expected pathname. A matching-name path without a receipt for the selected interpreter causes an error without clearing the path. Tests cover matching and missing receipts, replacement failure preserving the existing environment, and stale content at the destination.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: risu729, wislertt

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 8f885

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 44.44% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 18 functions across 1 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Summary

Preserves existing PyPI environments when the selected Python changes.

• PyPI tools keep selected Python environments separate when the interpreter changes.

The earlier unnumbered finding is addressed: the same-name, stale-receipt case now returns an error before install cleanup.

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src/backend/pipx.rs: 1

1957-2025: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Test the real failed-install cleanup path.

selected_python_replacement_leaves_old_environment_when_new_install_fails does not call the installer. It only calls reset_selected_python_install_path, then creates and removes replacement manually. The old-environment assertion cannot fail because the test never operates on old.

Removing those manual filesystem operations is not sufficient for a test with this name. Drive the shared installation path with a failing installer, then assert that the previous environment remains intact. No other test covering this exact path was found.

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Review comment at @src/backend/pipx.rs around lines 1957 - 2025:
Update selected_python_replacement_leaves_old_environment_when_new_install_fails
to exercise the shared installation path with an installer that fails, rather
than manually creating and removing the replacement directory. Assert that the
failed installation leaves the old environment and its receipt intact, using the
existing installer entry point and test setup.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @src/backend/pipx.rs:
- Around line 605-611: Update the legacy_in_place fallback so it only restores a
legacy path when tv.install_path is still set; after
reset_selected_python_install_path clears a mismatched path, do not reassign the
legacy directory as the install target.

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Review comments at @src/backend/pipx.rs:
- Around line 1957-2025: Update
selected_python_replacement_leaves_old_environment_when_new_install_fails to
exercise the shared installation path with an installer that fails, rather than
manually creating and removing the replacement directory. Assert that the failed
installation leaves the old environment and its receipt intact, using the
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Instruction counts

Nothing was compared, and so nothing was gated. No series appears on both sides: either the base has no measurements recorded, or the two were measured on different runner classes, which are deliberately not comparable — counts shift between machine types by more than a real regression does.

New, nothing to compare against: env on jdx-perf-v1-ubuntu24.04-x64-mise-rust1.97.1-img5263c143, hook-env on jdx-perf-v1-ubuntu24.04-x64-mise-rust1.97.1-img5263c143, ls on jdx-perf-v1-ubuntu24.04-x64-mise-rust1.97.1-img5263c143, registry on jdx-perf-v1-ubuntu24.04-x64-mise-rust1.97.1-img5263c143, startup on jdx-perf-v1-ubuntu24.04-x64-mise-rust1.97.1-img5263c143

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