fix(vscode): Fix invalid workflow-designtime artifacts path with symlink

[Andrew Eldridge (andrew-eldridge)]

Commit Type

• feature - New functionality
• fix - Bug fix
• refactor - Code restructuring without behavior change
• perf - Performance improvement
• docs - Documentation update
• test - Test-related changes
• chore - Maintenance/tooling

Risk Level

• Low - Minor changes, limited scope
• Medium - Moderate changes, some user impact
• High - Major changes, significant user/system impact

What & Why

Adds symlink from projectRoot/workflow-designtime/Artifacts to projectRoot/Artifacts in design-time file consistency check to fix issue where design-time api checks for Artifacts in cwd (i.e. workflow-designtime) for dynamic list on some operations. Closes #9214

Impact of Change

• Users: Fixes dynamic list issue in designer where artifacts don't load due to incorrect path
• Developers: N/A
• System: N/A

Test Plan

• Unit tests added/updated
• E2E tests added/updated
• Manual testing completed
• Tested in:

Contributors

Andrew Eldridge (@andrew-eldridge)

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PR Review Results

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✅ PR Title

• Current: fix(vscode): Fix invalid workflow-designtime artifacts path with symlink
• Issue: None — uses a valid fix: prefix with a (vscode) scope and is descriptive.
• Recommendation: No change needed.

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✅ Commit Type

• fix - Bug fix is selected (exactly one).
• Note: Correctly matches the title prefix and the nature of the change (fixing the design-time Artifacts path).

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✅ Risk Level

• Medium is selected in the body and the risk:medium label is present — they match. This also matches my advised estimate: the change modifies extension distribution code (apps/vs-code-designer) and adds filesystem symlink/junction logic, which is moderate user-impacting runtime behavior. Medium is correct.

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✅ What & Why

• Current: Explains that it adds a junction/symlink from projectRoot/workflow-designtime/Artifacts to projectRoot/Artifacts so the design-time API can resolve Artifacts for dynamic lists; closes workflow-designtime used when accessing local artifacts from VSCode #9214.
• Issue: None — clear context on what changed and why.
• Recommendation: No change needed.

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✅ Impact of Change

• All three audiences are addressed (Users specified; Developers and System marked N/A, which is acceptable).
• Recommendation:
  • Users: Good — describes the dynamic-list artifacts fix.
  • Developers: N/A is fine here.
  • System: Optionally note the new filesystem junction behavior in the design-time directory, but not required.

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✅ Test Plan

• Unit tests added/updated is checked and confirmed in the diff (projectFilesConsistency.test.ts adds an artifacts junction suite covering create/skip/recreate/warn cases). Satisfies CHECK TESTS.

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✅ Contributors

• @andrew-eldridge is credited. Consider crediting any PM/designer involved if applicable.

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⚠️ Screenshots/Videos

• Not required — the diff touches apps/vs-code-designer/src (extension host logic + tests), not libs/designer-ui/src, libs/designer/src, or apps/vs-code-react UI components. No visual change detected.

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Summary Table

Section	Status	Recommendation
Title	✅	No change needed
Commit Type	✅	No change needed
Risk Level	✅	Medium is correct
What & Why	✅	No change needed
Impact of Change	✅	Optional: note junction behavior
Test Plan	✅	Unit tests confirmed
Contributors	✅	Optional: credit PM/designer
Screenshots/Videos	⚠️	Not required (non-visual)

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All required checks pass — this PR is compliant and cleared to merge. Nice work including targeted unit tests for the junction logic.

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Pull request overview

Adds an Artifacts junction for the VS Code design-time host so dynamic operations can access project artifacts.

Changes:

• Creates or repairs the design-time Artifacts junction.
• Adds focused junction lifecycle and failure tests.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

File	Description
projectFilesConsistency.ts	Ensures the design-time Artifacts junction exists.
projectFilesConsistency.test.ts	Tests junction creation, repair, and failure handling.