Restore fuzzy project folder search and desktop browsing (#1968)

* fix(projects): restore folder search and browsing

* fix(projects): preserve fuzzy search edge cases

* test(projects): move picker cleanup into fixture

* fix(projects): preserve absolute path descendants

* test(server): compare canonical search paths

* fix(projects): anchor root path suggestions

* fix(projects): anchor Windows root suggestions

* fix(projects): anchor directory search paths

* test(server): canonicalize directory search root

* fix(app): anchor rooted basename suggestions

* refactor(search): unify directory suggestions

Use one parameterized daemon search engine for project paths and workspace entries. Keep local recommendations as a small client overlay and remove unnecessary response metadata.

* fix(search): preserve filesystem root semantics

Accept absolute queries through configured root aliases while keeping traversal and output canonical. Keep blank suffix browsing matcher-independent and avoid metadata-keyed listing caches where Windows cannot invalidate them reliably.

packages/app/e2e/empty-project-persists.spec.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import path from "node:path";
 import { test, expect, type Page } from "./fixtures";
 import { gotoAppShell } from "./helpers/app";
+import { expectOpenedProject } from "./helpers/project-picker-ui";
 import { connectSeedClient, seedWorkspace } from "./helpers/seed-client";
 import { getServerId } from "./helpers/server-id";
 import { createTempGitRepo } from "./helpers/workspace";
@@ -74,6 +75,26 @@ async function waitForSidebarProjectListReady(page: Page): Promise<void> {
 }
 
 test.describe("Project picker search", () => {
+  test("opens a project from a fuzzy directory-name search", async ({
+    page,
+    projectPickerFixture,
+  }) => {
+    await gotoAppShell(page);
+    await waitForSidebarProjectListReady(page);
+    await page.getByTestId("sidebar-add-project").click();
+
+    const input = page.getByPlaceholder("Type a directory path...");
+    await expect(input).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+    await input.fill(projectPickerFixture.fuzzyQuery);
+
+    const suggestion = page.getByText(projectPickerFixture.projectName, { exact: false }).first();
+    await expect(suggestion).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+    await suggestion.click();
+
+    const projectId = await expectOpenedProject(page, projectPickerFixture.projectName);
+    projectPickerFixture.rememberProjectId(projectId);
+  });
+
   test("shows a loading state after typing while directory suggestions are pending", async ({
     page,
   }) => {

packages/app/e2e/fixtures.ts

@@ -1,16 +1,30 @@
 import { test as base, expect, type Page } from "@playwright/test";
 import { getE2EDaemonPort } from "./helpers/daemon-port";
 import { buildCreateAgentPreferences, buildSeededHost } from "./helpers/daemon-registry";
+import {
+  createProjectPickerFixture,
+  removeProjectPickerFixture,
+  type ProjectPickerFixture,
+} from "./helpers/project-picker-fixture";
+import { connectSeedClient } from "./helpers/seed-client";
 import { createWithWorkspace, type WithWorkspace } from "./helpers/with-workspace";
 
 const EXTRA_HOSTS_KEY = "@paseo:e2e-extra-hosts";
 
+interface TrackedProjectPickerFixture extends ProjectPickerFixture {
+  rememberProjectId: (projectId: string) => void;
+}
+
 // Test setup is wired through an `auto: true` fixture rather than `test.beforeEach`.
 // `test.beforeEach` declared at the top level of a non-test fixture file is unreliable
 // across spec-file boundaries — Playwright sometimes skips it for the first test of a
 // subsequent spec when multiple specs run in the same worker. Auto fixtures run
 // reliably for every test that uses this `test` object.
-const test = base.extend<{ paseoE2ESetup: void; withWorkspace: WithWorkspace }>({
+const test = base.extend<{
+  paseoE2ESetup: void;
+  projectPickerFixture: TrackedProjectPickerFixture;
+  withWorkspace: WithWorkspace;
+}>({
   baseURL: async ({}, provide) => {
     const metroPort = process.env.E2E_METRO_PORT;
     if (!metroPort) {
@@ -102,6 +116,30 @@ const test = base.extend<{ paseoE2ESetup: void; withWorkspace: WithWorkspace }>(
     },
     { auto: true },
   ],
+  projectPickerFixture: async ({}, provide) => {
+    const resource = await createProjectPickerFixture();
+    const { fixture } = resource;
+    let projectId: string | null = null;
+    try {
+      await provide({
+        ...fixture,
+        rememberProjectId: (openedProjectId) => {
+          projectId = openedProjectId;
+        },
+      });
+    } finally {
+      try {
+        const client = await connectSeedClient();
+        try {
+          await removeProjectPickerFixture(client, fixture, projectId);
+        } finally {
+          await client.close();
+        }
+      } finally {
+        await resource.removeDirectory();
+      }
+    }
+  },
   withWorkspace: async ({ page }, provide) => {
     const handle = createWithWorkspace(page);
     await provide(handle.withWorkspace);

packages/app/e2e/helpers/desktop-updates.ts

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export interface DesktopBridgeConfig {
    * false so tests that only assert copy don't inadvertently trigger state changes.
    */
   confirmShouldAccept?: boolean;
+  dialogOpenResult?: string | string[] | null;
   editorTargets?: DesktopEditorTargetConfig[];
   editorRecordPath?: string;
 }
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ export interface ConfirmDialogCall {
 declare global {
   interface Window {
     __capturedDialogCall: ConfirmDialogCall | undefined;
+    __capturedDialogOpenCalls: Array<Record<string, unknown> | undefined>;
     __recordDesktopEditorOpen?: (input: DesktopEditorOpenRecord) => Promise<void>;
   }
 }
@@ -157,6 +159,7 @@ export async function injectDesktopBridge(page: Page, config: DesktopBridgeConfi
       invoke: (command: string, args?: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<unknown>;
       dialog: {
         ask: (message: string, options?: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<boolean>;
+        open: (options?: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<string | string[] | null>;
       };
       getPendingOpenProject: () => Promise<string | null>;
       events: { on: () => Promise<() => void> };
@@ -249,6 +252,10 @@ export async function injectDesktopBridge(page: Page, config: DesktopBridgeConfi
           };
           return cfg.confirmShouldAccept ?? false;
         },
+        open: async (options?: Record<string, unknown>) => {
+          window.__capturedDialogOpenCalls.push(options);
+          return cfg.dialogOpenResult ?? null;
+        },
       },
       getPendingOpenProject: async () => null,
       events: { on: async () => () => undefined },
@@ -263,10 +270,18 @@ export async function injectDesktopBridge(page: Page, config: DesktopBridgeConfi
       };
     }
 
+    window.__capturedDialogOpenCalls = [];
     (window as unknown as { paseoDesktop: unknown }).paseoDesktop = desktopBridge;
   }, config);
 }
 
+export async function waitForDirectoryDialog(
+  page: Page,
+): Promise<Record<string, unknown> | undefined> {
+  await expect.poll(() => page.evaluate(() => window.__capturedDialogOpenCalls.length)).toBe(1);
+  return page.evaluate(() => window.__capturedDialogOpenCalls[0]);
+}
+
 export async function openDesktopSettings(page: Page, serverId: string): Promise<void> {
   await openSettings(page);
   await openSettingsHost(page, serverId);

packages/app/e2e/helpers/project-picker-fixture.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import { mkdir, mkdtemp, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { homedir } from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import type { SeedDaemonClient } from "./seed-client";
+
+export interface ProjectPickerFixture {
+  projectPath: string;
+  projectName: string;
+  fuzzyQuery: string;
+}
+
+interface ProjectPickerFixtureResource {
+  fixture: ProjectPickerFixture;
+  removeDirectory: () => Promise<void>;
+}
+
+export async function createProjectPickerFixture(): Promise<ProjectPickerFixtureResource> {
+  const root = await mkdtemp(path.join(homedir(), "paseo-e2e-project-picker-"));
+  const nonce = randomUUID().replaceAll("-", "").slice(0, 8);
+  const projectPath = path.join(root, "client", "team", `paseo-desktop-fuzzy-target-${nonce}`);
+  await mkdir(projectPath, { recursive: true });
+
+  return {
+    fixture: {
+      projectPath,
+      projectName: path.basename(projectPath),
+      fuzzyQuery: `psodfzt${nonce}`,
+    },
+    removeDirectory: () => rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true }),
+  };
+}
+
+export async function removeProjectPickerFixture(
+  client: SeedDaemonClient,
+  fixture: ProjectPickerFixture,
+  knownProjectId: string | null = null,
+): Promise<void> {
+  let projectId = knownProjectId;
+  if (!projectId) {
+    const lookup = await client.addProject(fixture.projectPath);
+    projectId = lookup.project?.projectId ?? null;
+    if (!projectId) {
+      throw new Error(lookup.error ?? "Could not resolve project picker fixture for cleanup");
+    }
+  }
+  await client.removeProject(projectId);
+}

packages/app/e2e/helpers/project-picker-ui.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { expect, type Page } from "@playwright/test";
+
+export async function expectOpenedProject(page: Page, projectName: string): Promise<string> {
+  const projectRow = page
+    .locator('[data-testid^="sidebar-project-row-"]')
+    .filter({ hasText: projectName })
+    .first();
+  await expect(projectRow).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+
+  const testId = await projectRow.getAttribute("data-testid");
+  expect(testId).not.toBeNull();
+  return testId!.replace("sidebar-project-row-", "");
+}

packages/app/e2e/project-picker-desktop.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { test, expect } from "./fixtures";
+import { gotoAppShell } from "./helpers/app";
+import { injectDesktopBridge, waitForDirectoryDialog } from "./helpers/desktop-updates";
+import { expectOpenedProject } from "./helpers/project-picker-ui";
+import { getServerId } from "./helpers/server-id";
+
+test.skip(process.env.E2E_DESKTOP_RUNTIME !== "1", "requires Metro's Electron platform overlay");
+
+test("Browse opens the folder selected by the desktop dialog", async ({
+  page,
+  projectPickerFixture,
+}) => {
+  await injectDesktopBridge(page, {
+    serverId: getServerId(),
+    manageBuiltInDaemon: false,
+    dialogOpenResult: projectPickerFixture.projectPath,
+  });
+  await gotoAppShell(page);
+
+  await page.getByTestId("sidebar-add-project").click();
+  const browse = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Browse…" });
+  await expect(browse).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  await browse.click();
+
+  const projectId = await expectOpenedProject(page, projectPickerFixture.projectName);
+  projectPickerFixture.rememberProjectId(projectId);
+});
+
+test("Browse owns Enter without opening the active typed path", async ({
+  page,
+  projectPickerFixture,
+}) => {
+  await injectDesktopBridge(page, {
+    serverId: getServerId(),
+    manageBuiltInDaemon: false,
+    dialogOpenResult: null,
+  });
+  await gotoAppShell(page);
+
+  await page.getByTestId("sidebar-add-project").click();
+  const input = page.getByPlaceholder("Type a directory path...");
+  await expect(input).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  await input.fill(projectPickerFixture.projectPath);
+
+  const browse = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Browse…" });
+  await expect(browse).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  await browse.press("Enter");
+
+  const dialogOptions = await waitForDirectoryDialog(page);
+  expect(dialogOptions).toEqual({
+    directory: true,
+    multiple: false,
+  });
+  await expect(input).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(
+    page
+      .locator('[data-testid^="sidebar-project-row-"]')
+      .filter({ hasText: projectPickerFixture.projectName }),
+  ).toHaveCount(0);
+});