Fail closed when Rayforge runtime is missing

scripts/check_rayforge_windows_gui.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 def inspect(rayforge: Path, python_env: Path) -> dict[str, object]:
     msys2_shell = Path("C:/msys64/msys2_shell.cmd")
     msys2_env = rayforge / ".msys2_env"
+    if python_env.is_file():
         gi_probe = subprocess.run(
             [str(python_env), "-c", "import gi"],
             capture_output=True,
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ def inspect(rayforge: Path, python_env: Path) -> dict[str, object]:
             ),
             "unable to import gi",
         )
+    else:
+        gi_available = False
+        gi_error = "python runtime not found"
     app_entry = rayforge / "rayforge" / "__main__.py"
     addon_manifest = (
         Path(__file__).parents[1]

tests/test_rayforge_windows_gui_preflight.py

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import json
 import unittest
 from pathlib import Path
+import tempfile
+
+from scripts.check_rayforge_windows_gui import inspect
 
 
 ROOT = Path(__file__).parents[1]
@@ -30,6 +33,12 @@ class RayforgeWindowsGuiPreflightTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_result_records_the_requested_runtime_probe(self):
         self.assertIn("No module named 'gi'", self.result["observed_launch_error"])
 
+    def test_missing_runtime_path_fails_closed(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temporary:
+            result = inspect(Path(temporary), Path(temporary) / "missing-python.exe")
+        self.assertFalse(result["ready_for_manual_gui_test"])
+        self.assertEqual("python runtime not found", result["observed_launch_error"])
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()