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#179155

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flutter widget-preview start crashes if a file named pubspec.yaml is modified outside the root of the previewed project.

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The widget previewer can silently crash in the context of an IDE if a developer makes a change to a pubspec.yaml that's not the one for the previewed project (i.e., under example/).

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Validation Steps:

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  1. Run flutter widget-preview start
  2. Create a new pubspec.yaml in a new example/ folder and verify the tool doesn't crash

…acefully (flutter#179157)

This change fixes an issue where the preview command would crash if a
`pubspec.yaml` was added / deleted somewhere under the previewed
directory. It also improves testing for `PreviewManifest` in the context
of pub workspaces and ensures that `FlutterProject` instances are
refreshed based on the latest `pubspec.yaml` contents.

Fixes flutter#179155

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This pull request improves the robustness of the widget preview feature by gracefully handling changes to pubspec.yaml files, particularly within workspace projects. The changes ensure that non-existent or deleted projects referenced in a workspace do not cause crashes. This is achieved by refining how pubspec.yaml hashes are calculated and updated in the preview manifest. The PR also includes significant test refactoring and adds new tests to cover these workspace-related edge cases, improving the overall quality and maintainability of the test suite.

@bkonyi bkonyi self-requested a review November 28, 2025 22:26
@eyebrowsoffire eyebrowsoffire added the autosubmit Merge PR when tree becomes green via auto submit App label Dec 2, 2025
@auto-submit auto-submit bot merged commit 79e60d7 into flutter:flutter-3.38-candidate.0 Dec 2, 2025
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