fix(tests): Sandbox isolation - use SLOP_CONFIG env var for config.toml

tests/conftest.py

@@ -184,16 +184,18 @@ def live_gui() -> Generator[tuple[subprocess.Popen, str], None, None]:
   shutil.rmtree(temp_workspace)
  temp_workspace.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
  
- # Create dummy config and project files to avoid cluttering root
- (temp_workspace / "config.toml").write_text("[projects]\npaths = []\nactive = ''\n", encoding="utf-8")
+ # Create minimal project files to avoid cluttering root
+ # NOTE: Do NOT create config.toml here - we use SLOP_CONFIG env var
+ # to point to the actual project root config.toml
  (temp_workspace / "manual_slop.toml").write_text("[project]\nname = 'TestProject'\n", encoding="utf-8")
  (temp_workspace / "conductor" / "tracks").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
  
  # Resolve absolute paths for shared resources
- project_root = Path(os.getcwd())
+ project_root = Path(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..")))
+ config_file = project_root / "config.toml"
  cred_file = project_root / "credentials.toml"
  mcp_file = project_root / "mcp_env.toml"
-
+ 
  # Preserve GUI layout for tests
  layout_file = Path("manualslop_layout.ini")
  if layout_file.exists():
@@ -215,6 +217,8 @@ def live_gui() -> Generator[tuple[subprocess.Popen, str], None, None]:
  # or just run from that CWD.
  env = os.environ.copy()
  env["PYTHONPATH"] = str(project_root.absolute())
+ if config_file.exists():
+  env["SLOP_CONFIG"] = str(config_file.absolute())
  if cred_file.exists():
   env["SLOP_CREDENTIALS"] = str(cred_file.absolute())
  if mcp_file.exists():