Local dependency not installed as editable #5604
Description
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I have checked that this issue has not already been reported.
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I have confirmed this bug exists on the latest version of pixi, using
pixi --version.
Reproducible example
Commands I ran and their output:
$ tree
.
├── pixi.lock
├── pyproject.toml
└── src
└── myproject
└── __init__.py
$ pixi list
Name Version Build Size Kind Source
bzip2 1.0.8 hd037594_9 121.91 KiB conda https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge
...
myproject 0.1.0 pypi
ncurses 6.5 h5e97a16_3 778.35 KiB conda https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge
openssl 3.6.1 hd24854e_1 2.96 MiB conda https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge
python 3.14.3 h4c637c5_101_cp314 12.90 MiB conda https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge
python_abi 3.14 8_cp314 6.83 KiB conda https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge
readline 8.3 h46df422_0 306.57 KiB conda https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge
requests 2.32.5 199.50 KiB pypi requests-2.32.5-py3-none-any.whl
$ pixi list -e mydep
Environment: mydep
Name Version Build Size Kind Source
bzip2 1.0.8 hd037594_9 121.91 KiB conda https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge
...
libzlib 1.3.1 h8359307_2 45.35 KiB conda https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge
myproject 0.1.0 pypi
ncurses 6.5 h5e97a16_3 778.35 KiB conda https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge
openssl 3.6.1 hd24854e_1 2.96 MiB conda https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge
python 3.14.3 h4c637c5_101_cp314 12.90 MiB conda https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge
python_abi 3.14 8_cp314 6.83 KiB conda https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge
readline 8.3 h46df422_0 306.57 KiB conda https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge
requests 2.33.0.dev1 pypi
$ ls -1 .pixi/envs/mydep/lib/python3.14/site-packages
_myproject.pth
certifi
certifi-2026.2.25.dist-info
charset_normalizer
charset_normalizer-3.4.4.dist-info
conda-site.pth
idna
idna-3.11.dist-info
myproject-0.1.0.dist-info
README.txt
requests
requests-2.33.0.dev1.dist-info
urllib3
urllib3-2.6.3.dist-info
pixi.toml/pyproject.toml file that reproduces my issue:
[project]
dependencies = ["requests"]
name = "myproject"
requires-python = ">= 3.11"
version = "0.1.0"
[build-system]
build-backend = "hatchling.build"
requires = ["hatchling"]
[tool.pixi.workspace]
channels = ["conda-forge"]
platforms = ["osx-arm64"]
[tool.pixi.pypi-dependencies]
myproject = { path = ".", editable = true }
[tool.pixi.feature.mydep.pypi-dependencies]
requests = { path = "../requests", editable = true }
[tool.pixi.environments]
mydep = ["mydep"]pixi info output:
System
------------
Pixi version: 0.65.0
TLS backend: rustls
Platform: osx-arm64
Virtual packages: __unix=0=0
: __osx=26.3=0
: __archspec=1=m1
Cache dir: /Users/benber/Library/Caches/rattler/cache
Auth storage: /Users/benber/.rattler/credentials.json
Config locations: No config files found
Global
------------
Bin dir: /Users/benber/.pixi/bin
Environment dir: /Users/benber/.pixi/envs
Manifest dir: /Users/benber/.pixi/manifests/pixi-global.toml
Workspace
------------
Name: myproject
Version: 0.1.0
Manifest file: /Users/benber/Dev/conda/pixi-bugs/myproject/pyproject.toml
Last updated: 04-03-2026 14:42:03
Environments
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Environment: default
Features: default
Channels: conda-forge
Dependency count: 1
Dependencies: python
PyPI Dependencies: myproject, requests
Target platforms: osx-arm64
Prefix location: /Users/benber/Dev/conda/pixi-bugs/myproject/.pixi/envs/default
Environment: mydep
Features: mydep, default
Channels: conda-forge
Dependency count: 1
Dependencies: python
PyPI Dependencies: requests, myproject
Target platforms: osx-arm64
Prefix location: /Users/benber/Dev/conda/pixi-bugs/myproject/.pixi/envs/mydep
Other files (e.g. script files, source files, etc.):
Issue description
I'm trying to introduce pixi in a python project (project A) that depends on another one (project B).
They are both independent repositories.
It's very common to work on both at the same time.
I added the second project as an editable pypi dependency in a feature but noticed it's not an editable install.
I reproduced the issue with the above example using requests.
requests is a dependency of the main project. pixi list shows it's installed from pypi.
pixi list -e mydep shows it's installed from the local clone (../requests). All good but this isn't an editable install. It's a normal install from the path. There is no .pth for requests.
Expected behavior
In the mydep environment, requests should be an editable install.