Merge pull request LykosAI#1227 from ionite34/backport/main/pr-1226

[dev to main] backport: Fix setuptools version to avoid runtime issues with CLIP imports (1226)

Author: mohnjiles

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning 2.0](https://semver.org/spec/v2
 - Fixed Japanese text appearing compressed/squished in markdown dialogs by ensuring the bundled NotoSansJP font is used for CTextBlock rendering
 - Fixed ContentDialog title and buttons not using the correct font for Japanese locale (NotoSansJP) when shown as overlay
 - Added missing `CBold` and `CItalic` inline styles to the markdown style sheet
-- Fixed download progress bar showing 100% immediately for fresh downloads due to missing Content-Length fallback when Content-Range header is absent
 - Fixed downloads failing with "The request message was already sent" when the server doesn't return Content-Length on the first attempt, caused by reusing a consumed HttpRequestMessage in the retry loop
 - Fixed downloads from sources that redirect to CivitAI/HuggingFace (e.g. CivArchive) failing with Unauthorized by resolving the redirect target URL and applying auth headers for the correct domain
 - Fixed dropdown menu overlayed in Inference UI Model Cards not being scrollable on Linux - thanks to @NeuralFault!
+- Fixed [#1598](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1598) - download progress bar showing 100% immediately for fresh downloads due to missing Content-Length fallback when Content-Range header is absent
+- Fixed [#1597](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1597) - reForge launch failing due to setuptools version
+- Fixed [#1596](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1596) - package installs and managed embedded Python startup being poisoned by inherited shell Python activation variables such as `PYTHONHOME`, `PYTHONPATH`, `VIRTUAL_ENV`, and Conda environment variables
 - Fixed [#1590](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1590) - Startup crash when settings file is corrupted. Settings files are now self-healing with automatic recovery from null bytes, truncated JSON, and missing brackets
+- Potentially fixed [#1578](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1578) - `SocketException: Address already in use` on Linux startup by cleaning stale interprocess socket files and reactivating the existing window
 - Fixed [#1397](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1397), [#610](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/610) - duplicate pip package entries in results - thanks to @e-nord!
 - Fixed [#1596](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1596) - package installs and managed embedded Python startup being poisoned by inherited shell Python activation variables such as `PYTHONHOME`, `PYTHONPATH`, `VIRTUAL_ENV`, and Conda environment variables
 - Potentially fixed [#1578](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/1578) - `SocketException: Address already in use` on Linux startup by cleaning stale interprocess socket files and reactivating the existing window

StabilityMatrix.Core/Models/Packages/A3WebUI.cs

@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ torchIndex is TorchIndex.Cuda
             [
                 "https://github.com/openai/CLIP/archive/d50d76daa670286dd6cacf3bcd80b5e4823fc8e1.zip",
             ],
+            // CLIP imports pkg_resources.packaging at runtime, which breaks with setuptools 70.x.
+            PostInstallPipArgs = ["setuptools==69.5.1"],
         };
 
         // 2. Execute the standardized installation process.

StabilityMatrix.Core/Models/Packages/SDWebForge.cs

@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ torchIndex is TorchIndex.Cuda
             [
                 "https://github.com/openai/CLIP/archive/d50d76daa670286dd6cacf3bcd80b5e4823fc8e1.zip",
             ],
-            PostInstallPipArgs = ["numpy==1.26.4"],
+            // CLIP imports pkg_resources.packaging at runtime, which breaks with setuptools 70.x.
+            PostInstallPipArgs = ["numpy==1.26.4", "setuptools==69.5.1"],
         };
 
         await StandardPipInstallProcessAsync(

StabilityMatrix.Core/Processes/ProcessRunner.cs

@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ public static AnsiProcess StartAnsiProcess(
             CreateNoWindow = true,
         };
 
-        ApplyEnvironmentVariables(info, environmentVariables);
+        PrepareEnvironment(info, fileName, environmentVariables);
 
         if (workingDirectory != null)
         {