// Poetry might return the path with placeholders like {cache-dir}
                // Resolve the placeholder if present
                if (venvPath.includes('{cache-dir}')) {
                    poetryVirtualenvsPath = await resolveVirtualenvsPath(poetry, venvPath);
                } else if (path.isAbsolute(venvPath)) {
                    poetryVirtualenvsPath = venvPath;
                } else {
                    // Not an absolute path and no placeholder, use platform-specific default
                    poetryVirtualenvsPath = getDefaultPoetryVirtualenvsPath();
                }

                if (poetryVirtualenvsPath) {
                    await state.set(POETRY_VIRTUALENVS_PATH_KEY, poetryVirtualenvsPath);
                    return poetryVirtualenvsPath;
                }

    // Fall back to platform-specific default cache dir
    const defaultCacheDir = getDefaultPoetryCacheDir();
    if (defaultCacheDir) {
        return virtualenvsPath.replace('{cache-dir}', defaultCacheDir);
    }

    // Last resort: return the original path (will likely not be valid)
    return virtualenvsPath;
}

                if (key === 'pythonProjects') {return [] as unknown as T;}
                if (key === 'defaultEnvManager') {return 'ms-python.python:venv' as T;}
                return defaultValue;