diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-syntax-check.yml b/.github/workflows/python-syntax-check.yml
index d00535aa2..18a8d51ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-syntax-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-syntax-check.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ jobs:
         echo "🔍 Running Python compilation checks on all .py files..."
         failed_files=()
         
-        for file in *.py; do
+        # Walk the whole tree. A single-level glob (for file in *.py) matched only
+        # the files directly in application/single_app and silently skipped every
+        # nested package, including all of semantic_kernel_plugins/.
+        while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
           echo ""
           echo "=== Compiling $file ==="
           if python -m py_compile "$file" 2>&1; then
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "✗ $file - FAILED"
             failed_files+=("$file")
           fi
-        done
+        done < <(find . -type f -name '*.py' -not -path '*/__pycache__/*' -print0 | sort -z)
         
         echo ""
         echo "================================"
diff --git a/functional_tests/test_python_syntax_check_workflow_scope.py b/functional_tests/test_python_syntax_check_workflow_scope.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4887e6943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/functional_tests/test_python_syntax_check_workflow_scope.py
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Functional test for the Python syntax check workflow file discovery scope.
+Version: 0.261.027
+Implemented in: 0.261.027
+
+This test ensures that .github/workflows/python-syntax-check.yml compiles every
+Python file under application/single_app, including nested packages such as
+semantic_kernel_plugins/, instead of only the top level of the directory.
+"""
+
+import glob
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
+SINGLE_APP_DIR = os.path.join('application', 'single_app')
+NESTED_PACKAGE_DIR = os.path.join(SINGLE_APP_DIR, 'semantic_kernel_plugins')
+
+
+def repo_root():
+    """Return the repository root path."""
+    return os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), '..'))
+
+
+def read_workflow():
+    """Read the python syntax check workflow."""
+    with open(os.path.join(repo_root(), '.github', 'workflows', 'python-syntax-check.yml'), 'r', encoding='utf-8') as handle:
+        return handle.read()
+
+
+def test_workflow_discovers_files_recursively():
+    """Verify the workflow walks the tree instead of globbing a single level."""
+    print('🔍 Testing recursive file discovery in the syntax check workflow...')
+
+    try:
+        content = read_workflow()
+
+        if 'for file in *.py;' in content:
+            print('❌ Workflow still uses a single-level *.py glob that skips nested packages')
+            return False
+
+        if not re.search(r"find\s+\.\s+-type\s+f\s+-name\s+'\*\.py'", content):
+            print('❌ Workflow does not discover .py files with a recursive find')
+            return False
+
+        if "-not -path '*/__pycache__/*'" not in content:
+            print('❌ Workflow does not exclude __pycache__ directories')
+            return False
+
+        print('✅ Workflow discovers Python files recursively')
+        return True
+    except Exception as exc:
+        print(f'❌ Test failed: {exc}')
+        import traceback
+        traceback.print_exc()
+        return False
+
+
+def test_nested_packages_are_covered():
+    """Verify nested packages contain files that a single-level glob would miss."""
+    print('🔍 Testing that nested packages are not skipped...')
+
+    try:
+        top_level_count = len(glob.glob(os.path.join(repo_root(), SINGLE_APP_DIR, '*.py')))
+        recursive_count = len([
+            path for path in glob.glob(os.path.join(repo_root(), SINGLE_APP_DIR, '**', '*.py'), recursive=True)
+            if '__pycache__' not in path
+        ])
+
+        print(f'  Top-level files matched by "*.py": {top_level_count}')
+        print(f'  Files matched recursively: {recursive_count}')
+
+        nested_count = len([
+            path for path in glob.glob(os.path.join(repo_root(), NESTED_PACKAGE_DIR, '**', '*.py'), recursive=True)
+            if '__pycache__' not in path
+        ])
+
+        if nested_count == 0:
+            print(f'❌ Expected nested Python files under {NESTED_PACKAGE_DIR}')
+            return False
+
+        if recursive_count <= top_level_count:
+            print('❌ Recursive discovery does not find more files than the single-level glob')
+            return False
+
+        print(f'✅ Nested packages contribute {nested_count} file(s) that the old glob skipped')
+        return True
+    except Exception as exc:
+        print(f'❌ Test failed: {exc}')
+        import traceback
+        traceback.print_exc()
+        return False
+
+
+def find_bash():
+    """Return a working bash executable path, or None when bash is unavailable.
+
+    Real Git Bash is preferred over the WSL shim, which resolves on PATH but
+    fails when no distribution is installed.
+    """
+    import shutil
+
+    candidates = [
+        r'C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe',
+        r'C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\bash.exe',
+        shutil.which('bash'),
+    ]
+
+    for candidate in candidates:
+        if not candidate or not os.path.exists(candidate):
+            continue
+
+        try:
+            probe = subprocess.run(
+                [candidate, '-c', 'echo ok'],
+                capture_output=True,
+                text=True,
+                timeout=30,
+            )
+            if probe.returncode == 0 and 'ok' in probe.stdout:
+                return candidate
+        except Exception:
+            continue
+
+    return None
+
+
+def test_discovery_command_matches_repository_files():
+    """Verify the workflow find command returns every repository Python file."""
+    print('🔍 Testing the find command output against the repository tree...')
+
+    try:
+        bash_path = find_bash()
+        if not bash_path:
+            print('⏭️  Skipped: no bash executable is available on this machine')
+            return True
+
+        expected = sorted([
+            os.path.relpath(path, repo_root()).replace('\\', '/')
+            for path in glob.glob(os.path.join(repo_root(), SINGLE_APP_DIR, '**', '*.py'), recursive=True)
+            if '__pycache__' not in path
+        ])
+
+        find_script = (
+            "cd application/single_app && "
+            "find . -type f -name '*.py' -not -path '*/__pycache__/*' -print0 | sort -z | tr '\\0' '\\n'"
+        )
+
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            [bash_path, '-c', find_script],
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            cwd=repo_root(),
+        )
+
+        if result.returncode != 0:
+            print('❌ Could not run the find command from the workflow')
+            print(result.stderr)
+            return False
+
+        discovered = sorted(
+            f"{SINGLE_APP_DIR.replace(os.sep, '/')}/{line.strip().lstrip('./').replace(os.sep, '/')}"
+            for line in result.stdout.splitlines()
+            if line.strip()
+        )
+
+        missing = [path for path in expected if path not in discovered]
+
+        if missing:
+            print(f'❌ The workflow find command misses {len(missing)} file(s):')
+            for path in missing[:10]:
+                print(f'  - {path}')
+            return False
+
+        print(f'✅ Workflow find command discovers all {len(discovered)} Python file(s)')
+        return True
+    except Exception as exc:
+        print(f'❌ Test failed: {exc}')
+        import traceback
+        traceback.print_exc()
+        return False
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    tests = [
+        test_workflow_discovers_files_recursively,
+        test_nested_packages_are_covered,
+        test_discovery_command_matches_repository_files,
+    ]
+    results = []
+
+    for test in tests:
+        print(f'\n🧪 Running {test.__name__}...')
+        results.append(test())
+
+    success = all(results)
+    print(f'\n📊 Results: {sum(results)}/{len(results)} tests passed')
+    sys.exit(0 if success else 1)
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