AssetDatabase.FindAssets() misses the edited Sprite Atlas when texture is re-imported

Unity: 2D

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Modifying Sprites in OnPreprocessTexture will potentially create import issues and should be avoided in this case as Sprites are dependencies of SpriteAtlas. This is suggested to be done during Build instead: https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.3/Documentation/ScriptReference/Build.IPreprocessBuildWithReport.OnPreprocessBuild.html

How to reproduce:
1. Open the attached “IN-127379” project
2. Find TextureX.jpg (Assets → AreaProcessor → Textures), modify and save it
3. Observe the console window

Actual result: The console only shows 3 sprite atlases
Expected result: The console shows 4 sprite atlases

Reproducible with: 2023.1.0a5, 6000.0.64f1 (5360b7cd7953), 6000.3.2f1, 6000.4.0b1, 6000.5.0a3
Could not test with: 2023.1.0a4 (on Mac this and older versions are very unstable)

Reproducible environment: macOS 26.1 (M1 Pro)
Not reproducible environment: No other environment tested

Notes:

I suggest changing texture through external image manipulating program and exporting it to the same location
“.spriteatlas” doesn’t have this issue only “.spriteatlasv2”
AssetDatabase.FindAssets("t:SpriteAtlas") & Resources.FindObjectsOfTypeAll(typeof(SpriteAtlas) behave the same

AssetDatabase.FindAssets() misses the edited Sprite Atlas when texture is re-imported

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AssetDatabase.FindAssets() misses the edited Sprite Atlas when texture is re-imported

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