diff --git a/src/global/install.rs b/src/global/install.rs
index 54b0bc9b8..6ce0a04ae 100644
--- a/src/global/install.rs
+++ b/src/global/install.rs
@@ -498,9 +498,15 @@ pub(crate) async fn sync(config: &Config, assume_yes: bool) -> Result<(), miette
         let env_dir = EnvDir::new(env_root.clone(), env_name.clone()).await?;
         let prefix = Prefix::new(env_dir.path());
 
-        let prefix_records = prefix.find_installed_packages(Some(50)).await?;
+        let repodata_records = prefix
+            .find_installed_packages(Some(50))
+            .await?
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|r| r.repodata_record)
+            .collect_vec();
 
-        if !specs_match_local_environment(&specs, prefix_records, parsed_environment.platform()) {
+        if !local_environment_matches_spec(repodata_records, &specs, parsed_environment.platform())
+        {
             install_environment(
                 &specs,
                 &parsed_environment,
@@ -530,18 +536,16 @@ pub(crate) async fn sync(config: &Config, assume_yes: bool) -> Result<(), miette
 /// This function verifies that all the given specifications are present in the
 /// local environment's prefix records and that there are no extra entries in
 /// the prefix records that do not match any of the specifications.
-fn specs_match_local_environment<T: AsRef<RepoDataRecord>>(
+fn local_environment_matches_spec(
+    prefix_records: Vec<RepoDataRecord>,
     specs: &IndexMap<PackageName, MatchSpec>,
-    prefix_records: Vec<T>,
     platform: Option<Platform>,
 ) -> bool {
     // Check whether all specs in the manifest are present in the installed
     // environment
-    let specs_in_manifest_are_present = specs.values().all(|spec| {
-        prefix_records
-            .iter()
-            .any(|record| spec.matches(record.as_ref()))
-    });
+    let specs_in_manifest_are_present = specs
+        .values()
+        .all(|spec| prefix_records.iter().any(|record| spec.matches(record)));
 
     if !specs_in_manifest_are_present {
         return false;
@@ -549,31 +553,32 @@ fn specs_match_local_environment<T: AsRef<RepoDataRecord>>(
 
     // Check whether all packages in the installed environment have the correct
     // platform
-    let platform_specs_match_env = prefix_records.iter().all(|record| {
-        let Ok(package_platform) = Platform::from_str(&record.as_ref().package_record.subdir)
-        else {
-            return true;
-        };
+    if let Some(platform) = platform {
+        let platform_specs_match_env = prefix_records.iter().all(|record| {
+            let Ok(package_platform) = Platform::from_str(&record.package_record.subdir) else {
+                return true;
+            };
+
+            match package_platform {
+                Platform::NoArch => true,
+                p if p == platform => true,
+                _ => false,
+            }
+        });
 
-        match package_platform {
-            Platform::NoArch => true,
-            p if Some(p) == platform => true,
-            _ => false,
+        if !platform_specs_match_env {
+            return false;
         }
-    });
-
-    if !platform_specs_match_env {
-        return false;
     }
 
-    fn prune_dependencies<T: AsRef<RepoDataRecord>>(
-        mut remaining_prefix_records: Vec<T>,
-        matched_record: &T,
-    ) -> Vec<T> {
+    fn prune_dependencies(
+        mut remaining_prefix_records: Vec<RepoDataRecord>,
+        matched_record: &RepoDataRecord,
+    ) -> Vec<RepoDataRecord> {
         let mut work_queue = Vec::from([matched_record.as_ref().clone()]);
 
         while let Some(current_record) = work_queue.pop() {
-            let dependencies = &current_record.as_ref().depends;
+            let dependencies = &current_record.depends;
             for dependency in dependencies {
                 let Ok(match_spec) = MatchSpec::from_str(dependency, ParseStrictness::Lenient)
                 else {
@@ -581,7 +586,7 @@ fn specs_match_local_environment<T: AsRef<RepoDataRecord>>(
                 };
                 let Some(index) = remaining_prefix_records
                     .iter()
-                    .position(|record| match_spec.matches(&record.as_ref().package_record))
+                    .position(|record| match_spec.matches(&record.package_record))
                 else {
                     continue;
                 };
@@ -597,7 +602,7 @@ fn specs_match_local_environment<T: AsRef<RepoDataRecord>>(
     // Process each spec and remove matched entries and their dependencies
     let remaining_prefix_records = specs.iter().fold(prefix_records, |mut acc, (name, spec)| {
         let Some(index) = acc.iter().position(|record| {
-            record.as_ref().package_record.name == *name && spec.matches(record.as_ref())
+            record.package_record.name == *name && spec.matches(record.as_ref())
         }) else {
             return acc;
         };
@@ -609,3 +614,128 @@ fn specs_match_local_environment<T: AsRef<RepoDataRecord>>(
     // the environment doesn't contain records that don't match the manifest
     remaining_prefix_records.is_empty()
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use indexmap::IndexMap;
+    use rattler_conda_types::{MatchSpec, PackageName, ParseStrictness, Platform};
+    use rattler_lock::LockFile;
+    use rstest::{fixture, rstest};
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[fixture]
+    fn ripgrep_specs() -> IndexMap<PackageName, MatchSpec> {
+        IndexMap::from([(
+            PackageName::from_str("ripgrep").unwrap(),
+            MatchSpec::from_str("ripgrep=14.1.0", ParseStrictness::Strict).unwrap(),
+        )])
+    }
+
+    #[fixture]
+    fn ripgrep_records() -> Vec<RepoDataRecord> {
+        LockFile::from_str(include_str!("./test_data/lockfiles/ripgrep.lock"))
+            .unwrap()
+            .default_environment()
+            .unwrap()
+            .conda_repodata_records_for_platform(Platform::Linux64)
+            .unwrap()
+            .unwrap()
+    }
+
+    #[fixture]
+    fn ripgrep_bat_specs() -> IndexMap<PackageName, MatchSpec> {
+        IndexMap::from([
+            (
+                PackageName::from_str("ripgrep").unwrap(),
+                MatchSpec::from_str("ripgrep=14.1.0", ParseStrictness::Strict).unwrap(),
+            ),
+            (
+                PackageName::from_str("bat").unwrap(),
+                MatchSpec::from_str("bat=0.24.0", ParseStrictness::Strict).unwrap(),
+            ),
+        ])
+    }
+
+    #[fixture]
+    fn ripgrep_bat_records() -> Vec<RepoDataRecord> {
+        LockFile::from_str(include_str!("./test_data/lockfiles/ripgrep_bat.lock"))
+            .unwrap()
+            .default_environment()
+            .unwrap()
+            .conda_repodata_records_for_platform(Platform::Linux64)
+            .unwrap()
+            .unwrap()
+    }
+
+    #[rstest]
+    fn test_local_environment_matches_spec(
+        ripgrep_records: Vec<RepoDataRecord>,
+        ripgrep_specs: IndexMap<PackageName, MatchSpec>,
+    ) {
+        assert!(local_environment_matches_spec(
+            ripgrep_records,
+            &ripgrep_specs,
+            None
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[rstest]
+    fn test_local_environment_misses_entries_for_specs(
+        mut ripgrep_records: Vec<RepoDataRecord>,
+        ripgrep_specs: IndexMap<PackageName, MatchSpec>,
+    ) {
+        // Remove last repodata record
+        ripgrep_records.pop();
+
+        assert!(!local_environment_matches_spec(
+            ripgrep_records,
+            &ripgrep_specs,
+            None
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[rstest]
+    fn test_local_environment_has_too_many_entries_to_match_spec(
+        ripgrep_bat_records: Vec<RepoDataRecord>,
+        ripgrep_specs: IndexMap<PackageName, MatchSpec>,
+        ripgrep_bat_specs: IndexMap<PackageName, MatchSpec>,
+    ) {
+        assert!(!local_environment_matches_spec(
+            ripgrep_bat_records.clone(),
+            &ripgrep_specs,
+            None
+        ), "The function needs to detect that records coming from ripgrep and bat don't match ripgrep alone.");
+
+        assert!(
+            local_environment_matches_spec(ripgrep_bat_records, &ripgrep_bat_specs, None),
+            "The records and specs match and the function should return `true`."
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[rstest]
+    fn test_local_environment_matches_given_platform(
+        ripgrep_records: Vec<RepoDataRecord>,
+        ripgrep_specs: IndexMap<PackageName, MatchSpec>,
+    ) {
+        assert!(
+            local_environment_matches_spec(
+                ripgrep_records,
+                &ripgrep_specs,
+                Some(Platform::Linux64)
+            ),
+            "The records contains only linux-64 entries"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[rstest]
+    fn test_local_environment_doesnt_match_given_platform(
+        ripgrep_records: Vec<RepoDataRecord>,
+        ripgrep_specs: IndexMap<PackageName, MatchSpec>,
+    ) {
+        assert!(
+            !local_environment_matches_spec(ripgrep_records, &ripgrep_specs, Some(Platform::Win64),),
+            "The record contains linux-64 entries, so the function should always return `false`"
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/global/test_data/lockfiles/ripgrep.lock b/src/global/test_data/lockfiles/ripgrep.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58467b6cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/global/test_data/lockfiles/ripgrep.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+version: 5
+environments:
+  default:
+    channels:
+    - url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/
+    packages:
+      linux-64:
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/_libgcc_mutex-0.1-conda_forge.tar.bz2
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/_openmp_mutex-4.5-2_gnu.tar.bz2
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libgcc-14.1.0-h77fa898_1.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libgcc-ng-14.1.0-h69a702a_1.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libgomp-14.1.0-h77fa898_1.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/ripgrep-14.1.0-he8a937b_0.conda
+packages:
+- kind: conda
+  name: _libgcc_mutex
+  version: '0.1'
+  build: conda_forge
+  subdir: linux-64
+  url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/_libgcc_mutex-0.1-conda_forge.tar.bz2
+  sha256: fe51de6107f9edc7aa4f786a70f4a883943bc9d39b3bb7307c04c41410990726
+  md5: d7c89558ba9fa0495403155b64376d81
+  license: None
+  size: 2562
+  timestamp: 1578324546067
+- kind: conda
+  name: _openmp_mutex
+  version: '4.5'
+  build: 2_gnu
+  build_number: 16
+  subdir: linux-64
+  url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/_openmp_mutex-4.5-2_gnu.tar.bz2
+  sha256: fbe2c5e56a653bebb982eda4876a9178aedfc2b545f25d0ce9c4c0b508253d22
+  md5: 73aaf86a425cc6e73fcf236a5a46396d
+  depends:
+  - _libgcc_mutex 0.1 conda_forge
+  - libgomp >=7.5.0
+  constrains:
+  - openmp_impl 9999
+  license: BSD-3-Clause
+  license_family: BSD
+  size: 23621
+  timestamp: 1650670423406
+- kind: conda
+  name: libgcc
+  version: 14.1.0
+  build: h77fa898_1
+  build_number: 1
+  subdir: linux-64
+  url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libgcc-14.1.0-h77fa898_1.conda
+  sha256: 10fa74b69266a2be7b96db881e18fa62cfa03082b65231e8d652e897c4b335a3
+  md5: 002ef4463dd1e2b44a94a4ace468f5d2
+  depends:
+  - _libgcc_mutex 0.1 conda_forge
+  - _openmp_mutex >=4.5
+  constrains:
+  - libgomp 14.1.0 h77fa898_1
+  - libgcc-ng ==14.1.0=*_1
+  license: GPL-3.0-only WITH GCC-exception-3.1
+  license_family: GPL
+  size: 846380
+  timestamp: 1724801836552
+- kind: conda
+  name: libgcc-ng
+  version: 14.1.0
+  build: h69a702a_1
+  build_number: 1
+  subdir: linux-64
+  url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libgcc-ng-14.1.0-h69a702a_1.conda
+  sha256: b91f7021e14c3d5c840fbf0dc75370d6e1f7c7ff4482220940eaafb9c64613b7
+  md5: 1efc0ad219877a73ef977af7dbb51f17
+  depends:
+  - libgcc 14.1.0 h77fa898_1
+  license: GPL-3.0-only WITH GCC-exception-3.1
+  license_family: GPL
+  size: 52170
+  timestamp: 1724801842101
+- kind: conda
+  name: libgomp
+  version: 14.1.0
+  build: h77fa898_1
+  build_number: 1
+  subdir: linux-64
+  url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libgomp-14.1.0-h77fa898_1.conda
+  sha256: c96724c8ae4ee61af7674c5d9e5a3fbcf6cd887a40ad5a52c99aa36f1d4f9680
+  md5: 23c255b008c4f2ae008f81edcabaca89
+  depends:
+  - _libgcc_mutex 0.1 conda_forge
+  license: GPL-3.0-only WITH GCC-exception-3.1
+  license_family: GPL
+  size: 460218
+  timestamp: 1724801743478
+- kind: conda
+  name: ripgrep
+  version: 14.1.0
+  build: he8a937b_0
+  subdir: linux-64
+  url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/ripgrep-14.1.0-he8a937b_0.conda
+  sha256: 4fcf37724b87440765cb3c6cf573e99d12fc631001426a0309d132f495c3d62a
+  md5: 5a476f7033a8a1b9175626b5ebf86d1d
+  depends:
+  - libgcc-ng >=12
+  license: MIT
+  license_family: MIT
+  size: 1683808
+  timestamp: 1705520837423
diff --git a/src/global/test_data/lockfiles/ripgrep_bat.lock b/src/global/test_data/lockfiles/ripgrep_bat.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db8c94dbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/global/test_data/lockfiles/ripgrep_bat.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+version: 5
+environments:
+  default:
+    channels:
+    - url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/
+    packages:
+      linux-64:
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/_libgcc_mutex-0.1-conda_forge.tar.bz2
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/_openmp_mutex-4.5-2_gnu.tar.bz2
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/bat-0.24.0-he8a937b_0.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libgcc-14.1.0-h77fa898_1.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libgcc-ng-14.1.0-h69a702a_1.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libgomp-14.1.0-h77fa898_1.conda
+      - conda: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/ripgrep-14.1.0-he8a937b_0.conda
+packages:
+- kind: conda
+  name: _libgcc_mutex
+  version: '0.1'
+  build: conda_forge
+  subdir: linux-64
+  url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/_libgcc_mutex-0.1-conda_forge.tar.bz2
+  sha256: fe51de6107f9edc7aa4f786a70f4a883943bc9d39b3bb7307c04c41410990726
+  md5: d7c89558ba9fa0495403155b64376d81
+  license: None
+  size: 2562
+  timestamp: 1578324546067
+- kind: conda
+  name: _openmp_mutex
+  version: '4.5'
+  build: 2_gnu
+  build_number: 16
+  subdir: linux-64
+  url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/_openmp_mutex-4.5-2_gnu.tar.bz2
+  sha256: fbe2c5e56a653bebb982eda4876a9178aedfc2b545f25d0ce9c4c0b508253d22
+  md5: 73aaf86a425cc6e73fcf236a5a46396d
+  depends:
+  - _libgcc_mutex 0.1 conda_forge
+  - libgomp >=7.5.0
+  constrains:
+  - openmp_impl 9999
+  license: BSD-3-Clause
+  license_family: BSD
+  size: 23621
+  timestamp: 1650670423406
+- kind: conda
+  name: bat
+  version: 0.24.0
+  build: he8a937b_0
+  subdir: linux-64
+  url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/bat-0.24.0-he8a937b_0.conda
+  sha256: fd0a7aae7f4c52ddf2ac5098dcb9a8f4b7ab1ccdd88633390a73a9d1be3b7de2
+  md5: 18da2a0103ba121e1425266e7ba51327
+  depends:
+  - libgcc-ng >=12
+  license: MIT
+  license_family: MIT
+  size: 2527297
+  timestamp: 1697062695381
+- kind: conda
+  name: libgcc
+  version: 14.1.0
+  build: h77fa898_1
+  build_number: 1
+  subdir: linux-64
+  url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libgcc-14.1.0-h77fa898_1.conda
+  sha256: 10fa74b69266a2be7b96db881e18fa62cfa03082b65231e8d652e897c4b335a3
+  md5: 002ef4463dd1e2b44a94a4ace468f5d2
+  depends:
+  - _libgcc_mutex 0.1 conda_forge
+  - _openmp_mutex >=4.5
+  constrains:
+  - libgomp 14.1.0 h77fa898_1
+  - libgcc-ng ==14.1.0=*_1
+  license: GPL-3.0-only WITH GCC-exception-3.1
+  license_family: GPL
+  size: 846380
+  timestamp: 1724801836552
+- kind: conda
+  name: libgcc-ng
+  version: 14.1.0
+  build: h69a702a_1
+  build_number: 1
+  subdir: linux-64
+  url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libgcc-ng-14.1.0-h69a702a_1.conda
+  sha256: b91f7021e14c3d5c840fbf0dc75370d6e1f7c7ff4482220940eaafb9c64613b7
+  md5: 1efc0ad219877a73ef977af7dbb51f17
+  depends:
+  - libgcc 14.1.0 h77fa898_1
+  license: GPL-3.0-only WITH GCC-exception-3.1
+  license_family: GPL
+  size: 52170
+  timestamp: 1724801842101
+- kind: conda
+  name: libgomp
+  version: 14.1.0
+  build: h77fa898_1
+  build_number: 1
+  subdir: linux-64
+  url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/libgomp-14.1.0-h77fa898_1.conda
+  sha256: c96724c8ae4ee61af7674c5d9e5a3fbcf6cd887a40ad5a52c99aa36f1d4f9680
+  md5: 23c255b008c4f2ae008f81edcabaca89
+  depends:
+  - _libgcc_mutex 0.1 conda_forge
+  license: GPL-3.0-only WITH GCC-exception-3.1
+  license_family: GPL
+  size: 460218
+  timestamp: 1724801743478
+- kind: conda
+  name: ripgrep
+  version: 14.1.0
+  build: he8a937b_0
+  subdir: linux-64
+  url: https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/ripgrep-14.1.0-he8a937b_0.conda
+  sha256: 4fcf37724b87440765cb3c6cf573e99d12fc631001426a0309d132f495c3d62a
+  md5: 5a476f7033a8a1b9175626b5ebf86d1d
+  depends:
+  - libgcc-ng >=12
+  license: MIT
+  license_family: MIT
+  size: 1683808
+  timestamp: 1705520837423