Kong / Kong/insomnia

Folder environment variables not listed on tag editor

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Description

### Expected Behavior

After I define an enviroment variable for a folder I should be able to select that varibale for values on the tabs of folder eg. Headers.

### Actual Behavior

At a folder I can choose the variables from the active environment only, variables from the actual folder not listed.
Environment:
![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f9a866f6-5d00-4089-a400-ae55bf532bc7)

Folder environment:
![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/81e7c327-494a-4c30-ae8f-63098cf230fd)

Folder Headers tab variable selector:
![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1d6b5563-94db-4674-b065-3ac537bc4ee3)

Variable editor at Headers tab:
![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d18a8e16-a966-4646-892a-4fd648ce4f1f)

### Reproduction Steps

1, Create a folder
2, Create an evironment variable for that folder
3, Try to define a header value using the environment variable you just created

### Is there an existing issue for this?

- [x] I have searched the [issue tracker](https://www.github.com/Kong/insomnia/issues) for this problem.

### Which sync method do you use?

- [ ] Git sync.
- [ ] Insomnia Cloud sync.
- [x] Local only

### Additional Information

_No response_

### Insomnia Version

11.1.0 build date: 2025.05.06

### What operating system are you using?

Windows

### Operating System Version

Windows 11 22H2 22621.5335

### Installation method

downloaded from GitHub

### Last Known Working Insomnia version

_No response_

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