diff --git a/tools/azure-sdk-tools/devtools_testutils/proxy_testcase.py b/tools/azure-sdk-tools/devtools_testutils/proxy_testcase.py
index 4ad22ad8c616..886f16d7badf 100644
--- a/tools/azure-sdk-tools/devtools_testutils/proxy_testcase.py
+++ b/tools/azure-sdk-tools/devtools_testutils/proxy_testcase.py
@@ -57,11 +57,21 @@ def get_recording_id():
 def get_test_id():
     # type: () -> str
     # pytest sets the current running test in an environment variable
+    # the path to the test can depend on the environment, so we can't assume this is the path from the repo root
     setting_value = os.getenv("PYTEST_CURRENT_TEST")
-
     path_to_test = os.path.normpath(setting_value.split(" ")[0])
-    path_components = path_to_test.split(os.sep)
-
+    full_path_to_test = os.path.abspath(path_to_test)
+
+    # walk up to the repo root by looking for "sdk" directory or root of file system
+    path_components = []
+    head, tail = os.path.split(full_path_to_test)
+    while tail != "sdk" and tail != "":
+        path_components.append(tail)
+        head, tail = os.path.split(head)
+
+    # reverse path_components to construct components of path from repo root: [sdk, ..., tests, {test}]
+    path_components.append("sdk")
+    path_components.reverse()
     for idx, val in enumerate(path_components):
         if val.startswith("test"):
             path_components.insert(idx + 1, "recordings")