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Windows regressions kept landing on dev with green PR CI. The nine Windows suite shards ran only on a manual lane=all dispatch, so #6639, #6556, #6605 and #6606 each broke Windows without any PR signal, and the breakage surfaced days later (fixed forward in #6644, #6645, #6651, #6652, #6661).

This change closes that gap:

  • Windows shards on Windows-sensitive PRs. The changes job now emits windows: true when a PR touches Windows service, update, shim, intercept, ACL, process or harness paths, or when an added src//tests/ line names a Windows marker (win32, powershell, icacls, schtasks, Get-Acl, Get-CimInstance, process.platform, LOCALAPPDATA, USERPROFILE). scripts/ci/windows-sensitive-diff.sh treats the diff strictly as data (file + awk + grep -F), fails closed on invalid input, and selects Windows when the base parent cannot be read. Ordinary PRs still skip the nine shards. When they run, the aggregate ci check requires them, the same as on dispatch and the nightly schedule.
  • Nightly safety net. A daily schedule runs the full lane=all matrix (every scope forced on, so it is the complete matrix) against one resolved dev SHA, isolated in its own concurrency group. It activates once this workflow reaches main; a scheduled run can never qualify a release (release.yml accepts only push-event runs).
  • Static guard. A repo-wide test fails if src/ PowerShell strings call the module-autoloaded Get-Acl/Set-Acl cmdlets, pointing to the .NET pattern in src/lib/windows-owner-acl.ts.
  • Two subprocess budgets sized for Windows CI. settings-desktop-switch-apply killed its isolated child at a flat 10 s while that child normally takes 2-5 s on a Windows shard; it now uses watchdogMs like the other subprocess suites, with the per-test bound derived from it because spawnSync blocks the loop. The native-main contender case timed out at 45 s waiting for a child's first event in two dev dispatches, yet finished at 55.6 s, so the same child answered cleanup's "stop" within seconds: slow cold start, not a wedge. Its "listening" waits now get twice the event budget. The Claude picker restart case had the same flat 10 s child bound next to an 8.5 s neighbour and failed at exactly 10 s three times; it now uses the watchdog too.
  • The aggregate ci gate mirrors the new Windows conditions, and the ci-workflows tests pin them.

An earlier revision also seeded a PowerShell module-analysis cache into every test sandbox and made the PR shards advisory. Its first CI run timed out seven of nine Windows shards, while a dev dispatch without the seed had one failure. Test sandboxes keep the runner's LOCALAPPDATA, so PowerShell children already read the image's warm cache; the seed swapped it for a partial one. Both the seed and the advisory mode are removed.

Implemented by lane B9 and finished by the coordinator; diagnosis in devlog/_plan/261005_bug_triage_round2/060_wp3_windows_regression.md (coordinator worktree).

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  • No tests were run locally, per the owner's instruction; the ci-workflows tests and the Windows shards run in hosted CI. This PR touches .github/workflows/ci.yml, so its own PR CI must run the nine Windows shards.
  • Local static checks: tsc --noEmit exit 0, bun run structure:check passed, bun scripts/file-size-ratchet.ts passed, bun run privacy:scan passed, bash -n scripts/ci/windows-sensitive-diff.sh OK, actionlint reports no new findings versus dev (same three pre-existing SC2016 notes).

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  • Targets dev
  • Workflow change with no new token permissions; PR content is treated as data
  • Docs/structure updated (structure/ops/cross-platform-ci.md)
  • No secrets or private data

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  • CI Improvements
    • Added daily validation across all scopes, including macOS control checks and nine Windows test shards.
    • Windows tests now run for pull requests with Windows-sensitive changes. These results are advisory on pull requests and required for scheduled runs and qualifying manual runs.
    • Scheduled test jobs use the same validated commit, and scheduled runs no longer cancel one another or promotion pushes.
  • Documentation
    • Updated cross-platform CI guidance to reflect scheduled runs and Windows test selection.

…y on dev, with a shared PowerShell module cache

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The CI workflow adds daily runs that test a validated dev commit. It selects Windows shards for qualifying pull requests, schedules, and configured manual runs. The workflow shares the scheduled checkout reference across jobs and updates the aggregate gate and CI contract tests.

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CI coverage and test isolation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Scheduled runs and shared checkout
.github/workflows/ci.yml, tests/ci-workflows/ci-concurrency-groups.test.ts, tests/ci-workflows/ci-scope-gaps.test.ts, tests/ci-workflows/ci-structure-gate.test.ts, tests/ci-workflows/ci-workflows.test.ts, tests/ci-workflows/ci-review-lanes.test.ts, tests/ci-workflows/ci-scope-reduction.test.ts
The workflow adds a daily schedule, forces configured scopes on scheduled runs, resolves a validated dev SHA, and passes the resulting checkout reference to CI jobs. Scheduled runs use separate, non-canceling concurrency groups. Tests cover the schedule, scope selection, and shared checkout behavior.
Windows change selection and execution
.github/workflows/ci.yml, scripts/ci/windows-sensitive-diff.sh, tests/ci-workflows/ci-workflows.test.ts, tests/ci-workflows/ci-review-lanes.test.ts, structure/ops/cross-platform-ci.md
The workflow combines Windows path filters with a script that scans added src and tests lines for Windows markers. It runs Windows shards for selected pull requests, schedules, and qualifying manual runs. Tests cover the selection script and event conditions. The operations documentation describes these run conditions.
Aggregate gate and supporting checks
.github/workflows/ci.yml, tests/ci-workflows/ci-review-lanes.test.ts, structure/ops/cross-platform-ci.md
The aggregate gate requires Windows results when Windows shards are requested. Tests cover the gate’s request logic and scan source files for Get-Acl and Set-Acl references. The operations documentation describes the gate requirements and Windows test-sandbox behavior.

Owner lifetime test startup waits

Layer / File(s) Summary
Child startup timeout budget
tests/codex-integration/native-main-owner-lifetime.test.ts
The tests add a startup-specific timeout for child listening events and include one startup allowance in the owner lease budget.

Settings test subprocess timeouts

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared subprocess and test timeouts
tests/config/settings-desktop-switch-apply.test.ts
The settings and Codex subprocess tests use a shared watchdog-bounded child timeout and a test timeout five seconds longer.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Changes as changes job
  participant Selector as windows-sensitive-diff.sh
  participant Shards as Windows shards
  participant Gate as aggregate gate
  Changes->>Selector: pass path-filter result and pull-request event
  Selector->>Changes: emit Windows selection result
  Changes->>Shards: enable shards when selection is true
  Shards->>Gate: provide shard results
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The changed test deadlines can cause CI failures on slow Windows startup or slower subprocess runs. Align the enclosing timeouts before relying on these checks; the remaining risks are limited to test reliability.

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P2 Badge Include Windows-only tests in the Windows selector

Add tests/windows/** to this path filter. A PR that changes only an existing Windows-only assertion or fixture, such as an expected value in tests/windows/windows-service-wrappers.test.ts, without adding one of the content markers leaves this filter false; the added-line scanner also returns false, and many such tests are skipped on the Linux shards via process.platform, so the PR receives no Windows validation and fails only in the later nightly run. The same selector should cover the repository's dedicated Windows test domain.

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try {
const source = lstatSync(seed);
if (source.isFile() && !source.isSymbolicLink()) {
copyFileSync(seed, owned);

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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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printf '%s\n' '--- diff ---'
git diff --no-ext-diff --unified=50 fde8eebd61f971a3333362c967f4c76949342489 90ef85ce6da043e33018fe1726860ee0c9f1a5f5 -- scripts/test.ts
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nl -ba scripts/test.ts | sed -n '1,180p'
printf '%s\n' '--- runtime/version files ---'
rg -n -i --glob '!node_modules/**' --glob '!dist/**' 'bun(@| version|Version|>=|1\.4)|engines|copyFileSync|PSModuleAnalysisCachePath' package.json bunfig.toml .github scripts 2>/dev/null || true
printf '%s\n' '--- package metadata ---'
sed -n '1,180p' package.json 2>/dev/null || true

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Bun 1.4.0 Windows fs copyFileSync read-only attribute source implementation CopyFileW

💡 Result:

In **Bun 1.4.0**, the Windows copy implementation is in `src/sys/copy_file.rs`. Its Windows branch calls `CopyFileW(source, destination, 0)`—the final `0` means it does **not** fail merely because the destination already exists. The source comment says no metadata is transferred; the call itself establishes that Bun delegates copying to Windows’ `CopyFileW`. ([fossies.org](https://fossies.org/linux/bun/src/sys/copy_file.rs?utm_source=openai))

The available source **doesn’t establish how a read-only destination is handled**—for example, whether Bun clears the attribute first. That behavior would depend on `CopyFileW` and Windows’ handling of the destination, not on an explicit read-only workaround shown in this source. The source covers the **1.4.0 release**, not necessarily later versions. ([fossies.org](https://fossies.org/linux/bun/src/sys/copy_file.rs?utm_source=openai))

Citations:

- 1: https://fossies.org/linux/bun/src/sys/copy_file.rs?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://fossies.org/linux/bun/src/sys/copy_file.rs?utm_source=openai

🌐 Web query:

site:learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winbase/nf-winbase-copyfilew CopyFileW read-only source file attributes destination retains read-only

💡 Result:

Yes. Microsoft documents that `CopyFileW` copies the source file’s attributes, so if the source is read-only, the new copy is read-only too. Separately, the call fails with `ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED` if the *existing destination* is read-only or hidden. ([learn.microsoft.com](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winbase/nf-winbase-copyfilew))

Citations:

- 1: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winbase/nf-winbase-copyfilew

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rg -n -C 5 'pinPowerShellModuleAnalysisCache|TEST_PS_MODULE_ANALYSIS_SEED|ModuleAnalysisCache|read.only|readonly' scripts .github/workflows/ci.yml
printf '%s\n' '--- CI seed setup ---'
nl -ba .github/workflows/ci.yml | sed -n '1048,1085p'
printf '%s\n' '--- Bun copy implementation reference if present ---'
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Bun 1.4.0 node:fs chmodSync Windows read-only attribute implementation chmod Windows CopyFileW

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**No—`CopyFileW` is for copying files, not `chmodSync`.** Bun’s Windows copy implementation calls `CopyFileW` with `bFailIfExists = 0` (allowing the destination to be overwritten). That source establishes Bun’s copy path, not its chmod behavior. ([fossies.org](https://fossies.org/linux/bun/src/sys/copy_file.rs?utm_source=openai))

On Windows, chmod-style permission changes are generally limited to the file’s write/read-only state; Node’s documentation describes that limitation. ([nodejs.org](https://nodejs.org/download/release/v10.15.2/docs/api/fs.html?utm_source=openai)) I couldn’t verify from the available sources exactly how **Bun 1.4.0** implements `node:fs chmodSync` internally—so whether it toggles the Windows read-only attribute directly remains unresolved. (GitHub issue 28792 in oven-sh/bun (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference))

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- 1: https://fossies.org/linux/bun/src/sys/copy_file.rs?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://nodejs.org/download/release/v10.15.2/docs/api/fs.html?utm_source=openai
- 3: GitHub issue 28792 in oven-sh/bun (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)

Clear the read-only attribute from the sandbox copy.

On Windows, Bun 1.4.0’s copyFileSync(seed, owned) uses CopyFileW, which copies the source file’s attributes. A read-only seed therefore produces a read-only owned file. PowerShell may then fail to serialize cache updates and lose the warm-cache benefit. Clear the attribute on owned only, and add a test that verifies the copy is writable while the seed remains read-only.

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Review comment at @scripts/test.ts at line 63:
After `copyFileSync(seed, owned)` in the sandbox setup, clear the read-only
attribute on `owned` only, preserving the seed’s attributes. Add a test
verifying that the copy is writable and the seed remains read-only.

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… sensitive PRs

The first run with the seed timed out seven of nine Windows shards, while a
dev dispatch without it had one failure. Test sandboxes keep the runner's
LOCALAPPDATA, so PowerShell 5.1 children already read the image's warm
module-analysis cache; pinning PSModuleAnalysisCachePath to a seed that the
prewarm step stops waiting on as soon as it is non-empty swapped that warm
cache for a partial one, and every child re-analyzed modules.

With the cause removed the shards no longer need to be advisory: a
Windows-sensitive pull request now requires them the same way dispatch and
the nightly schedule do.
The isolated settings children cold-import the management API graph. On
Windows CI that takes 2-5 s, and the first child of a busy batch took over
10 s in run 37447563941, so the flat 10 s spawnSync bound killed a healthy
child. Use watchdogMs like the other subprocess suites, and derive the
per-test bound from it: spawnSync blocks the loop, so the test has to
outlast the child it waits on. Local runs keep the old 10 s / 15 s values.
The contender case failed twice on Windows dev dispatches (37316384711,
37447563941) with "child event timeout after 45000ms; events=[]". The test
finished at 55.6 s, which is only possible if that same child answered the
cleanup "stop" command within seconds of the timeout; a wedged child would
have held stop() for another 45 s. So the child was slow to reach
"listening" while cold-importing the server graph on a busy shard, and
then healthy. Give the listening waits twice the event budget and add one
startup allowance to the per-test budget; every later wait is unchanged.

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let successor: ChildHarness | undefined;
try {
const listening = await owner.waitFor(event => event.event === "listening");
const listening = await owner.waitFor(event => event.event === "listening", OWNER_STARTUP_WAIT_MS);

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use OWNER_LEASE_BUDGET_MS for the temp-crash test timeout.

On Windows, OWNER_STARTUP_WAIT_MS is 90 seconds, but this test has a 45-second outer timeout. The owner wait at line 542 and the successor wait at line 563 run sequentially, so the outer deadline can end the test before either startup wait reaches its intended deadline. Replace the fixed timeout with the existing derived lease budget.

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const ISOLATED_CHILD_TIMEOUT_MS = watchdogMs(10_000);
// spawnSync blocks the loop, so the per-test bound has to outlast the child it waits on.
const ISOLATED_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS = ISOLATED_CHILD_TIMEOUT_MS + 5_000;

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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Bun 1.4.0 test runner synchronous test callback duration check explicit test timeout spawnSync blocks and returns

💡 Result:

If you’re asking whether Bun’s **per-test timeout catches a synchronous test callback blocked in `spawnSync`**: **don’t assume it can interrupt the call.** `Bun.spawnSync` is explicitly blocking, while Bun documents the test timeout as a mechanism that throws to stop a test. That documentation does not establish that the timeout can fire while JavaScript is blocked inside a synchronous call. ([github.com](https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/blob/main/docs/runtime/child-process.mdx?utm_source=openai))

For a subprocess, set a **timeout on `spawnSync` itself**; Bun’s docs list a `timeout` option. The test’s own timeout is a separate safeguard, not proof that it can preempt a blocked synchronous callback. ([github.com](https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/blob/main/docs/runtime/child-process.mdx?utm_source=openai))

I found no version-specific source establishing this behavior for **Bun 1.4.0**. The docs I found are current and don’t identify a 1.4.0 implementation; the reported synchronous-wait timeout issue concerns **1.3.14**, so it does not confirm 1.4.0 behavior. (GitHub issue 37189 in oven-sh/bun (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference))

Citations:

- 1: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/blob/main/docs/runtime/child-process.mdx?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/blob/main/docs/runtime/child-process.mdx?utm_source=openai
- 3: GitHub issue 37189 in oven-sh/bun (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)

🌐 Web query:

Bun 1.4.0 source test runner explicit per-test timeout synchronous callback timeout after callback returns test timeout implementation

💡 Result:

In **Bun 1.4.0**, a test’s timeout is stored as a **deadline**, not enforced by interrupting its callback. When an entry starts, the runner sets its deadline to the current time plus the configured timeout; the execution loop checks that deadline when it resumes and marks the entry timed out if it has expired. ([fossies.org](https://fossies.org/linux/bun/src/runtime/test_runner/Execution.rs?utm_source=openai))

So a **synchronous callback that runs longer than its timeout can return first**: while it blocks the JavaScript thread, the runner can’t process the deadline. Once control returns to the runner, it can notice the expired deadline and report the timeout. That’s an inference from the deadline-and-check implementation, not a guarantee that every callback is forcibly stopped. ([fossies.org](https://fossies.org/linux/bun/src/runtime/test_runner/Execution.rs?utm_source=openai))

The 1.4.0 source is the Rust `src/runtime/test_runner/Execution.rs`; the nearby source entry explains that timeout handling also accounts for re-entry while a callback is still on the stack. ([fossies.org](https://fossies.org/linux/bun/src/runtime/test_runner/Execution.rs?utm_source=openai))

Citations:

- 1: https://fossies.org/linux/bun/src/runtime/test_runner/Execution.rs?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://fossies.org/linux/bun/src/runtime/test_runner/Execution.rs?utm_source=openai
- 3: https://fossies.org/linux/bun/src/runtime/test_runner/Execution.rs?utm_source=openai

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Give both symlink subprocess tests the shared test timeout.

In tests/config/settings-desktop-switch-apply.test.ts, the two symlink tests at lines 409 and 439 still use a 15-second test timeout. On non-Windows CI, their spawnSync child timeout is 30 seconds. If a child returns after 15 seconds but before 30 seconds, Bun 1.4.0 checks the expired test deadline when the callback returns and marks the test timed out. Use ISOLATED_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS, which gives these tests a 35-second bound on that CI lane.

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@@ -439 +439 @@
-  15_000,
+  ISOLATED_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS,
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Update both symlink subprocess tests in settings-desktop-switch-apply.test.ts to
use ISOLATED_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS instead of the 15-second timeout, so their test
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"fresh production restarts retain fingerprint" failed at exactly 10 s on
Windows in three runs (37360604391, 37443819560, 37449564955): its first
child cold-imports the intercept runtime and mints the picker CA under a
flat 10 s spawnSync bound, while a neighbouring case in the same file takes
8.5 s on that runner. Use watchdogMs for every child here, bound the
previously unbounded predecessor child too, and give each multi-child test
a per-test bound that covers all of its children.
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lidge-jun merged commit d01d36d into dev Oct 6, 2026
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Maintainer integration (admin squash) per the owner's instruction to proceed without waiting for re-review.

  • Exact head 74ec1f8b4edc40c197cbd5661f6aac52654915b9: Cross-platform CI run 37452152045 success, 32 jobs success / 4 deliberate skips, including all nine windows N/9 shards (now required on this PR).
  • Root cause of the earlier red Windows run (37443819560, 7/9 shards): the PowerShell module-analysis seed replaced the runner's warm cache with a partial one. Removed; dev dispatch 37447563941 without it had two failures, both fixed here as subprocess cold-start budgets, plus the picker restart budget seen on 37449564955.
  • Security-sensitive surface: workflow trigger/permissions. The schedule uses contents: read and treats the PR diff as data; the final delta only removed code and resized test budgets.
  • CodeRabbit was still pending at merge; no maintainer objections open. No local tests were run (owner instruction); hosted CI is the evidence.

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