From 758ed119f6c73af5191cce529445743aecd6fd1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ScriptedAlchemy <zackary.l.jackson@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 02:16:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: run the Windows release checks with native paths

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 8 ++++----
 scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs    | 2 +-
 test/desktop-shim.test.js     | 9 +++++++--
 test/test-runner.test.js      | 1 +
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 54d19a8..a8ec772 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ jobs:
           package_files=("$package_root"/*.tgz)
           test -f "${package_files[0]}"
           test "${#package_files[@]}" -eq 1
-          npm install --global --prefix "$install_root" "${package_files[0]}"
-          "$install_root/bin/gbot" --help
-          "$install_root/bin/grok-bot" --help
-          "$install_root/bin/gbot-install" --help
+          npm install --prefix "$install_root" "${package_files[0]}"
+          npm exec --prefix "$install_root" --no -- gbot --help
+          npm exec --prefix "$install_root" --no -- grok-bot --help
+          npm exec --prefix "$install_root" --no -- gbot-install --help
 
       - name: Create release pull request or publish
         id: changesets
diff --git a/scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs b/scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs
index 2da92fd..b543b5f 100644
--- a/scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs
+++ b/scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const files = readdirSync(dir)
   .sort()
   .map((name) => join("test", name))
   .filter((name) => {
-    if (process.platform === "win32" && skipOnWindows.has(name)) {
+    if (process.platform === "win32" && skipOnWindows.has(name.replaceAll("\\", "/"))) {
       console.error(`skip ${name}: Unix sockets and Codex routes are unsupported on win32`);
       return false;
     }
diff --git a/test/desktop-shim.test.js b/test/desktop-shim.test.js
index f19e91c..4d2fb02 100644
--- a/test/desktop-shim.test.js
+++ b/test/desktop-shim.test.js
@@ -187,7 +187,9 @@ test("install then uninstall round-trips in a scratch Codex home (no live Deskto
   assert.equal(gone.installed, false);
 });
 
-test("darwin install writes the LaunchAgent and drives it through the runner", () => {
+test("darwin install writes the LaunchAgent and drives it through the runner", {
+  skip: process.platform === "win32" && "Unix executable bits are unsupported on Windows",
+}, () => {
   const home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "gbot-shim-mac-home-"));
   const codexHome = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "gbot-shim-mac-codex-"));
   const env = { CODEX_HOME: codexHome, HOME: home };
@@ -1060,7 +1062,9 @@ test("uninstall reports only paths that existed before delete", () => {
   assert.deepEqual(empty.removed, [], "nothing installed, nothing reported removed");
 });
 
-test("linux status quotes the export path for spaces", () => {
+test("linux status quotes the export path for spaces", {
+  skip: process.platform === "win32" && "Unix executable bits are unsupported on Windows",
+}, () => {
   const home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "gbot-shim-quote-home-"));
   const codexHome = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "gbot-shim-quote-codex-"));
   const installed = installDesktopShim({
@@ -1157,6 +1161,7 @@ ${script}
 
 test("wrapper exits without fallback while Desktop leaves stdout unread", {
   skip: !canRunShellBridge && "needs bash + python3",
+  skip: !canRunShellBridge && "needs bash + python3",
 }, async () => {
   const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "gbot-shim-backpressure-"));
   const payload = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify({ method: "notice", params: { text: "x".repeat(2_000_000) } }));
diff --git a/test/test-runner.test.js b/test/test-runner.test.js
index 12fc81c..0576332 100644
--- a/test/test-runner.test.js
+++ b/test/test-runner.test.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ console.log("bootstrap-policy-verified");
       const childEnv = { ...process.env, GROK_BOT_TEST: inherited, NODE_ENV: "production" };
       delete childEnv.NODE_TEST_CONTEXT;
       const result = spawnSync(process.platform === "win32" ? "npm.cmd" : "npm", ["run", "test:unit"], {
+        shell: process.platform === "win32",
         cwd: fixture,
         env: childEnv,
         encoding: "utf8",

From d0d6f0af41176671cc4a34179af96488cc9e3f87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ScriptedAlchemy <zackary.l.jackson@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 02:16:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] test: retain the existing shell bridge guard

---
 test/desktop-shim.test.js | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/test/desktop-shim.test.js b/test/desktop-shim.test.js
index 4d2fb02..a844671 100644
--- a/test/desktop-shim.test.js
+++ b/test/desktop-shim.test.js
@@ -1161,7 +1161,6 @@ ${script}
 
 test("wrapper exits without fallback while Desktop leaves stdout unread", {
   skip: !canRunShellBridge && "needs bash + python3",
-  skip: !canRunShellBridge && "needs bash + python3",
 }, async () => {
   const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "gbot-shim-backpressure-"));
   const payload = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify({ method: "notice", params: { text: "x".repeat(2_000_000) } }));