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TLDR

There were intermittent CI failures on Windows caused by tests that assert POSIX-style file permission bits (chmod/execute bits). Windows' permission/ACL model doesn't behave the same way, so those tests can fail even though the product code is fine. This PR guards those permission-sensitive tests and skips them on Windows (process.platform === 'win32) so CI stops producing false negatives. It’s a pragmatic short-term fix to keep CI healthy while preserving behavior verification on macOS/Linux.


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What was happening

  • A subset of unit tests assert or manipulate POSIX-style file mode bits (read/write/execute). On Windows those expectations are unreliable because:

    • Windows uses ACLs rather than POSIX mode bits.
    • fs.chmod and related permission semantics behave differently (or are effectively no-ops) on Windows runners.
  • As a result, CI on windows-latest was reporting failing tests that were not indicative of real regressions in the code.

What I changed

  • I wrapped the permission-dependent tests in a platform guard so they are skipped on Windows (explicit and documented skip).
  • The skip is intentionally narrow: only the tests that require POSIX permission behavior are affected. Non-permission tests continue to run everywhere.
  • Implementation patterns used (examples included in the code comments):

Linked issues / bugs

  • Observed CI failures on Windows due to permission assertions.
    • Related: Windows test failures caused by permission semantics (please create an issue if we want a long-term cross-platform test plan).

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