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Summary

  • Add a windows-latest E2E test job to the CI workflow, running tests via Git Bash
  • Make the e2e test framework (framework.sh, run.sh) cross-platform by replacing Unix-specific tools/patterns with portable alternatives
  • Key cross-platform fixes: pkilltaskkill, atomic symlink locking → atomic mkdir, bc → integer arithmetic, /tmp$TEMP/$TMPDIR, export -f + xargs → background jobs on Windows

Test plan

  • Existing Linux E2E tests (Node.js and Bun) still pass
  • New Windows E2E job runs successfully on windows-latest
  • Unit tests unaffected (430 tests pass)
  • Lint passes

https://claude.ai/code/session_01QA2R1dDEWRrdGUAbX9Qz9B

claude and others added 8 commits March 24, 2026 09:21
Make the e2e test framework cross-platform so it runs on Windows via
Git Bash. Key changes:
- Add cross-platform helpers (is_windows, _kill_tree, _find_python, _md5_short, _TMPDIR)
- Replace pkill with taskkill on Windows for process cleanup
- Replace atomic symlink locking with atomic mkdir (works on all platforms)
- Replace bc-based floating-point math with integer arithmetic in wait_for()
- Use $TEMP/$TMPDIR instead of hardcoded /tmp paths
- Use background jobs instead of export -f + xargs on Windows
- Skip symlink creation on Windows (requires elevated privileges)
- Add e2e-windows job to CI workflow (windows-latest, parallel 1)

https://claude.ai/code/session_01QA2R1dDEWRrdGUAbX9Qz9B
Mirrors the Linux CI structure where Node.js and Bun e2e tests run as
separate parallel jobs, improving overall CI throughput on Windows.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01QA2R1dDEWRrdGUAbX9Qz9B
Root cause: _kill_tree used taskkill with Git Bash PIDs, but taskkill
only understands Windows PIDs. The process survived, and the subsequent
wait() blocked forever.

Fixes:
- _kill_tree: use bash kill -9 (understands MSYS PIDs) on Windows,
  with taskkill as best-effort fallback for native child processes
- _wait_killed: skip blocking wait on Windows, use brief sleep instead
- Per-test 5-minute timeout in run.sh Windows path to prevent hangs
- Fix hardcoded /tmp paths in env-vars and expired tests for Windows

https://claude.ai/code/session_01QA2R1dDEWRrdGUAbX9Qz9B
… shutdown

Four root causes addressed:

1. MSYS path conversion: Config file paths in composite CLI args
   (path:entry) weren't converted by MSYS2. Added to_native_path()
   helper using cygpath and NATIVE_TEST_TMP for tool-call args.

2. Process detection: process.kill(pid, 0) unreliable on Windows/Bun.
   Added tasklist-based fallback in isProcessAlive() and matching
   tasklist checks in test assertions.

3. Bridge graceful shutdown: SIGTERM = immediate TerminateProcess on
   Windows, preventing HTTP DELETE on close. stopBridge() now sends
   IPC shutdown message on Windows, giving the bridge time to clean up.

4. JSON escaping: Windows named pipe paths had invalid backslash
   escapes in manually-crafted sessions.json test fixtures.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01QA2R1dDEWRrdGUAbX9Qz9B
1. cygpath flag collision: to_native_path() was called on all args
   including flags like -y, causing "cygpath: unknown option -- y".
   Now only converts args that look like file paths (start with /, ~, .).

2. Session expiry after bridge kill: On Linux, SIGTERM triggers
   graceful shutdown (HTTP DELETE removes server session). On Windows,
   force-kill prevents cleanup so server still has the session active.
   Tests now call /control/expire-session after killing the bridge on
   Windows, then /control/reset before restart to allow reconnection.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01QA2R1dDEWRrdGUAbX9Qz9B
On some Windows CI runs, connecting to mcp.slack.com doesn't fail
immediately (auth error may be classified as a non-auth error and
swallowed). The test now handles both cases: connect failing with
a login hint (expected), or connect succeeding but subsequent use
failing (acceptable fallback).

https://claude.ai/code/session_01QA2R1dDEWRrdGUAbX9Qz9B
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