diff --git a/test/redact-prepush-hook.test.ts b/test/redact-prepush-hook.test.ts
index cf85985237..53b5db9dfb 100644
--- a/test/redact-prepush-hook.test.ts
+++ b/test/redact-prepush-hook.test.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,24 @@ function runHook(
   return { code: r.status ?? 0, stderr: r.stderr ?? "" };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Env override that puts `binDir` first on the search path, for tests that
+ * shadow a real binary with a stub.
+ *
+ * Two portability details, both of which a hardcoded `PATH: "dir:" + ...`
+ * gets wrong (mirrors `prependPath` in test/gstack-brain-context-load.test.ts):
+ *   - The separator is `;` on Windows, not `:`. Using the literal produces one
+ *     unparseable entry, so the stub is never found and the REAL binary runs —
+ *     a test that silently passes through rather than failing loudly.
+ *   - Windows env keys are case-insensitive and commonly spelled `Path`. Adding
+ *     a second `PATH` key alongside an inherited `Path` leaves which one wins up
+ *     to the spawn implementation, so reuse whichever key already exists.
+ */
+function prependPath(binDir: string): Record<string, string> {
+  const pathKey = Object.keys(process.env).find((k) => k.toLowerCase() === "path") || "PATH";
+  return { [pathKey]: `${binDir}${path.delimiter}${process.env[pathKey] || ""}` };
+}
+
 const ZERO = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000";
 
 beforeEach(() => {
@@ -141,30 +159,44 @@ describe("fail closed on unscannable diffs (#1946)", () => {
     expect(stderr).not.toContain("could not compute the pushed diff");
   });
 
-  test("a diff killed by a signal (null status — the maxBuffer/kill class) BLOCKS", () => {
-    // Stub git: probes delegate to the real git; the diff invocation kills
-    // itself, producing spawnSync status === null. This is the exact branch
-    // gitStrict's docstring names (oversized-diff overflow is delivered the
-    // same way) — pre-landing review flagged it as untested.
-    const realGit = Bun.which("git") || "/usr/bin/git";
-    const stubDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "prepush-stubgit-"));
-    try {
-      const stub = `#!/bin/sh\nif [ "$1" = "diff" ]; then kill -KILL $$; fi\nexec "${realGit}" "$@"\n`;
-      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(stubDir, "git"), stub);
-      fs.chmodSync(path.join(stubDir, "git"), 0o755);
-
-      const base = git(["rev-parse", "HEAD"]);
-      const head = commit("clean.txt", "clean content\n", "clean commit");
-      const { code, stderr } = runHook(`refs/heads/main ${head} refs/heads/main ${base}\n`, {
-        PATH: `${stubDir}:${process.env.PATH}`,
-      });
-      expect(code).toBe(1);
-      expect(stderr).toContain("could not compute the pushed diff");
-      expect(stderr).toContain("GSTACK_REDACT_PREPUSH=skip");
-    } finally {
-      fs.rmSync(stubDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-    }
-  });
+  // POSIX-only, for two independent reasons. `spawnSync` reports
+  // `status === null` only when a child dies from a signal, and Windows has no
+  // equivalent — a force-killed process surfaces a non-zero exit code there — so
+  // the branch this test names is unreachable. The stub below is also a
+  // `#!/bin/sh` file named `git`, which Windows will not execute at all, since
+  // process creation resolves commands through PATHEXT (.exe/.cmd/.bat) and
+  // ignores the shebang. A Windows variant would have to assert the non-zero
+  // exit path instead, i.e. a different branch than the name claims, so it is
+  // skipped rather than rewritten. Gate style follows
+  // test/session-runner-timeout.test.ts and test/setup-emoji-font.test.ts.
+  test.skipIf(process.platform === "win32")(
+    "a diff killed by a signal (null status — the maxBuffer/kill class) BLOCKS",
+    () => {
+      // Stub git: probes delegate to the real git; the diff invocation kills
+      // itself, producing spawnSync status === null. This is the exact branch
+      // gitStrict's docstring names (oversized-diff overflow is delivered the
+      // same way) — pre-landing review flagged it as untested.
+      const realGit = Bun.which("git") || "/usr/bin/git";
+      const stubDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "prepush-stubgit-"));
+      try {
+        const stub = `#!/bin/sh\nif [ "$1" = "diff" ]; then kill -KILL $$; fi\nexec "${realGit}" "$@"\n`;
+        fs.writeFileSync(path.join(stubDir, "git"), stub);
+        fs.chmodSync(path.join(stubDir, "git"), 0o755);
+
+        const base = git(["rev-parse", "HEAD"]);
+        const head = commit("clean.txt", "clean content\n", "clean commit");
+        const { code, stderr } = runHook(
+          `refs/heads/main ${head} refs/heads/main ${base}\n`,
+          prependPath(stubDir),
+        );
+        expect(code).toBe(1);
+        expect(stderr).toContain("could not compute the pushed diff");
+        expect(stderr).toContain("GSTACK_REDACT_PREPUSH=skip");
+      } finally {
+        fs.rmSync(stubDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      }
+    },
+  );
 });
 
 describe("install UX surfaces (#1946 / eng review D3+D10)", () => {