From 40db9734c4d488aac07a305ffd28311f1903baec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:39:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ci: start windows checks earlier

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 18 ++----------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 82f3ada4407..8c5952c4e2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1899,8 +1899,8 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     name: ${{ matrix.check_name }}
-    needs: [preflight, build-artifacts]
-    if: always() && needs.preflight.outputs.run_checks_windows == 'true' && needs.build-artifacts.result == 'success'
+    needs: [preflight]
+    if: needs.preflight.outputs.run_checks_windows == 'true'
     runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'openclaw/openclaw' && 'blacksmith-32vcpu-windows-2025' || 'windows-2025' }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
@@ -1980,20 +1980,6 @@ jobs:
           # caches can skip repeated rebuild/download work on later shards/runs.
           pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline --ignore-scripts=false --config.engine-strict=false --config.enable-pre-post-scripts=true --config.side-effects-cache=true || pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline --ignore-scripts=false --config.engine-strict=false --config.enable-pre-post-scripts=true --config.side-effects-cache=true
 
-      - name: Download dist artifact
-        if: matrix.task == 'test'
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-        with:
-          name: dist-build
-          path: dist/
-
-      - name: Download A2UI bundle artifact
-        if: matrix.task == 'test'
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-        with:
-          name: canvas-a2ui-bundle
-          path: src/canvas-host/a2ui/
-
       - name: Run ${{ matrix.task }} (${{ matrix.runtime }})
         env:
           TASK: ${{ matrix.task }}