From 6f5b7120b8cf15ec7f88928453842fb63d521f8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:31:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: trim windows dev update preflight

---
 src/infra/update-runner.test.ts |  1 +
 src/infra/update-runner.ts      | 28 +++++++++++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/infra/update-runner.test.ts b/src/infra/update-runner.test.ts
index 27548f7de86..769051dec31 100644
--- a/src/infra/update-runner.test.ts
+++ b/src/infra/update-runner.test.ts
@@ -701,6 +701,7 @@ describe("runGatewayUpdate", () => {
       );
       expect(result.steps.map((step) => step.name)).toContain("deps install (ignore scripts)");
       expect(calls).toContain("pnpm install --ignore-scripts");
+      expect(calls).not.toContain("pnpm lint");
     } finally {
       platformSpy.mockRestore();
     }
diff --git a/src/infra/update-runner.ts b/src/infra/update-runner.ts
index 96d193d53fc..1c1366588b2 100644
--- a/src/infra/update-runner.ts
+++ b/src/infra/update-runner.ts
@@ -503,6 +503,10 @@ function mergeCommandEnvironments(
   };
 }
 
+function shouldRunDevPreflightLint(): boolean {
+  return process.platform !== "win32";
+}
+
 export async function runGatewayUpdate(opts: UpdateRunnerOptions = {}): Promise<UpdateRunResult> {
   const startedAt = Date.now();
   const defaultCommandEnv = await createGlobalInstallEnv();
@@ -885,17 +889,19 @@ export async function runGatewayUpdate(opts: UpdateRunnerOptions = {}): Promise<
             continue;
           }
 
-          const lintStep = await runStep(
-            step(
-              `preflight lint (${shortSha})`,
-              managerScriptArgs(manager.manager, "lint"),
-              worktreeDir,
-              manager.env,
-            ),
-          );
-          steps.push(lintStep);
-          if (lintStep.exitCode !== 0) {
-            continue;
+          if (shouldRunDevPreflightLint()) {
+            const lintStep = await runStep(
+              step(
+                `preflight lint (${shortSha})`,
+                managerScriptArgs(manager.manager, "lint"),
+                worktreeDir,
+                manager.env,
+              ),
+            );
+            steps.push(lintStep);
+            if (lintStep.exitCode !== 0) {
+              continue;
+            }
           }
 
           selectedSha = sha;