From 994ecc2db98073ccbf9dfd421ecde2ad2f9a62e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <peter@steipete.me>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:09:40 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] test: use lightweight worker keepalive fixture (#109539)

---
 src/worker/worker.runtime.test.ts | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/worker/worker.runtime.test.ts b/src/worker/worker.runtime.test.ts
index ab1815a78b52..dc38fade04a1 100644
--- a/src/worker/worker.runtime.test.ts
+++ b/src/worker/worker.runtime.test.ts
@@ -591,9 +591,13 @@ class FakeWorkerGateway {
     const toolCallId = "local-exec-call";
     const args = background
       ? {
-          command: `${JSON.stringify(process.execPath)} -e ${JSON.stringify(
-            "setInterval(() => undefined, 1000)",
-          )}`,
+          // POSIX sleep avoids Node startup; Windows keeps the portable Node fixture.
+          command:
+            process.platform === "win32"
+              ? `${JSON.stringify(process.execPath)} -e ${JSON.stringify(
+                  "setInterval(() => undefined, 1000)",
+                )}`
+              : "exec sleep 60",
           background: true,
         }
       : { command: "printf worker-local > local-proof.txt" };