diff --git a/packages/cli/src/serve/workspaceAgents.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/serve/workspaceAgents.test.ts
index c12728def..908f68920 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/serve/workspaceAgents.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/serve/workspaceAgents.test.ts
@@ -677,6 +677,18 @@ describe('workspace agents routes', () => {
   });
 
   it('returns 500 agent_delete_partial when one level unlink silently fails', async () => {
+    // Windows ignores Unix-style permission bits passed to
+    // `fs.chmod` — the user-agents directory stays writable, the
+    // unlink succeeds, and the partial-delete path this test
+    // exercises is unreachable. SubagentManager's `unlink` import
+    // (`import * as fs from 'fs/promises'`) creates a sealed
+    // namespace object that vitest can't `spyOn`, so a per-platform
+    // mock is also off-limits. The route logic itself is
+    // platform-agnostic; the Ubuntu + macOS runs cover it. Mirrors
+    // the `process.platform === 'win32'` early-return idiom used in
+    // `customBanner.test.ts:232`.
+    if (process.platform === 'win32') return;
+
     const bridge = buildBridgeStub();
     const app = buildApp({ bridge, boundWorkspace: workspace });
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/serve/workspaceMemory.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/serve/workspaceMemory.test.ts
index adf49a8f1..eadc2a452 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/serve/workspaceMemory.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/serve/workspaceMemory.test.ts
@@ -384,6 +384,15 @@ describe('workspace memory routes', () => {
     });
 
     it('omits errorMessage + filePath in 500/413 responses unless QWEN_SERVE_DEBUG is on', async () => {
+      // Windows ignores Unix-style permission bits passed to
+      // `fs.chmod` — the directory stays writable, the POST succeeds
+      // with 200, and the EACCES path this test exercises is
+      // unreachable. The route logic itself is platform-agnostic; the
+      // Ubuntu + macOS runs cover it. Mirrors the
+      // `process.platform === 'win32'` early-return idiom already used
+      // in `customBanner.test.ts:232`.
+      if (process.platform === 'win32') return;
+
       // Default: production response carries no `errorMessage` or
       // `filePath` fields — operators read the daemon stderr log
       // for the path. Setting QWEN_SERVE_DEBUG=1 enables both.