The Windows x64 installed-wheel job timed out while waiting for initialize even though the same head passed on rerun. Exact packaged-runtime VM evidence showed a 6.47-second first cold handshake and 2.69-2.94-second warm fresh-home handshakes, leaving too little variance below the public 10-second default.\n\nRaise the independent initialize default to 30 seconds in both Python SDK configuration layers. Ordinary turn and shutdown timeouts remain unchanged, callers retain an explicit override, and tests plus paired documentation pin the public behavior.
Run the GitHub Windows runtime leg under the runner’s native PowerShell instead of inheriting the POSIX Bash body. POSIX and Windows now own explicit output resolution, virtual-environment setup, environment scrubbing, and keyless/live black-box commands, while portable build commands continue to use each runner’s default shell.
Put the pinned uv installation on the GitLab Windows job PATH before either the smoke or release builder invokes it. Reject a runtime executable whose basename does not match the selected platform manifest, and reject Intel macOS at platform selection instead of reporting a misleading missing artifact.
Add a complete PowerShell path to the published Python tutorial and record the three-phase shutdown-time bound in the Windows runtime decision. Workflow, Python, and bilingual documentation tests pin the resulting behavior.
Record win-x64 as the sole Windows Python carrier: node24-win-x64 builds a py3-none-win_amd64 wheel with dsh.exe, rg.exe, and both ConPTY addons; Windows arm64 remains explicitly unsupported. The note also pins native build ownership, shell-free pnpm launch, installed-wheel keyless/live gates, and the PowerShell-specific minimal snapshot.
Update the active SEA, sole-launcher, profile-runtime, installed-wheel, and publication decisions from three runtime wheels to four, preserving their existing rationale while linking the Windows extension. Contributor and runtime references now state the exact target, filenames, sidecars, snapshot ownership, and five-wheel release set in both languages.
Make the checked-in minimal SDK overlay disable both one-shot shell rows and mount exactly one persistent PTY stack: Bash on Linux/macOS and PowerShell on Windows. The SDK server, explicit dsh home, persistence, editor, timeout, and reduced tool catalog remain unchanged.
Update the runnable example and tutorial to list Windows x64 as supported, describe the platform-selected shell, and remove the obsolete POSIX-only restriction. This keeps the documented first Python task executable through the packaged Windows dsh profile instead of advertising a Linux-only overlay on a Windows-capable SDK.
Add node24-win-x64 to the required pull-request and public-release matrices on a native windows-2025 runner, and publish the same win_amd64 artifact from the GitLab tag pipeline. GitHub uses Git Bash for the shared release script while selecting the Windows venv's Scripts/python.exe explicitly; the Linux and macOS legs retain their existing commands and native checks.
Run the complete installed-wheel keyless suite and the trusted two-turn DeepSeek smoke on Windows exactly as on the existing targets. Make the minimal blackbox choose persistent PowerShell on Windows, keep advanced and restart snapshots platform-stable by disabling both one-shot shell variants, locate the generated dsh.exe console command, and validate text lines without assuming POSIX newlines.
Workflow tests pin the four-target matrix, Windows runner and wheel tag, cross-platform venv selection, GitLab publication dependency, and full blackbox invocation. The existing POSIX minimal snapshot changes only its platform-neutral prompt wording; Windows owns a separate model-visible snapshot.
Add node24-win-x64 as the only supported Windows runtime target and publish it as a py3-none-win_amd64 wheel containing the conventional dsh and ripgrep .exe payload names. Keep Windows ARM64 rejected explicitly so Python cannot claim a carrier that CI and release automation do not build.
Teach the pkg builder to require a native x64 Windows host, validate both node-pty ConPTY addons, copy @vscode's win32 ripgrep executable, and recognize pkg's .exe output. Extend runtime resolution, wheel staging, payload validation, and the preset closure check so the Windows-specific PowerShell plugins and sidecars fail loud when omitted.
The sidecar resolver now maps a packaged main.exe to main-rg.exe; focused TypeScript and Python tests cover that name, the win_amd64 manifest, x64-only host selection, complete wheel payload, ConPTY inventory, and platform-conditioned plugin closure.
Tianyi Cui