From 87b030780e0edc82a1d48969fd05a0f9a84727f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sina M <1591639+s1na@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:18:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] .github: add windows runner (#34742)

Difference to Appveyor:

- Missing 386 build. Hit some issue because user-space memory there is
around 2Gbs. Also seems generally extremely niche.
- Not doing the archive step and NSIS installer and uploads (those are
done on the builder).
---
 .github/workflows/go.yml | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 rlp/rlpgen/gen_test.go   |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index 507057afe5..3e811072ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -97,3 +97,44 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: go run build/ci.go test -p 8
+
+  windows:
+    name: Windows ${{ matrix.arch }}
+    needs: lint
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, windows, x64]
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - arch: amd64
+            mingw: 'C:\msys64\mingw64'
+            test: true
+          - arch: '386'
+            mingw: 'C:\msys64\mingw32'
+            test: false
+    env:
+      GETH_MINGW: ${{ matrix.mingw }}
+      GETH_CC: ${{ matrix.mingw }}\bin\gcc.exe
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.25'
+          cache: false
+
+      - name: Build
+        shell: cmd
+        run: |
+          set PATH=%GETH_MINGW%\bin;%PATH%
+          go run build/ci.go install -arch ${{ matrix.arch }} -cc %GETH_CC%
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        if: matrix.test
+        shell: cmd
+        run: |
+          set PATH=%GETH_MINGW%\bin;%PATH%
+          go run build/ci.go test -arch ${{ matrix.arch }} -cc %GETH_CC% -short -p 8
diff --git a/rlp/rlpgen/gen_test.go b/rlp/rlpgen/gen_test.go
index 4bfb1b9d25..2e35ef933d 100644
--- a/rlp/rlpgen/gen_test.go
+++ b/rlp/rlpgen/gen_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"go/types"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -52,6 +53,9 @@ var tests = []string{"uints", "nil", "rawvalue", "optional", "bigint", "uint256"
 func TestOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if test == "pkgclash" && runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+				t.Skip("source-based importer is pathologically slow on Windows/NTFS")
+			}
 			inputFile := filepath.Join("testdata", test+".in.txt")
 			outputFile := filepath.Join("testdata", test+".out.txt")
 			bctx, typ, err := loadTestSource(inputFile, "Test")