diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
index df0d0bf1..5033983a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
@@ -216,3 +216,34 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Smoke test --version
         run: docker run --rm gitlawb-node:ci-test --version
+
+  test-windows:
+    name: test (windows, non-blocking)
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 45
+    # Non-blocking, mirroring the informational `beta` lane above. We ship `gl`
+    # and `git-remote-gitlawb` to Windows users (release.yml) with zero Windows
+    # test coverage, so run their suites here to make Windows-only regressions
+    # VISIBLE on the PR without gating merge (#228). These two are the client
+    # CLIs and depend on no database, so no Postgres service is needed (service
+    # containers do not run on windows-latest regardless). `git` is preinstalled
+    # on windows-latest, which the real_git_fetch harness relies on.
+    continue-on-error: true
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Set up Rust toolchain
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@b3b07ba8b418998c39fb20f53e8b695cdcc8de1b # stable
+        with:
+          toolchain: stable
+
+      - name: Cache cargo
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@98c8021b550208e191a6a3145459bfc9fb29c4c0 # v2.8.0
+        with:
+          key: windows
+
+      - name: cargo test (shipped Windows crates)
+        run: cargo test -p gl -p git-remote-gitlawb