diff --git a/.github/workflows/chained_e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/chained_e2e.yml
index 487225d452..4b37d0e109 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/chained_e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/chained_e2e.yml
@@ -224,8 +224,6 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       always() && (needs.merge_queue_skipper.result !='success' || needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip != 'true')
     runs-on: 'gemini-cli-windows-16-core'
-    continue-on-error: true
-
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
         uses: 'actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
@@ -315,6 +313,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - 'e2e_linux'
       - 'e2e_mac'
+      - 'e2e_windows'
       - 'evals'
       - 'merge_queue_skipper'
     runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
@@ -323,6 +322,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           if [[ ${{ needs.e2e_linux.result }} != 'success' || \
                ${{ needs.e2e_mac.result }} != 'success' || \
+               ${{ needs.e2e_windows.result }} != 'success' || \
                ${{ needs.evals.result }} != 'success' ]]; then
             echo "One or more E2E jobs failed."
             exit 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0f9714df99..dd7288cde5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -360,7 +360,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: 'gemini-cli-windows-16-core'
     needs: 'merge_queue_skipper'
     if: "${{needs.merge_queue_skipper.outputs.skip == 'false'}}"
-    continue-on-error: true
     timeout-minutes: 60
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -458,6 +457,7 @@ jobs:
       - 'link_checker'
       - 'test_linux'
       - 'test_mac'
+      - 'test_windows'
       - 'codeql'
       - 'bundle_size'
     runs-on: 'gemini-cli-ubuntu-16-core'
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ jobs:
                (${{ needs.link_checker.result }} != 'success' && ${{ needs.link_checker.result }} != 'skipped') || \
                (${{ needs.test_linux.result }} != 'success' && ${{ needs.test_linux.result }} != 'skipped') || \
                (${{ needs.test_mac.result }} != 'success' && ${{ needs.test_mac.result }} != 'skipped') || \
+               (${{ needs.test_windows.result }} != 'success' && ${{ needs.test_windows.result }} != 'skipped') || \
                (${{ needs.codeql.result }} != 'success' && ${{ needs.codeql.result }} != 'skipped') || \
                (${{ needs.bundle_size.result }} != 'success' && ${{ needs.bundle_size.result }} != 'skipped') ]]; then
             echo "One or more CI jobs failed."