From 2c9f120315489db876064ab7833526dfaa246c8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thabhelo <50872400+Thabhelo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 15:06:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] test(onboard): cover Windows Ollama negative probe paths

Follow-up to #4089 / #4066 review notes.
---
 src/lib/onboard/windows-host-ollama.test.ts | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 src/lib/onboard/windows-host-ollama.ts      |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/lib/onboard/windows-host-ollama.test.ts b/src/lib/onboard/windows-host-ollama.test.ts
index da12abcef8f..79fbbb3cdc9 100644
--- a/src/lib/onboard/windows-host-ollama.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/onboard/windows-host-ollama.test.ts
@@ -40,4 +40,25 @@ describe("detectWindowsHostOllama", () => {
       loopbackOnly: false,
     });
   });
+
+  it("returns uninstalled when not on WSL", () => {
+    vi.mocked(isWsl).mockReturnValue(false);
+
+    expect(detectWindowsHostOllama()).toEqual({
+      installed: false,
+      installedPath: "",
+      loopbackOnly: false,
+    });
+    expect(runCapture).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("returns uninstalled when all Windows Ollama probes miss", () => {
+    runCapture.mockImplementation(() => "");
+
+    expect(detectWindowsHostOllama()).toEqual({
+      installed: false,
+      installedPath: "",
+      loopbackOnly: false,
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/onboard/windows-host-ollama.ts b/src/lib/onboard/windows-host-ollama.ts
index a496d34887b..9ccda7d584e 100644
--- a/src/lib/onboard/windows-host-ollama.ts
+++ b/src/lib/onboard/windows-host-ollama.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ export function detectWindowsHostOllama(): WindowsHostOllamaState {
     return { installed: false, installedPath: "", loopbackOnly: false };
   }
   const installedPath = probeInstalledPath();
+  // `installed` reflects binary presence on disk, not a live daemon. Onboard
+  // still gates Start/Restart on reachability and loopback binding (#3949).
   const installed = installedPath.length > 0;
   const loopbackOnly = installed ? probeLoopbackOnly() : false;
   return { installed, installedPath, loopbackOnly };