diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
index 1cbb9cbd1b..89a225c3fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests (excluding integration and client_process)
         run: |
           if [ "${{ matrix.os }}" == "windows-latest" ]; then
-            uv run pytest --inline-snapshot=disable tests -m "not integration and not client_process"
+            uv run pytest --inline-snapshot=disable tests -m "not integration and not client_process" -v
           else
             uv run pytest --inline-snapshot=disable tests -m "not integration and not client_process" --numprocesses auto --maxprocesses 4 --dist worksteal
           fi
diff --git a/tests/test_mcp_config.py b/tests/test_mcp_config.py
index 5a291d9d41..994e780626 100644
--- a/tests/test_mcp_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_mcp_config.py
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@
 )
 from fastmcp.tools.tool import Tool as FastMCPTool
 
+# Skip all tests in this file on Windows - they spawn subprocess servers via stdio
+# which has process lifecycle issues on Windows
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.platform.startswith("win32"),
+    reason="Windows has process lifecycle issues with stdio subprocesses",
+)
+
 
 def running_under_debugger():
     return os.environ.get("DEBUGPY_RUNNING") == "true"
@@ -243,10 +250,6 @@ def add(a: int, b: int) -> int:
         assert result_2.data == 3
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    sys.platform.startswith("win32"),
-    reason="Windows has process lifecycle issues with parallel stdio subprocess calls",
-)
 async def test_multi_client_parallel_calls(tmp_path: Path):
     server_script = inspect.cleandoc("""
         from fastmcp import FastMCP
@@ -292,8 +295,8 @@ def add(a: int, b: int) -> int:
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
-    running_under_debugger() or sys.platform.startswith("win32"),
-    reason="Debugger holds a reference to the transport; Windows has process lifecycle issues",
+    running_under_debugger(),
+    reason="Debugger holds a reference to the transport",
 )
 @pytest.mark.timeout(5)
 async def test_multi_client_lifespan(tmp_path: Path):
@@ -357,10 +360,6 @@ def pid() -> int:
             await asyncio.sleep(0.01)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    sys.platform.startswith("win32"),
-    reason="Windows has process lifecycle issues",
-)
 async def test_multi_client_force_close(tmp_path: Path):
     server_script = inspect.cleandoc("""
         from fastmcp import FastMCP