diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/review/lib/run-ledger.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/review/lib/run-ledger.test.ts
index 6febecd92e1..d501e8f3259 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/review/lib/run-ledger.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/review/lib/run-ledger.test.ts
@@ -686,23 +686,28 @@ describe('the properties the threat model rests on', () => {
     expect(priorSessionIds(plan, envOf('S2'))).toEqual([]);
   });
 
-  it('refuses to append over a ledger it could not read', () => {
-    // A present-but-unreadable REGULAR file holds every recorded entry, and
-    // this append rewrites the whole file from what it read — proceeding on
-    // a transient fault would clobber attempt 1's address exactly when a
-    // resume needs it.
-    appendRunSession(plan, envOf('S1'));
-    const before = readFileSync(runSessionsPath(plan), 'utf8');
-    chmodSync(runSessionsPath(plan), 0o000);
-    try {
-      appendRunSession(plan, envOf('S2'));
-    } finally {
-      chmodSync(runSessionsPath(plan), 0o644);
-    }
-    expect(readFileSync(runSessionsPath(plan), 'utf8')).toBe(before);
-    authorize('S3');
-    expect(priorSessionIds(plan, envOf('S3'))).toEqual(['S1']);
-  });
+  it.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32' || process.getuid?.() === 0)(
+    'refuses to append over a ledger it could not read',
+    () => {
+      // A present-but-unreadable REGULAR file holds every recorded entry, and
+      // this append rewrites the whole file from what it read — proceeding on
+      // a transient fault would clobber attempt 1's address exactly when a
+      // resume needs it. chmod 0o000 is a POSIX-only fault: on Windows it
+      // toggles the read-only attribute and the file stays readable, and root
+      // bypasses the mode entirely — the repo convention for this shape.
+      appendRunSession(plan, envOf('S1'));
+      const before = readFileSync(runSessionsPath(plan), 'utf8');
+      chmodSync(runSessionsPath(plan), 0o000);
+      try {
+        appendRunSession(plan, envOf('S2'));
+      } finally {
+        chmodSync(runSessionsPath(plan), 0o644);
+      }
+      expect(readFileSync(runSessionsPath(plan), 'utf8')).toBe(before);
+      authorize('S3');
+      expect(priorSessionIds(plan, envOf('S3'))).toEqual(['S1']);
+    },
+  );
 
   it('does not write at all when the id fails the charset gate', () => {
     // The write-side guard, discriminated from the read-side one by looking