diff --git a/src/conductor/providers/copilot.py b/src/conductor/providers/copilot.py
index ff8c60d..297ac9e 100644
--- a/src/conductor/providers/copilot.py
+++ b/src/conductor/providers/copilot.py
@@ -1437,7 +1437,15 @@ def _fix_pipe_blocking_mode(self) -> None:
         BlockingIOError instead of blocking until the reader drains the pipe.
         Since the SDK already runs writes in a thread-pool executor, blocking
         is safe and correct here.
+
+        Skipped on Windows where O_NONBLOCK does not exist and pipes are
+        always blocking.
         """
+        import sys
+
+        if sys.platform == "win32":
+            return
+
         import fcntl
         import os
 
diff --git a/tests/test_providers/test_copilot.py b/tests/test_providers/test_copilot.py
index bc0ef0b..a8c9f57 100644
--- a/tests/test_providers/test_copilot.py
+++ b/tests/test_providers/test_copilot.py
@@ -556,3 +556,24 @@ def test_log_parse_recovery_truncates_long_error(
             max_attempts=5,
             error=long_error,
         )
+
+
+class TestFixPipeBlockingMode:
+    """Tests for _fix_pipe_blocking_mode Windows platform guard."""
+
+    def test_skips_on_windows(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        """Test that _fix_pipe_blocking_mode is a no-op on Windows."""
+        monkeypatch.setattr("sys.platform", "win32")
+        provider = CopilotProvider(mock_handler=stub_handler)
+        # Should return immediately without importing fcntl
+        provider._fix_pipe_blocking_mode()
+
+    def test_runs_on_unix(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        """Test that _fix_pipe_blocking_mode does not skip on non-Windows."""
+        monkeypatch.setattr("sys.platform", "linux")
+        provider = CopilotProvider(mock_handler=stub_handler)
+        # On actual Windows, fcntl is unavailable so the import will fail.
+        # The important assertion is that the platform guard did NOT return
+        # early — it proceeded past the guard and attempted the import.
+        with contextlib.suppress(ModuleNotFoundError):
+            provider._fix_pipe_blocking_mode()