From 3e2ac193fdf93009ef6e88ae34fe1c32340ae039 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Dylan M. Taylor" <dylan@dylanmtaylor.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 21:27:06 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: drop Windows 32-bit builds (#163)

Drops i686-pc-windows-msvc (x86) builds from the Windows release matrix, retaining 64-bit x64 and arm64 targets.
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml |  1 -
 README.md                     |  2 +-
 tests/test_windows_release.py | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tests/test_windows_release.py

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1d61fe0..3a2d492 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         include:
           - { arch: x64, target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc }
-          - { arch: x86, target: i686-pc-windows-msvc }
           - { arch: arm64, target: aarch64-pc-windows-msvc }
     env:
       CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ceb453..7615c0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This repository unifies and eliminates duplicate CI/CD and release workflow defi
 ### 1. `release.yml`
 Full multi-platform release pipeline for Craft apps:
 - **macOS universal** (x86_64 + aarch64 universal bundle, DMG, CLI, Developer ID codesign & notarization)
-- **Windows** (x64, x86, ARM64 MSI installer with WiX v5, CLI, Azure Trusted Signing)
+- **Windows** (x64, ARM64 MSI installer with WiX v5, CLI, Azure Trusted Signing)
 - **Linux** (x86_64, aarch64 AppImage, deb, rpm, tar.gz via nfpm)
 - **Flatpak** (x86_64, aarch64 bundle generation)
 - **FreeBSD** (FreeBSD 15.1-STABLE VM build & packaging for x86_64 and aarch64; aarch64 is cross-compiled in the same x86_64 VM and set by default through `freebsd-architectures`, see #39)
diff --git a/tests/test_windows_release.py b/tests/test_windows_release.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a91655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_windows_release.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+"""Exercise the Windows release job matrix in release.yml."""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+import unittest
+
+import yaml
+
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+RELEASE_WORKFLOW = ROOT / ".github/workflows/release.yml"
+
+
+class WindowsReleaseWorkflowTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Ensure the release workflow Windows matrix builds supported architectures."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """Load the release workflow definition."""
+        self.data = yaml.load(RELEASE_WORKFLOW.read_text(), Loader=yaml.BaseLoader)
+
+    def test_windows_matrix_drops_32bit_and_includes_x64_and_arm64(self):
+        """Windows matrix includes x64 and arm64 targets and excludes 32-bit x86."""
+        windows_job = self.data["jobs"]["windows"]
+        matrix_include = windows_job["strategy"]["matrix"]["include"]
+        expected = [
+            {"arch": "x64", "target": "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"},
+            {"arch": "arm64", "target": "aarch64-pc-windows-msvc"},
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual(matrix_include, expected)
+        arches = [item["arch"] for item in matrix_include]
+        targets = [item["target"] for item in matrix_include]
+        self.assertNotIn("x86", arches)
+        self.assertNotIn("i686-pc-windows-msvc", targets)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()