1 files changed, 20 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/packages/main/src/infrastructure/config/impl/__tests__/ConfigFile.integ.test.ts b/packages/main/src/infrastructure/config/impl/__tests__/ConfigFile.integ.test.ts
index dd4aaaa..c443d99 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/infrastructure/config/impl/__tests__/ConfigFile.integ.test.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/infrastructure/config/impl/__tests__/ConfigFile.integ.test.ts
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ import {
   utimes,
   writeFile,
 } from 'node:fs/promises';
-import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { platform, tmpdir, userInfo } from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
 
 import { jest } from '@jest/globals';
+import { testIf } from '@sophie/test-utils';
 import { mocked } from 'jest-mock';
 
 import Disposer from '../../../../utils/Disposer.js';
@@ -249,19 +250,24 @@ describe('watchConfig', () => {
       expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
-    test('handles other filesystem errors', async () => {
-      const { mode } = await stat(userDataDir!);
-      await writeFile(configFilePath, 'Hi Mars!', 'utf8');
-      // Remove permission to force a filesystem error.
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-bitwise -- Compute reduced permissions.
-      await chmod(userDataDir!, mode & 0o666);
-      try {
-        await catchUpWithFilesystem();
-        expect(callback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-      } finally {
-        await chmod(userDataDir!, mode);
-      }
-    });
+    // We can only cause a filesystem error by changing permissions if we run on a POSIX-like
+    // system and we aren't root (i.e., not in CI).
+    testIf(platform() !== 'win32' && userInfo().uid !== 0)(
+      'handles other filesystem errors',
+      async () => {
+        const { mode } = await stat(userDataDir!);
+        await writeFile(configFilePath, 'Hi Mars!', 'utf8');
+        // Remove permission to force a filesystem error.
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-bitwise -- Compute reduced permissions.
+        await chmod(userDataDir!, mode & 0o666);
+        try {
+          await catchUpWithFilesystem();
+          expect(callback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        } finally {
+          await chmod(userDataDir!, mode);
+        }
+      },
+    );
 
     test('does not notify when the modification date is prior to the last write', async () => {
       await repository.writeConfig('Hello World!');