diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fe8214e3d3..21f317fdea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -856,6 +856,9 @@ jobs:
           tests/process-global/filesystemSnapshotFallbackCancellation.test.ts
           tests/boundary/filesystem/typescriptCompiler.test.ts
           tests/boundary/filesystem/binaryTarget.test.ts
+          src/contracts/sessionPathInputs.test.ts
+          tests/boundary/filesystem/directAnalysisSnapshotReplay.test.ts
+          tests/boundary/mcp/rawBinaryMcp.test.ts
           tests/boundary/filesystem/safeOutputTree.test.ts
           tests/boundary/providers/native/artifactProvider.archiveSafety.test.ts
           tests/boundary/providers/native/artifactProvider.extractionCompleteness.test.ts
diff --git a/scripts/ci/scopes.mjs b/scripts/ci/scopes.mjs
index 54ebaa7d17..fe242c8dc6 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/scopes.mjs
+++ b/scripts/ci/scopes.mjs
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ export const SCOPES = {
     "src/cli/setupCommands.ts",
     "tests/boundary/filesystem/typescriptCompiler.test.ts",
     "tests/boundary/filesystem/binaryTarget.test.ts",
+    "src/contracts/sessionPathInputs.test.ts",
+    "tests/boundary/filesystem/directAnalysisSnapshotReplay.test.ts",
+    "tests/boundary/mcp/rawBinaryMcp.test.ts",
     "tests/boundary/filesystem/safeOutputTree.test.ts",
     "tests/boundary/providers/native/artifactProvider.archiveSafety.test.ts",
     "tests/boundary/providers/native/artifactProvider.extractionCompleteness.test.ts",
diff --git a/tests/process-global/curatedWindowsLane.test.ts b/tests/process-global/curatedWindowsLane.test.ts
index 48a1edda6b..a926bf9b7f 100644
--- a/tests/process-global/curatedWindowsLane.test.ts
+++ b/tests/process-global/curatedWindowsLane.test.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,18 @@ describe("curated Windows test lane", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("keeps Windows-only path and snapshot admission cases in the lane", async () => {
+    // These files have cases that run only on Windows, so outside this lane
+    // CI never executes them.
+    expect(await explicitPaths("windows")).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        "src/contracts/sessionPathInputs.test.ts",
+        "tests/boundary/filesystem/directAnalysisSnapshotReplay.test.ts",
+        "tests/boundary/mcp/rawBinaryMcp.test.ts",
+      ]),
+    );
+  });
+
   it("keeps Windows runner cancellation coverage in the lane", async () => {
     expect(await explicitPaths("windows")).toEqual(
       expect.arrayContaining([