diff --git a/tests/test_preview_execution_evidence.py b/tests/test_preview_execution_evidence.py
index 40bfc3253..21b4f8d4b 100644
--- a/tests/test_preview_execution_evidence.py
+++ b/tests/test_preview_execution_evidence.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Execution outcomes must reach the model, not just the tool-event UI."""
 import json
+import os
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ from src.agent_tools.subprocess_tools import BashTool
 from src.clean_agent_preview import preview_tool_result_text
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(os.name == "nt", reason="POSIX-only: enforcing containment (bubblewrap/process group) needed to run native bash; Windows windows_tree gives wall-clock only")
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_failed_shell_retains_exit_status_and_both_streams_for_followup(tmp_path):
     from tests.process_resource_helpers import launch_authority
diff --git a/tests/test_production_external_bridge.py b/tests/test_production_external_bridge.py
index 8f365543a..defac25f3 100644
--- a/tests/test_production_external_bridge.py
+++ b/tests/test_production_external_bridge.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 P2-2 invariant: external bridge execution != local containment.
 """
 import asyncio
+import os
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ async def test_external_record_does_not_grant_authority(tmp_path):
         await containment.run(grant, "id")
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(os.name == "nt", reason="POSIX-only: enforcing containment (bubblewrap/process group) needed to run native bash; Windows windows_tree gives wall-clock only")
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_native_local_bash_python_behavior_unchanged(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     """4. Native local Bash/Python behavior is unchanged."""