diff --git a/src/ui/scm/graph.rs b/src/ui/scm/graph.rs
index 99cdcb32..c0e4ea87 100644
--- a/src/ui/scm/graph.rs
+++ b/src/ui/scm/graph.rs
@@ -2286,9 +2286,16 @@ mod render_idle_gpui_tests {
             ));
         }
 
-        let (app, mut vcx, _pane) = test_window::harness_with_pane(cx);
+        // The daemon end is held for the life of the test, the way every other
+        // panel harness holds it. `&mut { _pane }` dropped it on the spot: on
+        // Unix a closed `socketpair` half still delivers the `Cwd` written a
+        // moment earlier, but on Windows the link is a loopback `TcpStream`,
+        // and closing one with the pane's own `Resize` sitting unread on it is
+        // an abortive close — the `Cwd` goes with the connection, and the test
+        // spends its 30s deadline waiting for a cwd that was thrown away.
+        let (app, mut vcx, mut pane) = test_window::harness_with_pane(cx);
         crate::daemon::protocol::DaemonMsg::Cwd(root.clone())
-            .encode(&mut { _pane })
+            .encode(&mut pane)
             .expect("the pane's socket takes the cwd");
         app.update_in(&mut vcx, |app, _, cx| {
             app.right_panel_visible = true;