From 4444808dd3a704ec0f5d97e2c736cc917656c491 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MarcoFalke <*~=`'#}+{/-|&$^_@721217.xyz>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 10:14:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ci: [refactor] Add .github/ci-windows.py build step

Note, the use of process_cpu_count() is intentional. It was only added
in Python 3.13, according to
https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.process_cpu_count .

However, Python 3.13 is also the minimum required version on Windows,
according to
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/29897#issuecomment-2940318094
to avoid intermittent test failures.
---
 .github/ci-windows.py    | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 .github/workflows/ci.yml |  3 +--
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/ci-windows.py b/.github/ci-windows.py
index 142fee7bac2..5d28ed0b855 100755
--- a/.github/ci-windows.py
+++ b/.github/ci-windows.py
@@ -56,15 +56,30 @@ def generate(ci_type):
     run(command)
 
 
+def build():
+    command = [
+        "cmake",
+        "--build",
+        "build",
+        "-j",
+        str(os.process_cpu_count()),
+        "--config",
+        "Release",
+    ]
+    run(command)
+
+
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Utility to run Windows CI steps.")
     parser.add_argument("ci_type", choices=GENERATE_OPTIONS, help="CI type to run.")
-    steps = ["generate"]
+    steps = ["generate", "build"]
     parser.add_argument("step", choices=steps, help="CI step to perform.")
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     if args.step == "generate":
         generate(args.ci_type)
+    elif args.step == "build":
+        build()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f293b06e53e..75590d1d926 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -280,9 +280,8 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ github.job }}-vcpkg-binary-${{ hashFiles('cmake_version', 'msbuild_version', 'toolset_version', 'vcpkg.json') }}
 
       - name: Build
-        working-directory: build
         run: |
-          cmake --build . -j $NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS --config Release
+          py -3 .github/ci-windows.py ${{ matrix.job-type }} build
 
       - name: Check executable manifests
         if: matrix.job-type == 'standard'