diff --git a/contributors/emails/anatolij.laptev.1991@gmail.com b/contributors/emails/anatolij.laptev.1991@gmail.com
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84578ea7ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contributors/emails/anatolij.laptev.1991@gmail.com
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+anatolijlaptev1991-ctrl
diff --git a/scripts/run_tests.sh b/scripts/run_tests.sh
index 68237a5fd9..635852ad9f 100755
--- a/scripts/run_tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_tests.sh
@@ -94,6 +94,21 @@ if [ -f "$HOME/.hermes/pytest_live_guard.py" ]; then
 fi
 
 
+# ── Windows location variables (computed before we drop env) ───────────────
+# `env -i` forwards HOME, which is enough on POSIX. Native Windows CPython
+# resolves Path.home() from USERPROFILE (or HOMEDRIVE+HOMEPATH), stdlib
+# platform paths come from LOCALAPPDATA/APPDATA, ssl/sockets need SYSTEMROOT,
+# and tempfile needs TEMP/TMP. Dropping them breaks collection on native
+# Windows (issues #67385, #70813). These are location variables, not
+# credentials, so forwarding them keeps the isolation intent intact. Each is
+# only forwarded when actually set, so POSIX runs are byte-for-byte unchanged.
+WIN_ENV=()
+for _win_var in USERPROFILE HOMEDRIVE HOMEPATH LOCALAPPDATA APPDATA SYSTEMROOT TEMP TMP; do
+  if [ -n "${!_win_var:-}" ]; then
+    WIN_ENV+=("$_win_var=${!_win_var}")
+  fi
+done
+
 # ── Run in hermetic env ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 # env -i: start with empty environment, opt-in only what we need.
 # No credential var can leak — you'd have to explicitly add it here.
@@ -114,10 +129,12 @@ echo "▶ launching test runner"
 exec env -i \
   PATH="$PATH" \
   HOME="$HOME" \
+  ${WIN_ENV[@]+"${WIN_ENV[@]}"} \
   TZ=UTC \
   LANG=C.UTF-8 \
   LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 \
   PYTHONHASHSEED=0 \
+  PYTHONUTF8=1 \
   ${HERMES_RUN_SLOW_PET_TESTS:+HERMES_RUN_SLOW_PET_TESTS="$HERMES_RUN_SLOW_PET_TESTS"} \
   ${HERMES_E2E_BROWSER:+HERMES_E2E_BROWSER="$HERMES_E2E_BROWSER"} \
   ${EXTRA_PYTHONPATH:+PYTHONPATH="$EXTRA_PYTHONPATH"} \
diff --git a/tests/plugins/memory/test_hindsight_provider.py b/tests/plugins/memory/test_hindsight_provider.py
index 62103a987c..0c72bd6203 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/memory/test_hindsight_provider.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/memory/test_hindsight_provider.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import os
 import re
 import stat
 import sys
+from pathlib import Path
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
 
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@ from plugins.memory.hindsight import (
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
-def _clean_env(monkeypatch):
-    """Ensure no stale env vars leak between tests."""
+def _clean_env(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """Ensure no stale env vars or Windows home state leak between tests."""
     for key in (
         "HINDSIGHT_API_KEY", "HINDSIGHT_API_URL", "HINDSIGHT_BANK_ID",
         "HINDSIGHT_BUDGET", "HINDSIGHT_MODE", "HINDSIGHT_TIMEOUT",
@@ -49,6 +50,12 @@ def _clean_env(monkeypatch):
     ):
         monkeypatch.delenv(key, raising=False)
 
+    # On Windows pathlib.Path.home() resolves USERPROFILE/HOMEDRIVE+HOMEPATH,
+    # not the POSIX HOME alias that these tests historically monkeypatched.
+    # Patch the actual API and keep all legacy profile writes in tmp_path.
+    isolated_home = tmp_path / "user-home"
+    monkeypatch.setattr(Path, "home", classmethod(lambda cls: isolated_home))
+
 
 def _make_mock_client():
     """Create a mock Hindsight client with async methods."""