1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/packages/meshbay-node/tests/test_hot_reload_survives_client_close.py b/packages/meshbay-node/tests/test_hot_reload_survives_client_close.py
index 7cb74cb..fc6af70 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-node/tests/test_hot_reload_survives_client_close.py
+++ b/packages/meshbay-node/tests/test_hot_reload_survives_client_close.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ finished and the new group became available on its own.
 import asyncio
 import base64
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import serialization
@@ -45,8 +46,10 @@ def _toml(data_dir, first_group_dir, second_group_id=None, second_group_dir=None
     # (~/.local/share/meshbay) instead of erroring, which is exactly how this
     # test once ran a whole daemon — including _shutdown()'s unlink of
     # ui-token — against the developer's real, already-running node.
+    # Forward slashes: a raw Windows path in a basic TOML string is a parse
+    # error (`\U`, `\a`, ... are escape sequences). pathlib reads `/` fine.
     text = f"""
-data_dir = "{data_dir}"
+data_dir = "{Path(data_dir).as_posix()}"
 
 [hub]
 url = "http://localhost:9999"
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ ui_port = {_free_port()}
 [[groups]]
 id = "{"a" * 32}"
 name = "first"
-shared_dir = "{first_group_dir}"
+shared_dir = "{Path(first_group_dir).as_posix()}"
 visibility = "private"
 """
     if second_group_id:
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ visibility = "private"
 [[groups]]
 id = "{second_group_id}"
 name = "slow-new-group"
-shared_dir = "{second_group_dir}"
+shared_dir = "{Path(second_group_dir).as_posix()}"
 visibility = "private"
 """
     return text