diff --git a/examples/loopx-history-conclusion-recall-smoke.py b/examples/loopx-history-conclusion-recall-smoke.py
index efc2061f8a..29c7f401c5 100644
--- a/examples/loopx-history-conclusion-recall-smoke.py
+++ b/examples/loopx-history-conclusion-recall-smoke.py
@@ -272,8 +272,10 @@ def _case_export_preserves_foreign_files_when_retiring_owned_generation(
         if isinstance(v, str) and v != proj["target_scope_hint"]
     )
     # local path is only in the local receipt
-    assert result["local_receipt"]["out_dir"].endswith(
-        f"out/{goal}/history-conclusions"
+    assert Path(result["local_receipt"]["out_dir"]).parts[-3:] == (
+        "out",
+        goal,
+        "history-conclusions",
     )
 
 
@@ -415,18 +417,18 @@ def _case_export_write_failure_preserves_prior_owned_corpus(
     monkeypatch.setattr(
         history_export, "collect_history", lambda **_: {"runs": new_runs}
     )
-    original_write_text = Path.write_text
+    original_open = Path.open
     staged_document_writes = 0
 
-    def _fail_second_staged_document(path: Path, data: str, **kwargs) -> int:
+    def _fail_second_staged_document(path: Path, mode="r", *args, **kwargs):
         nonlocal staged_document_writes
-        if path.suffix == ".md" and path.parent != goal_out:
+        if "w" in mode and path.suffix == ".md" and path.parent != goal_out:
             staged_document_writes += 1
             if staged_document_writes == 2:
                 raise OSError("simulated staged write failure")
-        return original_write_text(path, data, **kwargs)
+        return original_open(path, mode, *args, **kwargs)
 
-    monkeypatch.setattr(Path, "write_text", _fail_second_staged_document)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(Path, "open", _fail_second_staged_document)
     try:
         export_goal_conclusions(
             goal_id=goal,
@@ -831,6 +833,47 @@ def _case_export_fails_closed_when_neither_live_nor_backup_is_valid(
         assert "unverified backup" in str(exc)
 
 
+def _case_staged_documents_stay_byte_exact_on_a_windows_host(
+    tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch
+) -> None:
+    """A Windows host translates LF to CRLF for text-mode writes.
+
+    The staged corpus is validated by a byte-exact readback and the manifest
+    pins each document's sha256, so publication must not depend on the host
+    text layer leaving newlines untouched.
+    """
+
+    goal = "host-newline-translation"
+    real_open = Path.open
+
+    def _windows_text_write_open(self, mode="r", *args, **kwargs):
+        if "b" not in mode and any(flag in mode for flag in "wax"):
+            if kwargs.get("newline") is None:
+                # Mirror the os.linesep translation CPython applies on Windows.
+                kwargs["newline"] = "\r\n"
+        return real_open(self, mode, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(Path, "open", _windows_text_write_open)
+    run = {
+        "classification": "host-newline",
+        "generated_at": "2026-08-04T01:02:03Z",
+        "recommended_action": "publish byte-exact documents",
+    }
+    result = _export_runs(tmp_path, monkeypatch, goal_id=goal, runs=[run])
+
+    assert result["public_projection"]["written"] == 1
+    (name,) = result["local_receipt"]["owned_files"]
+    expected = render_conclusion_markdown(goal, run)
+    assert expected is not None
+    published = (Path(result["local_receipt"]["out_dir"]) / name).read_bytes()
+    assert published == expected.encode("utf-8")
+    assert b"\r\n" not in published
+
+    replacement = dict(run, recommended_action="replace the published generation")
+    result2 = _export_runs(tmp_path, monkeypatch, goal_id=goal, runs=[replacement])
+    assert result2["public_projection"]["retired_prior_generation"] == 1
+
+
 def _case_active_provider_rejects_exit_zero_unsuccessful_openviking_envelope(
     monkeypatch,
 ) -> None:
diff --git a/loopx/extensions/openviking_semantic_preference/history_export.py b/loopx/extensions/openviking_semantic_preference/history_export.py
index d691457921..7f19c40181 100644
--- a/loopx/extensions/openviking_semantic_preference/history_export.py
+++ b/loopx/extensions/openviking_semantic_preference/history_export.py
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ def _publish_generation(
         staged = Path(temp_dir) / "publish"
         staged.mkdir()
         for name, data in sorted(documents.items()):
-            (staged / name).write_text(data.decode("utf-8"), encoding="utf-8")
+            (staged / name).write_bytes(data)
         _write_manifest(staged / _MANIFEST_FILE, manifest)
         _validate_staged_generation(
             staged,