diff --git a/go/internal/fast/build.go b/go/internal/fast/build.go
index 9d2f73c..7fdbf6b 100644
--- a/go/internal/fast/build.go
+++ b/go/internal/fast/build.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Agent-Field/SWE-AF/go/internal/config"
 	"github.com/Agent-Field/SWE-AF/go/internal/harnessx"
 	"github.com/Agent-Field/SWE-AF/go/internal/schemas"
+	"github.com/Agent-Field/SWE-AF/go/internal/workspace"
 )
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ func Build(ctx context.Context, deps *Deps, input map[string]any) (any, error) {
 	repoPath := in.RepoPath
 	// Auto-derive repo_path from repo_url when not specified.
 	if effectiveRepoURL != "" && repoPath == "" {
-		repoPath = "/workspaces/" + repoNameFromURL(effectiveRepoURL)
+		repoPath = filepath.Join(workspace.Root(), repoNameFromURL(effectiveRepoURL))
 	}
 	if repoPath == "" {
 		return nil, errors.New("Either repo_path or repo_url must be provided")
diff --git a/go/internal/orch/build.go b/go/internal/orch/build.go
index 8e29178..2ee2710 100644
--- a/go/internal/orch/build.go
+++ b/go/internal/orch/build.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Agent-Field/SWE-AF/go/internal/envelope"
 	"github.com/Agent-Field/SWE-AF/go/internal/hitl"
 	"github.com/Agent-Field/SWE-AF/go/internal/schemas"
+	"github.com/Agent-Field/SWE-AF/go/internal/workspace"
 )
 
 // Handlers is the name→handler registration surface consumed by node wiring.
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ func Build(ctx context.Context, deps *Deps, input map[string]any) (any, error) {
 	// Auto-derive repo_path from repo_url, build-scoped.
 	if cfg.RepoURL != "" && repoPath == "" {
 		repoName := deriveRepoName(cfg.RepoURL)
-		repoPath = fmt.Sprintf("/workspaces/%s-%s", repoName, buildID)
+		repoPath = filepath.Join(workspace.Root(), fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", repoName, buildID))
 	}
 
 	// Multi-repo: derive repo_path from the primary repo.
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ func Build(ctx context.Context, deps *Deps, input map[string]any) (any, error) {
 			primary = &cfg.Repos[0]
 		}
 		repoName := deriveRepoName(primary.RepoURL)
-		repoPath = fmt.Sprintf("/workspaces/%s-%s", repoName, buildID)
+		repoPath = filepath.Join(workspace.Root(), fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", repoName, buildID))
 	}
 
 	if repoPath == "" {
@@ -491,7 +492,11 @@ func prepareSingleRepo(ctx context.Context, deps *Deps, cfg *config.BuildConfig,
 	switch {
 	case cfg.RepoURL != "" && !pathExists(gitDir):
 		deps.Note(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("Cloning %s → %s", cfg.RepoURL, repoPath), "build", "clone")
-		_ = os.MkdirAll(repoPath, 0o755)
+		// Create only the parent; git clone creates the leaf itself. Pre-creating
+		// the destination leaf makes git refuse it as "already exists and is not
+		// an empty directory" on Windows, where it cannot re-open the dir the node
+		// just made (issue #107).
+		_ = os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(repoPath), 0o755)
 		r := runGit(ctx, "", "clone", cfg.RepoURL, repoPath)
 		if r.ExitCode != 0 {
 			errMsg := strings.TrimSpace(r.Stderr)
@@ -524,7 +529,8 @@ func prepareSingleRepo(ctx context.Context, deps *Deps, cfg *config.BuildConfig,
 			deps.Note(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("Reset to origin/%s failed — re-cloning", defaultBranch),
 				"build", "clone", "reclone")
 			_ = os.RemoveAll(repoPath)
-			_ = os.MkdirAll(repoPath, 0o755)
+			// Parent-only: git clone re-creates the leaf (issue #107).
+			_ = os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(repoPath), 0o755)
 			clone := runGit(ctx, "", "clone", cfg.RepoURL, repoPath)
 			if clone.ExitCode != 0 {
 				return fmt.Errorf("git re-clone failed: %s", strings.TrimSpace(clone.Stderr))
diff --git a/go/internal/orch/build_test.go b/go/internal/orch/build_test.go
index bdb2b04..e6f70b2 100644
--- a/go/internal/orch/build_test.go
+++ b/go/internal/orch/build_test.go
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/Agent-Field/agentfield/sdk/go/agent"
+
+	"github.com/Agent-Field/SWE-AF/go/internal/workspace"
 )
 
 // buildHandler routes mock reasoner responses by target suffix. Overridable
@@ -203,8 +206,8 @@ func TestBuildIsolationConcurrent(t *testing.T) {
 func TestBuildScopedPathIncludesBuildID(t *testing.T) {
 	repoURL := "https://github.com/example/my-repo.git"
 	name := deriveRepoName(repoURL)
-	a := fmt.Sprintf("/workspaces/%s-%s", name, newBuildID())
-	b := fmt.Sprintf("/workspaces/%s-%s", name, newBuildID())
+	a := filepath.Join(workspace.Root(), fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", name, newBuildID()))
+	b := filepath.Join(workspace.Root(), fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", name, newBuildID()))
 	if a == b {
 		t.Fatal("two builds for the same repo must produce different workspace paths")
 	}
diff --git a/go/internal/orch/resolve.go b/go/internal/orch/resolve.go
index b68a111..571c6bf 100644
--- a/go/internal/orch/resolve.go
+++ b/go/internal/orch/resolve.go
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Agent-Field/SWE-AF/go/internal/config"
+	"github.com/Agent-Field/SWE-AF/go/internal/workspace"
 )
 
 // resolveInput mirrors the Python resolve() signature (param names + defaults).
@@ -58,13 +60,16 @@ func ResolveHandler(ctx context.Context, deps *Deps, input map[string]any) (any,
 
 	buildID := newBuildID()
 	repoName := deriveRepoName(in.RepoURL)
-	repoPath := fmt.Sprintf("/workspaces/%s-resolve-%s", repoName, buildID)
+	repoPath := filepath.Join(workspace.Root(), fmt.Sprintf("%s-resolve-%s", repoName, buildID))
 
 	deps.Note(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("Resolve starting (build_id=%s) — PR #%d", buildID, in.PRNumber),
 		"resolve", "start")
 
 	// ---- 1. Clone ----------------------------------------------------------
-	_ = os.MkdirAll(repoPath, 0o755)
+	// Create only the parent; git clone creates the leaf. Pre-creating the leaf
+	// makes git refuse it as "already exists and is not an empty directory" on
+	// Windows, where it cannot re-open the node-created dir (issue #107).
+	_ = os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(repoPath), 0o755)
 	clone := runGit(ctx, "", "clone", in.RepoURL, repoPath)
 	if clone.ExitCode != 0 {
 		errMsg := strings.TrimSpace(clone.Stderr)
diff --git a/go/internal/workspace/workspace.go b/go/internal/workspace/workspace.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43aff5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/internal/workspace/workspace.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// Package workspace resolves the base directory into which SWE-AF clones build
+// repositories when the caller supplies only a repo_url (no explicit
+// repo_path). It exists so that default never resolves to a drive-relative
+// path on Windows.
+//
+// A hardcoded "/workspaces" base is drive-relative on Windows: it carries no
+// drive letter, so the Windows Go node's spawn context resolves it
+// unpredictably. os.MkdirAll appears to succeed, but the following `git clone`
+// fails with "destination path ... already exists and is not an empty
+// directory" — git's is_empty_dir reports "not empty" when it cannot open the
+// directory it was handed from that context. Rooting the default under an
+// absolute drive-letter base (%LOCALAPPDATA%) removes the ambiguity while
+// keeping byte-identical "/workspaces" behavior on every other platform
+// (Docker parity).
+//
+// Ref: https://github.com/Agent-Field/SWE-AF/issues/107
+package workspace
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+)
+
+// tempDir is indirected so tests can drive the LOCALAPPDATA-empty Windows
+// fallback deterministically. Production always uses os.TempDir.
+var tempDir = os.TempDir
+
+// Root returns the base directory under which build repositories are cloned.
+// See rootFor for the resolution rules.
+func Root() string {
+	return rootFor(runtime.GOOS, os.Getenv)
+}
+
+// rootFor is the testable core of Root. Resolution order:
+//
+//  1. SWE_WORKSPACE_ROOT, when non-empty, on every platform — the explicit
+//     operator override.
+//  2. On Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\agentfield\workspaces. When LOCALAPPDATA is
+//     empty, fall back to <os.TempDir()>\agentfield\workspaces so the base is
+//     still an absolute drive-letter path (never drive-relative "/workspaces").
+//  3. Everywhere else: exactly "/workspaces" — byte-identical to the historical
+//     default (Docker parity).
+//
+// goos and getenv are injected so tests can exercise every branch without
+// touching the real runtime environment.
+func rootFor(goos string, getenv func(string) string) string {
+	if root := getenv("SWE_WORKSPACE_ROOT"); root != "" {
+		return root
+	}
+	if goos == "windows" {
+		base := getenv("LOCALAPPDATA")
+		if base == "" {
+			base = tempDir()
+		}
+		return filepath.Join(base, "agentfield", "workspaces")
+	}
+	return "/workspaces"
+}
diff --git a/go/internal/workspace/workspace_test.go b/go/internal/workspace/workspace_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb2592e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/internal/workspace/workspace_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package workspace
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// fakeEnv builds a getenv closure from a fixed map so each table case drives an
+// isolated environment without mutating the real process env.
+func fakeEnv(vars map[string]string) func(string) string {
+	return func(k string) string { return vars[k] }
+}
+
+// TestRootFor covers the full resolution matrix from issue #107: the override
+// wins everywhere, Windows never yields a drive-relative "/workspaces", and
+// non-Windows stays byte-identical to the historical default.
+func TestRootFor(t *testing.T) {
+	const fakeTemp = `C:\FakeTemp`
+	orig := tempDir
+	tempDir = func() string { return fakeTemp }
+	t.Cleanup(func() { tempDir = orig })
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name string
+		goos string
+		env  map[string]string
+		want string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "windows override wins over LOCALAPPDATA",
+			goos: "windows",
+			env: map[string]string{
+				"SWE_WORKSPACE_ROOT": `E:\builds`,
+				"LOCALAPPDATA":       `C:\Users\me\AppData\Local`,
+			},
+			want: `E:\builds`,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "windows LOCALAPPDATA default",
+			goos: "windows",
+			env:  map[string]string{"LOCALAPPDATA": `C:\Users\me\AppData\Local`},
+			want: filepath.Join(`C:\Users\me\AppData\Local`, "agentfield", "workspaces"),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "windows neither falls back to tempdir",
+			goos: "windows",
+			env:  map[string]string{},
+			want: filepath.Join(fakeTemp, "agentfield", "workspaces"),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "linux default is exactly /workspaces",
+			goos: "linux",
+			env:  map[string]string{},
+			want: "/workspaces",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "linux override wins",
+			goos: "linux",
+			env:  map[string]string{"SWE_WORKSPACE_ROOT": "/mnt/scratch/ws"},
+			want: "/mnt/scratch/ws",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := rootFor(tc.goos, fakeEnv(tc.env))
+			if got != tc.want {
+				t.Fatalf("rootFor(%q, ...) = %q, want %q", tc.goos, got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/swe_af/app.py b/swe_af/app.py
index ad42b5a..7f6069d 100644
--- a/swe_af/app.py
+++ b/swe_af/app.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ def __init__(self, message: str, *, result=None, error_details=None) -> None:
     _default_planning_model,
     _default_runtime,
     _derive_repo_name as _repo_name_from_url,
+    _workspace_root,
 )
 
 NODE_ID = os.getenv("NODE_ID", "swe-planner")
@@ -141,7 +142,10 @@ async def _clone_single(spec: WorkspaceRepo) -> tuple[str, str]:  # type: ignore
 
         git_dir = os.path.join(dest, ".git")
         if spec.repo_url and not os.path.exists(git_dir):
-            os.makedirs(dest, exist_ok=True)
+            # Parent-only (workspace_root already exists): git clone creates the
+            # leaf. Pre-creating it makes git refuse it as "already exists and is
+            # not an empty directory" on Windows (issue #107).
+            os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(dest) or ".", exist_ok=True)
             cmd = ["git", "clone", spec.repo_url, dest]
             if spec.branch:
                 cmd += ["--branch", spec.branch]
@@ -516,7 +520,9 @@ async def build(
     This is the single entry point. Pass a goal, get working code.
 
     If ``repo_url`` is provided and ``repo_path`` is empty, the repo is cloned
-    into ``/workspaces/<repo-name>`` automatically (useful in Docker).
+    into a build-scoped directory under the workspace root automatically
+    (``/workspaces`` in Docker, ``%LOCALAPPDATA%\\agentfield\\workspaces`` on
+    Windows, or ``$SWE_WORKSPACE_ROOT`` when set — see ``_workspace_root``).
     """
     cfg = BuildConfig(**config) if config else BuildConfig()
 
@@ -535,13 +541,13 @@ async def build(
     # concurrent builds from sharing git state, artifacts, or worktrees.
     if cfg.repo_url and not repo_path:
         repo_name = _repo_name_from_url(cfg.repo_url)
-        repo_path = f"/workspaces/{repo_name}-{build_id}"
+        repo_path = os.path.join(_workspace_root(), f"{repo_name}-{build_id}")
 
     # Multi-repo: derive repo_path from primary repo; _clone_repos handles cloning later
     if not repo_path and len(cfg.repos) > 1:
         primary = next((r for r in cfg.repos if r.role == "primary"), cfg.repos[0])
         repo_name = _repo_name_from_url(primary.repo_url)
-        repo_path = f"/workspaces/{repo_name}-{build_id}"
+        repo_path = os.path.join(_workspace_root(), f"{repo_name}-{build_id}")
 
     if not repo_path:
         raise ValueError("Either repo_path or repo_url must be provided")
@@ -560,7 +566,10 @@ async def build(
         git_dir = os.path.join(repo_path, ".git")
         if cfg.repo_url and not os.path.exists(git_dir):
             app.note(f"Cloning {cfg.repo_url} → {repo_path}", tags=["build", "clone"])
-            os.makedirs(repo_path, exist_ok=True)
+            # Create only the parent; git clone creates the leaf itself.
+            # Pre-creating the leaf makes git refuse it as "already exists and is
+            # not an empty directory" on Windows (issue #107).
+            os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(repo_path) or ".", exist_ok=True)
             clone_result = subprocess.run(
                 ["git", "clone", cfg.repo_url, repo_path],
                 capture_output=True,
@@ -614,7 +623,8 @@ async def build(
                 )
                 import shutil
                 shutil.rmtree(repo_path, ignore_errors=True)
-                os.makedirs(repo_path, exist_ok=True)
+                # Parent-only: git clone re-creates the leaf (issue #107).
+                os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(repo_path) or ".", exist_ok=True)
                 clone_result = subprocess.run(
                     ["git", "clone", cfg.repo_url, repo_path],
                     capture_output=True, text=True,
@@ -1748,7 +1758,7 @@ async def resolve(
 
     build_id = uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]
     repo_name = _repo_name_from_url(repo_url)
-    repo_path = f"/workspaces/{repo_name}-resolve-{build_id}"
+    repo_path = os.path.join(_workspace_root(), f"{repo_name}-resolve-{build_id}")
 
     app.note(
         f"Resolve starting (build_id={build_id}) — PR #{pr_number}",
@@ -1756,7 +1766,10 @@ async def resolve(
     )
 
     # ---- 1. Clone -----------------------------------------------------------
-    os.makedirs(repo_path, exist_ok=True)
+    # Parent-only: git clone creates the leaf itself; pre-creating it makes git
+    # refuse it as "already exists and is not an empty directory" on Windows
+    # (issue #107).
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(repo_path) or ".", exist_ok=True)
     clone = subprocess.run(
         ["git", "clone", repo_url, repo_path],
         capture_output=True, text=True,
diff --git a/swe_af/execution/schemas.py b/swe_af/execution/schemas.py
index 4dd1c36..d8ea04b 100644
--- a/swe_af/execution/schemas.py
+++ b/swe_af/execution/schemas.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import re
+import tempfile
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import Any, Literal
 
@@ -73,6 +74,34 @@ def _derive_repo_name(url: str) -> str:
     return name
 
 
+def _workspace_root() -> str:
+    """Base directory into which builds clone repositories by default.
+
+    Resolution order:
+      1. ``SWE_WORKSPACE_ROOT`` env var, when set, on every platform.
+      2. On Windows (``os.name == "nt"``):
+         ``%LOCALAPPDATA%\\agentfield\\workspaces`` — an absolute drive-letter
+         path. Falls back to ``<tempdir>\\agentfield\\workspaces`` when
+         LOCALAPPDATA is unset.
+      3. Everywhere else: exactly ``/workspaces`` (Docker parity).
+
+    A hardcoded ``/workspaces`` base is *drive-relative* on Windows (no drive
+    letter), which the node's spawn context resolves unpredictably: makedirs
+    appears to succeed but ``git clone`` then fails with "destination path ...
+    already exists and is not an empty directory". Rooting the default under an
+    absolute base avoids that.
+
+    Ref: https://github.com/Agent-Field/SWE-AF/issues/107
+    """
+    root = os.environ.get("SWE_WORKSPACE_ROOT")
+    if root:
+        return root
+    if os.name == "nt":
+        base = os.environ.get("LOCALAPPDATA") or tempfile.gettempdir()
+        return os.path.join(base, "agentfield", "workspaces")
+    return "/workspaces"
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Multi-repo models
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/swe_af/fast/app.py b/swe_af/fast/app.py
index 8b31e2f..c91adc9 100644
--- a/swe_af/fast/app.py
+++ b/swe_af/fast/app.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 from agentfield import Agent
 from swe_af.execution.envelope import unwrap_call_result as _unwrap
+from swe_af.execution.schemas import _workspace_root
 from swe_af.fast import fast_router
 from swe_af.fast.schemas import FastBuildConfig, FastBuildResult, fast_resolve_models
 
@@ -90,7 +91,9 @@ async def build(
 
     # Auto-derive repo_path from repo_url when not specified
     if effective_repo_url and not repo_path:
-        repo_path = f"/workspaces/{_repo_name_from_url(effective_repo_url)}"
+        repo_path = os.path.join(
+            _workspace_root(), _repo_name_from_url(effective_repo_url)
+        )
     if not repo_path:
         raise ValueError("Either repo_path or repo_url must be provided")
 
diff --git a/tests/test_build_isolation.py b/tests/test_build_isolation.py
index f7e8659..97c5fda 100644
--- a/tests/test_build_isolation.py
+++ b/tests/test_build_isolation.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import os
 import re
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ def test_auto_derived_repo_path_includes_build_id(self) -> None:
         """When repo_url is provided without repo_path, the derived path
         must include the build_id to isolate concurrent builds."""
         assert re.search(
-            r'repo_path\s*=\s*f"/workspaces/\{repo_name\}-\{build_id\}"',
+            r'repo_path\s*=\s*os\.path\.join\(\s*_workspace_root\(\),\s*'
+            r'f"\{repo_name\}-\{build_id\}"\s*\)',
             APP_SOURCE,
         ), (
             "Auto-derived repo_path must include build_id suffix to isolate "
@@ -52,7 +54,8 @@ def test_multi_repo_path_includes_build_id(self) -> None:
         assert multi_repo_start > 0, "Multi-repo section not found"
         multi_repo_section = APP_SOURCE[multi_repo_start:multi_repo_start + 500]
         assert re.search(
-            r'repo_path\s*=\s*f"/workspaces/\{repo_name\}-\{build_id\}"',
+            r'repo_path\s*=\s*os\.path\.join\(\s*_workspace_root\(\),\s*'
+            r'f"\{repo_name\}-\{build_id\}"\s*\)',
             multi_repo_section,
         ), (
             "Multi-repo derived repo_path must include build_id suffix (see issue #43)"
@@ -103,3 +106,63 @@ def test_artifacts_dir_isolated_by_build_scoped_path(self) -> None:
         assert artifacts_a != artifacts_b, (
             "Artifacts dirs must differ between concurrent builds"
         )
+
+
+class TestWorkspaceRoot:
+    """Issue #107: the default workspace root must never resolve to the
+    drive-relative ``/workspaces`` on Windows."""
+
+    def test_override_wins_on_every_platform(self, monkeypatch) -> None:
+        """SWE_WORKSPACE_ROOT, when set, is the base regardless of os.name."""
+        from swe_af.execution.schemas import _workspace_root
+
+        monkeypatch.setenv("SWE_WORKSPACE_ROOT", "/mnt/scratch/ws")
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(os, "name", "nt")
+        assert _workspace_root() == "/mnt/scratch/ws"
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(os, "name", "posix")
+        assert _workspace_root() == "/mnt/scratch/ws"
+
+    def test_windows_default_uses_localappdata(self, monkeypatch) -> None:
+        """On Windows with no override, the base is under %LOCALAPPDATA% —
+        absolute, never the drive-relative '/workspaces'."""
+        from swe_af.execution.schemas import _workspace_root
+
+        monkeypatch.delenv("SWE_WORKSPACE_ROOT", raising=False)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(os, "name", "nt")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("LOCALAPPDATA", r"C:\Users\me\AppData\Local")
+
+        got = _workspace_root()
+        assert got == os.path.join(
+            r"C:\Users\me\AppData\Local", "agentfield", "workspaces"
+        )
+        assert got != "/workspaces"
+
+    def test_windows_falls_back_to_tempdir_without_localappdata(
+        self, monkeypatch
+    ) -> None:
+        """On Windows with neither override nor LOCALAPPDATA, fall back to the
+        temp dir — still an absolute base, never '/workspaces'."""
+        import tempfile
+
+        from swe_af.execution.schemas import _workspace_root
+
+        monkeypatch.delenv("SWE_WORKSPACE_ROOT", raising=False)
+        monkeypatch.delenv("LOCALAPPDATA", raising=False)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(os, "name", "nt")
+
+        got = _workspace_root()
+        assert got == os.path.join(
+            tempfile.gettempdir(), "agentfield", "workspaces"
+        )
+        assert got != "/workspaces"
+
+    def test_non_windows_default_is_exactly_workspaces(self, monkeypatch) -> None:
+        """Non-Windows with no override derives exactly '/workspaces' — no
+        behavior change (Docker parity)."""
+        from swe_af.execution.schemas import _workspace_root
+
+        monkeypatch.delenv("SWE_WORKSPACE_ROOT", raising=False)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(os, "name", "posix")
+        assert _workspace_root() == "/workspaces"