diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/session_manager.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/session_manager.rs
index b56cfbdd86..5429a9fbb1 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/session_manager.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/session_manager.rs
@@ -90,10 +90,11 @@ fn strip_ansi_escape_sequences(input: &str) -> String {
                             break;
                         }
                         if c == '\u{1b}'
-                            && let Some('\\') = iter.peek().copied() {
-                                let _ = iter.next();
-                                break;
-                            }
+                            && let Some('\\') = iter.peek().copied()
+                        {
+                            let _ = iter.next();
+                            break;
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 Some(_) => {
@@ -211,7 +212,10 @@ impl UnifiedExecSessionManager {
         let wall_time = Instant::now().saturating_duration_since(start);
 
         let raw_text = String::from_utf8_lossy(&collected).to_string();
+        #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
         let text = normalize_unified_exec_text(&raw_text);
+        #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+        let text = raw_text;
         let output = formatted_truncate_text(&text, TruncationPolicy::Tokens(max_tokens));
         let has_exited = session.has_exited();
         let exit_code = session.exit_code();
@@ -334,7 +338,10 @@ impl UnifiedExecSessionManager {
         let wall_time = Instant::now().saturating_duration_since(start);
 
         let raw_text = String::from_utf8_lossy(&collected).to_string();
+        #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
         let text = normalize_unified_exec_text(&raw_text);
+        #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+        let text = raw_text;
         let output = formatted_truncate_text(&text, TruncationPolicy::Tokens(max_tokens));
         let original_token_count = approx_token_count(&text);
         let chunk_id = generate_chunk_id();
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/unified_exec.rs b/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/unified_exec.rs
index 852f735fe4..96ad6ae93f 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/unified_exec.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/unified_exec.rs
@@ -2390,23 +2390,14 @@ async fn windows_unified_exec_escape_output_snapshot() -> Result<()> {
 
     let raw_output = parsed.output.as_str();
 
-    // assert!(
-    //     raw_output.contains("UEXEC-WINDOWS-ESCAPES"),
-    //     "expected marker string in unified_exec output, got {raw_output:?}"
-    // );
-    // assert!(
-    //     !raw_output.contains('\u{1b}'),
-    //     "expected unified_exec output to be stripped of ANSI escape sequences on Windows, got {raw_output:?}"
-    // );
-
-    // Intentionally failing assertion so CI logs show the raw PTY output,
-    // including any escape sequences produced by ConPTY / PowerShell.
-    let expected = "UEXEC-WINDOWS-ESCAPES\n";
-    assert_eq!(
-        raw_output, expected,
-        "raw unified_exec PTY output on Windows (expected simple marker, got full stream)"
+    assert!(
+        raw_output.contains("UEXEC-WINDOWS-ESCAPES"),
+        "expected marker string in unified_exec output, got {raw_output:?}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !raw_output.contains('\u{1b}'),
+        "expected unified_exec output to be stripped of ANSI escape sequences on Windows, got {raw_output:?}"
     );
-    assert!(false);
 
     Ok(())
 }