diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 1fbeadf800..59568dc78d 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@
 # binary so git never applies CRLF/text normalization or textual diff/merge, which
 # would corrupt the compressed stream (important on Windows checkouts).
 *.gz binary
+
+# Golden test resources are compared byte-for-byte against generated strings:
+# force LF everywhere so a Windows CRLF checkout cannot break the comparison.
+*.golden text eol=lf
diff --git a/quartz/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip50Search/IndexableContentGoldenTest.kt b/quartz/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip50Search/IndexableContentGoldenTest.kt
index 0fc7a7697f..e68af7c54b 100644
--- a/quartz/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip50Search/IndexableContentGoldenTest.kt
+++ b/quartz/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip50Search/IndexableContentGoldenTest.kt
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ class IndexableContentGoldenTest {
             "a kind's indexed text changed. If deliberate: rerun with -Dgolden=write, update " +
                 "references/searchable-kinds.md in the same commit, and schedule a reindex " +
                 "(IEventStore.reindexFullTextSearch) — existing databases keep their old text.",
-            golden.readText().trim(),
+            // Normalize CRLF: Windows checkouts (autocrlf) would otherwise fail this comparison
+            // on invisible line endings alone.
+            golden.readText().replace("\r\n", "\n").trim(),
             actual.trim(),
         )
     }
@@ -211,6 +213,7 @@ class IndexableContentGoldenTest {
                 10100,
                 10154,
                 11871,
+                11998,
                 12473,
                 15128,
                 15129,
diff --git a/quartz/src/jvmTest/resources/indexable-content.golden b/quartz/src/jvmTest/resources/indexable-content.golden
index 161a2acdf6..bc38d78371 100644
--- a/quartz/src/jvmTest/resources/indexable-content.golden
+++ b/quartz/src/jvmTest/resources/indexable-content.golden
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 10100	
 10154	The Title\nThe Description
 11871	The content body.
+11998	<not searchable>
 12473	The Alt
 15128	The Title\nThe Description
 15129	The Title\nThe Description