diff --git a/src/infrastructure/services/local_blob_backend.rs b/src/infrastructure/services/local_blob_backend.rs
index d089f1ad..93f33c5b 100644
--- a/src/infrastructure/services/local_blob_backend.rs
+++ b/src/infrastructure/services/local_blob_backend.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,23 @@ async fn fsync_paths_parallel(paths: Vec<PathBuf>, strict: bool) -> Result<(), D
         tasks.push(tokio::task::spawn_blocking(
             move || -> Result<(), (PathBuf, std::io::Error)> {
                 for path in &group {
-                    let result = std::fs::File::open(path).and_then(|f| f.sync_all());
+                    // `strict` marks blob *file* fsyncs; best-effort marks
+                    // prefix *directory* fsyncs. That distinction also picks
+                    // the open mode: Windows `FlushFileBuffers` needs a
+                    // GENERIC_WRITE handle and fails with ACCESS_DENIED on
+                    // the read-only handle `File::open` returns (POSIX fsync
+                    // accepts read-only fds, which is why this only surfaced
+                    // on Windows). Directories keep the read-only POSIX
+                    // dirent-sync idiom — they can't be fsync'd on Windows
+                    // at all, and their failures stay best-effort warnings.
+                    let result = if strict {
+                        std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+                            .write(true)
+                            .open(path)
+                            .and_then(|f| f.sync_all())
+                    } else {
+                        std::fs::File::open(path).and_then(|f| f.sync_all())
+                    };
                     if let Err(e) = result {
                         if strict {
                             return Err((path.clone(), e));
@@ -394,7 +410,11 @@ impl BlobStorageBackend for LocalBlobBackend {
                             format!("Failed to copy file to blob store: {}", ce),
                         )
                     })?;
-                    if let Ok(f) = fs::File::open(&blob_path).await {
+                    // Open for write: Windows `FlushFileBuffers` requires a
+                    // GENERIC_WRITE handle — the read-only handle from
+                    // `File::open` fails with ACCESS_DENIED, silently
+                    // skipping this fsync on every Windows deployment.
+                    if let Ok(f) = fs::OpenOptions::new().write(true).open(&blob_path).await {
                         let _ = f.sync_all().await;
                     }
                     let _ = fs::remove_file(&source_path).await;