diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7934044..15a2763 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run MyPy check
         run: mypy tractor/ --ignore-missing-imports
 
+  # test that we can generate a software distribution and install it
+  # thus avoid missing file issues after packaging.
   sdist-linux:
     name: 'sdist'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ['3.9', '3.10']
+        python: ['3.10']
         spawn_backend: ['trio', 'mp']
 
     steps:
@@ -74,47 +76,52 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install -U . -r requirements-test.txt -r requirements-docs.txt --upgrade-strategy eager
 
       - name: List dependencies
-        run: pip freeze
+        run: pip list
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: pytest tests/ --spawn-backend=${{ matrix.spawn_backend }} -rsx
 
-  # We skip 3.10 on windows for now due to
-  # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/8733
-  # some kinda weird `pyreadline` issue..
+  # We skip 3.10 on windows for now due to not having any collabs to
+  # debug the CI failures. Anyone wanting to hack and solve them is very
+  # welcome, but our primary user base is not using that OS.
 
   # TODO: use job filtering to accomplish instead of repeated
   # boilerplate as is above XD:
   # - https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/managing-complex-workflows
   # - https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/managing-complex-workflows#using-a-build-matrix
   # - https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idif
-  testing-windows:
-    name: '${{ matrix.os }} Python ${{ matrix.python }} - ${{ matrix.spawn_backend }}'
-    timeout-minutes: 12
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+  # testing-windows:
+  #   name: '${{ matrix.os }} Python ${{ matrix.python }} - ${{ matrix.spawn_backend }}'
+  #   timeout-minutes: 12
+  #   runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        os: [windows-latest]
-        python: ['3.9', '3.10']
-        spawn_backend: ['trio', 'mp']
+  #   strategy:
+  #     fail-fast: false
+  #     matrix:
+  #       os: [windows-latest]
+  #       python: ['3.10']
+  #       spawn_backend: ['trio', 'mp']
 
-    steps:
+  #   steps:
 
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+  #     - name: Checkout
+  #       uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - name: Setup python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-        with:
-          python-version: '${{ matrix.python }}'
+  #     - name: Setup python
+  #       uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+  #       with:
+  #         python-version: '${{ matrix.python }}'
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pip install -U . -r requirements-test.txt -r requirements-docs.txt --upgrade-strategy eager
+  #     - name: Install dependencies
+  #       run: pip install -U . -r requirements-test.txt -r requirements-docs.txt --upgrade-strategy eager
 
-      - name: List dependencies
-        run: pip freeze
+  #     # TODO: pretty sure this solves debugger deps-issues on windows, but it needs to
+  #     # be verified by someone with a native setup.
+  #     # - name: Force pyreadline3
+  #     #   run: pip uninstall pyreadline; pip install -U pyreadline3
 
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: pytest tests/ --spawn-backend=${{ matrix.spawn_backend }} -rs --full-trace
+  #     - name: List dependencies
+  #       run: pip list
+
+  #     - name: Run tests
+  #       run: pytest tests/ --spawn-backend=${{ matrix.spawn_backend }} -rsx
diff --git a/docs/README.rst b/docs/README.rst
index e98f8ea..992d3f2 100644
--- a/docs/README.rst
+++ b/docs/README.rst
@@ -567,6 +567,13 @@ Help us push toward the future of distributed `Python`.
 - Typed capability-based (dialog) protocols ( see `#196
   <https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/issues/196>`_ with draft work
   started in `#311 <https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/pull/311>`_)
+- We **recently disabled CI-testing on windows** and need help getting
+  it running again! (see `#327
+  <https://github.com/goodboy/tractor/pull/327>`_). **We do have windows
+  support** (and have for quite a while) but since no active hacker
+  exists in the user-base to help test on that OS, for now we're not
+  actively maintaining testing due to the added hassle and general
+  latency..
 
 
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