diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/disk/endpoint.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/disk/endpoint.rs
index 5339d9641..eb7ee49e4 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/disk/endpoint.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/disk/endpoint.rs
@@ -82,17 +82,22 @@ impl TryFrom<&str> for Endpoint {
                 #[cfg(not(windows))]
                 let path = Path::new(&path).absolutize()?;
 
-                // On windows having a preceding SlashSeparator will cause problems, if the
-                // command line already has C:/<export-folder/ in it. Final resulting
-                // path on windows might become C:/C:/ this will cause problems
-                // of starting rustfs server properly in distributed mode on windows.
-                // As a special case make sure to trim the separator.
                 #[cfg(windows)]
-                let path = Path::new(&path[1..]).absolutize()?;
+                let path = if has_leading_slash_windows_drive(&path) {
+                    // Url::path() exposes file-like Windows paths as `/C:/...`.
+                    // Strip only that synthetic leading slash; plain URL paths
+                    // such as `/export1` must stay URL paths, not become
+                    // relative paths under the current drive.
+                    Path::new(&path[1..]).absolutize()?.to_string_lossy().into_owned()
+                } else {
+                    path
+                };
+                #[cfg(windows)]
+                let path = Path::new(&path);
 
                 debug!("endpoint try_from: path={}", path.display());
 
-                if path.parent().is_none() || Path::new("").eq(&path) {
+                if path.parent().is_none() || path.as_os_str().is_empty() {
                     return Err(Error::other("empty or root path is not supported in URL endpoint"));
                 }
 
@@ -217,6 +222,12 @@ impl Endpoint {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn has_leading_slash_windows_drive(path: &str) -> bool {
+    let bytes = path.as_bytes();
+    bytes.len() >= 4 && bytes[0] == b'/' && bytes[1].is_ascii_alphabetic() && bytes[2] == b':' && bytes[3] == b'/'
+}
+
 /// parse a file path into a URL.
 fn url_parse_from_file_path(value: &str) -> Result<Url> {
     // Only check if the arg is an ip address and ask for scheme since its absent.
@@ -242,6 +253,14 @@ fn url_parse_from_file_path(value: &str) -> Result<Url> {
 mod test {
     use super::*;
 
+    fn expected_file_path(path: &str) -> String {
+        Path::new(path).absolutize().unwrap().to_string_lossy().replace('\\', "/")
+    }
+
+    fn expected_file_url(path: &str) -> Url {
+        url_parse_from_file_path(path).unwrap()
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_new_endpoint() {
         #[derive(Default)]
@@ -255,7 +274,7 @@ mod test {
         let u2 = Url::parse("https://example.org/path").unwrap();
         let u4 = Url::parse("http://192.168.253.200/path").unwrap();
         let u6 = Url::parse("http://server:/path").unwrap();
-        let root_slash_foo = Url::from_file_path("/foo").unwrap();
+        let root_slash_foo = expected_file_url("/foo");
 
         let test_cases = [
             TestCase {
@@ -416,7 +435,7 @@ mod test {
         // Test file path display
         let file_endpoint = Endpoint::try_from("/tmp/data").unwrap();
         let display_str = format!("{file_endpoint}");
-        assert_eq!(display_str, "/tmp/data");
+        assert_eq!(display_str, expected_file_path("/tmp/data"));
 
         // Test URL display
         let url_endpoint = Endpoint::try_from("http://example.com:9000/path").unwrap();
@@ -479,12 +498,25 @@ mod test {
     #[test]
     fn test_endpoint_get_file_path() {
         let file_endpoint = Endpoint::try_from("/tmp/data").unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(file_endpoint.get_file_path(), "/tmp/data");
+        assert_eq!(file_endpoint.get_file_path(), expected_file_path("/tmp/data"));
 
         let url_endpoint = Endpoint::try_from("http://example.com:9000/path/to/data").unwrap();
         assert_eq!(url_endpoint.get_file_path(), "/path/to/data");
     }
 
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    #[test]
+    fn test_windows_url_drive_path_requires_separator_after_colon() {
+        let drive_path_endpoint = Endpoint::try_from("http://host/C:/data").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(drive_path_endpoint.get_type(), EndpointType::Url);
+        assert!(has_leading_slash_windows_drive(Url::parse("http://host/C:/data").unwrap().path()));
+
+        let url_path_endpoint = Endpoint::try_from("http://host/C:foo").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(url_path_endpoint.get_type(), EndpointType::Url);
+        assert!(!has_leading_slash_windows_drive(Url::parse("http://host/C:foo").unwrap().path()));
+        assert_eq!(url_path_endpoint.get_file_path(), "/C:foo");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_endpoint_clone_and_equality() {
         let endpoint1 = Endpoint::try_from("/tmp/data").unwrap();
@@ -503,7 +535,7 @@ mod test {
         // Test with complex paths
         let complex_path = "/var/lib/rustfs/data/bucket1";
         let endpoint = Endpoint::try_from(complex_path).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(endpoint.get_file_path(), complex_path);
+        assert_eq!(endpoint.get_file_path(), expected_file_path(complex_path));
         assert!(endpoint.is_local);
         assert_eq!(endpoint.get_type(), EndpointType::Path);
     }
@@ -512,7 +544,7 @@ mod test {
     fn test_endpoint_with_spaces_in_path() {
         let path_with_spaces = "/Users/test/Library/Application Support/rustfs/data";
         let endpoint = Endpoint::try_from(path_with_spaces).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(endpoint.get_file_path(), path_with_spaces);
+        assert_eq!(endpoint.get_file_path(), expected_file_path(path_with_spaces));
         assert!(endpoint.is_local);
         assert_eq!(endpoint.get_type(), EndpointType::Path);
     }
@@ -532,7 +564,7 @@ mod test {
         // Verify that get_file_path() decodes the percent-encoded path correctly
         assert_eq!(
             endpoint.get_file_path(),
-            "/Users/test/Library/Application Support/rustfs/data",
+            expected_file_path("/Users/test/Library/Application Support/rustfs/data"),
             "get_file_path() should decode percent-encoded spaces"
         );
     }
@@ -544,7 +576,7 @@ mod test {
         let endpoint = Endpoint::try_from(path_with_special).unwrap();
 
         // get_file_path() should return the original path with decoded characters
-        assert_eq!(endpoint.get_file_path(), path_with_special);
+        assert_eq!(endpoint.get_file_path(), expected_file_path(path_with_special));
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/disk/fs.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/disk/fs.rs
index d2299d458..cdd70aef7 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/disk/fs.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/disk/fs.rs
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         // Create two different files
         tokio::fs::write(&file1_path, b"content1").await.unwrap();
-        tokio::fs::write(&file2_path, b"content2").await.unwrap();
+        tokio::fs::write(&file2_path, b"different content").await.unwrap();
 
         // Get metadata
         let metadata1 = tokio::fs::metadata(&file1_path).await.unwrap();
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs
index 61d0c18d8..ee45c5509 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs
@@ -2153,9 +2153,6 @@ impl DiskAPI for LocalDisk {
     #[allow(unsafe_code)]
     #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip(self))]
     async fn read_file_zero_copy(&self, volume: &str, path: &str, offset: usize, length: usize) -> Result<Bytes> {
-        use std::time::Instant;
-
-        let start = Instant::now();
         let volume_dir = self.get_bucket_path(volume)?;
         if !skip_access_checks(volume) {
             access(&volume_dir)
@@ -2188,6 +2185,9 @@ impl DiskAPI for LocalDisk {
         #[cfg(unix)]
         {
             use memmap2::MmapOptions;
+            use std::time::Instant;
+
+            let start = Instant::now();
             let file_path_clone = file_path.clone();
 
             let should_reclaim_after_read = should_reclaim_file_cache_after_read(length);
@@ -2272,8 +2272,7 @@ impl DiskAPI for LocalDisk {
                 f.seek(SeekFrom::Start(offset as u64)).await?;
             }
 
-            let mut buffer = Vec::with_capacity(length);
-            buffer.resize(length, 0);
+            let mut buffer = vec![0; length];
             f.read_exact(&mut buffer).await?;
 
             Ok(Bytes::from(buffer))
@@ -3497,10 +3496,10 @@ mod test {
         let disk_info = disk.disk_info(&disk_info_opts).await.unwrap();
 
         // Basic checks on disk info
-        // Note: On macOS and some other Unix systems, fs_type may be empty
+        // Note: On macOS, Windows, and some other systems, fs_type may be empty
         // because statvfs does not provide filesystem type information.
         // This is a platform limitation, not a bug.
-        #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
+        #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "macos", windows)))]
         assert!(!disk_info.fs_type.is_empty(), "fs_type should not be empty on this platform");
         assert!(disk_info.total > 0);
         assert!(disk_info.free <= disk_info.total);
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/disk/mod.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/disk/mod.rs
index 9602aca63..7df4bdb85 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/disk/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/disk/mod.rs
@@ -789,7 +789,6 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use endpoint::Endpoint;
     use local::LocalDisk;
-    use std::path::PathBuf;
     use tokio::fs;
     use uuid::Uuid;
 
@@ -1094,7 +1093,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(disk.is_ok());
 
         let disk = disk.unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(disk.path(), PathBuf::from(test_dir).canonicalize().unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(disk.path(), rustfs_utils::canonicalize(test_dir).unwrap());
         assert!(disk.is_local());
         // Note: is_online() might return false for local disks without proper initialization
         // This is expected behavior for test environments
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/endpoints.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/endpoints.rs
index 263bd2ce2..ecea4e994 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/endpoints.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/endpoints.rs
@@ -749,6 +749,7 @@ fn validate_local_cross_device_mounts(local_paths: &[String]) -> Result<()> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
+    use path_absolutize::Absolutize;
     use rustfs_utils::must_get_local_ips;
 
     use super::*;
@@ -1452,9 +1453,10 @@ mod test {
     }
 
     fn must_file_path(s: impl AsRef<Path>) -> url::Url {
-        let url = url::Url::from_file_path(s.as_ref());
+        let path = s.as_ref().absolutize().expect("absolute test path");
+        let url = url::Url::from_file_path(&path);
 
-        assert!(url.is_ok(), "failed to convert path to URL: {}", s.as_ref().display());
+        assert!(url.is_ok(), "failed to convert path to URL: {}", path.display());
 
         url.unwrap()
     }
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/notification_sys.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/notification_sys.rs
index 0da0f2e34..7edf4e7d3 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/notification_sys.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/notification_sys.rs
@@ -872,10 +872,7 @@ mod tests {
         let result = call_peer_with_timeout(
             Duration::from_millis(5),
             "peer-3",
-            || async {
-                tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(25)).await;
-                Ok::<_, Error>(build_props("slow"))
-            },
+            std::future::pending::<Result<ServerProperties>>,
             || build_props("fallback"),
         )
         .await;
diff --git a/crates/io-core/src/direct_io.rs b/crates/io-core/src/direct_io.rs
index 6704f57e8..d9de7c700 100644
--- a/crates/io-core/src/direct_io.rs
+++ b/crates/io-core/src/direct_io.rs
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ mod tests {
         #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
         {
             // Non-Linux should return UnsupportedPlatform
-            let file = std::fs::File::open("/dev/null").unwrap();
+            let file = std::fs::File::open(std::env::current_exe().unwrap()).unwrap();
             assert!(matches!(DirectIoReader::new(file, 0, 512), Err(DirectIoError::UnsupportedPlatform)));
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/io-core/src/io_profile.rs b/crates/io-core/src/io_profile.rs
index d43cdfe62..7618eb949 100644
--- a/crates/io-core/src/io_profile.rs
+++ b/crates/io-core/src/io_profile.rs
@@ -219,6 +219,15 @@ pub fn detect_storage_media(storage_detection_enabled: bool, storage_media_overr
         }
     }
 
+    #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "macos")))]
+    {
+        if let Ok(media) = detect_platform_storage_media()
+            && media != StorageMedia::Unknown
+        {
+            return media;
+        }
+    }
+
     StorageMedia::Unknown
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/object-capacity/src/scan.rs b/crates/object-capacity/src/scan.rs
index dae73cad8..7074bd467 100644
--- a/crates/object-capacity/src/scan.rs
+++ b/crates/object-capacity/src/scan.rs
@@ -648,6 +648,7 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::capacity_manager::{DataSource, HybridStrategyConfig, create_isolated_manager};
     use rustfs_common::capacity_scope::{CapacityScope, CapacityScopeDisk};
+    #[cfg(unix)]
     use rustfs_config::ENV_CAPACITY_FOLLOW_SYMLINKS;
     use serial_test::serial;
 
@@ -671,6 +672,7 @@ mod tests {
         let file_path = temp_dir.path().join("test.txt");
         let mut file = File::create(&file_path).unwrap();
         file.write_all(b"Hello, World!").unwrap();
+        drop(file);
 
         let size = get_dir_size_async(temp_dir.path()).await.unwrap();
         assert_eq!(size.used_bytes, 13);
@@ -709,10 +711,12 @@ mod tests {
         let file1 = temp_dir.path().join("file1.txt");
         let mut f1 = File::create(&file1).unwrap();
         f1.write_all(b"content1").unwrap();
+        drop(f1);
 
         let file2 = subdir.join("file2.txt");
         let mut f2 = File::create(&file2).unwrap();
         f2.write_all(b"content2").unwrap();
+        drop(f2);
 
         let size = get_dir_size_async(temp_dir.path()).await.unwrap();
         assert_eq!(size.used_bytes, 16);
@@ -736,6 +740,7 @@ mod tests {
         let file_path = temp_dir.path().join("test.txt");
         let mut file = File::create(&file_path).unwrap();
         file.write_all(b"Hello, World!").unwrap();
+        drop(file);
 
         let disks = vec![
             CapacityDiskRef {
diff --git a/crates/obs/src/cleaner/core.rs b/crates/obs/src/cleaner/core.rs
index 69980c0cb..13aead31f 100644
--- a/crates/obs/src/cleaner/core.rs
+++ b/crates/obs/src/cleaner/core.rs
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ impl LogCleaner {
             if let Some(err) = last_err {
                 return Err(err);
             }
-            return Ok(());
+            Ok(())
         }
 
         #[cfg(not(windows))]
diff --git a/crates/protocols/src/common/dummy_storage.rs b/crates/protocols/src/common/dummy_storage.rs
index 2926d66e7..df2ad83e4 100644
--- a/crates/protocols/src/common/dummy_storage.rs
+++ b/crates/protocols/src/common/dummy_storage.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 #![cfg(test)]
+#![allow(dead_code)]
 
 //! Storage-backend double for protocol driver unit tests.
 //!
diff --git a/crates/protocols/src/sftp/config.rs b/crates/protocols/src/sftp/config.rs
index d0e934acb..4fee437a3 100644
--- a/crates/protocols/src/sftp/config.rs
+++ b/crates/protocols/src/sftp/config.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use super::constants::limits::{
     READ_CACHE_TOTAL_MEM_MIN, READ_CACHE_WINDOW_DEFAULT, READ_CACHE_WINDOW_MAX, READ_CACHE_WINDOW_MIN, S3_MAX_PART_SIZE,
     S3_MIN_PART_SIZE,
 };
+#[cfg(unix)]
 use russh::keys::PublicKeyBase64;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 #[cfg(unix)]
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 /// Upper bound on file size accepted as a candidate host key (1 MiB).
 /// Guards against accidentally reading huge non-key files in the host
 /// key directory. Real keys are well under 10 KiB.
+#[cfg(unix)]
 const MAX_HOST_KEY_FILE_SIZE: u64 = 1024 * 1024;
 
 /// PEM pre-encapsulation boundary marker prefix per RFC 7468 section 3.
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ const MAX_HOST_KEY_FILE_SIZE: u64 = 1024 * 1024;
 /// space, the label, and five more hyphens. Used to distinguish a file
 /// that looks like a private key but failed to decode (passphrase, corrupt)
 /// from a file that is genuinely something else (a .pub key, a README).
+#[cfg(unix)]
 const PEM_BEGIN_MARKER: &str = "-----BEGIN";
 
 /// Errors that can occur during SFTP server initialization.
@@ -457,6 +460,7 @@ impl SftpConfig {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    #[cfg(unix)]
     use std::os::unix::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
     use tempfile::TempDir;
 
@@ -464,17 +468,21 @@ mod tests {
     // label / five-hyphen) are composed at runtime by build_pem_block
     // so the source file emits no contiguous private-key marker that
     // secret scanners would flag. Throwaway test-vector keys.
+    #[cfg(unix)]
     const PEM_BOUNDARY_DASHES: &str = "-----";
+    #[cfg(unix)]
     const PEM_OPENSSH_LABEL: &str = "OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY";
 
     /// Wrap a base64 body in the OpenSSH-format PEM boundary markers.
     /// The boundary string is composed at runtime from PEM_BOUNDARY_DASHES
     /// and PEM_OPENSSH_LABEL so the source file does not contain the full
     /// marker as a contiguous literal.
+    #[cfg(unix)]
     fn build_pem_block(body: &str) -> String {
         format!("{d}BEGIN {l}{d}\n{body}\n{d}END {l}{d}\n", d = PEM_BOUNDARY_DASHES, l = PEM_OPENSSH_LABEL,)
     }
 
+    #[cfg(unix)]
     fn test_ed25519_pem() -> String {
         // Throwaway Ed25519 private key, no passphrase.
         build_pem_block(
@@ -486,6 +494,7 @@ mod tests {
         )
     }
 
+    #[cfg(unix)]
     fn test_ecdsa_pem() -> String {
         // ECDSA P-256 fixture key for the algorithm-preference sort
         // test. Not passphrase-protected.
@@ -516,6 +525,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     /// Write a file at the given path with the given content and mode.
+    #[cfg(unix)]
     fn write_file_with_mode(path: &Path, content: &str, mode: u32) {
         let mut opts = std::fs::OpenOptions::new();
         opts.write(true).create(true).truncate(true).mode(mode);
@@ -599,6 +609,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
+    #[cfg(unix)]
     async fn load_host_keys_fails_when_dir_missing() {
         let path = PathBuf::from("/this/path/does/not/exist/sftp-host-keys");
         let err = SftpConfig::load_host_keys(&path).await.expect_err("missing dir must error");
@@ -606,6 +617,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
+    #[cfg(unix)]
     async fn load_host_keys_fails_when_dir_empty() {
         let dir = TempDir::new().expect("tempdir");
         let err = SftpConfig::load_host_keys(dir.path())
@@ -615,6 +627,17 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
+    #[cfg(not(unix))]
+    async fn load_host_keys_rejects_non_unix_platform() {
+        let dir = TempDir::new().expect("tempdir");
+        let err = SftpConfig::load_host_keys(dir.path())
+            .await
+            .expect_err("non-Unix platforms must be rejected");
+        assert!(matches!(err, SftpInitError::UnsupportedPlatform { .. }));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[cfg(unix)]
     async fn load_host_keys_rejects_insecure_permissions() {
         let dir = TempDir::new().expect("tempdir");
         let key_path = dir.path().join("ssh_host_ed25519_key");
@@ -632,6 +655,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
+    #[cfg(unix)]
     async fn load_host_keys_loads_one_valid_ed25519_key() {
         let dir = TempDir::new().expect("tempdir");
         let key_path = dir.path().join("ssh_host_ed25519_key");
@@ -642,6 +666,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
+    #[cfg(unix)]
     async fn load_host_keys_skips_non_key_files() {
         let dir = TempDir::new().expect("tempdir");
         // Real key plus an unrelated file.
@@ -654,6 +679,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
+    #[cfg(unix)]
     async fn load_host_keys_handles_empty_file() {
         let dir = TempDir::new().expect("tempdir");
         write_file_with_mode(&dir.path().join("empty"), "", 0o600);
@@ -665,6 +691,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
+    #[cfg(unix)]
     async fn load_host_keys_skips_passphrase_protected_key_with_warn() {
         // Build content that looks like a private key but cannot be decoded
         // (we pass None as the passphrase). Exercises the load_host_keys
@@ -682,6 +709,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
+    #[cfg(unix)]
     async fn load_host_keys_sorts_ed25519_before_ecdsa() {
         let dir = TempDir::new().expect("tempdir");
         // Write ECDSA first to confirm sort ordering rather than insertion order.
diff --git a/crates/targets/src/config/target_args.rs b/crates/targets/src/config/target_args.rs
index 42226f93f..93b1825b2 100644
--- a/crates/targets/src/config/target_args.rs
+++ b/crates/targets/src/config/target_args.rs
@@ -605,6 +605,10 @@ mod tests {
     };
     use rustfs_ecstore::config::KVS;
 
+    fn absolute_test_path(path: &str) -> String {
+        std::env::temp_dir().join(path).to_string_lossy().into_owned()
+    }
+
     fn amqp_base_config() -> KVS {
         let mut config = KVS::new();
         config.insert(AMQP_URL.to_string(), "amqp://127.0.0.1:5672/%2f".to_string());
@@ -787,8 +791,9 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn build_mysql_args_applies_defaults() {
-        let args = build_mysql_args(&mysql_base_config(), "/custom/queue", TargetType::NotifyEvent).expect("valid mysql args");
-        assert_eq!(args.queue_dir, "/custom/queue");
+        let queue_dir = absolute_test_path("custom-queue");
+        let args = build_mysql_args(&mysql_base_config(), &queue_dir, TargetType::NotifyEvent).expect("valid mysql args");
+        assert_eq!(args.queue_dir, queue_dir);
         assert_eq!(args.queue_limit, 100000);
         assert_eq!(args.max_open_connections, 2);
     }
@@ -846,7 +851,7 @@ mod tests {
         let err = validate_mysql_config(&config, "").expect_err("relative tls_ca should fail");
         assert!(err.to_string().contains("tls_ca must be an absolute path"));
 
-        config.insert(MYSQL_TLS_CA.to_string(), "/etc/ssl/mysql/ca.pem".to_string());
+        config.insert(MYSQL_TLS_CA.to_string(), absolute_test_path("mysql-ca.pem"));
         config.insert(MYSQL_TLS_CLIENT_CERT.to_string(), "client.pem".to_string());
         config.insert(MYSQL_TLS_CLIENT_KEY.to_string(), "client.key".to_string());
 
@@ -857,14 +862,17 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn build_mysql_args_accepts_absolute_tls_paths() {
         let mut config = mysql_base_config();
-        config.insert(MYSQL_TLS_CA.to_string(), "/etc/ssl/mysql/ca.pem".to_string());
-        config.insert(MYSQL_TLS_CLIENT_CERT.to_string(), "/etc/ssl/mysql/client.pem".to_string());
-        config.insert(MYSQL_TLS_CLIENT_KEY.to_string(), "/etc/ssl/mysql/client.key".to_string());
+        let tls_ca = absolute_test_path("mysql-ca.pem");
+        let tls_client_cert = absolute_test_path("mysql-client.pem");
+        let tls_client_key = absolute_test_path("mysql-client.key");
+        config.insert(MYSQL_TLS_CA.to_string(), tls_ca.clone());
+        config.insert(MYSQL_TLS_CLIENT_CERT.to_string(), tls_client_cert.clone());
+        config.insert(MYSQL_TLS_CLIENT_KEY.to_string(), tls_client_key.clone());
 
         let args = build_mysql_args(&config, "", TargetType::NotifyEvent).expect("absolute mysql TLS paths should pass");
-        assert_eq!(args.tls_ca, "/etc/ssl/mysql/ca.pem");
-        assert_eq!(args.tls_client_cert, "/etc/ssl/mysql/client.pem");
-        assert_eq!(args.tls_client_key, "/etc/ssl/mysql/client.key");
+        assert_eq!(args.tls_ca, tls_ca);
+        assert_eq!(args.tls_client_cert, tls_client_cert);
+        assert_eq!(args.tls_client_key, tls_client_key);
     }
 
     fn redis_base_config() -> KVS {
diff --git a/crates/targets/src/target/mysql.rs b/crates/targets/src/target/mysql.rs
index 13656a717..1450ade22 100644
--- a/crates/targets/src/target/mysql.rs
+++ b/crates/targets/src/target/mysql.rs
@@ -832,6 +832,10 @@ where
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    fn absolute_test_path(path: &str) -> String {
+        std::env::temp_dir().join(path).to_string_lossy().into_owned()
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn parse_dsn_format() {
         let dsn = MySqlDsn::parse("rustfs:secret123@tcp(mysql.example.com:3306)/rustfs_events").expect("valid DSN");
@@ -1189,10 +1193,10 @@ mod tests {
             dsn_string: "rustfs:password@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/db".to_string(),
             table: "events".to_string(),
             format: "access".to_string(),
-            tls_ca: "/etc/ssl/mysql/ca.pem".to_string(),
-            tls_client_cert: "/etc/ssl/mysql/client.pem".to_string(),
-            tls_client_key: "/etc/ssl/mysql/client.key".to_string(),
-            queue_dir: "/tmp".to_string(),
+            tls_ca: absolute_test_path("mysql-ca.pem"),
+            tls_client_cert: absolute_test_path("mysql-client.pem"),
+            tls_client_key: absolute_test_path("mysql-client.key"),
+            queue_dir: absolute_test_path("mysql-queue"),
             queue_limit: 100,
             max_open_connections: 2,
             target_type: TargetType::NotifyEvent,
diff --git a/crates/targets/src/target/redis.rs b/crates/targets/src/target/redis.rs
index c5e3508bf..133b84001 100644
--- a/crates/targets/src/target/redis.rs
+++ b/crates/targets/src/target/redis.rs
@@ -730,6 +730,10 @@ mod tests {
     use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
     use tokio::net::TcpListener;
 
+    fn absolute_test_path(path: &str) -> String {
+        std::env::temp_dir().join(path).to_string_lossy().into_owned()
+    }
+
     fn base_args() -> RedisArgs {
         RedisArgs {
             enable: true,
@@ -782,7 +786,7 @@ mod tests {
             url: Url::parse("rediss://127.0.0.1:6379").unwrap(),
             tls: RedisTlsConfig {
                 policy: Some(RedisTlsPolicy::CustomCa),
-                ca_path: "/tmp/ca.pem".to_string(),
+                ca_path: absolute_test_path("redis-ca.pem"),
                 ..RedisTlsConfig::default()
             },
             ..base_args()