From 687e8cf1ba224c20b8b312c41fd00f891e5f26e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ebrahim Tahernejad <ebrahimtahernejad@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 01:56:04 +0330
Subject: [PATCH] [Windows] Use MSYS2 to fix the runtime CGO problem (#3689)

* Use MSYS2 to fix the runtime CGO problem

* macOS build workflow

* Remove macOS build steps and update Windows packaging

Removed macOS build steps from the release workflow and updated Windows packaging step.

* Rename step to copy and download resources
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2ed816c5..dda4d3d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -173,16 +173,37 @@ jobs:
           go-version-file: go.mod
           check-latest: true
 
-      - name: Build 3X-UI for Windows
+      - name: Install MSYS2
+        uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
+        with:
+          msystem: MINGW64
+          update: true
+          install: >-
+            mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc
+            mingw-w64-x86_64-sqlite3
+            mingw-w64-x86_64-pkg-config
+
+      - name: Build 3X-UI for Windows (CGO)
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+        run: |
+          export PATH="/c/hostedtoolcache/windows/go/$(ls /c/hostedtoolcache/windows/go | sort -V | tail -n1)/x64/bin:$PATH"
+
+          export CGO_ENABLED=1
+          export GOOS=windows
+          export GOARCH=amd64
+          export CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
+
+          which go
+          go version
+          gcc --version
+
+          go build -ldflags "-w -s" -o xui-release.exe -v main.go
+
+      - name: Copy and download resources
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          $env:CGO_ENABLED="1"
-          $env:GOOS="windows"
-          $env:GOARCH="amd64"
-          go build -ldflags "-w -s" -o xui-release.exe -v main.go
-          
           mkdir x-ui
-          Copy-Item xui-release.exe x-ui\
+          Copy-Item xui-release.exe x-ui\x-ui.exe
           mkdir x-ui\bin
           cd x-ui\bin