diff --git a/bin/ocx.mjs b/bin/ocx.mjs
index 880cbeec09..bdda8bd90a 100755
--- a/bin/ocx.mjs
+++ b/bin/ocx.mjs
@@ -481,6 +481,10 @@ const launchContext = JSON.stringify({
 });
 const child = spawn(bun, [cliPath, `${NODE_LAUNCH_PROOF_PREFIX}${launchProof}`, ...process.argv.slice(2)], {
   stdio: "inherit",
+  // A headless Windows parent (Task Scheduler, dashboard restart, shortcut) has no
+  // console to inherit. Without this flag Windows allocates a visible console for
+  // the long-running Bun child, and closing that window kills the proxy (#1236).
+  windowsHide: true,
   env: {
     ...process.env,
     [NODE_LAUNCH_CONTEXT_ENV]: launchContext,
diff --git a/tests/ocx-launcher-source.test.ts b/tests/ocx-launcher-source.test.ts
index f634bf19bf..2644915f23 100644
--- a/tests/ocx-launcher-source.test.ts
+++ b/tests/ocx-launcher-source.test.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ describe("ocx.mjs npm launcher (source invariants)", () => {
     expect(runtimeSource).toContain('export const BUN_RUNTIME_SOURCE_ENV = "OCX_BUN_RUNTIME_SOURCE";');
   });
 
+  test("the long-running Bun child stays hidden under a headless Windows launcher (#1236)", () => {
+    const spawnStart = source.indexOf("const child = spawn(bun, [cliPath");
+    expect(spawnStart).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+    const spawnCall = source.slice(spawnStart, source.indexOf("});", spawnStart));
+
+    // Scope this to the final Node-to-Bun launch. Other helper spawns already hide
+    // their windows, but they do not cover the child that owns the proxy lifetime.
+    expect(spawnCall).toContain('stdio: "inherit"');
+    expect(spawnCall).toContain("windowsHide: true");
+  });
+
   test("Windows npm spawns use the trusted absolute invocation without shell lookup", () => {
     expect(source).toContain("const latestInvocation = npmInvocation(");
     expect(source).toContain("const installInvocation = npmInvocation(");