diff --git a/browse/src/cli.ts b/browse/src/cli.ts
index 9803c2c3b..516fb6eb3 100644
--- a/browse/src/cli.ts
+++ b/browse/src/cli.ts
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ async function startServer(extraEnv?: Record<string, string>): Promise<ServerSta
     const launcherCode =
       `const{spawn}=require('child_process');` +
       `spawn(process.execPath,[${JSON.stringify(NODE_SERVER_SCRIPT)}],` +
-      `{detached:true,stdio:['ignore','ignore','ignore'],env:Object.assign({},process.env,` +
+      `{detached:true,windowsHide:true,stdio:['ignore','ignore','ignore'],env:Object.assign({},process.env,` +
       `${extraEnvStr})}).unref()`;
     const proc = nodeSpawnSync('node', ['-e', launcherCode], {
       stdio: ['ignore', 'ignore', 'ignore'],
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ async function startServer(extraEnv?: Record<string, string>): Promise<ServerSta
     // the Windows path's rationale — same root cause, different OS API.
     nodeSpawn('bun', ['run', SERVER_SCRIPT], {
       detached: true,
+      windowsHide: true,
       stdio: ['ignore', 'ignore', 'ignore'],
       env: { ...process.env, BROWSE_STATE_FILE: config.stateFile, BROWSE_PARENT_PID: parentPid, ...extraEnv },
     }).unref();
diff --git a/browse/test/cli-windows-hide.test.ts b/browse/test/cli-windows-hide.test.ts
index 82326026c..cd08adfad 100644
--- a/browse/test/cli-windows-hide.test.ts
+++ b/browse/test/cli-windows-hide.test.ts
@@ -61,3 +61,22 @@ describe('#1784 Windows console flash suppression', () => {
     expect(hiddenIcaclsCalls).toHaveLength(2);
   });
 });
+
+describe('detached server spawns carry windowsHide (#1863 fold-in)', () => {
+  test('Windows Node launcher inner spawn carries windowsHide:true', () => {
+    const body = read(CLI);
+    expect(body).toMatch(/spawn\(process\.execPath,[\s\S]{0,500}detached:true,windowsHide:true/);
+  });
+
+  test('non-Windows server nodeSpawn carries windowsHide:true', () => {
+    const body = read(CLI);
+    expect(body).toMatch(/nodeSpawn\('bun',[\s\S]{0,500}detached:\s*true[\s\S]{0,100}windowsHide:\s*true/);
+  });
+
+  test('every detached spawn site in cli.ts carries windowsHide:true', () => {
+    const body = read(CLI);
+    const detachedSpawns = body.match(/detached:\s*true/g)?.length ?? 0;
+    const windowsHideFlags = body.match(/windowsHide:\s*true/g)?.length ?? 0;
+    expect(windowsHideFlags).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(detachedSpawns);
+  });
+});