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+name: "Windows Zip"
+
+# any branch is useful for testing before a PR is submitted
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    # run on pushes to any branch
+    # run on PRs from external forks
+    if: |
+         (github.event_name != 'pull_request')
+         || (github.event.pull_request.head.repo.id != github.event.pull_request.base.repo.id)
+    name: Building Windows Zip on Linux without plugins
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+      with:
+        node-version: 12
+
+    - name: Install all dependencies and symlink for ep_etherpad-lite
+      run: src/bin/installDeps.sh
+
+    - name: Run the backend tests
+      run: cd src && npm test
+
+    - name: Build the .zip
+      run: src/bin/buildForWindows.sh
+
+    - name: Archive production artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      with:
+        name: etherpad-lite-win.zip
+        path: etherpad-lite-win.zip
+
+
+  deploy:
+    # run on pushes to any branch
+    # run on PRs from external forks
+    if: |
+         (github.event_name != 'pull_request')
+         || (github.event.pull_request.head.repo.id != github.event.pull_request.base.repo.id)
+    name: Deploy Windows Zip on Windows
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Download zip
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      with:
+        name: etherpad-lite-win.zip
+
+    - name: Extract Etherpad
+      run: 7z x etherpad-lite-win.zip -oetherpad
+
+    - name: list
+      run: dir etherpad
+
+    - name: Run Etherpad
+      run: |
+            cd etherpad
+            node node_modules\ep_etherpad-lite\node\server.js &
+            curl --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 20 --retry 5 --retry-delay 10 --retry-max-time 60 --retry-connrefused http://127.0.0.1:9001/p/test