Windows binary doesn't run (Binary was compiled with 'CGO_ENABLED=0', go-sqlite3 requires cgo to work. )

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2026/05/05 16:17:11 Failed to initialize database: Binary was compiled with 'CGO_ENABLED=0', go-sqlite3 requires cgo to work. This is a stub

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Triage analysis (automated):

Root cause: the release workflow sets CGO_ENABLED=0 for all targets, but gorm.io/driver/sqlite depends on github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 which requires a CGO-enabled toolchain. On the Windows runner this means no sqlite3 at all at runtime.

Recommended fix: replace the sqlite GORM driver with a pure-Go equivalent so CGO is not needed on any platform.

In go.mod, swap:

gorm.io/driver/sqlite

for:

github.com/glebarez/sqlite

In cmd/server/main.go, change the import:

// before
"gorm.io/driver/sqlite"

// after
"github.com/glebarez/sqlite"

The gorm.Open(sqlite.Open(...)) call is identical — it is a drop-in replacement. Run go mod tidy after the swap. No other code changes needed.