add support to windows (flutter desktop)

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add support to windows (flutter desktop)

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How do you schedule repeated or one-off background work on iOS?

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Status (maintainer sweep, 2026-08): Windows desktop support is still an open feature request. macOS support landed via #689 (NSBackgroundActivityScheduler), and the federated architecture makes adding a Windows implementation package feasible, but it requires an owner decision on scope (Windows background execution options are limited: Task Scheduler or background execution via app services are the realistic candidates) and a contributor to build it. Keeping open as a feature request; a proposal in Discussions/issue before a PR is recommended.

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Maintainer sweep (2026-08): not planned. Windows desktop background execution is a large lift (no first-class OS API equivalent to WorkManager/BGTaskScheduler) and the plugin is pre-1.0 with Android/iOS/web as the focus. Reopen if someone wants to champion it.

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Maintainer direction change (2026-08-03): Windows and Linux desktop ports are back on the roadmap — both platforms have real background execution facilities (Windows Task Scheduler/startup, Linux systemd timers), unlike the web target. Currently in the design phase; will update this issue with the design doc.

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Design doc drafted: docs/desktop-support.mdx (PR pending review). Linux (systemd user units) is the recommended first target — it proves the headless-mode pattern end to end; Windows (Task Scheduler COM) follows.