diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index b809288aef..a9ed99c0fe 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -23,3 +23,11 @@ linker = "rust-lld"
 # Large Rust projects in debug mode overflow the 1 MiB stack when DB query
 # paths pull in deep serde/driver call stacks. This embeds the size in the PE.
 rustflags = ["-C", "link-arg=/STACK:8388608"]
+
+# The legacy Windows 7 / Server 2012 R2 target keeps the same 8 MiB main-thread
+# stack. CI builds it with an explicit RUSTFLAGS env (static CRT), which
+# replaces this table, so the same link arg is repeated in those workflows and
+# audited by .github/scripts/assert-win7-pe-compat.ps1. Without it the legacy PE
+# keeps the 1 MiB default and the app aborts with 0xC00000FD ("DBX 已停止工作").
+[target.x86_64-win7-windows-msvc]
+rustflags = ["-C", "link-arg=/STACK:8388608"]
diff --git a/.github/scripts/assert-win7-pe-compat.ps1 b/.github/scripts/assert-win7-pe-compat.ps1
index 84438f9f1d..e715878c74 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/assert-win7-pe-compat.ps1
+++ b/.github/scripts/assert-win7-pe-compat.ps1
@@ -69,3 +69,38 @@ if ($violations.Count -gt 0) {
 }
 
 Write-Host "Windows 7 PE import audit passed: $BinaryPath"
+
+# Main-thread stack reserve audit. The app needs the 8 MiB stack that
+# .cargo/config.toml applies to the standard Windows target; the legacy target is
+# built with an explicit env RUSTFLAGS (static CRT), which replaces the config
+# rustflags, so the workflow repeats `-C link-arg=/STACK:8388608`. Without it the
+# PE keeps the 1 MiB linker default and deep connect/serde call stacks abort with
+# 0xC00000FD ("DBX 已停止工作"), which users reported on Windows 7 / Server 2012 R2.
+$minimumStackReserve = 8 * 1024 * 1024
+$image = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($BinaryPath)
+if ($image.Length -lt 0x100) {
+  throw "Windows 7 PE audit target is truncated: $BinaryPath"
+}
+$peOffset = [System.BitConverter]::ToInt32($image, 0x3C)
+if ($peOffset -le 0 -or $peOffset + 24 -gt $image.Length) {
+  throw "Invalid PE header offset in ${BinaryPath}"
+}
+$peSignature = [System.BitConverter]::ToUInt32($image, $peOffset)
+if ($peSignature -ne 0x00004550) {
+  throw "Invalid PE signature in ${BinaryPath}"
+}
+$optionalHeaderOffset = $peOffset + 24
+$optionalHeaderMagic = [System.BitConverter]::ToUInt16($image, $optionalHeaderOffset)
+$stackReserveOffset = $optionalHeaderOffset + 72
+$stackReserve = if ($optionalHeaderMagic -eq 0x20B) {
+  [System.BitConverter]::ToUInt64($image, $stackReserveOffset)
+} elseif ($optionalHeaderMagic -eq 0x10B) {
+  [System.BitConverter]::ToUInt32($image, $stackReserveOffset)
+} else {
+  throw ("Unsupported PE optional header magic 0x{0:X4} in {1}" -f $optionalHeaderMagic, $BinaryPath)
+}
+if ($stackReserve -lt $minimumStackReserve) {
+  throw ("Windows 7 main-thread stack reserve is {0} bytes, below the {1}-byte minimum. Add -C link-arg=/STACK:8388608 to the build RUSTFLAGS. Binary: {2}" -f $stackReserve, $minimumStackReserve, $BinaryPath)
+}
+
+Write-Host "Windows 7 PE stack reserve audit passed: $stackReserve bytes ($BinaryPath)"
diff --git a/.github/scripts/ci-workflow.test.mjs b/.github/scripts/ci-workflow.test.mjs
index 6f3662c440..d9005ddf18 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/ci-workflow.test.mjs
+++ b/.github/scripts/ci-workflow.test.mjs
@@ -496,3 +496,26 @@ test("path filtering and the planner use the exact test merge first parent", ()
   }
   assert.doesNotMatch(changes, /steps\.filter\.outputs\.windows_win7_bundle|github\.event\.pull_request\.base\.sha|WIN7_CURRENT/);
 });
+
+test("legacy Windows builds keep the 8 MiB main-thread stack", () => {
+  const release = readFileSync(new URL("../workflows/release.yml", import.meta.url), "utf8").replaceAll("\r\n", "\n");
+  const sqlServerUserTest = readFileSync(new URL("../workflows/sqlserver2000-windows-user-test.yml", import.meta.url), "utf8").replaceAll("\r\n", "\n");
+  const stackFlag = /RUSTFLAGS:.*link-arg=\/STACK:8388608/;
+  // An env RUSTFLAGS replaces .cargo/config.toml target rustflags, so every job
+  // that links a Windows PE has to repeat the /STACK link argument; otherwise
+  // the 1 MiB linker default returns and deep DB call stacks abort with
+  // 0xC00000FD ("DBX 已停止工作").
+  for (const name of ["windows-standard-check", "windows-win7-bundle", "duckdb-windows-driver"]) {
+    assert.match(job(name), stackFlag, `${name} must keep the 8 MiB main-thread stack in RUSTFLAGS`);
+  }
+  for (const name of ["build-windows-7-offline", "build-windows-7-static-browser"]) {
+    assert.match(job(name, release), stackFlag, `release job ${name} must keep the 8 MiB main-thread stack in RUSTFLAGS`);
+  }
+  assert.match(job("build-windows-7-x64", sqlServerUserTest), stackFlag, "the SQL Server 2000 Win7 test build must keep the 8 MiB main-thread stack");
+});
+
+test("the Win7 PE audit fails when the stack reserve regresses", () => {
+  const audit = readFileSync(new URL("./assert-win7-pe-compat.ps1", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+  assert.ok(audit.includes("minimumStackReserve"));
+  assert.ok(audit.includes("link-arg=/STACK:8388608"));
+});
diff --git a/.github/workflows/agents-release.yml b/.github/workflows/agents-release.yml
index ace4e518f4..1208ee507b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/agents-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/agents-release.yml
@@ -963,7 +963,9 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           if [ "${{ runner.os }}" = "Windows" ]; then
-            export RUSTFLAGS="${RUSTFLAGS:+$RUSTFLAGS }-C target-feature=+crt-static"
+            # An env RUSTFLAGS replaces .cargo/config.toml target rustflags; keep
+            # the 8 MiB main-thread stack of the DBX app for the Win7 driver too.
+            export RUSTFLAGS="${RUSTFLAGS:+$RUSTFLAGS }-C target-feature=+crt-static -C link-arg=/STACK:8388608"
           fi
           if [ -n "${{ matrix.manylinux_image }}" ]; then
             docker run --rm \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e27689ba74..dfb7c25c32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -313,7 +313,11 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 45
     env:
       CARGO_INCREMENTAL: "0"
-      RUSTFLAGS: -C debuginfo=line-tables-only -C target-feature=+crt-static
+      # An env RUSTFLAGS replaces .cargo/config.toml target rustflags, so the
+      # 8 MiB main-thread stack must be repeated here: without it the Windows PE
+      # keeps the 1 MiB linker default and deep connect/serde call stacks abort
+      # with 0xC00000FD ("DBX 已停止工作"). Guarded by assert-win7-pe-compat.ps1.
+      RUSTFLAGS: -C debuginfo=line-tables-only -C target-feature=+crt-static -C link-arg=/STACK:8388608
       RUSTC_WRAPPER: sccache
       # Prefer S3 when available; GitHub's 10 GB cache quota evicts the shared
       # Linux target caches when thousands of GHA sccache entries pile up.
@@ -388,7 +392,11 @@ jobs:
       CARGO_INCREMENTAL: "0"
       CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO: "off"
       CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_CODEGEN_UNITS: "8"
-      RUSTFLAGS: -C debuginfo=line-tables-only -C target-feature=+crt-static
+      # An env RUSTFLAGS replaces .cargo/config.toml target rustflags, so the
+      # 8 MiB main-thread stack must be repeated here: without it the Windows PE
+      # keeps the 1 MiB linker default and deep connect/serde call stacks abort
+      # with 0xC00000FD ("DBX 已停止工作"). Guarded by assert-win7-pe-compat.ps1.
+      RUSTFLAGS: -C debuginfo=line-tables-only -C target-feature=+crt-static -C link-arg=/STACK:8388608
       RUSTC_WRAPPER: sccache
       # Prefer S3 when available; GitHub's 10 GB cache quota evicts the shared
       # Linux target caches when thousands of GHA sccache entries pile up.
@@ -830,7 +838,11 @@ jobs:
     env:
       CARGO_INCREMENTAL: "0"
       CARGO_TARGET_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/target/duckdb-driver
-      RUSTFLAGS: -C debuginfo=line-tables-only -C target-feature=+crt-static
+      # An env RUSTFLAGS replaces .cargo/config.toml target rustflags, so the
+      # 8 MiB main-thread stack must be repeated here: without it the Windows PE
+      # keeps the 1 MiB linker default and deep connect/serde call stacks abort
+      # with 0xC00000FD ("DBX 已停止工作"). Guarded by assert-win7-pe-compat.ps1.
+      RUSTFLAGS: -C debuginfo=line-tables-only -C target-feature=+crt-static -C link-arg=/STACK:8388608
       RUSTC_WRAPPER: sccache
       # Prefer S3 when available; GitHub's 10 GB cache quota evicts the shared
       # Linux target caches when thousands of GHA sccache entries pile up.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 779dba8571..090d086031 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -579,7 +579,11 @@ jobs:
     # The vendored loader is a tracked Cargo input, so Rust compile caching is safe.
     env:
       CARGO_INCREMENTAL: "0"
-      RUSTFLAGS: -C debuginfo=line-tables-only -C target-feature=+crt-static
+      # An env RUSTFLAGS replaces .cargo/config.toml target rustflags, so the
+      # 8 MiB main-thread stack must be repeated here: without it the legacy PE
+      # keeps the 1 MiB linker default and deep connect/serde call stacks abort
+      # with 0xC00000FD ("DBX 已停止工作"). Guarded by assert-win7-pe-compat.ps1.
+      RUSTFLAGS: -C debuginfo=line-tables-only -C target-feature=+crt-static -C link-arg=/STACK:8388608
       RUSTC_WRAPPER: sccache
       SCCACHE_GHA_ENABLED: ${{ secrets.SCCACHE_S3_BUCKET == '' && 'true' || 'false' }}
       SCCACHE_GHA_VERSION: win7-webview2-1.0.902.49-v1
@@ -747,7 +751,11 @@ jobs:
             arch: x86_64
     env:
       CARGO_INCREMENTAL: "0"
-      RUSTFLAGS: -C debuginfo=line-tables-only -C target-feature=+crt-static
+      # An env RUSTFLAGS replaces .cargo/config.toml target rustflags, so the
+      # 8 MiB main-thread stack must be repeated here: without it the legacy PE
+      # keeps the 1 MiB linker default and deep connect/serde call stacks abort
+      # with 0xC00000FD ("DBX 已停止工作"). Guarded by assert-win7-pe-compat.ps1.
+      RUSTFLAGS: -C debuginfo=line-tables-only -C target-feature=+crt-static -C link-arg=/STACK:8388608
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sqlserver2000-windows-user-test.yml b/.github/workflows/sqlserver2000-windows-user-test.yml
index 081ceb51a5..f3359f4a7c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sqlserver2000-windows-user-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sqlserver2000-windows-user-test.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 120
     env:
       CARGO_INCREMENTAL: "0"
-      RUSTFLAGS: -C debuginfo=line-tables-only -C target-feature=+crt-static
+      # Keep the Win7/Server 2012 R2 main-thread stack at 8 MiB: an env
+      # RUSTFLAGS replaces the .cargo/config.toml target rustflags.
+      RUSTFLAGS: -C debuginfo=line-tables-only -C target-feature=+crt-static -C link-arg=/STACK:8388608
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
diff --git a/crates/dbx-sql-schema/src/schema_diff.rs b/crates/dbx-sql-schema/src/schema_diff.rs
index a981dd60d6..804f24e6fd 100644
--- a/crates/dbx-sql-schema/src/schema_diff.rs
+++ b/crates/dbx-sql-schema/src/schema_diff.rs
@@ -3860,7 +3860,7 @@ fn normalized_foreign_key_action(action: Option<&str>) -> Option<String> {
 /// - "NO ACTION: ... For InnoDB, this is equivalent to RESTRICT".
 /// - "Specifying RESTRICT (or NO ACTION) is the same as omitting the ON DELETE or ON UPDATE clause."
 /// - "For an ON DELETE or ON UPDATE that is not specified, the default action is always NO ACTION."
-/// MariaDB KB "Foreign Keys" likewise documents `NO ACTION` as a "Synonym for RESTRICT".
+///   MariaDB KB "Foreign Keys" likewise documents `NO ACTION` as a "Synonym for RESTRICT".
 ///
 /// Only the comparison is normalized; generated DDL keeps the source's original action text.
 /// Known caveat: on MySQL NDB Cluster `NO ACTION` is a deferred check, but schema metadata does