diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/test-win.yml b/.gitlab/ci/test-win.yml
index 42e2446933..3b8d3d1807 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/test-win.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/test-win.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ test_cli_installer_win:
     expire_in: 1 week
   variables:
     IDF_PATH: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR"
+  timeout: 3h
   script:
     # Tools must be downloaded for testing
     - python ${IDF_PATH}\tools\idf_tools.py download required qemu-riscv32 qemu-xtensa cmake
diff --git a/tools/idf_py_actions/create_ext.py b/tools/idf_py_actions/create_ext.py
index 3d97147854..9634bd8ccc 100644
--- a/tools/idf_py_actions/create_ext.py
+++ b/tools/idf_py_actions/create_ext.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 import os
 import re
 import sys
-from shutil import copy
+from shutil import copyfile
 from shutil import copytree
 from typing import Dict
 
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ def create_project(target_path: str, name: str) -> None:
     copytree(
         os.path.join(os.environ['IDF_PATH'], 'tools', 'templates', 'sample_project'),
         target_path,
-        copy_function=copy,
+        # 'copyfile' ensures only data are copied, without any metadata (file permissions)
+        copy_function=copyfile,
         dirs_exist_ok=True,
     )
     main_folder = os.path.join(target_path, 'main')
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ def create_component(target_path: str, name: str) -> None:
     copytree(
         os.path.join(os.environ['IDF_PATH'], 'tools', 'templates', 'sample_component'),
         target_path,
-        copy_function=copy,
+        # 'copyfile' ensures only data are copied, without any metadata (file permissions)
+        copy_function=copyfile,
         dirs_exist_ok=True,
     )
     os.rename(os.path.join(target_path, 'main.c'), os.path.join(target_path, '.'.join((name, 'c'))))
diff --git a/tools/test_idf_tools/test_idf_tools.py b/tools/test_idf_tools/test_idf_tools.py
index 87eab1dee0..00a82635d3 100755
--- a/tools/test_idf_tools/test_idf_tools.py
+++ b/tools/test_idf_tools/test_idf_tools.py
@@ -322,8 +322,9 @@ class TestUsage(TestUsageBase):
 
             self.run_idf_tools_with_action(['install', OPENOCD])
             output = self.run_idf_tools_with_action(['export'])
-            self.assertIn('%s/tools/openocd-esp32/%s/openocd-esp32/bin' %
-                          (self.temp_tools_dir, OPENOCD_VERSION), output)
+            self.assertIn(os.path.join(
+                self.temp_tools_dir, 'tools', 'openocd-esp32', OPENOCD_VERSION, 'openocd-esp32', 'bin'
+            ), output)
 
 
 # TestUsageUnix tests installed tools on UNIX platforms