From f9bb2d9ef41191e235279baa955d2d577075ed80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Sira <sbobfitz2@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 15:00:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] kubeconfig: normalize generated cert paths to forward slashes

---
 pkg/minikube/kubeconfig/kubeconfig.go | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/minikube/kubeconfig/kubeconfig.go b/pkg/minikube/kubeconfig/kubeconfig.go
index 29a9419f0f..5ed754ea24 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/kubeconfig/kubeconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/kubeconfig/kubeconfig.go
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ func configIssues(cfg *api.Config, contextName string, address string) []error {
 
 // populateCerts retains certs already defined in kubeconfig or sets default ones for those missing.
 func populateCerts(kcs *Settings, cfg api.Config, contextName string) {
-	lp := localpath.Profile(contextName)
-	gp := localpath.MiniPath()
+	gp := filepath.ToSlash(localpath.MiniPath())
+	lp := filepath.ToSlash(localpath.Profile(contextName))
 
 	kcs.CertificateAuthority = path.Join(gp, "ca.crt")
 	if cluster, ok := cfg.Clusters[contextName]; ok {