diff --git a/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md b/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
index 734471ea61e..ef7e5a2baad 100644
--- a/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
+++ b/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
@@ -711,7 +711,8 @@ The dependencies must be present:
 
 * Microsoft Visual Studio C/C++ toolchain. The CI automation uses MSVC 2019 at time of writing. MSVC Community Edition works fine.
 * [CMake](https://cmake.org/) 3.x on the `PATH`
-* A build of [OpenSSL](https://www.openssl.org/) as static libraries, pointed to by the `-DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR` CMake variable. The CI automation uses [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/) to `choco install -y openssl`.
+* A build of [OpenSSL](https://www.openssl.org/) as static libraries, pointed to by the `-DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR` CMake variable.
+* The CI automation uses vcpkg to install dependencies [](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/blob/master/.github/workflows/call-build-windows.yaml#L148)
 * `flex.exe` and `bison.exe` must be present on the `PATH`. The CI automation uses https://github.com/lexxmark/winflexbison.
 
 Assuming that `cmake` is on the `PATH`, Visual Studio is installed,
@@ -731,6 +732,121 @@ The build output will be `bin\Debug\fluent-bit.exe`.
 
 If in doubt, check the CI and build automation files referenced above for specifics.
 
+### Building on a Windows Server 2022
+
+The following steps have been tested on a Windows Server 2022 Datacenter edition on top of GCP.
+
+1. *Download and Install Visual Studio 2022* (Community Edition)
+    * **Download**: Go to [Visual Studio Download Page](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/).
+    * **Install**:
+        * Select **Community Edition** and check the following components during installation:
+            * **Desktop development with C++**
+            * **Linux development with C++**
+
+2. *Install Flex and Bison*
+    1. Create a new file called `setup-flex-bison.ps1` and paste the following script:
+    ```powershell
+    # Define variables for Flex and Bison
+    $flexBisonUrl = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/winflexbison/files/win_flex_bison3-latest.zip/download"
+    $downloadPath = "$env:TEMP\win_flex_bison.zip"
+    $extractPath = "C:\win_flex_bison"
+    $flexExe = "flex.exe"
+    $bisonExe = "bison.exe"
+
+    # Step 2: Download and Setup Flex and Bison
+    Write-Output "Downloading win_flex_bison..."
+    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $flexBisonUrl -OutFile $downloadPath
+
+    # Create the extract directory if it does not exist
+    If (!(Test-Path -Path $extractPath)) {
+        New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $extractPath
+    }
+
+    # Extract the zip file
+    Write-Output "Extracting win_flex_bison..."
+    Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
+    [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory($downloadPath, $extractPath)
+
+    # Rename the executables
+    Write-Output "Renaming executables..."
+    Rename-Item "$extractPath\win_flex.exe" "$extractPath\$flexExe" -Force
+    Rename-Item "$extractPath\win_bison.exe" "$extractPath\$bisonExe" -Force
+
+    # Add Flex and Bison path to system environment variables
+    Write-Output "Adding Flex and Bison path to environment variables..."
+    $envPath = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "Machine")
+    If ($envPath -notlike "*$extractPath*") {
+        [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "$envPath;$extractPath", "Machine")
+        Write-Output "Path updated. Please restart your command prompt to apply changes."
+    } else {
+        Write-Output "Path already contains the Flex and Bison directory."
+    }
+
+    # Cleanup
+    Remove-Item $downloadPath
+
+    Write-Output "Flex and Bison setup complete."
+    ```
+    2. Run the Script: Open PowerShell as administrator.
+    ```powershell
+    .\setup-flex-bison.ps1
+    ```
+
+    3. Restart the command prompt: After the script completes, restart your command prompt or Visual Studio for the changes to take effect.
+
+3. *Create vcpkg.json file for the dependencies*
+    In the root of your project, create a vcpkg.json file with the following content:
+    ```json
+    {
+    "name": "fluent-bit",
+    "version": "3.2.0",
+    "dependencies": [
+        {
+        "name": "openssl",
+        "default-features": false
+        },
+        {
+        "name": "libyaml",
+        "default-features": false
+        }
+    ],
+    "builtin-baseline": "9f5925e81bbcd9c8c34cc7a8bd25e3c557b582b2"
+    }
+    ```
+
+4. *Install dependencies using vcpkg*
+    ```bash
+    vcpkg install --triplet x64-windows-static
+    ```
+    You should see output like:
+    ```bash
+    libyaml:x64-windows-static      0.2.5#5      A C library for parsing and emitting YAML.
+    openssl:x64-windows-static      3.3.2#1      OpenSSL is an open source project that provides SSL and TLS.
+    ```
+
+5. *To link vcpkg with Visual Studio, run*
+    ```bash
+    vcpkg integrate install
+    ```
+
+6. *Generate the Visual studio solution of fluent-bit using Cmake.*
+    ```bash
+    cd build
+    cmake -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -DFLB_TESTS_INTERNAL=Off -DFLB_TESTS_RUNTIME=Off -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Community/VC/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake" -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=C:/path/to/your/vcpkg_installed/x64-windows-static -DFLB_LIBYAML_DIR=C:/path/to/your/vcpkg_installed/x64-windows-static ..
+    ```
+    Notes:
+    * Replace `C:/path/to/your/vcpkg_installed/x64-windows-static` with the actual path where vcpkg installed openssl and libyaml. 
+    Please note that when installing with vcpkg you can also pass a different install root with `--x-install-root`.
+    * This will generate a Visual Studio solution file, which you can open and compile.
+
+7. *Run the binary build*
+    ```bash
+    cmake --build .  --parallel 4 --clean-first
+    ```
+    Notes:
+    * You can opt-out passing --parallel 
+    * --clean-first will remove cache and start a fresh clean make
+
 ### Valgrind
 
 [Valgrind](https://valgrind.org/) is a tool that will help you detect and diagnose memory issues in your code. It will check for memory leaks and invalid memory accesses.
diff --git a/plugins/in_blob/blob.c b/plugins/in_blob/blob.c
index 8081a9a42fe..c3fb8918e62 100644
--- a/plugins/in_blob/blob.c
+++ b/plugins/in_blob/blob.c
@@ -561,6 +561,11 @@ static ssize_t recursive_file_search(struct blob_ctx *ctx,
                                 (uint64_t) fs_entry_metadata.st_ino);
                 }
                 else {
+                    /* Result codes :
+                     *  0 - Success
+                     * -1 - Generic failure
+                     *  1 - The file was alrady present in our records
+                     */
                     flb_plg_debug(ctx->ins,
                                 "blob scan skip: %s",
                                 glob_context.gl_pathv[index]);
diff --git a/plugins/in_blob/blob_file.c b/plugins/in_blob/blob_file.c
index bf5aaf5caca..0a51bd9de81 100644
--- a/plugins/in_blob/blob_file.c
+++ b/plugins/in_blob/blob_file.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ int blob_file_append(struct blob_ctx *ctx, char *path, struct stat *st)
         bfile = cfl_list_entry(head, struct blob_file, _head);
         if (strcmp(bfile->path, path) == 0) {
             /* file already exists */
-            return -1;
+            return 1;
         }
     }
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int blob_file_append(struct blob_ctx *ctx, char *path, struct stat *st)
     if (ctx->database_file) {
         /* the file was already registered, just skipt it */
         if (blob_db_file_exists(ctx, path, &id_found) == FLB_TRUE) {
-            return 0;
+            return 1;
         }
     }
 #endif