diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 32870916d6561..01aff8c243ca9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -58,3 +58,5 @@ read*lock
 # Nx cache
 .nx/
 
+# A number of users have reported that this file causes issues when cloning the repository on Windows systems. Additionally, the file is empty. To address these issues, it has been added to .gitignore.
+packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-codepipeline-actions/test/integ.codepipeline-with-nested-stack.js.snapshot/cross-region-stack-123456789012*