diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-23-webworker-vfs-watch-and-landlock.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-23-webworker-vfs-watch-and-landlock.i18n.yaml
index 34a24f6261..4260ae5238 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-23-webworker-vfs-watch-and-landlock.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-23-webworker-vfs-watch-and-landlock.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-23-webworker-vfs-watch-and-landlock.md
-2026-08-23-webworker-vfs-watch-and-landlock.md: 61254092e0f32e8e4291fd7c21489684110a1d15
-2026-08-23-webworker-vfs-watch-and-landlock.zh.md: 32e1b36e0ef17e4574252693e246f9d7cd4d4712
+2026-08-23-webworker-vfs-watch-and-landlock.md: 2705c63aa6bf0f2e2de33d00029a4f41e1b1d4af
+2026-08-23-webworker-vfs-watch-and-landlock.zh.md: 4470720e1ff968aa06578b231b054c9053f27283
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-23-webworker-vfs-watch-and-landlock.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-23-webworker-vfs-watch-and-landlock.md
index 61254092e0..2705c63aa6 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-23-webworker-vfs-watch-and-landlock.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-23-webworker-vfs-watch-and-landlock.md
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ The filesystem compatibility boundary follows the [Worker Node face decision](20
 
 The mutation record is shared with WebFS persistence rather than defining a second notification path. Writes carry their complete post-commit bytes and virtual permission bits, plus an append offset when only a tail changed. `MemoryVfs` accepts an optional asynchronous `VfsMutationSink`, sends the same records to that sink and live watcher subscribers, and exposes `flush()` through file-handle `sync()` and `datasync()`. Hydration supplies `{ mode, mtimeMs }` explicitly, so image permissions and durable timestamps cannot occupy the same positional argument. This change mounts no durable sink; it keeps the synchronous in-memory tree authoritative so an OPFS or user-directory mirror can hydrate before publication and write behind without changing `node:fs`.
 
-The `node:fs` implementation provides callback `stat` and `lstat`, `watch`, `watchFile`, `unwatchFile`, `FSWatcher`, and `StatWatcher`; `node:fs/promises.watch` provides the abortable async iterator. One path shares one `StatWatcher` across listeners, listener-specific unwatching leaves peers active, and missing paths report zero-valued Stats before later creation, deletion, and recreation transitions. Callback dispatch captures the registration-time async context and checks closure before every queued delivery.
+The `node:fs` implementation provides callback `stat` and `lstat`, `watch`, `watchFile`, `unwatchFile`, `FSWatcher`, and `StatWatcher`; `node:fs/promises.watch` provides the abortable async iterator. One path shares one `StatWatcher` across listeners, listener-specific unwatching leaves peers active, and missing paths report zero-valued Stats before later creation, deletion, and recreation transitions. Callback dispatch captures the registration-time async context and checks closure before every queued delivery. A pre-aborted callback watch returns its watcher before asynchronously closing it, while a pre-aborted promise watch rejects its first iterator read with `AbortError`.
 
 `fs.watch` maps entry creation, removal, and rename destinations to `rename`, and maps content or mode changes to `change`. Non-recursive directory watches report immediate child names; recursive watches report paths relative to the watched directory. The VFS has no symlinks, so this implementation does not invent symlink events.
 
 ### Streams and unchanged npm packages
 
-`node:stream` uses the maintained `readable-stream` browser implementation for `Readable`, `Writable`, `Duplex`, `Transform`, `PassThrough`, pipeline helpers, async iteration, backpressure, aborts, and teardown ordering. The compatibility module sets the byte high-water default to the 64 KiB value used by the repository's Node 22+ engines. VFS-backed `ReadStream` and `WriteStream` supply file descriptors, inclusive ranges, encoding, append or replace behavior, byte accounting, AbortSignal handling, and `open`/`ready`/`finish`/`end`/`close` ordering.
+`node:stream` uses the maintained `readable-stream` browser implementation for `Readable`, `Writable`, `Duplex`, `Transform`, `PassThrough`, pipeline helpers, async iteration, backpressure, aborts, and teardown ordering. The compatibility module sets the byte high-water default to the 64 KiB value used by the repository's Node 22+ engines. VFS-backed `ReadStream` and `WriteStream` supply file descriptors, inclusive ranges, encoding, append or replace behavior, byte accounting, AbortSignal handling, and `open`/`ready`/`finish`/`end`/`close` ordering. Descriptors retain their opened file identity and access mode across rename, replacement, and unlink; hard links share that identity and subsequent content or mode changes, while truncation zero-fills growth.
 
 Chokidar and readdirp are ordinary image dependencies, not module replacements. Their package code runs unchanged and imports the Worker implementations of `node:fs`, `node:fs/promises`, `node:stream`, `node:events`, `node:path`, and `node:os`. Chokidar therefore retains its own initial scan, `ready`, polling, atomic-write normalization, write-settle delay, shared watcher, and close behavior.
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Chokidar and readdirp are ordinary image dependencies, not module replacements.
 
 The process layer has a table of Worker platform executables identified by logical executable name rather than one package-manager path. Its `landlock-run` provider accepts a bare command or an absolute launcher path, parses the native package's unchanged CLI, validates every grant root, and delegates the inner argv to the existing shell process runner. `node:child_process` performs only generic executable lookup, output delivery, and settlement. The unchanged package's synchronous `probe()` therefore observes the provider through `spawnSync` and reports `full`. A usage error, missing grant root, or unknown inner executable prints one `landlock-run: ...` line, exits `125`, and never runs the inner command. The bwrap probe remains unavailable, so the unmodified `sandbox-local` Linux chain selects this Landlock backend.
 
-Each launched process receives its own `ShellFileSystem` guard. `stat`, `list`, and `readText` require a read-only or read-write grant; `writeText`, `mkdir`, and `remove` require a read-write grant; `rename` requires both source and destination to be writable. Denials carry `EACCES` and `permission denied`, preserving `bash-sandbox` denial classification. `/tmp` maps to the VFS `/dsh/tmp`, while `/dev/null` is a virtual empty-read and discarded-write file that stores no bytes.
+Each launched process receives its own `ShellFileSystem` guard. `stat`, `list`, and `readText` require a read-only or read-write grant; `writeText`, `mkdir`, and `remove` require a read-write grant; `rename` requires both source and destination to be writable. Grant roots normalize trailing separators before containment checks. Denials carry `EACCES` and `permission denied`, preserving `bash-sandbox` denial classification. `/tmp` maps to the VFS `/dsh/tmp`, while `/dev/null` is a virtual empty-read and discarded-write file that stores no bytes.
 
 The Worker's `full` verdict covers every file operation expressible through its shell command table and Host-served VFS protocol. It does not claim Linux kernel Landlock, arbitrary native executable support, or protection against a future shell program that bypasses `ShellFileSystem`.
 
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-23-webworker-vfs-watch-and-landlock.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-23-webworker-vfs-watch-and-landlock.zh.md
index 32e1b36e0e..4470720e1f 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-23-webworker-vfs-watch-and-landlock.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-23-webworker-vfs-watch-and-landlock.zh.md
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ Web Worker preview 启动与 Node host 相同的 Web profile 和 Agent preset。
 
 Mutation record 与 WebFS 持久化共用，而不建立第二条通知路径。Write 记录携带提交后的完整字节与虚拟权限位，并在只有尾部变化时携带 append offset。`MemoryVfs` 接受可选的异步 `VfsMutationSink`，把同一批记录交给 sink 与实时 watcher 订阅方，并通过文件句柄的 `sync()` 和 `datasync()` 暴露 `flush()`。水合通过显式的 `{ mode, mtimeMs }` 传入元数据，因此镜像权限与持久化时间戳不会占用同一个位置参数。本次变更不挂载 durable sink；同步内存树继续作为权威，因此 OPFS 或用户目录 mirror 可以先水合、再异步写回，而无需改变 `node:fs`。
 
-`node:fs` 实现 callback `stat` 和 `lstat`、`watch`、`watchFile`、`unwatchFile`、`FSWatcher` 与 `StatWatcher`；`node:fs/promises.watch` 提供可由 abort 取消的异步迭代器。同一路径的 listener 共享一个 `StatWatcher`，按 listener 取消监听不会影响其他 listener；缺失路径先报告零值 Stats，随后再报告创建、删除和重建状态。Callback 分发捕获注册时的异步上下文，并在每次排队交付前检查 watcher 是否已经关闭。
+`node:fs` 实现 callback `stat` 和 `lstat`、`watch`、`watchFile`、`unwatchFile`、`FSWatcher` 与 `StatWatcher`；`node:fs/promises.watch` 提供可由 abort 取消的异步迭代器。同一路径的 listener 共享一个 `StatWatcher`，按 listener 取消监听不会影响其他 listener；缺失路径先报告零值 Stats，随后再报告创建、删除和重建状态。Callback 分发捕获注册时的异步上下文，并在每次排队交付前检查 watcher 是否已经关闭。预先 abort 的 callback watcher 先返回对象、再异步关闭；预先 abort 的 promise watcher 在第一次读取 iterator 时以 `AbortError` 拒绝。
 
 `fs.watch` 把条目创建、删除和 rename 目标映射为 `rename`，把内容或 mode 变化映射为 `change`。非递归目录 watcher 报告直接子项名，递归 watcher 报告相对被监听目录的路径。VFS 没有符号链接，因此该实现不会制造符号链接事件。
 
 ### Stream 与未修改的 NPM 包
 
-`node:stream` 使用维护中的 `readable-stream` 浏览器实现来提供 `Readable`、`Writable`、`Duplex`、`Transform`、`PassThrough`、pipeline helper、异步迭代、backpressure、abort 和 teardown 顺序。兼容模块把字节流 high-water mark 默认值设为仓库 Node 22+ 引擎使用的 64 KiB。VFS 支持的 `ReadStream` 与 `WriteStream` 提供文件描述符、闭区间范围、encoding、追加或替换行为、字节计数、AbortSignal 处理，以及 `open`、`ready`、`finish`、`end`、`close` 顺序。
+`node:stream` 使用维护中的 `readable-stream` 浏览器实现来提供 `Readable`、`Writable`、`Duplex`、`Transform`、`PassThrough`、pipeline helper、异步迭代、backpressure、abort 和 teardown 顺序。兼容模块把字节流 high-water mark 默认值设为仓库 Node 22+ 引擎使用的 64 KiB。VFS 支持的 `ReadStream` 与 `WriteStream` 提供文件描述符、闭区间范围、encoding、追加或替换行为、字节计数、AbortSignal 处理，以及 `open`、`ready`、`finish`、`end`、`close` 顺序。Descriptor 在 rename、replacement 和 unlink 后仍保留打开时的文件身份与访问模式；hard link 共享该身份及后续内容和 mode 变化，truncate 增长则用零字节填充。
 
 Chokidar 和 readdirp 作为普通镜像依赖运行，不属于模块 replacement。它们的包代码保持原样，并导入 Worker 实现的 `node:fs`、`node:fs/promises`、`node:stream`、`node:events`、`node:path` 与 `node:os`。因此，初次扫描、`ready`、polling、原子写归一化、写入稳定等待、共享 watcher 与关闭行为仍由 Chokidar 自己负责。
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Chokidar 和 readdirp 作为普通镜像依赖运行，不属于模块 replaceme
 
 进程层持有按逻辑可执行文件名识别的 Worker 平台可执行文件表，而不依赖某一个包管理器路径。其 `landlock-run` provider 接受裸命令或绝对 launcher 路径，解析 native 包未经修改的 CLI、校验每个授权根，并把内部 argv 交给既有 shell 进程 runner。`node:child_process` 只负责通用的可执行文件查找、输出投递与结束处理。因此，原包的同步 `probe()` 会通过 `spawnSync` 观察到该 provider 并报告 `full`。用法错误、缺失的授权根或未知内部可执行文件只输出一行 `landlock-run: ...`，以 `125` 退出，并且绝不运行内部命令。bwrap 仍探测为不可用，因此未修改的 `sandbox-local` Linux 选择链会选中该 Landlock 后端。
 
-每个已启动进程分别获得一个 `ShellFileSystem` guard。`stat`、`list` 和 `readText` 需要只读或读写授权；`writeText`、`mkdir` 和 `remove` 需要读写授权；`rename` 要求源和目标都可写。拒绝错误包含 `EACCES` 与 `permission denied`，从而保持 `bash-sandbox` 的拒绝分类。`/tmp` 映射到 VFS 的 `/dsh/tmp`，`/dev/null` 则是空读、丢弃写入且不保存任何字节的虚拟文件。
+每个已启动进程分别获得一个 `ShellFileSystem` guard。`stat`、`list` 和 `readText` 需要只读或读写授权；`writeText`、`mkdir` 和 `remove` 需要读写授权；`rename` 要求源和目标都可写。Grant root 在 containment 检查前去除尾部分隔符。拒绝错误包含 `EACCES` 与 `permission denied`，从而保持 `bash-sandbox` 的拒绝分类。`/tmp` 映射到 VFS 的 `/dsh/tmp`，`/dev/null` 则是空读、丢弃写入且不保存任何字节的虚拟文件。
 
 Worker 的 `full` 结论覆盖 shell 命令表和 Host 服务 VFS 协议能够表达的全部文件操作。它不表示 Linux 内核 Landlock、不支持任意 native 可执行文件，也无法约束未来绕过 `ShellFileSystem` 的 shell 程序。
 
diff --git a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/README.i18n.yaml b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/README.i18n.yaml
index f5d10e0a50..9b012cd360 100644
--- a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/README.i18n.yaml
+++ b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/README.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/README.md
-README.md: 5b63856b826d4f8bc8b6ff56626c6e7a1ed663b1
-README.zh.md: 59b31bd308077b8eeaa60edf5bd23a75924eaa07
+README.md: df6dacad35273f8c636a86c7c260b4f5d1958a6a
+README.zh.md: 721770149c04169d813d2b5d3d4faafdccf1dec5
diff --git a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/README.md b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/README.md
index 5b63856b82..df6dacad35 100644
--- a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/README.md
+++ b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The browser worker host: the whole harness plugin tree runs inside one dedicated
 Three artifacts from one tsdown pipeline:
 
 - **`lib/index.js` (assembly library)** — `createWorkerHost`/`startWorkerHost` mount the base image and any ordered data overlays (`storage/`), install the module loader (`module-system/`) and the `process` shim, boot the tree through the image's own `dsh-app-boot`, and hand the tunnel its serving seams. Overlays may replace files only under `home/` and `workspace/`; they cannot replace the base manifest, configuration, or modules. The image layout contract (`image-layout.ts`: virtual root, config/manifest paths, empty directories, the `lowered` wrapper-contract gate) is shared with the packer. Boot patches force the deployment-shaped rows: frontend serving off, JSONL session logs on the plaintext path, preset roots onto the image's `config/agent-presets`.
-- **`lib/worker.js` (worker bundle)** — the assembly plus this package's Node-compatibility layer as one self-contained ES module. The module proxy table (`module-proxies.ts`) is the only platform fork: `node:*` builtins over VFS/tunnel/browser primitives, structural stubs that fail loud on the console for what a browser cannot do, and native/binary package replacements. VFS mutations drive `node:fs` callback, polling, and promise watchers; `readable-stream` supplies the stream state machine used by file streams and unchanged image packages such as Chokidar and readdirp. AsyncLocalStorage carries sync-stack causality across `await` through the snapshot/restore faces the pack-time lowering injects. The worker holds no compiler: an image the packer did not lower is refused at mount ([note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-20-webworker-pack-lowering-and-preview.md)).
+- **`lib/worker.js` (worker bundle)** — the assembly plus this package's Node-compatibility layer as one self-contained ES module. The module proxy table (`module-proxies.ts`) is the only platform fork: `node:*` builtins over VFS/tunnel/browser primitives, structural stubs that fail loud on the console for what a browser cannot do, and native/binary package replacements. VFS mutations drive `node:fs` callback, polling, and promise watchers; open descriptors retain file identity and access mode across rename, replacement, and unlink; `readable-stream` supplies the stream state machine used by file streams and unchanged image packages such as Chokidar and readdirp. AsyncLocalStorage carries sync-stack causality across `await` through the snapshot/restore faces the pack-time lowering injects. The worker holds no compiler: an image the packer did not lower is refused at mount ([note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-20-webworker-pack-lowering-and-preview.md)).
 - **`src/shell/` (the worker's own process layer)** — a browser worker cannot fork, so `node:child_process` is not a stub but an implementation: `spawn` starts the command in its own Web Worker — this same bundle, told by its first frame to be a shell process — and reports it through the `ChildProcess` surface the subprocess service consumes. The command runs off the host's thread, `SIGKILL` terminates it whatever it is doing, and it reaches the VFS only by message (the host serves those frames). Worker platform executables preserve native-package protocols such as Landlock without replacing their JavaScript packages or coupling their implementations to `node:child_process`; ordinary commands use the package's evaluator and coreutils command table. The grammar is `@yarnpkg/parsers`' `parseShell`, while `execSync`/`fork` still refuse because they need a real process.
 - **`lib/client.js` (page half)** — startup has two independent stages. `chooseWorkerHostSource({ image?, fixtureManifest? })` optionally owns the boot barrier and fixture manifest: without `preview-fixture` it waits at the source chooser, while a valid query selects directly; either path returns ordered overlays. `connectWorkerHost(worker, { image?, overlays? })` remains the public base-runtime connector; callers that skip the chooser get an empty overlay list. `apps/web` invokes both and supplies its statically bundled Worker. The opening `init` frame carries the base and ordered overlay URLs, the boot payload delivers the structured index-injection table, and `applyIndexInjections` executes it before the shell entry runs. The tunnel exposes fetch-shaped transport, the API client, and `loadBundle` for the shell's boot seam.
 
diff --git a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/README.zh.md b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/README.zh.md
index 59b31bd308..721770149c 100644
--- a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/README.zh.md
+++ b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/README.zh.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 一条 tsdown 管线出三个产物：
 
 - **`lib/index.js`（装配库）**——`createWorkerHost`/`startWorkerHost` 挂载基础镜像和按序排列的数据 overlays（`storage/`）、安装模块加载器（`module-system/`）与 `process` shim、经镜像自带的 `dsh-app-boot` 启动插件树，并把服务缝隙交给隧道。Overlay 只能替换 `home/` 与 `workspace/` 下的文件，不能替换基础 manifest、配置或模块。镜像布局契约（`image-layout.ts`：虚拟根、config/manifest 路径、空目录、`lowered` 包装契约门）与 packer 共享。boot patch 强制部署形态行：关前端静态服务、JSONL 会话日志走明文、preset 根指向镜像内 `config/agent-presets`。
-- **`lib/worker.js`（worker 束）**——装配库加本包的 Node 兼容层，合成一个自含 ES module。模块代理表（`module-proxies.ts`）是唯一平台叉口：`node:*` 内建走 VFS、隧道和浏览器原语，浏览器做不到的走结构化 stub（调用即在 console 报错并抛出），native/binary 包则替换执行后端。VFS mutation 驱动 `node:fs` 的 callback、polling 和 promise watcher；`readable-stream` 提供文件流以及 Chokidar、readdirp 等未修改镜像包所用的流状态机。AsyncLocalStorage 经 pack 时降低注入的 snapshot/restore 面在 `await` 间携带同步栈因果。worker 不带编译器：packer 未降低的镜像在挂载时被拒（[note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-20-webworker-pack-lowering-and-preview.zh.md)）。
+- **`lib/worker.js`（worker 束）**——装配库加本包的 Node 兼容层，合成一个自含 ES module。模块代理表（`module-proxies.ts`）是唯一平台叉口：`node:*` 内建走 VFS、隧道和浏览器原语，浏览器做不到的走结构化 stub（调用即在 console 报错并抛出），native/binary 包则替换执行后端。VFS mutation 驱动 `node:fs` 的 callback、polling 和 promise watcher；打开的 descriptor 在 rename、replacement 和 unlink 后仍保留文件身份与访问模式；`readable-stream` 提供文件流以及 Chokidar、readdirp 等未修改镜像包所用的流状态机。AsyncLocalStorage 经 pack 时降低注入的 snapshot/restore 面在 `await` 间携带同步栈因果。worker 不带编译器：packer 未降低的镜像在挂载时被拒（[note](../../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-20-webworker-pack-lowering-and-preview.zh.md)）。
 - **`src/shell/`（worker 自己的进程层）**——浏览器 worker 无法 fork，所以 `node:child_process` 不是 stub 而是实现：`spawn` 把命令放进它自己的 Web Worker——就是这同一个束，由首帧告诉它「你是 shell 进程」——并以 subprocess 服务消费的 `ChildProcess` 面报告结果。命令不占宿主线程，`SIGKILL` 不管它在干什么都能终止它，而它只能靠消息触达 VFS（由宿主应答这些帧）。Worker 平台 executable 在不替换 JavaScript 包、也不把具体实现耦合进 `node:child_process` 的情况下保持 Landlock 等 native 包协议；普通命令使用本包的求值器与 coreutils 命令表。语法来自 `@yarnpkg/parsers` 的 `parseShell`，而 `execSync`/`fork` 依然拒绝，因为它们需要真进程。
 - **`lib/client.js`（页面半）**——启动分为相互独立的两段。`chooseWorkerHostSource({ image?, fixtureManifest? })` 可选地拥有 boot barrier 与 fixture manifest：没有 `preview-fixture` 时停在来源选择面板，合法 query 则直接选择；两条路径都返回按序排列的 overlays。`connectWorkerHost(worker, { image?, overlays? })` 仍是公开的基础运行态连接器；调用方跳过选择器时 overlay 列表为空。`apps/web` 调用这两段并提供静态打包的 Worker。开局 `init` 帧携带基础镜像与按序排列的 overlay URL，boot 载荷送达结构化 index 注入表，`applyIndexInjections` 在壳入口运行前逐行执行。隧道暴露 fetch 形传输、API 客户端与壳启动缝隙用的 `loadBundle`。
 
diff --git a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/fixture-manifest.ts b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/fixture-manifest.ts
index d594960576..7d2ecf2556 100644
--- a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/fixture-manifest.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/fixture-manifest.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export interface PreviewFixtureManifestEntry {
 /** Complete built-in fixture catalog consumed before Worker startup. */
 export interface PreviewFixtureManifest {
   readonly version: number
+  /** Required default fixture id, or null when the chooser should default to an empty overlay. */
   readonly defaultFixture: string | null
   readonly fixtures: readonly PreviewFixtureManifestEntry[]
 }
diff --git a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/node/builtin_modules/implemented/abort-error.ts b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/node/builtin_modules/implemented/abort-error.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7f188bdc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/node/builtin_modules/implemented/abort-error.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/** Build the Node-style cancellation error shared by abortable builtin APIs. */
+
+/**
+ * Create an `AbortError` carrying Node's stable error code.
+ * @param reason - Optional AbortSignal reason exposed as the error cause.
+ * @returns A Node-compatible abort error.
+ */
+export function abortError(reason?: unknown): Error & { code: string; cause?: unknown } {
+  const error = new Error('The operation was aborted') as Error & { code: string; cause?: unknown }
+  error.name = 'AbortError'
+  error.code = 'ABORT_ERR'
+  if (reason !== undefined) error.cause = reason
+  return error
+}
diff --git a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/node/builtin_modules/implemented/fs-watch.ts b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/node/builtin_modules/implemented/fs-watch.ts
index 71864a7caf..61e3f4419c 100644
--- a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/node/builtin_modules/implemented/fs-watch.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/node/builtin_modules/implemented/fs-watch.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { captureAsyncContext, runWithAsyncContext } from './async_hooks.ts'
 import { basename, relative, resolve, sep } from './path.ts'
 import { requireActiveVfs } from '../../../storage/active.ts'
 import type { VfsBigIntStats, VfsMutation, VfsStats } from '../../../storage/types.ts'
+import { abortError } from './abort-error.ts'
 
 type PathArg = string | URL | Uint8Array
 type WatchListener = (eventType: 'rename' | 'change', filename: string | Buffer | null) => void
@@ -82,14 +83,6 @@ const contains = (parent: string, child: string): boolean =>
 
 const overlaps = (left: string, right: string): boolean => contains(left, right) || contains(right, left)
 
-const abortError = (reason?: unknown): Error & { code: string; cause?: unknown } => {
-  const error = new Error('The operation was aborted') as Error & { code: string }
-  error.name = 'AbortError'
-  error.code = 'ABORT_ERR'
-  if (reason !== undefined) error.cause = reason
-  return error
-}
-
 /** `fs.FSWatcher` over VFS mutations. */
 export class FSWatcher extends EventEmitter {
   private readonly disposeMutation: () => void
@@ -122,9 +115,8 @@ export class FSWatcher extends EventEmitter {
     this.signal = options.signal
     this.onAbort = options.signal === undefined ? undefined : () => { this.close() }
     if (options.signal?.aborted === true) {
-      this.disposeMutation()
-      this.closed = true
-      throw abortError(options.signal.reason)
+      this.close()
+      return
     }
     options.signal?.addEventListener('abort', this.onAbort as () => void, { once: true })
   }
@@ -372,6 +364,10 @@ export function watchAsync(
   const onAbort = (): void => { settleFailure(abortError(options.signal?.reason)) }
   const start = (): void => {
     if (watcher !== undefined || closed || failure !== undefined) return
+    if (options.signal?.aborted === true) {
+      settleFailure(abortError(options.signal.reason))
+      return
+    }
     try {
       watcher = watch(path, options, (eventType, filename) => {
         const event = { eventType, filename }
diff --git a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/node/builtin_modules/implemented/fs.ts b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/node/builtin_modules/implemented/fs.ts
index 0aea178db4..4e83d52752 100644
--- a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/node/builtin_modules/implemented/fs.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/node/builtin_modules/implemented/fs.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@
  * file descriptors, `mkdtemp`, access checks, watchers, streams, and the promise face.
  */
 import { requireActiveVfs } from '../../../storage/active.ts'
-import type { Vfs, VfsBigIntStats, VfsStatOptions, VfsStats, VfsWriteOptions } from '../../../storage/types.ts'
+import type {
+  Vfs, VfsBigIntStats, VfsOpenFile, VfsStatOptions, VfsStats, VfsWriteOptions,
+} from '../../../storage/types.ts'
 import { Buffer } from 'buffer'
 import { Readable, Writable } from './stream.ts'
 import { dirname } from './path.ts'
+import { abortError } from './abort-error.ts'
 import {
   FSWatcher, StatWatcher, unwatchFile, watch, watchAsync, watchFile,
 } from './fs-watch.ts'
@@ -166,11 +169,14 @@ export function stat(
   const callback = typeof optionsOrCallback === 'function' ? optionsOrCallback : maybeCallback
   if (callback === undefined) throw new TypeError('The "callback" argument must be of type function')
   queueMicrotask(() => {
+    let result: VfsStats | VfsBigIntStats
     try {
-      callback(null, statSync(path, options))
+      result = statSync(path, options)
     } catch (error) {
       callback(error as NodeJS.ErrnoException)
+      return
     }
+    callback(null, result)
   })
 }
 
@@ -290,9 +296,8 @@ export function accessSync(path: PathArg): void {
 }
 
 interface OpenFile {
-  path: string
+  file: VfsOpenFile
   position: number
-  append: boolean
 }
 
 const openFiles = new Map<number, OpenFile>()
@@ -308,25 +313,20 @@ let nextFd = 3
  */
 export function openSync(path: PathArg, flags = 'r', mode?: number): number {
   const target = asPath(path)
-  const exists = vfs().existsSync(target)
-  if (flags.includes('x') && exists) {
-    const error = new Error(`EEXIST: file already exists, open '${target}'`) as Error & { code: string; path: string }
-    error.code = 'EEXIST'
-    error.path = target
-    throw error
-  }
-  if (flags.startsWith('r')) vfs().realpathSync(target)
-  else if (flags.startsWith('w') || !exists) {
-    vfs().writeFileSync(target, new Uint8Array(0), mode === undefined ? undefined : { mode })
-  }
+  const file = vfs().openFileSync(target, flags, mode)
   const fd = nextFd++
-  openFiles.set(fd, { path: target, position: 0, append: flags.startsWith('a') })
+  openFiles.set(fd, { file, position: 0 })
   return fd
 }
 
 const fileOf = (fd: number, syscall: string): OpenFile => {
   const file = openFiles.get(fd)
-  if (file === undefined) throw new Error(`EBADF: bad file descriptor, ${syscall}`)
+  if (file === undefined) {
+    const error = new Error(`EBADF: bad file descriptor, ${syscall}`) as Error & { code: string; syscall: string }
+    error.code = 'EBADF'
+    error.syscall = syscall
+    throw error
+  }
   return file
 }
 
@@ -347,9 +347,8 @@ export function readSync(
   position: number | null = null,
 ): number {
   const file = fileOf(fd, 'read')
-  const bytes = bytesOf(file.path)
   const from = position ?? file.position
-  const slice = bytes.subarray(from, from + length)
+  const slice = file.file.read(from, length)
   buffer.set(slice, offset)
   if (position === null) file.position = from + slice.byteLength
   return slice.byteLength
@@ -364,17 +363,10 @@ export function readSync(
 export function writeSync(fd: number, data: string | Uint8Array): number {
   const file = fileOf(fd, 'write')
   const bytes = typeof data === 'string' ? new TextEncoder().encode(data) : data
-  if (file.append) {
-    vfs().appendFileSync(file.path, bytes)
-    return bytes.byteLength
-  }
-  const existing = vfs().existsSync(file.path) ? bytesOf(file.path) : new Uint8Array(0)
-  const merged = new Uint8Array(Math.max(existing.byteLength, file.position + bytes.byteLength))
-  merged.set(existing, 0)
-  merged.set(bytes, file.position)
-  vfs().writeFileSync(file.path, merged)
-  file.position += bytes.byteLength
-  return bytes.byteLength
+  const position = file.file.append ? file.file.stat().size : file.position
+  const bytesWritten = file.file.write(position, bytes)
+  file.position = position + bytesWritten
+  return bytesWritten
 }
 
 /**
@@ -382,17 +374,16 @@ export function writeSync(fd: number, data: string | Uint8Array): number {
  * @param fd - descriptor.
  */
 export function closeSync(fd: number): void {
-  openFiles.delete(fd)
+  if (!openFiles.delete(fd)) fileOf(fd, 'close')
 }
 
 /**
- * Create a second name for one file's contents. Hard links do not exist in the
- * VFS, so the bytes are copied.
+ * Create a second name for one file identity.
  * @param from - existing path.
  * @param to - new path.
  */
 export function linkSync(from: PathArg, to: PathArg): void {
-  writeFileSync(to, bytesOf(asPath(from)))
+  vfs().linkSync(asPath(from), asPath(to))
 }
 
 /**
@@ -424,30 +415,40 @@ export interface FileHandle {
 export function openHandleSync(path: PathArg, flags = 'r', mode?: number): FileHandle {
   const target = asPath(path)
   const directory = vfs().existsSync(target) && vfs().statSync(target).isDirectory()
-  const append = flags.startsWith('a')
   const fd = directory ? -1 : openSync(target, flags, mode)
+  let closed = false
+  const descriptor = (syscall: string): OpenFile => fileOf(fd, syscall)
   return {
     fd,
-    readFile: async (options?: EncodingOption) => readFileSync(target, options),
-    // Node appends when the handle was opened with 'a'. The JSONL session log
-    // depends on it — `open(path, 'a')` then `writeFile(batch)` — and replacing
-    // the file there destroys the header frame its reader requires.
+    readFile: async (options?: EncodingOption) => {
+      if (directory) return readFileSync(target, options)
+      const open = descriptor('read')
+      const bytes = open.file.read(open.position, Math.max(0, open.file.stat().size - open.position))
+      open.position += bytes.length
+      const encoding = encodingOf(options)
+      return encoding === undefined || encoding === 'utf8' || encoding === 'utf-8'
+        ? (encoding === undefined ? asBuffer(bytes) : new TextDecoder().decode(bytes))
+        : asBuffer(bytes).toString(encoding)
+    },
     writeFile: async (data: string | Uint8Array) => {
-      if (append) appendFileSync(target, data)
-      else writeFileSync(target, data)
+      if (directory) writeFileSync(target, data)
+      else writeSync(fd, data)
     },
     write: async (data: string | Uint8Array) => ({ bytesWritten: writeSync(fd, data) }),
     read: async (buffer: Uint8Array, offset = 0, length = buffer.byteLength, position: number | null = null) => ({
       bytesRead: readSync(fd, buffer, offset, length, position),
       buffer,
     }),
-    stat: async () => statSync(target) as VfsStats,
+    stat: async () => directory ? statSync(target) as VfsStats : descriptor('fstat').file.stat(),
     truncate: async (length = 0) => {
-      writeFileSync(target, bytesOf(target).subarray(0, length))
+      if (directory) writeFileSync(target, new Uint8Array(length))
+      else descriptor('ftruncate').file.truncate(length)
     },
     sync: async () => { await vfs().flush() },
     datasync: async () => { await vfs().flush() },
     close: async () => {
+      if (closed) return
+      closed = true
       if (fd !== -1) closeSync(fd)
     },
   }
@@ -477,12 +478,8 @@ export interface WriteStreamOptions {
   signal?: AbortSignal
 }
 
-const aborted = (reason?: unknown): Error => {
-  const error = new Error('The operation was aborted', { cause: reason }) as Error & { code: string }
-  error.name = 'AbortError'
-  error.code = 'ABORT_ERR'
-  return error
-}
+/** Node implements file-stream `autoClose` through the stream's `autoDestroy` state. */
+const streamAutoDestroy = (autoClose: boolean | undefined): boolean => autoClose ?? true
 
 /** Read stream over one VFS file. */
 export class ReadStream extends Readable {
@@ -503,7 +500,7 @@ export class ReadStream extends Readable {
 
   constructor(path: PathArg, options: ReadStreamOptions = {}) {
     super({
-      autoDestroy: options.autoClose ?? true,
+      autoDestroy: streamAutoDestroy(options.autoClose),
       emitClose: options.emitClose ?? true,
       highWaterMark: options.highWaterMark ?? 64 * 1024,
     })
@@ -513,7 +510,7 @@ export class ReadStream extends Readable {
     this.flags = options.flags ?? 'r'
     this.position = this.start
     this.signal = options.signal
-    this.onAbort = options.signal === undefined ? undefined : () => { this.destroy(aborted(options.signal?.reason)) }
+    this.onAbort = options.signal === undefined ? undefined : () => { this.destroy(abortError(options.signal?.reason)) }
     if (options.encoding !== undefined && options.encoding !== null) this.setEncoding(options.encoding)
     options.signal?.addEventListener('abort', this.onAbort as () => void, { once: true })
   }
@@ -524,7 +521,7 @@ export class ReadStream extends Readable {
       return
     }
     if (this.signal?.aborted === true) {
-      callback(aborted(this.signal.reason))
+      callback(abortError(this.signal.reason))
       return
     }
     try {
@@ -598,7 +595,7 @@ export class WriteStream extends Writable {
 
   constructor(path: PathArg, options: WriteStreamOptions = {}) {
     super({
-      autoDestroy: options.autoClose ?? true,
+      autoDestroy: streamAutoDestroy(options.autoClose),
       decodeStrings: true,
       defaultEncoding: options.encoding ?? 'utf8',
       emitClose: options.emitClose ?? true,
@@ -609,7 +606,7 @@ export class WriteStream extends Writable {
     this.mode = options.mode
     this.start = options.start
     this.signal = options.signal
-    this.onAbort = options.signal === undefined ? undefined : () => { this.destroy(aborted(options.signal?.reason)) }
+    this.onAbort = options.signal === undefined ? undefined : () => { this.destroy(abortError(options.signal?.reason)) }
     options.signal?.addEventListener('abort', this.onAbort as () => void, { once: true })
   }
 
@@ -619,7 +616,7 @@ export class WriteStream extends Writable {
       return
     }
     if (this.signal?.aborted === true) {
-      callback(aborted(this.signal.reason))
+      callback(abortError(this.signal.reason))
       return
     }
     try {
@@ -772,13 +769,12 @@ export const promises = {
     mkdirSync(dirname(target), { recursive: true })
     writeFileSync(target, bytesOf(source))
   },
-  // The VFS has no inodes, so a hard link is a byte copy: the caller's contract
-  // is only that both names read the same content until one is removed.
+  // The VFS keeps both names attached to one file identity until either name is removed.
   link: async (from: PathArg, to: PathArg): Promise<void> => { linkSync(from, to) },
   open: async (path: PathArg, flags?: string, mode?: number): Promise<FileHandle> => openHandleSync(path, flags, mode),
   opendir: async (path: PathArg): Promise<Dir> => opendirSync(path),
   truncate: async (path: PathArg, length = 0): Promise<void> => {
-    writeFileSync(path, bytesOf(asPath(path)).subarray(0, length))
+    vfs().truncateSync(asPath(path), length)
   },
   watch: watchAsync,
   constants,
diff --git a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/shell/process/landlock.ts b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/shell/process/landlock.ts
index 319ee6b983..03ff455c64 100644
--- a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/shell/process/landlock.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/shell/process/landlock.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ export function parseLandlockArguments(args: readonly string[]): LandlockInvocat
 
 /** Map the host launcher's temp path into the Worker VFS. */
 function vfsPath(path: string, cwd: string): string {
-  const absolute = resolve(cwd, path)
+  const resolved = resolve(cwd, path)
+  const absolute = resolved.length > 1 ? resolved.replace(/\/+$/u, '') : resolved
   if (absolute === '/tmp') return DSH_TMP
   if (absolute.startsWith('/tmp/')) return `${DSH_TMP}${absolute.slice('/tmp'.length)}`
   return absolute
diff --git a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/storage/memory.ts b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/storage/memory.ts
index 6f41fbc9ee..7502e90bb8 100644
--- a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/storage/memory.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/storage/memory.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { dirname, join, normalize, resolve, SEP } from '../module-system/posix-p
 import { IMAGE_OVERLAY_DIRECTORIES } from '../image-layout.ts'
 import { parseTar } from './tar.ts'
 import type {
-  Vfs, VfsBigIntStats, VfsDir, VfsDirent, VfsEncoding, VfsError, VfsFileHandle, VfsMutation,
+  Vfs, VfsBigIntStats, VfsDir, VfsDirent, VfsEncoding, VfsError, VfsFileHandle, VfsMutation, VfsOpenFile,
   VfsMutationListener, VfsMutationSink, VfsReadOptions, VfsSeedOptions, VfsStatOptions, VfsStats, VfsWriteOptions,
 } from './types.ts'
 
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ interface FileNode {
   mtimeMs: number
   /** Permission bits (`0o777` mask), set at creation and changed only by `chmod`. */
   mode: number
+  /** Stable identity shared by hard links and retained by open descriptors. */
+  identity?: bigint
 }
 
 /** Creation default for files, Node's `0o666` under the classic `022` umask. */
@@ -80,7 +82,14 @@ function statsOf(size: number, mtimeMs: number, directory: boolean, ino: bigint,
  * @param mode - Stored permission bits of the entry.
  * @returns Stats in the shape Node returns under `{ bigint: true }`.
  */
-function bigIntStatsOf(size: number, mtimeMs: number, directory: boolean, ino: bigint, mode: number): VfsBigIntStats {
+function bigIntStatsOf(
+  size: number,
+  mtimeMs: number,
+  directory: boolean,
+  ino: bigint,
+  mode: number,
+  nlink = 1,
+): VfsBigIntStats {
   const milliseconds = BigInt(Math.trunc(mtimeMs))
   const nanoseconds = milliseconds * 1_000_000n
   const time = new Date(mtimeMs)
@@ -89,7 +98,7 @@ function bigIntStatsOf(size: number, mtimeMs: number, directory: boolean, ino: b
     mode: BigInt((directory ? 0o040000 : 0o100000) | (mode & 0o777)),
     dev: 1n,
     ino,
-    nlink: 1n,
+    nlink: BigInt(nlink),
     mtimeMs: milliseconds,
     mtimeNs: nanoseconds,
     ctimeMs: milliseconds,
@@ -112,6 +121,49 @@ function bigIntStatsOf(size: number, mtimeMs: number, directory: boolean, ino: b
   }
 }
 
+interface OpenMode {
+  readonly readable: boolean
+  readonly writable: boolean
+  readonly append: boolean
+  readonly create: boolean
+  readonly truncate: boolean
+  readonly exclusive: boolean
+}
+
+/** Parse the Node string flags supported by the compatibility filesystem. */
+function openMode(flags: string): OpenMode {
+  const base = flags[0]
+  const suffix = flags.slice(1).split('')
+  const validSuffix = suffix.every(flag => flag === '+' || flag === 'x' || flag === 's')
+  const uniqueSuffix = new Set(suffix).size === suffix.length
+  if ((base !== 'r' && base !== 'w' && base !== 'a') || !validSuffix || !uniqueSuffix
+    || base === 'r' && flags.includes('x')) {
+    const error = new TypeError(`The argument 'flags' is invalid. Received '${flags}'`) as TypeError & { code: string }
+    error.code = 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE'
+    throw error
+  }
+  return {
+    readable: base === 'r' || flags.includes('+'),
+    writable: base !== 'r' || flags.includes('+'),
+    append: base === 'a',
+    create: base === 'w' || base === 'a',
+    truncate: base === 'w',
+    exclusive: flags.includes('x'),
+  }
+}
+
+/** Resize bytes exactly, preserving the prefix and zero-filling growth. */
+function resize(bytes: Uint8Array, length: number): Uint8Array {
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(length) || length < 0) {
+    const error = new RangeError(`The value of "len" is out of range. It must be >= 0. Received ${String(length)}`) as RangeError & { code: string }
+    error.code = 'ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE'
+    throw error
+  }
+  const resized = new Uint8Array(length)
+  resized.set(bytes.subarray(0, length))
+  return resized
+}
+
 /** Construction inputs for {@link MemoryVfs}. */
 export interface MemoryVfsOptions {
   /** Durable write-behind observer; absent leaves the filesystem ephemeral. */
@@ -133,9 +185,8 @@ export class MemoryVfs implements Vfs {
   private readonly mutationListeners = new Set<VfsMutationListener>()
   private readonly sink: VfsMutationSink | undefined
   private temporaries = 0
-  // Identity per path, assigned on first stat and dropped when the path goes:
-  // the filesystem service builds its version token from `ino` plus the
-  // timestamp, so a recreated path must not look like the entry it replaced.
+  // Directories retain path identities. File identities live on FileNode so
+  // descriptors, renames, and hard links continue to address the same file.
   private readonly identities = new Map<string, bigint>()
   private lastIdentity = 0n
 
@@ -256,9 +307,9 @@ export class MemoryVfs implements Vfs {
       : this.directories.has(target)
         ? [0, this.directoryMtimes.get(target) ?? 0, true, this.directoryModes.get(target) ?? DEFAULT_DIRECTORY_MODE] as const
         : fail('ENOENT', 'stat', target)
-    const identity = this.identityOf(target)
+    const identity = node === undefined ? this.identityOf(target) : this.identityOfFile(node)
     return options?.bigint === true
-      ? bigIntStatsOf(size, mtimeMs, directory, identity, mode)
+      ? bigIntStatsOf(size, mtimeMs, directory, identity, mode, node === undefined ? 1 : this.pathsOf(node).length)
       : statsOf(size, mtimeMs, directory, identity, mode)
   }
 
@@ -276,7 +327,62 @@ export class MemoryVfs implements Vfs {
     return this.lastIdentity
   }
 
-  /** Forget a removed path's identity, so a recreated path reports a new one. */
+  /** @returns The inode-like identity retained by a file node across names. */
+  private identityOfFile(node: FileNode): bigint {
+    if (node.identity !== undefined) return node.identity
+    this.lastIdentity += 1n
+    node.identity = this.lastIdentity
+    return node.identity
+  }
+
+  /** @returns Every currently linked path for one file node. */
+  private pathsOf(node: FileNode): string[] {
+    const paths: string[] = []
+    for (const [path, candidate] of this.files) {
+      if (candidate === node) paths.push(path)
+    }
+    return paths
+  }
+
+  /** Publish a content or metadata write for every hard link to one node. */
+  private publishFile(node: FileNode, appendedFrom?: number): void {
+    for (const path of this.pathsOf(node)) {
+      this.publish({
+        kind: 'write', path, bytes: node.bytes, mode: node.mode, entryChanged: false,
+        ...appendedFrom === undefined ? {} : { appendedFrom },
+      })
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Replace bytes on one file identity and notify all linked paths. */
+  private replaceFile(node: FileNode, bytes: Uint8Array, appendedFrom?: number): void {
+    node.bytes = bytes
+    node.mtimeMs = this.touchNode(node)
+    this.publishFile(node, appendedFrom)
+  }
+
+  /** Write at one offset, zero-filling any gap. */
+  private writeFileNode(node: FileNode, position: number, data: Uint8Array): number {
+    const offset = Math.max(0, position)
+    const previousLength = node.bytes.length
+    const bytes = new Uint8Array(Math.max(previousLength, offset + data.length))
+    bytes.set(node.bytes)
+    bytes.set(data, offset)
+    this.replaceFile(node, bytes, offset === previousLength ? previousLength : undefined)
+    return data.length
+  }
+
+  /** Resize one file identity and notify all linked paths. */
+  private truncateFile(node: FileNode, length: number): void {
+    this.replaceFile(node, resize(node.bytes, length))
+  }
+
+  /** @returns Plain stats for an open file, including after its last name is removed. */
+  private fileStats(node: FileNode): VfsStats {
+    return statsOf(node.bytes.length, node.mtimeMs, false, this.identityOfFile(node), node.mode)
+  }
+
+  /** Forget removed directory identities, so recreated paths report new ones. */
   private forgetIdentity(target: string): void {
     this.identities.delete(target)
     const prefix = `${target}${SEP}`
@@ -296,7 +402,12 @@ export class MemoryVfs implements Vfs {
    * @returns Now, or one millisecond past the entry's current time.
    */
   private touch(target: string): number {
-    const previous = this.files.get(target)?.mtimeMs
+    return this.touchNode(this.files.get(target))
+  }
+
+  /** @returns A modification time strictly newer than one file node's current value. */
+  private touchNode(node?: FileNode): number {
+    const previous = node?.mtimeMs
     const now = Date.now()
     return previous === undefined ? now : Math.max(now, previous + 1)
   }
@@ -402,11 +513,14 @@ export class MemoryVfs implements Vfs {
     const previous = this.files.get(target)
     const mode = previous?.mode ?? (options?.mode !== undefined ? options.mode & 0o777 : DEFAULT_FILE_MODE)
     const bytes = typeof data === 'string' ? encoder.encode(data) : data
-    this.files.set(target, { bytes, mtimeMs: this.touch(target), mode })
-    if (previous === undefined) this.touchDirectory(dirname(target))
-    this.publish({
-      kind: 'write', path: target, bytes, mode, entryChanged: previous === undefined,
-    })
+    if (previous !== undefined) {
+      this.replaceFile(previous, bytes)
+      return
+    }
+    const node: FileNode = { bytes, mtimeMs: this.touch(target), mode }
+    this.files.set(target, node)
+    this.touchDirectory(dirname(target))
+    this.publish({ kind: 'write', path: target, bytes, mode, entryChanged: true })
   }
 
   /**
@@ -453,46 +567,89 @@ export class MemoryVfs implements Vfs {
         ...this.handleTail(target),
       }
     }
-    const exists = this.files.has(target)
-    if (flags.startsWith('r') && !exists) fail('ENOENT', 'open', target)
-    if (flags.startsWith('wx') && exists) fail('EEXIST', 'open', target)
-    if (!flags.startsWith('r') && !this.directories.has(dirname(target))) fail('ENOENT', 'open', target)
-    const creation = mode === undefined ? {} : { mode }
-    if (flags.startsWith('w') && !flags.startsWith('wx')) this.writeFileSync(target, new Uint8Array(), creation)
-    if (flags.startsWith('wx')) this.writeFileSync(target, new Uint8Array(), { flag: 'wx', ...creation })
-    if (flags.startsWith('a') && !exists) this.writeFileSync(target, new Uint8Array(), creation)
-    const appending = flags.startsWith('a')
+    const file = this.openFileSync(target, flags, mode)
+    let position = 0
+    let closed = false
+    const current = (syscall: string): VfsOpenFile => {
+      if (closed) fail('EBADF', syscall, target)
+      return file
+    }
     return {
       write: async (data: string | Uint8Array): Promise<{ bytesWritten: number }> => {
         const bytes = typeof data === 'string' ? encoder.encode(data) : data
-        this.appendFileSync(target, bytes)
-        return { bytesWritten: bytes.length }
+        const descriptor = current('write')
+        const offset = descriptor.append ? descriptor.stat().size : position
+        const bytesWritten = descriptor.write(offset, bytes)
+        position = offset + bytesWritten
+        return { bytesWritten }
       },
-      // A handle opened for append must append here too: session persistence
-      // opens the log with `a` and writes each batch through this method, so a
-      // truncating write would replace the whole log with the newest batch.
       writeFile: async (data: string | Uint8Array): Promise<void> => {
-        if (appending) this.appendFileSync(target, data)
-        else this.writeFileSync(target, data)
+        const bytes = typeof data === 'string' ? encoder.encode(data) : data
+        const descriptor = current('write')
+        const offset = descriptor.append ? descriptor.stat().size : position
+        position = offset + descriptor.write(offset, bytes)
+      },
+      readFile: async (options?: VfsReadOptions): Promise<string | Uint8Array> => {
+        const descriptor = current('read')
+        const bytes = descriptor.read(position, Math.max(0, descriptor.stat().size - position))
+        position += bytes.length
+        return encodingOf(options) === undefined ? bytes : decoder.decode(bytes)
       },
-      readFile: async (options?: VfsReadOptions): Promise<string | Uint8Array> => this.readFileSync(target, options),
       truncate: async (length = 0): Promise<void> => {
-        const node = this.files.get(target)
-        if (node === undefined) fail('ENOENT', 'ftruncate', target)
-        const bytes = node.bytes.slice(0, length)
-        this.files.set(target, { bytes, mtimeMs: this.touch(target), mode: node.mode })
-        this.publish({ kind: 'write', path: target, bytes, mode: node.mode, entryChanged: false })
+        current('ftruncate').truncate(length)
       },
-      ...this.handleTail(target),
+      stat: async (): Promise<VfsStats> => current('fstat').stat(),
+      sync: async (): Promise<void> => { current('fsync'); await this.flush() },
+      datasync: async (): Promise<void> => { current('fdatasync'); await this.flush() },
+      close: async (): Promise<void> => { closed = true },
     }
   }
 
   /**
-   * The handle members that do not depend on how the file was opened.
-   *
+   * Open one synchronous descriptor over a stable file identity.
+   * @param path - File path.
+   * @param flags - Node open flags.
+   * @param mode - Permission bits applied only when a file is created.
+   * @returns An open file that survives path rename, replacement, and unlink.
+   */
+  openFileSync(path: string, flags = 'r', mode?: number): VfsOpenFile {
+    const target = this.key(path)
+    const access = openMode(flags)
+    const existing = this.files.get(target)
+    if (this.directories.has(target)) fail('EISDIR', 'open', target)
+    if (access.exclusive && existing !== undefined) fail('EEXIST', 'open', target)
+    if (!access.create && existing === undefined) fail('ENOENT', 'open', target)
+    if (access.create && existing === undefined) {
+      this.writeFileSync(target, new Uint8Array(), mode === undefined ? undefined : { mode })
+    } else if (access.truncate && existing !== undefined) {
+      this.truncateFile(existing, 0)
+    }
+    const node = this.files.get(target)
+    if (node === undefined) fail('ENOENT', 'open', target)
+    return {
+      readable: access.readable,
+      writable: access.writable,
+      append: access.append,
+      read: (position, length) => {
+        if (!access.readable) fail('EBADF', 'read', target)
+        return node.bytes.subarray(position, position + length)
+      },
+      write: (position, data) => {
+        if (!access.writable) fail('EBADF', 'write', target)
+        return this.writeFileNode(node, access.append ? node.bytes.length : position, data)
+      },
+      truncate: (length) => {
+        if (!access.writable) fail('EINVAL', 'ftruncate', target)
+        this.truncateFile(node, length)
+      },
+      stat: () => this.fileStats(node),
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Directory-handle members for metadata, durability, and release.
    * `sync`/`datasync` settle an attached durable sink; an ephemeral filesystem
-   * resolves immediately. `close` releases nothing, so both directory and file
-   * handles share this tail.
+   * resolves immediately and `close` releases nothing.
    * @param target - Normalized path the handle was opened on.
    * @returns Metadata plus the no-op durability and release calls.
    */
@@ -515,14 +672,7 @@ export class MemoryVfs implements Vfs {
     const existing = this.files.get(target)
     const addition = typeof data === 'string' ? encoder.encode(data) : data
     if (existing === undefined) {  this.writeFileSync(target, addition); return }
-    const merged = new Uint8Array(existing.bytes.length + addition.length)
-    merged.set(existing.bytes)
-    merged.set(addition, existing.bytes.length)
-    this.files.set(target, { bytes: merged, mtimeMs: this.touch(target), mode: existing.mode })
-    this.publish({
-      kind: 'write', path: target, bytes: merged, mode: existing.mode,
-      entryChanged: false, appendedFrom: existing.bytes.length,
-    })
+    this.writeFileNode(existing, existing.bytes.length, addition)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -533,8 +683,10 @@ export class MemoryVfs implements Vfs {
   renameSync(from: string, to: string): void {
     const source = this.key(from)
     const destination = this.key(to)
+    if (source === destination) return
     const node = this.files.get(source)
     if (node !== undefined) {
+      if (this.directories.has(destination)) fail('EISDIR', 'rename', destination)
       if (!this.directories.has(dirname(destination))) fail('ENOENT', 'rename', destination)
       this.files.delete(source)
       this.files.set(destination, node)
@@ -588,9 +740,8 @@ export class MemoryVfs implements Vfs {
   /**
    * Give existing bytes a second name.
    *
-   * There are no inodes here, so the two names share the bytes present at link
-   * time and diverge on the next write through either name; session persistence
-   * links a finished file to a stable name, which this satisfies.
+   * Both names retain one file identity, so writes and metadata changes through
+   * either name remain visible through the other until that name is removed.
    * @param existing - Source file path.
    * @param next - Additional path; its parent must exist and it must be free.
    */
@@ -615,9 +766,7 @@ export class MemoryVfs implements Vfs {
     const target = this.key(path)
     const node = this.files.get(target)
     if (node === undefined) fail('ENOENT', 'truncate', target)
-    const bytes = node.bytes.slice(0, length)
-    this.files.set(target, { bytes, mtimeMs: this.touch(target), mode: node.mode })
-    this.publish({ kind: 'write', path: target, bytes, mode: node.mode, entryChanged: false })
+    this.truncateFile(node, length)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -630,7 +779,7 @@ export class MemoryVfs implements Vfs {
     const node = this.files.get(target)
     if (node !== undefined) {
       node.mode = mode & 0o777
-      this.publish({ kind: 'chmod', path: target, mode: node.mode })
+      for (const path of this.pathsOf(node)) this.publish({ kind: 'chmod', path, mode: node.mode })
       return
     }
     if (this.directories.has(target)) {
diff --git a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/storage/types.ts b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/storage/types.ts
index e879d5f11f..f1482e07d6 100644
--- a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/storage/types.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/src/storage/types.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /**
  * Filesystem interfaces shared by every VFS backend. The shipped implementation
- * is in memory; a browser-persistent backend would implement the same faces. Errors carry
- * Node's `code` values because roster plugins branch on them (`ENOENT` for
- * optional files, `EACCES` for read-only trees).
+ * is in memory; browser persistence hydrates it and consumes its committed
+ * mutation stream. Errors carry Node's `code` values because roster plugins
+ * branch on them (`ENOENT` for optional files, `EACCES` for read-only trees).
  * @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-experimental-webworker-runtime/src/storage/types
  */
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export interface VfsError extends Error {
 /** Subset of `fs.Stats` the roster reads. */
 export interface VfsStats {
   readonly size: number
-  /** Stable identity while an entry exists; recreation receives another value. */
+  /** Stable file identity across rename and hard links; recreation receives another value. */
   readonly ino: number
   readonly mtimeMs: number
   readonly ctimeMs: number
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export interface VfsBigIntStats {
   readonly mode: bigint
   /** One virtual device holds the whole image. */
   readonly dev: bigint
-  /** Identity of the entry at this path; a removed and recreated path gets a new one. */
+  /** File identity retained across rename and hard links; recreation gets a new one. */
   readonly ino: bigint
   readonly nlink: bigint
   readonly mtimeMs: bigint
@@ -125,6 +125,40 @@ export interface VfsFileHandle {
   close(): Promise<void>
 }
 
+/** Open-file identity used by synchronous Node-style descriptors. */
+export interface VfsOpenFile {
+  /** Whether reads are allowed by the flags used at open time. */
+  readonly readable: boolean
+  /** Whether writes and truncation are allowed by the flags used at open time. */
+  readonly writable: boolean
+  /** Whether each write targets the current end of the opened file. */
+  readonly append: boolean
+  /**
+   * Read bytes from the opened file identity.
+   * @param position - Absolute byte offset.
+   * @param length - Maximum byte count.
+   * @returns A view of the available bytes.
+   */
+  read(position: number, length: number): Uint8Array
+  /**
+   * Write bytes to the opened file identity.
+   * @param position - Absolute byte offset, ignored for append descriptors.
+   * @param data - Bytes to write.
+   * @returns Number of bytes written.
+   */
+  write(position: number, data: Uint8Array): number
+  /**
+   * Resize the opened file, zero-filling growth.
+   * @param length - Target byte length.
+   */
+  truncate(length: number): void
+  /**
+   * Read metadata from the opened file identity.
+   * @returns Current file metadata, including after rename or unlink.
+   */
+  stat(): VfsStats
+}
+
 /**
  * One completed change to the authoritative in-memory filesystem.
  *
@@ -203,6 +237,8 @@ export interface Vfs {
   unlinkSync(path: string): void
   rmSync(path: string, options?: { recursive?: boolean; force?: boolean }): void
   mkdtempSync(prefix: string): string
+  /** Open and retain one file identity until its Node descriptor closes. */
+  openFileSync(path: string, flags?: string, mode?: number): VfsOpenFile
   seed(path: string, data: string | Uint8Array, options?: VfsSeedOptions): void
   seedDirectory(path: string, options?: VfsSeedOptions): void
   usage(): { files: number; directories: number; bytes: number }
diff --git a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/tests/node/child-process.spec.ts b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/tests/node/child-process.spec.ts
index e61693e479..3c5304e8df 100644
--- a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/tests/node/child-process.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/tests/node/child-process.spec.ts
@@ -238,6 +238,14 @@ it('normalizes relative grants and denies sibling-prefix escapes and unreadable
   expect(result.stdout).not.toContain('private')
 })
 
+it('treats trailing-slash grants as the same subtree', async () => {
+  const invocation = parseLandlockArguments(['--rw', '/tmp/', '--', 'true'])
+  if (invocation.kind !== 'run') throw new Error('expected a confined run invocation')
+  const guarded = await landlockFileSystem(hostFileSystem(), invocation, WORKSPACE)
+  await guarded.writeText('/tmp/nested.txt', 'allowed')
+  expect(vfs.readFileSync(`${TMP}/nested.txt`, 'utf8')).toBe('allowed')
+})
+
 it('presents the virtual device directory without storing it in the VFS', async () => {
   const child = spawn(launcherPath(), [
     ...grantArgs({ readOnly: ['/'], readWrite: ['/dev/null'] }),
diff --git a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/tests/node/fs-watch-stream.spec.ts b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/tests/node/fs-watch-stream.spec.ts
index e095d2b6f2..c5759dd4d7 100644
--- a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/tests/node/fs-watch-stream.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/tests/node/fs-watch-stream.spec.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 /** Node differential checks for the Worker filesystem watcher and stream faces. */
 import {
+  closeSync as closeNodeSync,
   createReadStream as createNodeReadStream,
   createWriteStream as createNodeWriteStream,
   mkdtempSync,
+  openSync as openNodeSync,
+  readSync as readNodeSync,
   readFileSync,
+  renameSync as renameNodeSync,
   rmSync,
   unwatchFile as unwatchNodeFile,
   watchFile as watchNodeFile,
+  writeSync as writeNodeSync,
   writeFileSync,
 } from 'node:fs'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
@@ -106,6 +111,139 @@ async function writeScenario(create: () => WritableFileStream): Promise<{
 }
 
 describe('file streams', () => {
+  it('keeps an opened file identity across rename, replacement, and unlink', () => {
+    const nativeRoot = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-stream-diff-'))
+    nativeRoots.push(nativeRoot)
+    const nativePath = join(nativeRoot, 'identity.txt')
+    const workerPath = `${VFS_ROOT}/identity.txt`
+
+    const nativeScenario = (): string[] => {
+      writeFileSync(nativePath, 'original')
+      const fd = openNodeSync(nativePath, 'r')
+      renameNodeSync(nativePath, `${nativePath}.moved`)
+      writeFileSync(nativePath, 'replacement')
+      const beforeUnlink = Buffer.alloc(16)
+      const firstCount = readNodeSync(fd, beforeUnlink, 0, beforeUnlink.length, 0)
+      rmSync(`${nativePath}.moved`)
+      const afterUnlink = Buffer.alloc(16)
+      const secondCount = readNodeSync(fd, afterUnlink, 0, afterUnlink.length, 0)
+      closeNodeSync(fd)
+      return [beforeUnlink.subarray(0, firstCount).toString(), afterUnlink.subarray(0, secondCount).toString()]
+    }
+    const workerScenario = (): string[] => {
+      vfs.writeFileSync(workerPath, 'original')
+      const fd = workerFs.openSync(workerPath, 'r')
+      vfs.renameSync(workerPath, `${workerPath}.moved`)
+      vfs.writeFileSync(workerPath, 'replacement')
+      const beforeUnlink = Buffer.alloc(16)
+      const firstCount = workerFs.readSync(fd, beforeUnlink, 0, beforeUnlink.length, 0)
+      vfs.rmSync(`${workerPath}.moved`)
+      const afterUnlink = Buffer.alloc(16)
+      const secondCount = workerFs.readSync(fd, afterUnlink, 0, afterUnlink.length, 0)
+      workerFs.closeSync(fd)
+      return [beforeUnlink.subarray(0, firstCount).toString(), afterUnlink.subarray(0, secondCount).toString()]
+    }
+
+    expect(workerScenario()).toEqual(nativeScenario())
+  })
+
+  it('keeps a read stream on the file opened before an atomic replacement', async () => {
+    const nativeRoot = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-stream-diff-'))
+    nativeRoots.push(nativeRoot)
+    const nativePath = join(nativeRoot, 'stream-identity.txt')
+    const workerPath = `${VFS_ROOT}/stream-identity.txt`
+    writeFileSync(nativePath, 'original')
+    vfs.writeFileSync(workerPath, 'original')
+
+    const readAfterReplacement = async (
+      stream: AsyncIterable<Uint8Array> & { once(event: string, listener: () => void): unknown },
+      replace: () => void,
+    ): Promise<string> => {
+      stream.once('open', replace)
+      const chunks: Uint8Array[] = []
+      for await (const chunk of stream) chunks.push(chunk)
+      return Buffer.concat(chunks).toString()
+    }
+    const native = await readAfterReplacement(createNodeReadStream(nativePath, { highWaterMark: 2 }), () => {
+      renameNodeSync(nativePath, `${nativePath}.moved`)
+      writeFileSync(nativePath, 'replacement')
+    })
+    const worker = await readAfterReplacement(workerFs.createReadStream(workerPath, { highWaterMark: 2 }), () => {
+      vfs.renameSync(workerPath, `${workerPath}.moved`)
+      vfs.writeFileSync(workerPath, 'replacement')
+    })
+    expect(worker).toBe(native)
+  })
+
+  it('rejects descriptor operations that conflict with the open mode', () => {
+    const nativeRoot = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-stream-diff-'))
+    nativeRoots.push(nativeRoot)
+    const nativePath = join(nativeRoot, 'mode.txt')
+    const workerPath = `${VFS_ROOT}/mode.txt`
+    writeFileSync(nativePath, 'content')
+    vfs.writeFileSync(workerPath, 'content')
+    const codeOf = (run: () => unknown): string | undefined => {
+      try {
+        run()
+        return undefined
+      } catch (error) {
+        return (error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code
+      }
+    }
+
+    const nativeReadOnly = openNodeSync(nativePath, 'r')
+    const workerReadOnly = workerFs.openSync(workerPath, 'r')
+    expect(codeOf(() => workerFs.writeSync(workerReadOnly, 'x')))
+      .toBe(codeOf(() => writeNodeSync(nativeReadOnly, 'x')))
+    closeNodeSync(nativeReadOnly)
+    workerFs.closeSync(workerReadOnly)
+
+    const nativeWriteOnly = openNodeSync(nativePath, 'w')
+    const workerWriteOnly = workerFs.openSync(workerPath, 'w')
+    expect(codeOf(() => workerFs.readSync(workerWriteOnly, Buffer.alloc(1), 0, 1, 0)))
+      .toBe(codeOf(() => readNodeSync(nativeWriteOnly, Buffer.alloc(1), 0, 1, 0)))
+    closeNodeSync(nativeWriteOnly)
+    workerFs.closeSync(workerWriteOnly)
+  })
+
+  it('keeps hard-link identity and content shared through the Node face', () => {
+    const source = `${VFS_ROOT}/linked-source.txt`
+    const alias = `${VFS_ROOT}/linked-alias.txt`
+    workerFs.writeFileSync(source, 'one')
+    workerFs.linkSync(source, alias)
+    expect(workerFs.statSync(alias, { bigint: true }).ino)
+      .toBe(workerFs.statSync(source, { bigint: true }).ino)
+    workerFs.appendFileSync(alias, '-two')
+    expect(workerFs.readFileSync(source, 'utf8')).toBe('one-two')
+  })
+
+  it('reports incompatible read and write stream flags as EBADF', async () => {
+    const path = `${VFS_ROOT}/stream-mode.txt`
+    vfs.writeFileSync(path, 'content')
+    const writeError = nextValue<NodeJS.ErrnoException>((resolve) => {
+      const stream = workerFs.createWriteStream(path, { flags: 'r' })
+      stream.once('error', resolve)
+      stream.end('x')
+    })
+    await expect(writeError).resolves.toMatchObject({ code: 'EBADF' })
+
+    const read = workerFs.createReadStream(path, { flags: 'w' })
+    const readError = nextValue<NodeJS.ErrnoException>((resolve) => { read.once('error', resolve) })
+    read.resume()
+    await expect(readError).resolves.toMatchObject({ code: 'EBADF' })
+  })
+
+  it('zero-extends through promise and file-handle truncate', async () => {
+    const path = `${VFS_ROOT}/truncate.txt`
+    vfs.writeFileSync(path, new Uint8Array([1, 2]))
+    await workerFsp.truncate(path, 4)
+    expect([...workerFs.readFileSync(path) as Uint8Array]).toEqual([1, 2, 0, 0])
+    const handle = await workerFsp.open(path, 'r+')
+    await handle.truncate(6)
+    await handle.close()
+    expect([...workerFs.readFileSync(path) as Uint8Array]).toEqual([1, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0])
+  })
+
   it('matches Node chunking, inclusive ranges, and read lifecycle ordering', async () => {
     const nativeRoot = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-stream-diff-'))
     nativeRoots.push(nativeRoot)
@@ -175,6 +313,51 @@ describe('file streams', () => {
     expect(error).toMatchObject({ name: 'AbortError', code: 'ABORT_ERR' })
   })
 
+  it('keeps autoClose false descriptors open until explicit stream close', async () => {
+    const readPath = `${VFS_ROOT}/manual-read-close.txt`
+    vfs.writeFileSync(readPath, 'content')
+    const read = workerFs.createReadStream(readPath, { autoClose: false })
+    read.resume()
+    await nextValue<undefined>((resolve) => { read.once('end', () => { resolve(undefined) }) })
+    const readFd = read.fd
+    expect(readFd).not.toBeNull()
+    expect(read.destroyed).toBe(false)
+    expect(() => workerFs.readSync(readFd as number, Buffer.alloc(1), 0, 1, 0)).not.toThrow()
+    const readClosed = nextValue<undefined>((resolve) => { read.once('close', () => { resolve(undefined) }) })
+    read.close()
+    await readClosed
+    expect(() => workerFs.readSync(readFd as number, Buffer.alloc(1), 0, 1, 0)).toThrow(/EBADF/)
+
+    const write = workerFs.createWriteStream(`${VFS_ROOT}/manual-write-close.txt`, { autoClose: false })
+    write.end('a')
+    await nextValue<undefined>((resolve) => { write.once('finish', () => { resolve(undefined) }) })
+    const writeFd = write.fd
+    expect(writeFd).not.toBeNull()
+    expect(write.destroyed).toBe(false)
+    expect(workerFs.writeSync(writeFd as number, 'b')).toBe(1)
+    const writeClosed = nextValue<undefined>((resolve) => { write.once('close', () => { resolve(undefined) }) })
+    write.close()
+    await writeClosed
+    expect(workerFs.readFileSync(`${VFS_ROOT}/manual-write-close.txt`, 'utf8')).toBe('ab')
+
+    vfs.writeFileSync(`${VFS_ROOT}/manual-error-close.txt`, 'content')
+    const errored = workerFs.createWriteStream(`${VFS_ROOT}/manual-error-close.txt`, {
+      flags: 'r',
+      autoClose: false,
+    })
+    const error = nextValue<NodeJS.ErrnoException>((resolve) => { errored.once('error', resolve) })
+    errored.end('rejected')
+    await expect(error).resolves.toMatchObject({ code: 'EBADF' })
+    const errorFd = errored.fd
+    expect(errorFd).not.toBeNull()
+    expect(errored.destroyed).toBe(false)
+    expect(() => workerFs.readSync(errorFd as number, Buffer.alloc(1), 0, 1, 0)).not.toThrow()
+    const errorClosed = nextValue<undefined>((resolve) => { errored.once('close', () => { resolve(undefined) }) })
+    errored.destroy()
+    await errorClosed
+    expect(() => workerFs.readSync(errorFd as number, Buffer.alloc(1), 0, 1, 0)).toThrow(/EBADF/)
+  })
+
   it('matches Node positional overwrite and missing-file failure', async () => {
     const nativeRoot = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-stream-diff-'))
     nativeRoots.push(nativeRoot)
@@ -258,6 +441,22 @@ async function watchFileScenario(
 }
 
 describe('watchers', () => {
+  it('does not catch exceptions thrown by a successful stat callback', () => {
+    const path = `${VFS_ROOT}/callback.txt`
+    vfs.writeFileSync(path, 'value')
+    const failure = new Error('callback failed')
+    let calls = 0
+    const dispatch = vi.spyOn(globalThis, 'queueMicrotask').mockImplementation((callback) => { callback() })
+    expect(() => {
+      workerFs.stat(path, () => {
+        calls += 1
+        throw failure
+      })
+    }).toThrow(failure)
+    expect(calls).toBe(1)
+    dispatch.mockRestore()
+  })
+
   it('matches Node watchFile state transitions for a missing and recreated file', async () => {
     const nativeRoot = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-watch-diff-'))
     nativeRoots.push(nativeRoot)
@@ -398,16 +597,20 @@ describe('watchers', () => {
     await expect(event).resolves.toEqual(['rename', 'file.txt'])
   })
 
-  it('rejects an already-aborted callback watcher without retaining a subscription', () => {
+  it('returns an asynchronously closing watcher for a pre-aborted signal', async () => {
     const controller = new AbortController()
-    const reason = new Error('already stopped')
-    controller.abort(reason)
-    try {
-      workerFs.watch(VFS_ROOT, { signal: controller.signal })
-      throw new Error('watch unexpectedly opened')
-    } catch (error) {
-      expect(error).toMatchObject({ name: 'AbortError', code: 'ABORT_ERR', cause: reason })
-    }
+    controller.abort(new Error('already stopped'))
+    const order: string[] = []
+    const watcher = workerFs.watch(VFS_ROOT, { signal: controller.signal })
+    const closed = nextValue<undefined>((resolve) => {
+      watcher.once('close', () => {
+        order.push('close')
+        resolve(undefined)
+      })
+    })
+    order.push('return')
+    await closed
+    expect(order).toEqual(['return', 'close'])
     expect(() => { vfs.writeFileSync(`${VFS_ROOT}/after-abort.txt`, 'x') }).not.toThrow()
   })
 
@@ -474,6 +677,14 @@ describe('watchers', () => {
     await expect(iterator.next()).rejects.toMatchObject({ name: 'AbortError', code: 'ABORT_ERR' })
   })
 
+  it('rejects the first promise-watch read for a pre-aborted signal', async () => {
+    const controller = new AbortController()
+    const reason = new Error('already stopped')
+    controller.abort(reason)
+    const iterator = workerFsp.watch(VFS_ROOT, { signal: controller.signal })[Symbol.asyncIterator]()
+    await expect(iterator.next()).rejects.toMatchObject({ name: 'AbortError', code: 'ABORT_ERR', cause: reason })
+  })
+
   it('lets promise-watch return interrupt a pending next call', async () => {
     const iterator = workerFsp.watch(VFS_ROOT)[Symbol.asyncIterator]()
     const pending = iterator.next()
diff --git a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/tests/storage/memory-vfs.spec.ts b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/tests/storage/memory-vfs.spec.ts
index 8278e6c153..069da0ca2a 100644
--- a/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/tests/storage/memory-vfs.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/webworker-runtime/tests/storage/memory-vfs.spec.ts
@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@ describe('entry identity', () => {
     expect(identity(vfs, '/dsh/skills/git/SKILL.md')).not.toBe(before)
   })
 
-  it('assigns the destination of a rename an identity of its own', () => {
-    // Identity belongs to the path, not to the bytes: a renamed-over path must
-    // stop looking like the entry it replaced, which is the property the guard
-    // reads. The source identity deliberately does not follow the move.
+  it('moves the source identity when a file replaces another path', () => {
     const vfs = new MemoryVfs()
     vfs.seed('/dsh/from.txt', 'moved')
     vfs.seed('/dsh/to.txt', 'replaced')
@@ -51,7 +48,7 @@ describe('entry identity', () => {
     vfs.renameSync('/dsh/from.txt', '/dsh/to.txt')
     const renamed = identity(vfs, '/dsh/to.txt')
     expect(vfs.readFileSync('/dsh/to.txt', 'utf8')).toBe('moved')
-    expect([renamed === source, renamed === destination]).toEqual([false, false])
+    expect([renamed === source, renamed === destination]).toEqual([true, false])
   })
 })
 
@@ -92,6 +89,16 @@ describe('modification time', () => {
     expect(modified(vfs, '/dsh/log.jsonl')).toBe(1_700_000_005_000)
   })
 
+  it('extends truncation with zero bytes', async () => {
+    const vfs = new MemoryVfs()
+    vfs.seed('/dsh/file', new Uint8Array([1, 2]))
+    vfs.truncateSync('/dsh/file', 5)
+    expect([...vfs.readFileSync('/dsh/file') as Uint8Array]).toEqual([1, 2, 0, 0, 0])
+    const handle = vfs.open('/dsh/file', 'r+')
+    await handle.truncate(7)
+    expect([...vfs.readFileSync('/dsh/file') as Uint8Array]).toEqual([1, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0])
+  })
+
   it('advances a directory only when its immediate entry set changes', () => {
     vi.spyOn(Date, 'now').mockReturnValue(1_700_000_000_000)
     const vfs = new MemoryVfs()
@@ -175,6 +182,24 @@ describe('mutation publication', () => {
     expect(flushes).toBe(1)
   })
 
+  it('publishes descriptor writes at the file identity current path', () => {
+    const mutations: VfsMutation[] = []
+    const vfs = new MemoryVfs()
+    vfs.seed('/dsh/source', 'old')
+    const descriptor = vfs.openFileSync('/dsh/source', 'r+')
+    vfs.subscribe((mutation) => { mutations.push(mutation) })
+    vfs.renameSync('/dsh/source', '/dsh/destination')
+    mutations.length = 0
+    descriptor.write(0, new TextEncoder().encode('new'))
+    expect(mutations.map(mutation => mutation.path)).toEqual(['/dsh/destination'])
+    expect(vfs.readFileSync('/dsh/destination', 'utf8')).toBe('new')
+    vfs.unlinkSync('/dsh/destination')
+    mutations.length = 0
+    descriptor.write(0, new TextEncoder().encode('detached'))
+    expect(mutations).toEqual([])
+    expect(new TextDecoder().decode(descriptor.read(0, descriptor.stat().size))).toBe('detached')
+  })
+
   it('decomposes a directory rename into replayable destination state', () => {
     const recorded: VfsMutation[] = []
     const vfs = new MemoryVfs({
@@ -196,13 +221,30 @@ describe('mutation publication', () => {
 })
 
 describe('hard links', () => {
-  it('shares the bytes present at link time and diverges on the next write', () => {
+  it('shares identity, bytes, and mode until one name is removed', () => {
     const vfs = new MemoryVfs()
     vfs.seed('/dsh/session.jsonl', 'committed\n')
     vfs.linkSync('/dsh/session.jsonl', '/dsh/session-latest.jsonl')
+    expect(identity(vfs, '/dsh/session-latest.jsonl')).toBe(identity(vfs, '/dsh/session.jsonl'))
     expect(vfs.readFileSync('/dsh/session-latest.jsonl', 'utf8')).toBe('committed\n')
+    const changedPaths: string[] = []
+    vfs.subscribe((mutation) => { changedPaths.push(mutation.path) })
     vfs.appendFileSync('/dsh/session.jsonl', 'appended\n')
+    expect(changedPaths).toEqual(['/dsh/session.jsonl', '/dsh/session-latest.jsonl'])
     expect(vfs.readFileSync('/dsh/session.jsonl', 'utf8')).toBe('committed\nappended\n')
-    expect(vfs.readFileSync('/dsh/session-latest.jsonl', 'utf8')).toBe('committed\n')
+    expect(vfs.readFileSync('/dsh/session-latest.jsonl', 'utf8')).toBe('committed\nappended\n')
+    vfs.chmodSync('/dsh/session-latest.jsonl', 0o600)
+    expect((vfs.statSync('/dsh/session.jsonl') as VfsStats).mode & 0o777).toBe(0o600)
+    vfs.unlinkSync('/dsh/session-latest.jsonl')
+    expect(vfs.readFileSync('/dsh/session.jsonl', 'utf8')).toBe('committed\nappended\n')
+  })
+
+  it('rejects renaming a file over an existing directory', () => {
+    const vfs = new MemoryVfs()
+    vfs.seed('/dsh/file', 'value')
+    vfs.seedDirectory('/dsh/directory')
+    expect(() => { vfs.renameSync('/dsh/file', '/dsh/directory') }).toThrow(expect.objectContaining({ code: 'EISDIR' }))
+    expect(vfs.readFileSync('/dsh/file', 'utf8')).toBe('value')
+    expect(vfs.statSync('/dsh/directory').isDirectory()).toBe(true)
   })
 })