diff --git a/moli-core/tests/scripts.rs b/moli-core/tests/scripts.rs
index a6a02404ac..015016b317 100644
--- a/moli-core/tests/scripts.rs
+++ b/moli-core/tests/scripts.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ use moli_core::{
 use support::FixtureServer;
 use tokio::time::Duration;
 
+#[path = "scripts/child_error_insertion.rs"]
+mod child_error_insertion;
+
 fn diagnostic_global<'a>(
     page: &'a moli_core::page::Page,
     name: &str,
diff --git a/moli-core/tests/scripts/child_error_insertion.rs b/moli-core/tests/scripts/child_error_insertion.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a089a056a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/moli-core/tests/scripts/child_error_insertion.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+use super::*;
+
+async fn child_script_error_write_probe(
+    nested: bool,
+    unknown_scheme: bool,
+) -> Result<serde_json::Value> {
+    let server = FixtureServer::spawn().await?;
+    let browser = Browser::new(AppConfig::default())?;
+    let mut page = browser.fetch(&server.url("/static")).await?;
+    let source = if unknown_scheme {
+        "no-such-script-scheme:missing".to_owned()
+    } else {
+        server.url("/missing-child-parser-script.js")
+    };
+    let expression = r#"new Promise(resolve => {
+      let during = null;
+      globalThis.childErrorObserved = value => { during = value; };
+      const frame = document.createElement('iframe');
+      frame.onload = () => resolve(JSON.stringify({
+        during, after: frame.contentDocument.body.textContent,
+        nestedRan: frame.contentWindow.nestedRan === true
+      }));
+      const written = NESTED
+        ? '<script>globalThis.nestedRan = true; document.write("text");<' + '/script>'
+        : 'text';
+      const handler = `function failed(event) {
+        document.write(${JSON.stringify(written).replaceAll('<', '\\u003c')});
+        parent.childErrorObserved({text: document.body.textContent,
+          currentScriptIsNull: document.currentScript === null,
+          tailMissing: document.getElementById('tail') === null,
+          eventType: event.type,
+          nestedRan: globalThis.nestedRan === true});
+      }`;
+      frame.srcdoc = '<!doctype html><head><script>' + handler + '<' + '/script></head>' +
+        '<body>Some <script src="' + SOURCE + '" onerror="failed(event)"><' + '/script>' +
+        '<span id="tail"> tail</span>';
+      document.body.append(frame);
+    })"#
+    .replace("NESTED", if nested { "true" } else { "false" })
+    .replace("SOURCE", &serde_json::to_string(&source)?);
+    let result = page
+        .evaluate_runtime_expression_with_await_async(&expression, true)
+        .await?;
+    server.shutdown().await;
+    serde_json::from_str(result["value"].as_str().expect("child error probe")).map_err(Into::into)
+}
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+async fn child_parser_fetch_error_write_is_synchronous() -> Result<()> {
+    let result = child_script_error_write_probe(false, false).await?;
+    assert_eq!(result["during"]["text"], "Some text", "{result}");
+    assert_eq!(result["during"]["currentScriptIsNull"], true, "{result}");
+    assert_eq!(result["during"]["tailMissing"], true, "{result}");
+    assert_eq!(result["during"]["eventType"], "error", "{result}");
+    assert_eq!(result["after"], "Some text tail", "{result}");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+async fn child_parser_fetch_error_write_handles_unknown_schemes() -> Result<()> {
+    let result = child_script_error_write_probe(false, true).await?;
+    assert_eq!(result["during"]["text"], "Some text", "{result}");
+    assert_eq!(result["during"]["tailMissing"], true, "{result}");
+    assert_eq!(result["after"], "Some text tail", "{result}");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+async fn child_parser_fetch_error_write_executes_nested_inline_scripts() -> Result<()> {
+    let result = child_script_error_write_probe(true, false).await?;
+    assert_eq!(result["during"]["nestedRan"], true, "{result}");
+    assert_eq!(result["during"]["tailMissing"], true, "{result}");
+    assert_eq!(result["nestedRan"], true, "{result}");
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/moli-renderer-v8/src/script_vm/child_classic_document_script/completion_owner.rs b/moli-renderer-v8/src/script_vm/child_classic_document_script/completion_owner.rs
index 5eb361a340..a8b720f868 100644
--- a/moli-renderer-v8/src/script_vm/child_classic_document_script/completion_owner.rs
+++ b/moli-renderer-v8/src/script_vm/child_classic_document_script/completion_owner.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use crate::frame_owner_model::{
     FrameDocumentClassicCompletionScriptEventAction,
     FrameDocumentClassicCompletionScriptEventFollowup, FrameDocumentClassicParserResumeApplication,
     FrameDocumentClassicScriptCompletionAction, FrameDocumentClassicScriptCompletionTarget,
-    FrameDocumentClassicScriptScheduling,
+    FrameDocumentClassicScriptScheduling, FrameDocumentScriptElementEventKind,
 };
 
 use super::super::{ScriptVm, child_document_script_owner_hooks::ChildDocumentScriptOwnerHooks};
@@ -80,15 +80,37 @@ impl<'vm> ChildClassicCompletionOwner<'vm> {
         let target = action.target();
         let event = action.event();
         let realm_id = target.realm_id();
-        let _parser_script_nesting = matches!(
+        let parser_blocking = matches!(
             target.scheduling(),
             FrameDocumentClassicScriptScheduling::ParserBlocking
-        )
-        .then(|| {
-            ChildDocumentScriptOwnerHooks::new(self.vm)
-                .enter_parser_script_nesting(target.child_handle(), target.task_owner())
-        })
-        .flatten();
+        );
+        // Fetch failures bypass script execution, which normally unblocks the
+        // tokenizer before invoking page code. The error handler still runs at
+        // that parser insertion point, including synchronous document.write().
+        // Do not resume again for load: the script may have installed a new
+        // nested parser blocker while executing.
+        if parser_blocking
+            && matches!(event.kind, FrameDocumentScriptElementEventKind::Error)
+            && !ChildDocumentScriptOwnerHooks::new(self.vm).resume_parser_for_classic_execution(
+                target.child_handle(),
+                target.task_owner(),
+                event.script_handle,
+            )
+        {
+            tracing::debug!(
+                ?target,
+                script_handle = ?event.script_handle,
+                "dropping child classic error event with a stale parser resume permit"
+            );
+            followup.note_script_event_dispatch_failed();
+            return;
+        }
+        let _parser_script_nesting = parser_blocking
+            .then(|| {
+                ChildDocumentScriptOwnerHooks::new(self.vm)
+                    .enter_parser_script_nesting(target.child_handle(), target.task_owner())
+            })
+            .flatten();
         let dispatch = ChildDocumentScriptOwnerHooks::new(self.vm)
             .dispatch_script_element_event_for_parts_selected_task_body(
                 target.task_owner(),