diff --git a/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-endpoint-incumbent.test.ts b/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-endpoint-incumbent.test.ts
index 40d2c49f5d9..2fabd32e584 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-endpoint-incumbent.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-endpoint-incumbent.test.ts
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ describe('probeRelayEndpointIncumbent', () => {
 
 describe('relayEndpointIncumbentProbeCommand', () => {
   it('ANDs the lsof selectors so it cannot match unrelated unix-socket holders', () => {
-    expect(RELAY_LSOF_PROBE_JS).toContain("['-t', '-a', '-U', process.argv[1]]")
+    expect(RELAY_LSOF_PROBE_JS).toContain("['-w', '-t', '-a', '-U', process.argv[1]]")
   })
 
   it('never unlinks the relay endpoint', () => {
diff --git a/src/shared/child-process/posix-lsof-probe.test.ts b/src/shared/child-process/posix-lsof-probe.test.ts
index 70c038b12fa..e5db9799a82 100644
--- a/src/shared/child-process/posix-lsof-probe.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/child-process/posix-lsof-probe.test.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ process.kill = function(pid, signal) {
 };
 `
 
-async function runProbe(options: { signal?: string; census?: string; censusKillDenied?: boolean }) {
+async function runProbe(options: {
+  signal?: string
+  census?: string
+  censusKillDenied?: boolean
+  lsof?: string
+}) {
   const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'orca-lsof-lifecycle-'))
   const pidFile = join(dir, 'lsof.pid')
   const psPidFile = join(dir, 'ps.pid')
@@ -52,7 +57,7 @@ async function runProbe(options: { signal?: string; census?: string; censusKillD
     writeFileSync(join(dir, 'preload.cjs'), PRELOAD)
     writeFileSync(
       join(dir, 'lsof'),
-      `#!/bin/sh\necho 123\n${options.signal ? 'exec sleep 60\n' : 'exit 2\n'}`,
+      options.lsof ?? `#!/bin/sh\necho 123\n${options.signal ? 'exec sleep 60\n' : 'exit 2\n'}`,
       { mode: 0o755 }
     )
     if (options.census !== undefined) {
@@ -111,6 +116,23 @@ async function runProbe(options: { signal?: string; census?: string; censusKillD
 }
 
 describe.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32')('lsof supervisor lifecycle', () => {
+  it('keeps holder evidence usable when lsof would warn about an unstat-able mount', async () => {
+    const result = await runProbe({
+      lsof: [
+        '#!/bin/sh',
+        'quiet=',
+        'for arg in "$@"; do [ "$arg" = "-w" ] && quiet=1; done',
+        '[ -z "$quiet" ] && echo "lsof: WARNING: can\'t stat() nfs fs /mnt/stale" >&2',
+        'echo 123',
+        'exit 0'
+      ].join('\n')
+    })
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ code: 0, timedOut: false })
+    const [marker, ...pids] = result.stdout.split('\n')
+    expect(marker).toBe('lsof')
+    expect(pids.filter(Boolean)).toEqual(['123'])
+  })
+
   it.each(['SIGTERM', 'SIGHUP', 'SIGINT'])(
     'owns lsof when %s arrives inside spawn',
     async (signal) => {
diff --git a/src/shared/child-process/posix-lsof-probe.ts b/src/shared/child-process/posix-lsof-probe.ts
index 858758b7979..8f167ed2aa4 100644
--- a/src/shared/child-process/posix-lsof-probe.ts
+++ b/src/shared/child-process/posix-lsof-probe.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ function cleanup() {
 ['SIGTERM', 'SIGHUP', 'SIGINT'].forEach(function(signal) {
   process.on(signal, function() { unavailable = true; cleanup(); });
 });
-child = spawn('lsof', ['-t', '-a', '-U', process.argv[1]], {
+child = spawn('lsof', ['-w', '-t', '-a', '-U', process.argv[1]], {
   detached: true,
   stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe']
 });