diff --git a/src/main/ipc/filesystem/watcher-process/parcel-watcher-event-delivery.ts b/src/main/ipc/filesystem/watcher-process/parcel-watcher-event-delivery.ts
index d718e08ad3f..9803eaa774f 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/filesystem/watcher-process/parcel-watcher-event-delivery.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/filesystem/watcher-process/parcel-watcher-event-delivery.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,15 @@ import type {
 const DIRECTORY_STAT_CONCURRENCY = 8
 const directoryStatSlots = new PrioritySemaphore(DIRECTORY_STAT_CONCURRENCY)
 
+// FSEvents MustScanSubDirs: events were dropped but the native stream keeps running.
+export function isParcelWatcherRescanRequiredError(error: Error): boolean {
+  return error.message.endsWith('File system must be re-scanned.')
+}
+
 export type WatcherProcessEventDeliveryQueue = {
   enqueue(events: readonly ParcelWatcherEvent[]): void
+  /** Replace pending paths with one overflow; the subscription stays live. */
+  overflow(): void
   flush(): Promise<void>
   close(): void
 }
@@ -116,21 +123,30 @@ export function createWatcherProcessEventDeliveryQueue(
     }
   }
 
+  const overflow = (): void => {
+    if (!active) {
+      return
+    }
+    pendingEvents = []
+    pendingOverflow = true
+    void drain()
+  }
+
   return {
     enqueue(events): void {
       if (!active || events.length === 0 || pendingOverflow) {
         return
       }
       if (events.length > eventLimit || pendingEvents.length + events.length > eventLimit) {
-        pendingEvents = []
-        pendingOverflow = true
-      } else {
-        for (const event of events) {
-          pendingEvents.push(event)
-        }
+        overflow()
+        return
+      }
+      for (const event of events) {
+        pendingEvents.push(event)
       }
       void drain()
     },
+    overflow,
     flush(): Promise<void> {
       if (!active || !draining) {
         return Promise.resolve()
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/filesystem/watcher-process/parcel-watcher-in-process-fallback.ts b/src/main/ipc/filesystem/watcher-process/parcel-watcher-in-process-fallback.ts
index 2235a7b4621..f3b4b7c90bf 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/filesystem/watcher-process/parcel-watcher-in-process-fallback.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/filesystem/watcher-process/parcel-watcher-in-process-fallback.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import type * as ParcelWatcher from '@parcel/watcher'
 import { loadParcelWatcher } from './parcel-watcher-module-loader'
-import { createWatcherProcessEventDeliveryQueue } from './parcel-watcher-event-delivery'
+import {
+  createWatcherProcessEventDeliveryQueue,
+  isParcelWatcherRescanRequiredError
+} from './parcel-watcher-event-delivery'
 import { WatcherProcessFailure } from './parcel-watcher-process-failure'
 import type {
   WatcherProcessCallback,
@@ -88,6 +91,10 @@ export async function subscribeWithInProcessWatcher(
         return
       }
       if (err) {
+        if (isParcelWatcherRescanRequiredError(err)) {
+          eventDelivery.overflow()
+          return
+        }
         callback(err, [])
         return
       }
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/filesystem/watcher-process/parcel-watcher-process-entry.test.ts b/src/main/ipc/filesystem/watcher-process/parcel-watcher-process-entry.test.ts
index b78b0774347..bf13961463d 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/filesystem/watcher-process/parcel-watcher-process-entry.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/filesystem/watcher-process/parcel-watcher-process-entry.test.ts
@@ -600,14 +600,8 @@ describe('parcel watcher process canary', () => {
     callback?.(null, [{ type: 'update', path: '/repo/after-overflow.txt' }])
     await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
 
-    expect(sendMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      {
-        op: 'watch-error',
-        id: 1,
-        message: 'Events were dropped by the FSEvents client. File system must be re-scanned.'
-      },
-      expect.any(Function)
-    )
+    expect(sendMock.mock.calls.some(([message]) => message.op === 'watch-error')).toBe(false)
+    expect(sendMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ op: 'overflow', id: 1 }, expect.any(Function))
     expect(sendMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       {
         op: 'events',
@@ -618,6 +612,36 @@ describe('parcel watcher process canary', () => {
     )
   })
 
+  it('still invalidates a root deleted in the same batch as an FSEvents overflow', async () => {
+    let callback:
+      | ((err: Error | null, events: { type: string; path: string }[]) => void)
+      | undefined
+    subscribeMock
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ unsubscribe: vi.fn() })
+      .mockImplementationOnce(async (_dir, nextCallback) => {
+        callback = nextCallback
+        return { unsubscribe: vi.fn() }
+      })
+    const sendMock = vi.fn()
+    process.send = sendMock
+    await import('./parcel-watcher-process-entry')
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
+    process.emit('message', { op: 'subscribe', id: 1, dir: '/repo', opts: {} }, undefined)
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
+    sendMock.mockClear()
+
+    callback?.(new Error('Too many events. File system must be re-scanned.'), [
+      { type: 'delete', path: '/repo/nested' },
+      { type: 'delete', path: '/repo' }
+    ])
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
+
+    expect(sendMock.mock.calls.map(([message]) => message)).toEqual([
+      { op: 'overflow', id: 1 },
+      { op: 'watch-error', id: 1, message: 'File watcher root was deleted' }
+    ])
+  })
+
   it.each(['/repo', '/repo/Café'])(
     'invalidates only the deleted root %s after delivering its batch',
     async (dir) => {
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/filesystem/watcher-process/parcel-watcher-process-entry.ts b/src/main/ipc/filesystem/watcher-process/parcel-watcher-process-entry.ts
index b7051ccdabb..094071468a7 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/filesystem/watcher-process/parcel-watcher-process-entry.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/filesystem/watcher-process/parcel-watcher-process-entry.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { detectShallowWatchDelivery } from '../../shallow-watch-delivery-probe'
 import { startWatcherDeliveryCanary } from '../../parcel-watcher-delivery-canary'
 import {
   createWatcherProcessEventDeliveryQueue,
+  isParcelWatcherRescanRequiredError,
   type WatcherProcessEventDeliveryQueue
 } from './parcel-watcher-event-delivery'
 import type {
@@ -124,12 +125,16 @@ function main(): void {
               if (rootDeleted) {
                 return
               }
-              if (err) {
+              if (err && !isParcelWatcherRescanRequiredError(err)) {
                 send({ op: 'watch-error', id, message: errorMessage(err) })
                 return
               }
               rootDeleted = events.some((event) => event.type === 'delete' && event.path === dir)
-              eventDelivery.enqueue(events)
+              if (err) {
+                eventDelivery.overflow()
+              } else {
+                eventDelivery.enqueue(events)
+              }
               if (rootDeleted) {
                 // Native backends stop deleted roots without reporting an error.
                 void eventDelivery