diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-antigravity-parser.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-antigravity-parser.ts
index 3fede1d5521..1896138749c 100644
--- a/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-antigravity-parser.ts
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-antigravity-parser.ts
@@ -26,11 +26,16 @@ export async function parseAntigravitySessionFile(
   file: FileWithMtime,
   platform: NodeJS.Platform = process.platform
 ): Promise<AiVaultSession | null> {
-  const lines = createInterface({
-    input: openTranscriptReadStream(file.path, { encoding: 'utf-8' }, 'scan'),
-    crlfDelay: Infinity
-  })
-  return parseAntigravitySessionLines({ file, lines, platform })
+  const input = openTranscriptReadStream(file.path, { encoding: 'utf-8' }, 'scan')
+  const lines = createInterface({ input, crlfDelay: Infinity })
+  try {
+    return await parseAntigravitySessionLines({ file, lines, platform })
+  } finally {
+    // readline.close() leaves the underlying stream open; destroy it so a
+    // mid-parse throw cannot leak the gated transcript handle.
+    lines.close()
+    input.destroy()
+  }
 }
 
 export async function parseAntigravitySessionContent(
diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-droid-parser.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-droid-parser.ts
index f06051823d3..c896b47a3e8 100644
--- a/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-droid-parser.ts
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-droid-parser.ts
@@ -34,11 +34,16 @@ export async function parseDroidSessionFile(
   file: FileWithMtime,
   platform: NodeJS.Platform = process.platform
 ): Promise<AiVaultSession | null> {
-  const lines = createInterface({
-    input: openTranscriptReadStream(file.path, { encoding: 'utf-8' }, 'scan'),
-    crlfDelay: Infinity
-  })
-  return parseDroidSessionLines({ file, lines, platform })
+  const input = openTranscriptReadStream(file.path, { encoding: 'utf-8' }, 'scan')
+  const lines = createInterface({ input, crlfDelay: Infinity })
+  try {
+    return await parseDroidSessionLines({ file, lines, platform })
+  } finally {
+    // readline.close() leaves the underlying stream open; destroy it so a
+    // mid-parse throw cannot leak the gated transcript handle.
+    lines.close()
+    input.destroy()
+  }
 }
 
 export async function parseDroidSessionContent(
diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-graph-parsers.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-graph-parsers.ts
index 4d53f366bc7..d99893acaa2 100644
--- a/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-graph-parsers.ts
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-graph-parsers.ts
@@ -176,11 +176,16 @@ export async function parseMessageGraphSessionFile(
   file: FileWithMtime,
   platform: NodeJS.Platform = process.platform
 ): Promise<AiVaultSession | null> {
-  const lines = createInterface({
-    input: openTranscriptReadStream(file.path, { encoding: 'utf-8' }, 'scan'),
-    crlfDelay: Infinity
-  })
-  return parseMessageGraphSessionLines({ agent, file, lines, platform })
+  const input = openTranscriptReadStream(file.path, { encoding: 'utf-8' }, 'scan')
+  const lines = createInterface({ input, crlfDelay: Infinity })
+  try {
+    return await parseMessageGraphSessionLines({ agent, file, lines, platform })
+  } finally {
+    // readline.close() leaves the underlying stream open; destroy it so a
+    // mid-parse throw cannot leak the gated transcript handle.
+    lines.close()
+    input.destroy()
+  }
 }
 
 export async function parseMessageGraphSessionContent(
diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-grok-parser.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-grok-parser.ts
index c4a239ff91c..94e41e4b052 100644
--- a/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-grok-parser.ts
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-grok-parser.ts
@@ -62,16 +62,13 @@ async function consumeGrokChatHistory(
   accumulator: SessionAccumulator,
   sessionDir: string
 ): Promise<void> {
+  const input = openTranscriptReadStream(
+    join(sessionDir, 'chat_history.jsonl'),
+    { encoding: 'utf-8' },
+    'scan'
+  )
+  const lines = createInterface({ input, crlfDelay: Infinity })
   try {
-    const lines = createInterface({
-      input: openTranscriptReadStream(
-        join(sessionDir, 'chat_history.jsonl'),
-        { encoding: 'utf-8' },
-        'scan'
-      ),
-      crlfDelay: Infinity
-    })
-
     for await (const line of lines) {
       const record = parseJsonObject(line)
       if (!record) {
@@ -122,6 +119,11 @@ async function consumeGrokChatHistory(
     if (error instanceof WslTranscriptFsError) {
       throw error
     }
+  } finally {
+    // readline.close() leaves the underlying stream open; destroy it so a
+    // mid-read failure cannot leak the gated transcript handle.
+    lines.close()
+    input.destroy()
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-kimi-parser.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-kimi-parser.ts
index d2d43036b95..ba6deaa8fb8 100644
--- a/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-kimi-parser.ts
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-kimi-parser.ts
@@ -91,11 +91,9 @@ async function consumeKimiWireTranscript(
     }
   }
 
+  const input = openTranscriptReadStream(wirePath, { encoding: 'utf-8' }, 'scan')
+  const lines = createInterface({ input, crlfDelay: Infinity })
   try {
-    const lines = createInterface({
-      input: openTranscriptReadStream(wirePath, { encoding: 'utf-8' }, 'scan'),
-      crlfDelay: Infinity
-    })
     for await (const line of lines) {
       const record = parseJsonObject(line)
       if (!record) {
@@ -126,6 +124,11 @@ async function consumeKimiWireTranscript(
     if (error instanceof WslTranscriptFsError) {
       throw error
     }
+  } finally {
+    // readline.close() leaves the underlying stream open; destroy it so a
+    // mid-read failure cannot leak the gated transcript handle.
+    lines.close()
+    input.destroy()
   }
   flushAssistant()
 }
diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-opencode-sources.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-opencode-sources.ts
index 3c5bc6dc476..365e6334512 100644
--- a/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-opencode-sources.ts
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-opencode-sources.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { wslGatedReaddir } from '../native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-access'
 import { WslTranscriptFsError } from '../native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-gate'
 import { resolveOpenCodeStorageDirectory } from '../opencode/opencode-data-directory'
 import { listOpenCodeDatabases } from '../opencode-usage/scanner'
+import { recordSessionScanIssue } from './session-scan-issues'
 import { discoverOpenCodeSessions } from './session-scanner-opencode-sqlite-discovery'
 import type { AiVaultScanOptions, SessionFileDiscovery } from './session-scanner-types'
 
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ async function opencodeDbPathsForSource(
   }
   if (sourceIndex === 0) {
     return listOpenCodeDatabases((path, error) => {
-      issues.push({ agent: 'opencode', path, message: error.message })
+      recordSessionScanIssue(issues, { agent: 'opencode', path, message: error.message })
     })
   }
   const wslHomeDir = wslHomeDirs[sourceIndex - 1]
@@ -73,7 +74,11 @@ async function listOpenCodeDatabasesInDirectory(
     // A stalled WSL data dir still degrades to "no databases", but the gap has
     // to be reportable — an empty list otherwise reads as "OpenCode not used".
     if (error instanceof WslTranscriptFsError) {
-      issues.push({ agent: 'opencode', path: dataDir, message: error.message })
+      recordSessionScanIssue(issues, {
+        agent: 'opencode',
+        path: dataDir,
+        message: error.message
+      })
     }
     return []
   }
diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-parse-wsl-stall.test.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-parse-wsl-stall.test.ts
index a79063194a8..9eea5176c66 100644
--- a/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-parse-wsl-stall.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-parse-wsl-stall.test.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ import type { SessionFileCandidate } from './session-scanner-types'
 const STALLED_PATH = '\\\\wsl.localhost\\Ubuntu\\home\\ada\\.claude\\projects\\p\\a.jsonl'
 const SIBLING_PATH = '\\\\wsl.localhost\\Debian\\home\\ada\\.claude\\projects\\p\\b.jsonl'
 
-const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({ open: vi.fn() }))
+const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({ open: vi.fn(), readdir: vi.fn() }))
 
+// readdir too: every claude parse counts sibling subagent transcripts, and an
+// unmocked one would reach the host UNC path and stall under fake timers.
 vi.mock('node:fs/promises', async (importOriginal) => ({
   ...(await importOriginal<typeof NodeFsPromisesModule>()),
-  open: mocks.open
+  open: mocks.open,
+  readdir: mocks.readdir
 }))
 
 import {
@@ -83,6 +86,8 @@ async function releaseAndSettle(): Promise<void> {
 beforeEach(() => {
   resetSessionParseCacheForTests()
   mocks.open.mockReset()
+  mocks.readdir.mockReset()
+  mocks.readdir.mockResolvedValue([])
   releaseStall = undefined
   vi.useFakeTimers()
 })
diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-parser-stream-cleanup.test.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-parser-stream-cleanup.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7470b3430d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/session-scanner-parser-stream-cleanup.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { Readable } from 'node:stream'
+import type * as NodeReadlineModule from 'node:readline'
+import type * as WslFsAccessModule from '../native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-access'
+import type { FileWithMtime } from './session-scanner-types'
+
+// readline.close() leaves its input open, so a parser that stops consuming
+// mid-file (a throw, a break) strands the gated transcript handle until the
+// gate's deadline and delays every later scan. These pin the finally blocks.
+const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  openStream: vi.fn(),
+  readFile: vi.fn(),
+  stat: vi.fn(),
+  createInterface: vi.fn()
+}))
+
+vi.mock('../native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-access', async (importOriginal) => ({
+  ...(await importOriginal<typeof WslFsAccessModule>()),
+  openTranscriptReadStream: mocks.openStream,
+  wslGatedReadFile: mocks.readFile,
+  wslGatedStat: mocks.stat
+}))
+
+vi.mock('node:readline', async (importOriginal) => ({
+  ...(await importOriginal<typeof NodeReadlineModule>()),
+  createInterface: mocks.createInterface
+}))
+
+import { parseAntigravitySessionFile } from './session-scanner-antigravity-parser'
+import { parseDroidSessionFile } from './session-scanner-droid-parser'
+import { parseMessageGraphSessionFile } from './session-scanner-graph-parsers'
+import { parseGrokSessionFile } from './session-scanner-grok-parser'
+import { parseKimiSessionFile } from './session-scanner-kimi-parser'
+import { clearKimiSessionIndexCache } from './session-scanner-kimi-paths'
+
+const PARSE_FAILURE = 'parser failed mid-transcript'
+
+const opened: { path: string; stream: Readable }[] = []
+const interfaces: { close: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn> }[] = []
+
+function file(path: string): FileWithMtime {
+  return { path, mtimeMs: 1, modifiedAt: '2026-06-01T10:05:00.000Z', sizeBytes: 128 }
+}
+
+function lastOpened(): { path: string; stream: Readable } {
+  const entry = opened.at(-1)
+  if (!entry) {
+    throw new Error('no transcript stream was opened')
+  }
+  return entry
+}
+
+function expectStreamTornDown(): void {
+  expect(lastOpened().stream.destroyed).toBe(true)
+  expect(interfaces.at(-1)?.close).toHaveBeenCalled()
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  opened.length = 0
+  interfaces.length = 0
+  clearKimiSessionIndexCache()
+  mocks.openStream.mockReset()
+  mocks.readFile.mockReset()
+  mocks.stat.mockReset()
+  mocks.createInterface.mockReset()
+
+  mocks.openStream.mockImplementation((path: string) => {
+    const stream = new Readable({
+      read() {
+        this.push(null)
+      }
+    })
+    opened.push({ path, stream })
+    return stream
+  })
+  // One line, then a consumer-side throw: the parser must still tear the
+  // stream down on its way out.
+  mocks.createInterface.mockImplementation(() => {
+    const lines = {
+      close: vi.fn(),
+      [Symbol.asyncIterator]: async function* () {
+        yield '{}'
+        throw new Error(PARSE_FAILURE)
+      }
+    }
+    interfaces.push(lines)
+    return lines
+  })
+})
+
+describe('session parsers that stop consuming a gated transcript early', () => {
+  it.each([
+    ['antigravity', () => parseAntigravitySessionFile(file('/w/conversation.jsonl'), 'linux')],
+    ['droid', () => parseDroidSessionFile(file('/w/session.jsonl'), 'linux')],
+    ['message graph', () => parseMessageGraphSessionFile('pi', file('/w/session.jsonl'), 'linux')]
+  ])('destroys the stream when the %s parse throws', async (_agent, parse) => {
+    await expect(parse()).rejects.toThrow(PARSE_FAILURE)
+
+    expectStreamTornDown()
+  })
+
+  it('destroys the chat_history stream when the Grok parse swallows the failure', async () => {
+    mocks.readFile.mockResolvedValue(JSON.stringify({ info: { id: 'ses-1' } }))
+
+    // Grok degrades to a summary-only session on a non-gate failure, so the
+    // teardown has no rejection to ride out on.
+    await expect(
+      parseGrokSessionFile(file('/w/.grok/sessions/ses-1/session.json'))
+    ).resolves.toBeTruthy()
+
+    expect(lastOpened().path).toContain('chat_history.jsonl')
+    expectStreamTornDown()
+  })
+
+  it('destroys the wire stream when the Kimi parse swallows the failure', async () => {
+    mocks.readFile.mockResolvedValue(JSON.stringify({ title: 'Kimi session' }))
+    // No session_index.jsonl, so only the wire transcript opens a stream.
+    mocks.stat.mockRejectedValue(Object.assign(new Error('ENOENT'), { code: 'ENOENT' }))
+
+    await expect(
+      parseKimiSessionFile(file('/w/.kimi-code/sessions/wd_app/session_abc/state.json'))
+    ).resolves.toBeTruthy()
+
+    expect(lastOpened().path).toContain('wire.jsonl')
+    expectStreamTornDown()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-access.test.ts b/src/main/native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-access.test.ts
index b2bb893be4b..6f978453239 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-access.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-access.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type * as NodeFsPromisesModule from 'node:fs/promises'
 import type * as GateModule from './wsl-transcript-fs-gate'
 
 const UNC_PATH = '\\\\wsl.localhost\\Ubuntu\\home\\ada\\.codex\\sessions\\a.jsonl'
+const OTHER_DISTRO_UNC_PATH = '\\\\wsl.localhost\\Debian\\home\\ada\\.codex\\sessions\\a.jsonl'
 const LEGACY_UNC_PATH = '\\\\wsl$\\Ubuntu\\home\\ada\\.codex\\sessions\\a.jsonl'
 const WINDOWS_PATH = 'C:\\Users\\ada\\.codex\\sessions\\a.jsonl'
 const POSIX_PATH = '/home/ada/.codex/sessions/a.jsonl'
@@ -47,15 +48,24 @@ import {
   wslGatedRead,
   wslGatedReaddir,
   wslGatedReadFile,
-  wslGatedStat
+  wslGatedStat,
+  WSL_TRANSCRIPT_READ_CHUNK_BYTES
 } from './wsl-transcript-fs-access'
-import { WSL_TRANSCRIPT_FS_EXACT_TIMEOUT_MS, WslTranscriptFsError } from './wsl-transcript-fs-gate'
+import {
+  resetWslTranscriptFsGateForTests,
+  WSL_TRANSCRIPT_FS_EXACT_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  WslTranscriptFsError
+} from './wsl-transcript-fs-gate'
 
 function fakeHandle() {
   return { read: vi.fn(), close: vi.fn(async () => {}) }
 }
 
 beforeEach(() => {
+  // The gate mock delegates to the real implementation, so its module state
+  // survives between cases — a case that leaves a task stalled would otherwise
+  // mark that route stuck and fast-fail every later case on it.
+  resetWslTranscriptFsGateForTests()
   // runTask keeps the real gate implementation installed by the mock factory;
   // only its call log is cleared.
   mocks.runTask.mockClear()
@@ -96,7 +106,20 @@ describe('transcript filesystem accessor off WSL UNC', () => {
     // Off UNC the raw stream is handed back verbatim, encoding included.
     expect(stream).toBe('raw-stream')
     expect(mocks.createReadStream).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path, {
-      encoding: 'utf-8'
+      encoding: 'utf-8',
+      signal: undefined
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('forwards the caller signal so the local stream honours cancellation', () => {
+    mocks.createReadStream.mockReturnValue('raw-stream')
+    const controller = new AbortController()
+
+    openTranscriptReadStream(POSIX_PATH, { start: 4 }, 'exact', controller.signal)
+
+    expect(mocks.createReadStream).toHaveBeenCalledWith(POSIX_PATH, {
+      start: 4,
+      signal: controller.signal
     })
   })
 })
@@ -204,6 +227,31 @@ describe('transcript filesystem accessor on WSL UNC', () => {
     expect(second.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
   })
 
+  it('keeps a blocked close on one distro from stranding teardown on another', async () => {
+    let releaseStuck: (() => void) | undefined
+    const stuck = fakeHandle()
+    stuck.close.mockReturnValue(
+      new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        releaseStuck = resolve
+      })
+    )
+    const healthy = fakeHandle()
+
+    try {
+      await closeTranscriptHandle(stuck as never, UNC_PATH)
+      await closeTranscriptHandle(healthy as never, OTHER_DISTRO_UNC_PATH)
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve))
+
+      // A close that never settles on a stalled mount would hold a shared lane
+      // for the process lifetime, leaking every later descriptor with it.
+      expect(stuck.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      expect(healthy.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    } finally {
+      releaseStuck?.()
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve))
+    }
+  })
+
   it.each([
     ['stat', wslGatedStat, mocks.stat],
     ['lstat', wslGatedLstat, mocks.lstat]
@@ -287,11 +335,11 @@ describe('transcript handle close off WSL UNC', () => {
 
 describe('per-chunk admission', () => {
   it('carries a codepoint straddling the 1 MiB chunk boundary across chunks', async () => {
-    const chunkBytes = 1024 * 1024
     const emoji = Buffer.from('😀', 'utf8')
-    // Two of the emoji's four bytes land in chunk 1, two in chunk 2.
+    // Two of the emoji's four bytes land in chunk 1, two in chunk 2 — derived
+    // from the production constant so the fixture cannot drift off the boundary.
     const body = Buffer.concat([
-      Buffer.alloc(chunkBytes - 2, 0x61),
+      Buffer.alloc(WSL_TRANSCRIPT_READ_CHUNK_BYTES - 2, 0x61),
       emoji,
       Buffer.from('tail\n', 'utf8')
     ])
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-access.ts b/src/main/native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-access.ts
index b9b2efdf071..b50c1b1f5f6 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-access.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-access.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import { Readable } from 'node:stream'
 import { StringDecoder } from 'node:string_decoder'
 import { isWslUncPath } from '../../shared/wsl-paths'
 import { runWslTranscriptFsTask, type WslTranscriptFsTaskPriority } from './wsl-transcript-fs-gate'
+import { wslTranscriptFsRouteKey } from './wsl-transcript-fs-route'
 
 /** Never nest a gated call inside another — that deadlocks the scan slot. */
 
 // Why: one deadline per chunk instead of one for the whole file, so a large
 // healthy-but-slow transcript is not false-failed by a whole-file timeout.
-const WSL_TRANSCRIPT_READ_CHUNK_BYTES = 1024 * 1024
+export const WSL_TRANSCRIPT_READ_CHUNK_BYTES = 1024 * 1024
 type Operation = Parameters<typeof runWslTranscriptFsTask>[0]['operation']
 
 function runPathOperation<T>(
@@ -106,23 +107,33 @@ export function wslGatedRead(
 // gate's two permits are sized against, re-creating the process-wide stall the
 // gate exists to prevent; serializing them costs at most one extra busy thread.
 // The queue cannot grow without bound: opens on a stuck route already fast-fail.
-const MAX_CONCURRENT_UNC_CLOSES = 1
-const queuedCloses: FileHandle[] = []
-let activeCloses = 0
+// Keyed by route like the gate's own admission, because a close that blocks on a
+// stalled distro never settles — a shared queue would strand every later close,
+// including handles on healthy distros, for the process lifetime.
+const MAX_CONCURRENT_UNC_CLOSES_PER_ROUTE = 1
+type RouteCloseQueue = { queued: FileHandle[]; active: number }
+const closeQueuesByRoute = new Map<string, RouteCloseQueue>()
 
-function drainQueuedCloses(): void {
-  while (activeCloses < MAX_CONCURRENT_UNC_CLOSES) {
-    const handle = queuedCloses.shift()
+function drainQueuedCloses(route: string): void {
+  const lane = closeQueuesByRoute.get(route)
+  if (!lane) {
+    return
+  }
+  while (lane.active < MAX_CONCURRENT_UNC_CLOSES_PER_ROUTE) {
+    const handle = lane.queued.shift()
     if (!handle) {
+      if (lane.active === 0) {
+        closeQueuesByRoute.delete(route)
+      }
       return
     }
-    activeCloses += 1
+    lane.active += 1
     void handle
       .close()
       .catch(() => {})
       .finally(() => {
-        activeCloses -= 1
-        drainQueuedCloses()
+        lane.active -= 1
+        drainQueuedCloses(route)
       })
   }
 }
@@ -138,8 +149,11 @@ export function closeTranscriptHandle(handle: FileHandle, path: string): Promise
   if (!isWslUncPath(path)) {
     return handle.close()
   }
-  queuedCloses.push(handle)
-  drainQueuedCloses()
+  const route = wslTranscriptFsRouteKey(path)
+  const lane = closeQueuesByRoute.get(route) ?? { queued: [], active: 0 }
+  closeQueuesByRoute.set(route, lane)
+  lane.queued.push(handle)
+  drainQueuedCloses(route)
   return Promise.resolve()
 }
 
@@ -254,7 +268,9 @@ export function openTranscriptReadStream(
   signal?: AbortSignal
 ): Readable {
   if (!isWslUncPath(path)) {
-    return createReadStream(path, options)
+    // Node destroys the stream with an AbortError on abort, matching how the
+    // gated branch surfaces cancellation to the same consumers.
+    return createReadStream(path, { ...options, signal })
   }
   return Readable.from(gatedChunks(path, options, priority, signal))
 }
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-gate.test.ts b/src/main/native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-gate.test.ts
index d4d87a4feeb..9c979002d01 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-gate.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-gate.test.ts
@@ -659,11 +659,7 @@ describe('WSL transcript filesystem task scheduling', () => {
 describe('WSL transcript filesystem task coalescing opt-out', () => {
   const READ_PATH = '\\\\wsl.localhost\\Alpine\\home\\ada\\transcript.jsonl'
 
-  function gatedRead(
-    buffer: Buffer,
-    task: (signal: AbortSignal) => Promise<Buffer>
-  ): Promise<Buffer> {
-    void buffer
+  function gatedRead(task: (signal: AbortSignal) => Promise<Buffer>): Promise<Buffer> {
     return runWslTranscriptFsTask(
       { operation: 'read', path: READ_PATH, priority: 'exact', dedupe: false },
       task
@@ -676,11 +672,11 @@ describe('WSL transcript filesystem task coalescing opt-out', () => {
     const bodies = [Buffer.from('AAAA'), Buffer.from('BBBB')]
 
     const reads = Promise.all([
-      gatedRead(first, async () => {
+      gatedRead(async () => {
         bodies.shift()!.copy(first)
         return first
       }),
-      gatedRead(second, async () => {
+      gatedRead(async () => {
         bodies.shift()!.copy(second)
         return second
       })
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-gate.ts b/src/main/native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-gate.ts
index e214e1ddaa0..84848e13f11 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-gate.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-gate.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { parseWslUncPath } from '../../shared/wsl-paths'
+import { wslTranscriptFsRouteKey } from './wsl-transcript-fs-route'
 
 const MAX_CONCURRENT_WSL_TRANSCRIPT_FS_TASKS = 2
 export const WSL_TRANSCRIPT_FS_EXACT_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000
@@ -71,18 +71,6 @@ function abortReason(signal: AbortSignal): unknown {
   return signal.reason ?? new Error('WSL transcript filesystem task aborted')
 }
 
-// wsl$ and wsl.localhost spellings of one distro stay distinct routes on
-// purpose (provider spelling can change behavior), so a stuck spelling never
-// fast-fails its twin — the twin is bounded by its own waiter deadlines.
-function routeKey(path: string): string {
-  const normalized = path.replace(/\\/g, '/')
-  const match = normalized.match(/^\/\/(wsl\.localhost|wsl\$)\/([^/]+)/i)
-  if (match) {
-    return `${match[1].toLowerCase()}/${match[2].trim().toLowerCase()}`
-  }
-  return parseWslUncPath(path)?.distro.trim().toLowerCase() ?? path
-}
-
 function removeQueuedTask(task: UnknownScheduledTask): void {
   const index = queuedTasks.indexOf(task)
   if (index !== -1) {
@@ -295,6 +283,27 @@ function pumpTasks(): void {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Test-only: drop every task and counter so a case that leaves a task stalled
+ * (holding a permit, marking its route stuck) cannot fast-fail the next one.
+ * Tasks are marked settled first, so a late resolution from the unabortable
+ * syscall they are still blocked on cannot decrement counters this just zeroed.
+ */
+export function resetWslTranscriptFsGateForTests(): void {
+  for (const task of [...activeTasks, ...queuedTasks]) {
+    task.state = 'settled'
+    clearTimeout(task.stuckTimer)
+    for (const waiter of task.waiters) {
+      removeWaiter(task, waiter)
+    }
+  }
+  activeTasks.clear()
+  queuedTasks.length = 0
+  inFlightTasks.clear()
+  activeLaneKeys.clear()
+  activeScanCount = 0
+}
+
 /** Bound 9P work without letting scans delay exact transcript probes. */
 export function runWslTranscriptFsTask<T>(
   options: {
@@ -336,7 +345,7 @@ export function runWslTranscriptFsTask<T>(
     }
     return attachWaiter(existing, options.signal)
   }
-  const route = routeKey(options.path)
+  const route = wslTranscriptFsRouteKey(options.path)
   // Fail fast when the permit, route, or scan slot this task needs is held by
   // stuck I/O — queueing would only burn the caller's full deadline.
   if (stuckBlocker(route, options.priority)) {
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-route.ts b/src/main/native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dc576c066d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { parseWslUncPath } from '../../shared/wsl-paths'
+
+/**
+ * The isolation unit for WSL transcript filesystem work: one stalled distro
+ * must not fast-fail or strand work on any other. Shared by the gate's
+ * admission and by the ungated close queue so both isolate on the same key.
+ *
+ * wsl$ and wsl.localhost spellings of one distro stay distinct routes on
+ * purpose (provider spelling can change behavior), so a stuck spelling never
+ * fast-fails its twin — the twin is bounded by its own waiter deadlines.
+ */
+export function wslTranscriptFsRouteKey(path: string): string {
+  const normalized = path.replace(/\\/g, '/')
+  const match = normalized.match(/^\/\/(wsl\.localhost|wsl\$)\/([^/]+)/i)
+  if (match) {
+    return `${match[1].toLowerCase()}/${match[2].trim().toLowerCase()}`
+  }
+  return parseWslUncPath(path)?.distro.trim().toLowerCase() ?? path
+}
diff --git a/src/main/opencode-usage/scanner-wsl-gate.test.ts b/src/main/opencode-usage/scanner-wsl-gate.test.ts
index 320077444aa..b7c94000635 100644
--- a/src/main/opencode-usage/scanner-wsl-gate.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/opencode-usage/scanner-wsl-gate.test.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ vi.mock('node:fs/promises', async (importOriginal) => ({
 }))
 
 import { listOpenCodeDatabases } from './scanner'
-import { WSL_TRANSCRIPT_FS_SCAN_TIMEOUT_MS } from '../native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-gate'
+import {
+  WSL_TRANSCRIPT_FS_SCAN_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  WslTranscriptFsError
+} from '../native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-gate'
 
 // A stalled task holds the gate's single scan slot until it settles, so every
 // case releases its stall before the next one runs.
@@ -82,16 +85,27 @@ afterEach(async () => {
 describe('OpenCode database discovery on a stalled WSL data directory', () => {
   it('gates the data-directory listing instead of hanging the scan', async () => {
     mocks.readdir.mockImplementation(stalls)
+    // Asserted because an empty list alone also matches a missing data dir; the
+    // AI Vault's OpenCode source turns this callback into the scan issue.
+    const onRefusal = vi.fn()
 
-    expect(await settlesOnlyAtTheScanDeadline(listOpenCodeDatabases())).toEqual([])
+    expect(await settlesOnlyAtTheScanDeadline(listOpenCodeDatabases(onRefusal))).toEqual([])
+    expect(onRefusal).toHaveBeenCalledWith(UNC_DATA_DIR, expect.any(WslTranscriptFsError))
   })
 
   it('gates an absolute UNC OPENCODE_DB probe instead of hanging the scan', async () => {
     process.env.OPENCODE_DB = UNC_DATABASE
     mocks.stat.mockImplementation(stalls)
+    const onRefusal = vi.fn()
 
-    expect(await settlesOnlyAtTheScanDeadline(listOpenCodeDatabases())).toEqual([])
+    expect(await settlesOnlyAtTheScanDeadline(listOpenCodeDatabases(onRefusal))).toEqual([])
     expect(mocks.readdir).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    // Loose on the path: `isAbsolute` is host-flavoured, so a UNC override only
+    // stays verbatim on Windows. The refusal reaching the caller is the contract.
+    expect(onRefusal).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.stringContaining('opencode.db'),
+      expect.any(WslTranscriptFsError)
+    )
   })
 
   it('still lists databases when the distro answers', async () => {