diff --git a/src/runtime/shell/IOReader.rs b/src/runtime/shell/IOReader.rs
index 3c02f7ce4759..c39ec12171c8 100644
--- a/src/runtime/shell/IOReader.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/shell/IOReader.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ struct State {
     evtloop: EventLoopHandle,
     #[cfg(windows)]
     is_reading: bool,
+    /// Set while `drain_readers` runs; a nested call returns and the outer loop handles new entries.
+    draining: bool,
     /// Weak self-ref so `keepalive()` can bump the strong count from `&self`
     /// without unsafe Arc-pointer reconstruction. Set via `Arc::new_cyclic` in
     /// `init()` (the sole constructor).
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ impl IOReader {
                 evtloop,
                 #[cfg(windows)]
                 is_reading: false,
+                draining: false,
                 self_weak: std::sync::Weak::clone(w),
                 read_guards: Vec::new(),
                 interp: None,
@@ -224,11 +227,15 @@ impl IOReader {
         }
         #[cfg(windows)]
         {
-            let s = self.state();
-            if s.is_reading {
+            if self.state().is_reading {
                 return Yield::suspended();
             }
-            s.is_reading = true;
+            // Already at EOF (the source is gone): just notify whoever registered late.
+            if self.reader().is_done() {
+                self.drain_readers();
+                return Yield::suspended();
+            }
+            self.state().is_reading = true;
             if let Err(e) = self.reader().start_with_current_pipe() {
                 self.on_reader_error(&e);
                 return Yield::failed();
@@ -306,17 +313,8 @@ impl IOReader {
         // alive across the loop.
         let _keepalive = self.keepalive();
         self.set_reading(false);
-        let s = self.state();
-        s.raw_err = Some(err.clone());
-        // NOTE: reshaped for borrowck — copy out before dispatching.
-        let readers: Vec<ChildPtr> = s.readers.clone();
-        let interp = s.interp;
-        for r in readers {
-            // Re-derive a fresh SystemError per callee (see
-            // IOWriter.on_error note).
-            let ee = err.to_shell_system_error();
-            self.run_yield(dispatch_reader_done(r, Some(ee), interp));
-        }
+        self.state().raw_err = Some(err.clone());
+        self.drain_readers();
     }
 
     fn on_reader_done_cb(&self) {
@@ -326,17 +324,27 @@ impl IOReader {
         // Hold a strong ref across the body.
         let _keepalive = self.keepalive();
         self.set_reading(false);
+        self.drain_readers();
+    }
+
+    /// Pops before dispatching: a callback may `add_reader` (must be notified too) or free this entry's node.
+    fn drain_readers(&self) {
         let s = self.state();
-        let readers: Vec<ChildPtr> = s.readers.clone();
+        if s.draining {
+            return;
+        }
+        s.draining = true;
         let interp = s.interp;
-        // `SystemError` isn't `Clone` yet, so we keep the source `sys::Error`
-        // (which IS `Clone`) and re-derive a fresh `SystemError` per callee —
-        // same approach as `on_reader_error`.
-        let raw_err = s.raw_err.clone();
-        for r in readers {
-            let ee = raw_err.as_ref().map(|e| e.to_shell_system_error());
+        while !self.state().readers.is_empty() {
+            let r = self.state().readers.swap_remove(0);
+            let ee = self
+                .state()
+                .raw_err
+                .as_ref()
+                .map(|e| e.to_shell_system_error());
             self.run_yield(dispatch_reader_done(r, ee, interp));
         }
+        self.state().draining = false;
     }
 
     fn run_yield(&self, y: Yield) {
diff --git a/test/js/bun/shell/bunshell.test.ts b/test/js/bun/shell/bunshell.test.ts
index d1e6553875e7..8828251848ce 100644
--- a/test/js/bun/shell/bunshell.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/bun/shell/bunshell.test.ts
@@ -1502,6 +1502,16 @@ describe("deno_task", () => {
         .stdout("0\n")
         .runAsTest("long pipeline");
 
+      // Every `cat` here shares the subshell's stdin Arc<IOReader>. When EOF fires, each
+      // reader's done-handler starts the next `cat` via the Yield trampoline, which calls
+      // add_reader()+start() on the same already-done IOReader. drain_readers() must pop
+      // each entry before dispatching (so the readers Vec can mutate safely and add_reader's
+      // dedup never matches a freed-then-reused NodeId) and start() must drain
+      // late-registered readers rather than restarting the finished pipe.
+      TestBuilder.command`echo hi | (cat && cat && cat && cat && cat && cat && cat && cat && cat && cat && cat && cat)`
+        .stdout("hi\n")
+        .runAsTest("many readers on shared stdin IOReader");
+
       // Test pipeline stack consistency with complex nesting
       TestBuilder.command`echo outer | (echo inner1 | echo inner2 | (echo deep1 | echo deep2) | echo inner3) | echo final | BUN_TEST_VAR=1 ${BUN} -e 'process.stdin.pipe(process.stdout)'`
         .stdout("final\n")