diff --git a/src/js/node/http2.ts b/src/js/node/http2.ts
index bd2cb588e233..9c7747d20737 100644
--- a/src/js/node/http2.ts
+++ b/src/js/node/http2.ts
@@ -2021,6 +2021,12 @@ function pushToStream(stream, data) {
   }
 }
 
+// Like node's onSessionHeaders, a HEADERS frame with END_STREAM ends the readable before its event.
+function endInboundHalf(stream: Http2Stream) {
+  if (!stream.rstCode) stream.rstCode = 0;
+  pushToStream(stream, null);
+}
+
 enum StreamState {
   EndedCalled = 1 << 0, // 00001 = 1
   WantTrailer = 1 << 1, // 00010 = 2
@@ -3266,6 +3272,7 @@ class ServerHttp2Stream extends Http2Stream {
     if (pushedStream && pushedStream[bunHTTP2Headers] == null) {
       pushedStream[bunHTTP2Headers] = headers;
     }
+    if (pushedStream) endInboundHalf(pushedStream);
     if (onServerStreamCreatedChannel.hasSubscribers) {
       onServerStreamCreatedChannel.publish({ stream: pushedStream, headers });
     }
@@ -4057,10 +4064,7 @@ class ServerHttp2Session extends Http2Session {
       }
       if (state == 6 || state == 7) {
         if (stream.readable) {
-          if (!stream.rstCode) {
-            stream.rstCode = 0;
-          }
-          pushToStream(stream, null);
+          endInboundHalf(stream);
 
           // If the user hasn't tried to consume the stream then dump the incoming data so the
           // stream can finish — but at half-close only when nothing is buffered: a consumer may
@@ -4149,7 +4153,9 @@ class ServerHttp2Session extends Http2Session {
         stream[kHeadRequest] = true;
       }
       const status = stream[bunHTTP2StreamStatus];
+      const endOfStream = (flags & constants.NGHTTP2_FLAG_END_STREAM) !== 0;
       if ((status & StreamState.StreamResponded) !== 0) {
+        if (endOfStream) endInboundHalf(stream);
         stream.emit("trailers", headers, flags, rawheaders);
       } else {
         // Set the StreamResponded bit BEFORE dispatching the 'stream' event
@@ -4166,6 +4172,7 @@ class ServerHttp2Session extends Http2Session {
         if (onServerStreamStartChannel.hasSubscribers) {
           onServerStreamStartChannel.publish({ stream, headers });
         }
+        if (endOfStream) endInboundHalf(stream);
         // performServerHandshake() sessions have no owning server.
         self[kServer]?.emit("stream", stream, headers, flags, rawheaders);
         self.emit("stream", stream, headers, flags, rawheaders);
@@ -5056,12 +5063,9 @@ class ClientHttp2Session extends Http2Session {
       }
       if (state == 6 || state == 7) {
         if (stream.readable) {
-          if (!stream.rstCode) {
-            stream.rstCode = 0;
-          }
           // Push a null so the stream can end whenever the client consumes
           // it completely.
-          pushToStream(stream, null);
+          endInboundHalf(stream);
           stream.read(0);
         }
       }
@@ -5129,11 +5133,13 @@ class ClientHttp2Session extends Http2Session {
         }
         const status = stream[bunHTTP2StreamStatus];
         const header_status = headers[HTTP2_HEADER_STATUS];
+        const endOfStream = (flags & constants.NGHTTP2_FLAG_END_STREAM) !== 0;
         if (header_status === HTTP_STATUS_CONTINUE) {
           stream.emit("continue");
         }
 
         if ((status & StreamState.StreamResponded) !== 0) {
+          if (endOfStream) endInboundHalf(stream);
           stream.emit("trailers", headers, flags, rawheaders);
         } else {
           if (header_status >= 100 && header_status < 200) {
@@ -5151,6 +5157,7 @@ class ClientHttp2Session extends Http2Session {
             if (onClientStreamFinishChannel.hasSubscribers) {
               onClientStreamFinishChannel.publish({ stream, headers, flags });
             }
+            if (endOfStream) endInboundHalf(stream);
             if (stream[kPush]) {
               // A pushed stream delivers its response via 'push'; the session 'stream' event already
               // fired (with the promised request headers) when the PUSH_PROMISE arrived.
diff --git a/test/js/node/http2/node-http2-client-close.test.ts b/test/js/node/http2/node-http2-client-close.test.ts
index 537639edc0b4..32e74457da20 100644
--- a/test/js/node/http2/node-http2-client-close.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/node/http2/node-http2-client-close.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 /**
- * ClientHttp2Stream.close(code) event contract:
+ * Http2Stream.close(code) event contract, client and server, while the peer's half is still open:
  *   NO_ERROR / CANCEL  -> 'end', 'close'             (documented 'error' exemption)
  *   any other code     -> 'error', 'close'           (no 'end': the body was killed by RST_STREAM)
+ * Once the peer's half has ended (END_STREAM on a HEADERS frame, or a server push, which has no
+ * inbound half) the readable already has its EOF, so 'end' comes first for every code.
  *
  * Works with both:
  *   bun bd test test/js/node/http2/node-http2-client-close.test.ts
@@ -183,10 +185,153 @@ describe("ClientHttp2Stream.close(code) while pending", () => {
   }
 });
 
+// The listeners below call close(code) once the peer's half of the stream has ended. Each one is
+// the event of a HEADERS frame that carried END_STREAM (or the pushStream() callback: a server push
+// has no inbound half). "server 'stream', request open" is the contrast: no END_STREAM yet.
+type Site =
+  | "server 'stream'"
+  | "server 'stream' after respond()"
+  | "server 'stream', request open"
+  | "server 'trailers'"
+  | "pushStream() callback"
+  | "client 'response'"
+  | "client 'trailers'";
+
+async function closeIn(site: Site, code: number, defer: boolean): Promise<string[]> {
+  const events: string[] = [];
+  const { promise, resolve, reject } = Promise.withResolvers<string[]>();
+  const watch = (stream: http2.Http2Stream) => {
+    stream.on("end", () => events.push("end"));
+    stream.on("error", e => events.push("error:" + (e as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code));
+    stream.on("close", () => {
+      events.push("close:" + stream.rstCode);
+      resolve(events);
+    });
+    stream.resume();
+  };
+  const close = (stream: http2.Http2Stream) => {
+    if (defer) process.nextTick(() => stream.close(code));
+    else stream.close(code);
+  };
+  const ignoreErrors = (stream: http2.Http2Stream) => stream.on("error", () => {});
+
+  const server = http2.createServer();
+  server.on("stream", stream => {
+    switch (site) {
+      case "server 'stream'":
+      case "server 'stream', request open":
+        watch(stream);
+        close(stream);
+        break;
+      case "server 'stream' after respond()":
+        watch(stream);
+        stream.respond({ ":status": 200 }, { endStream: true });
+        close(stream);
+        break;
+      case "server 'trailers'":
+        watch(stream);
+        stream.respond({ ":status": 200 });
+        stream.on("trailers", () => close(stream));
+        break;
+      case "pushStream() callback":
+        ignoreErrors(stream);
+        stream.pushStream({ ":path": "/pushed" }, (err, pushed) => {
+          if (err) return reject(err);
+          watch(pushed);
+          close(pushed);
+        });
+        stream.respond({ ":status": 200 });
+        stream.end();
+        break;
+      case "client 'response'":
+        ignoreErrors(stream);
+        stream.respond({ ":status": 204 }, { endStream: true });
+        break;
+      case "client 'trailers'":
+        ignoreErrors(stream);
+        stream.respond({ ":status": 200 }, { waitForTrailers: true });
+        stream.on("wantTrailers", () => stream.sendTrailers({ "x-trailer": "1" }));
+        stream.end("body");
+        break;
+    }
+  });
+  const port = await listen(server);
+  const client = http2.connect(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}`);
+  client.on("error", reject);
+  client.on("stream", pushed => ignoreErrors(pushed).resume());
+  try {
+    switch (site) {
+      case "server 'trailers'": {
+        const req = client.request({ ":path": "/", ":method": "POST" }, { waitForTrailers: true });
+        req.on("wantTrailers", () => req.sendTrailers({ "x-trailer": "1" }));
+        ignoreErrors(req).resume();
+        req.end("body");
+        break;
+      }
+      case "client 'response'":
+      case "client 'trailers'": {
+        // The request stays open, so nothing but close(code) can close the stream.
+        const req = client.request({ ":path": "/", ":method": "POST" });
+        watch(req);
+        req.on(site === "client 'response'" ? "response" : "trailers", () => close(req));
+        break;
+      }
+      case "server 'stream', request open":
+        ignoreErrors(client.request({ ":path": "/", ":method": "POST" })).resume();
+        break;
+      default:
+        ignoreErrors(client.request({ ":path": "/" }, { endStream: true })).resume();
+    }
+    return await promise;
+  } finally {
+    client.destroy();
+    server.close();
+  }
+}
+
+const endThenClose = [
+  [NGHTTP2_NO_ERROR, ["end", "close:0"]],
+  [NGHTTP2_CANCEL, ["end", "close:8"]],
+  [NGHTTP2_INTERNAL_ERROR, ["end", "error:ERR_HTTP2_STREAM_ERROR", "close:2"]],
+  [NGHTTP2_ENHANCE_YOUR_CALM, ["end", "error:ERR_HTTP2_STREAM_ERROR", "close:11"]],
+] as const;
+const noEndForErrorCodes = [
+  [NGHTTP2_NO_ERROR, ["end", "close:0"]],
+  [NGHTTP2_CANCEL, ["end", "close:8"]],
+  [NGHTTP2_INTERNAL_ERROR, ["error:ERR_HTTP2_STREAM_ERROR", "close:2"]],
+  [NGHTTP2_ENHANCE_YOUR_CALM, ["error:ERR_HTTP2_STREAM_ERROR", "close:11"]],
+] as const;
+
+for (const [site, table] of [
+  ["server 'stream'", endThenClose],
+  ["server 'stream' after respond()", endThenClose],
+  ["server 'trailers'", endThenClose],
+  ["pushStream() callback", endThenClose],
+  ["client 'response'", endThenClose],
+  ["client 'trailers'", endThenClose],
+  ["server 'stream', request open", noEndForErrorCodes],
+] as const) {
+  for (const defer of [false, true]) {
+    describe(`close(code) ${defer ? "a tick after" : "in"} ${site}`, () => {
+      for (const [code, expected] of table) {
+        test(`close(${code})`, async () => {
+          assert.deepStrictEqual(await closeIn(site, code, defer), expected);
+        });
+      }
+    });
+  }
+}
+
 if (typeof Bun !== "undefined") {
   const node = Bun.which("node");
+  // Alpine's node segfaults at a random point of this file (alpine 3.23 aarch64, on main too), and
+  // the CI runner fails a file for any new core dump, whichever process wrote it. The glibc, macOS
+  // and Windows lanes keep the cross-check.
+  const isMusl =
+    process.platform === "linux" &&
+    !(process.report.getReport() as { header: { glibcVersionRuntime?: string } }).header.glibcVersionRuntime;
   describe("Node.js compatibility", () => {
-    test("tests should run on node.js", { skip: !node }, async () => {
+    test("tests should run on node.js", { skip: !node || isMusl }, async () => {
       await using proc = Bun.spawn({
         cmd: [node as string, "--test", import.meta.filename],
         stdout: "inherit",