diff --git a/src/js/internal/streams/native-readable.ts b/src/js/internal/streams/native-readable.ts
index 2b8a8c4fabe4..3d62e724416f 100644
--- a/src/js/internal/streams/native-readable.ts
+++ b/src/js/internal/streams/native-readable.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ let dynamicallyAdjustChunkSize = (_?) => (
 type NodeReadable = import("node:stream").Readable;
 
 interface NativeReadable extends NodeReadable {
+  _readableState: {
+    flowing: boolean | null;
+    ended: boolean;
+    sync: boolean;
+    buffer: unknown[];
+    bufferIndex: number;
+    length: number;
+  };
   $bunNativePtr: NativePtr | undefined;
   $start?: typeof ensureConstructed;
   ref: typeof ref;
@@ -193,9 +201,7 @@ function handleResult(stream: NativeReadable, result: any, chunk: Buffer | undef
     return handleNumberResult(stream, result, chunk, isClosed);
   } else if (typeof result === "boolean") {
     $debug(`[${stream.debugId}] handleResult(${result})`, chunk, isClosed);
-    process.nextTick(() => {
-      stream.push(null);
-    });
+    process.nextTick(pushEof, stream);
     return (chunk?.byteLength ?? 0) > 0 ? chunk : undefined;
   } else if ($isTypedArrayView(result)) {
     if (result.byteLength >= stream[kHighWaterMark] && !stream[kHasResized] && !isClosed) {
@@ -207,6 +213,11 @@ function handleResult(stream: NativeReadable, result: any, chunk: Buffer | undef
   }
 }
 
+// EOF is pushed a tick after the last chunk. After a destroy() in between, Node emits 'close' without 'end'.
+function pushEof(stream: NativeReadable) {
+  if (!stream.destroyed) stream.push(null);
+}
+
 // `push()` returning false means the Readable's buffer is at/above hwm (or
 // the consumer paused); stop the native reader so kernel backpressure reaches
 // the writer (readStop, like net.Socket). The next `_read()` re-enables it.
@@ -227,9 +238,7 @@ function handleNumberResult(stream: NativeReadable, result: number, chunk: any,
   }
 
   if (isClosed) {
-    process.nextTick(() => {
-      stream.push(null);
-    });
+    process.nextTick(pushEof, stream);
   }
 
   return chunk;
@@ -241,9 +250,7 @@ function handleArrayBufferViewResult(stream: NativeReadable, result: any, chunk:
   }
 
   if (isClosed) {
-    process.nextTick(() => {
-      stream.push(null);
-    });
+    process.nextTick(pushEof, stream);
   }
 
   return chunk;
@@ -259,12 +266,27 @@ function destroy(this: NativeReadable, error: any, cb: () => void) {
   if (ptr) {
     ptr.cancel(error);
   }
+  dropReadAhead(this);
   if (cb) {
     // `_destroy` reports its error through the callback.
     process.nextTick(cb, error);
   }
 }
 
+// `_read()` pushes synchronously, so flow() stays one chunk ahead of the 'data' listener. Node's async sources do not.
+function dropReadAhead(stream: NativeReadable) {
+  const state = stream._readableState;
+  // Paused: Node has this buffered too, and a later read() returns it.
+  if (!state.flowing) return;
+  // Ended: the buffer is all that is left, and 'end' must not follow dropped data.
+  if (state.ended) return;
+  // Inside `_read()` the source failed: the bytes it read before the error are still delivered.
+  if (state.sync) return;
+  state.buffer.length = 0;
+  state.bufferIndex = 0;
+  state.length = 0;
+}
+
 function ref(this: NativeReadable) {
   const ptr = this.$bunNativePtr;
   if (ptr === undefined) return;
diff --git a/test/js/bun/spawn/spawn-stdio-syscall-error.test.ts b/test/js/bun/spawn/spawn-stdio-syscall-error.test.ts
index 70c6fdd2c53b..a6f323796272 100644
--- a/test/js/bun/spawn/spawn-stdio-syscall-error.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/bun/spawn/spawn-stdio-syscall-error.test.ts
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@ const cc = Bun.which("cc") || Bun.which("gcc") || Bun.which("clang");
 
 // SPAWN_FAULT_RECV_AT=N  the Nth recv() on each AF_UNIX socket fails with EIO (1-based).
 // SPAWN_FAULT_SEND_AT=N  the Nth send() on each AF_UNIX socket fails with ENOBUFS.
+// SPAWN_FAULT_REPORT=path  the failing recv() writes how many bytes that socket received before it to this file.
 const SHIM_C = /* c */ `
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ static int fail_recv_at = -1;
 static int fail_send_at = -1;
 static unsigned int recv_count[MAX_FD];
 static unsigned int send_count[MAX_FD];
+static unsigned long recv_bytes[MAX_FD];
 
 static void init_modes(void) {
   const char *s;
@@ -64,9 +67,20 @@ ssize_t recv(int fd, void *buf, size_t len, int flags) {
     real_recv = (ssize_t (*)(int, void *, size_t, int))dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "recv");
     init_modes();
   }
-  if (fail_recv_at > 0 && is_unix_sock(fd) && ++recv_count[fd] == (unsigned)fail_recv_at) {
-    errno = EIO;
-    return -1;
+  if (fail_recv_at > 0 && is_unix_sock(fd)) {
+    if (++recv_count[fd] == (unsigned)fail_recv_at) {
+      const char *report = getenv("SPAWN_FAULT_REPORT");
+      FILE *f = report ? fopen(report, "w") : NULL;
+      if (f) {
+        fprintf(f, "%lu", recv_bytes[fd]);
+        fclose(f);
+      }
+      errno = EIO;
+      return -1;
+    }
+    ssize_t n = real_recv(fd, buf, len, flags);
+    if (n > 0) recv_bytes[fd] += (unsigned long)n;
+    return n;
   }
   return real_recv(fd, buf, len, flags);
 }
@@ -90,6 +104,7 @@ static void reset_fd(int fd) {
   if (fd >= 0 && fd < MAX_FD) {
     recv_count[fd] = 0;
     send_count[fd] = 0;
+    recv_bytes[fd] = 0;
   }
 }
 
@@ -204,6 +219,23 @@ child.on("close", () => {
 });
 `;
 
+// node:child_process: every byte the parent read before the error reaches 'data'.
+const CHILD_PROCESS_BYTES_FIXTURE = /* js */ `
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+const events = [];
+let got = 0;
+const child = spawn(${JSON.stringify(WRITER_CMD[0])}, ${JSON.stringify(WRITER_CMD.slice(1))}, { stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "ignore"] });
+child.stdout.on("data", chunk => (got += chunk.length));
+child.stdout.on("error", e => events.push("stdout.error:" + e.code));
+child.stdout.on("close", () => events.push("stdout.close"));
+child.on("close", () => {
+  events.push("close");
+  const received = Number(readFileSync(process.env.SPAWN_FAULT_REPORT, "utf8"));
+  console.log(JSON.stringify({ receivedSome: received > 0, lost: received - got, events }));
+});
+`;
+
 // Bun.spawnSync / child_process.spawnSync / execFileSync: the lost output is an error, not a success.
 const SPAWN_SYNC_FIXTURE = /* js */ `
 import { spawnSync, execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
@@ -241,6 +273,7 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
     "stdout-text.mjs": STDOUT_TEXT_FIXTURE,
     "stdout-write.mjs": STDOUT_WRITE_FIXTURE,
     "child-process.mjs": CHILD_PROCESS_FIXTURE,
+    "child-process-bytes.mjs": CHILD_PROCESS_BYTES_FIXTURE,
     "spawn-sync.mjs": SPAWN_SYNC_FIXTURE,
   });
   shimPath = join(String(dir), "shim.so");
@@ -266,6 +299,7 @@ async function runWithFault(fixture: string, fault: Record<string, string>) {
     LD_PRELOAD: bunEnv.LD_PRELOAD ? `${shimPath}:${bunEnv.LD_PRELOAD}` : shimPath,
     SPAWN_FAULT_RECV_AT: undefined,
     SPAWN_FAULT_SEND_AT: undefined,
+    SPAWN_FAULT_REPORT: undefined,
     ...fault,
   };
   await using proc = Bun.spawn({
@@ -348,6 +382,19 @@ describe.skipIf(!isLinux || !cc)("subprocess stdio syscall errors", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  // child.stdout reads one chunk ahead of its 'data' listener, so once the stream flows a chunk is still buffered
+  // when a later read fails. The stream is destroyed with the error, and that chunk has to reach 'data' first.
+  test.concurrent("node:child_process: stdout delivers every byte read before the error", async () => {
+    const report = join(String(dir), "recv-report.txt");
+    expect(
+      await runWithFault("child-process-bytes.mjs", { SPAWN_FAULT_RECV_AT: "6", SPAWN_FAULT_REPORT: report }),
+    ).toEqual({
+      parsed: { receivedSome: true, lost: 0, events: ["stdout.error:EIO", "stdout.close", "close"] },
+      stderr: "",
+      exitCode: 0,
+    });
+  });
+
   describe.each([
     ["the first write", "1"],
     ["a later write", "3"],
diff --git a/test/js/node/child_process/child_process.test.ts b/test/js/node/child_process/child_process.test.ts
index 4285422d73d7..212a12c9ba2f 100644
--- a/test/js/node/child_process/child_process.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/node/child_process/child_process.test.ts
@@ -1406,6 +1406,82 @@ it("child.stdout.pause() after flowing stops native reads and blocks the child",
   }
 });
 
+// child.stdout and child.stderr read ahead: `_read()` pushes each native pull
+// result synchronously, so while the stream flows Readable holds the next chunk
+// in its buffer when a 'data' listener runs. destroy() left that chunk there and
+// flow() emitted it after destroy() returned, with `destroyed === true`. Node's
+// child stdio is a net.Socket that pushes asynchronously, so no 'data' follows
+// destroy() there.
+it.concurrent.each(["stdout", "stderr"] as const)(
+  "child.%s.destroy() inside a 'data' listener stops 'data' and 'end'",
+  async name => {
+    const SIZE = 8 * 1024 * 1024;
+    const writer = `const s=process.${name};s.on('error',()=>process.exit(0));const c=Buffer.alloc(1<<16,97);let w=0;(function f(){while(w<${SIZE}){w+=c.length;if(!s.write(c)){s.once('drain',f);return}}})()`;
+    const c = spawn(bunExe(), ["-e", writer], {
+      stdio: ["ignore", name === "stdout" ? "pipe" : "ignore", name === "stderr" ? "pipe" : "ignore"],
+      env: bunEnv,
+    });
+    try {
+      const stream = c[name]!;
+      let bytes = 0;
+      let destroyed = false;
+      const afterDestroy: string[] = [];
+      stream.on("data", (d: Buffer) => {
+        if (destroyed) {
+          afterDestroy.push(`data(${d.length}) destroyed=${stream.destroyed}`);
+          return;
+        }
+        bytes += d.length;
+        // Destroy as soon as another chunk is already buffered behind this
+        // one: that is the chunk that used to follow destroy(). If the reader
+        // never gets ahead of this listener, destroy half way instead.
+        if (stream.readableLength > 0 || bytes >= SIZE / 2) {
+          destroyed = true;
+          stream.destroy();
+          c.kill();
+        }
+      });
+      stream.on("end", () => afterDestroy.push("end"));
+      await once(c, "close");
+      expect(afterDestroy).toEqual([]);
+      expect(destroyed).toBe(true);
+    } finally {
+      c.kill();
+    }
+  },
+);
+
+// The exec()/execFile() 'data' listener is a port of Node's: at the chunk that
+// crosses maxBuffer it destroys the stream, and it relies on no 'data' following
+// destroy(). The chunk that used to follow made `maxBuffer - (totalLen - length)`
+// negative, and slice(0, negative) appended most of it, so the callback got up
+// to a chunk more than maxBuffer. Whether a chunk is buffered at the crossing is
+// a race (about 1 run in 3 without the fix), so several run at once.
+describe.concurrent("execFile() maxBuffer against a fast writer", () => {
+  const maxBuffer = 1024 * 1024;
+  // 3 MiB in 64 KiB blocks, each block filled with its own letter. ASCII on
+  // purpose: the handler, like Node's, counts bytes but slices a string chunk by
+  // code units, so multi-byte output is over maxBuffer in bytes in Node too
+  // (Node v26.3.0, maxBuffer 1000000, 2-byte characters: 1016960 bytes).
+  const writer = `const s=process.stdout;s.on('error',()=>process.exit(0));let k=0;(function f(){while(k<48){if(!s.write(Buffer.alloc(1<<16,65+(k++%26)))){s.once('drain',f);return}}})()`;
+  const expected = Buffer.concat(
+    Array.from({ length: maxBuffer >> 16 }, (_, k) => Buffer.alloc(1 << 16, 65 + (k % 26))),
+  );
+
+  it.each(["buffer", "utf8"] as const)("truncates at exactly maxBuffer (encoding: %s)", async encoding => {
+    const runs = Array.from({ length: 4 }, () => {
+      const { promise, resolve } = Promise.withResolvers();
+      execFile(bunExe(), ["-e", writer], { maxBuffer, encoding, env: bunEnv }, (err, stdout) => {
+        resolve({ code: err?.code, length: stdout.length, isPrefix: expected.equals(Buffer.from(stdout)) });
+      });
+      return promise;
+    });
+    expect(await Promise.all(runs)).toEqual(
+      Array(4).fill({ code: "ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_STDIO_MAXBUFFER", length: maxBuffer, isPrefix: true }),
+    );
+  });
+});
+
 // When spawn fails (ENOENT, bad cwd, etc.) the ChildProcess emits 'error' and
 // 'close' but never 'exit'. The abort listener on options.signal was only
 // removed on 'exit', so every failed spawn against a shared AbortSignal leaked
diff --git a/test/js/node/stream/node-stream.test.js b/test/js/node/stream/node-stream.test.js
index 02e1d6c06ea4..782ed9039c62 100644
--- a/test/js/node/stream/node-stream.test.js
+++ b/test/js/node/stream/node-stream.test.js
@@ -628,6 +628,64 @@ it("Readable.fromWeb: destroy(err) after consuming a chunk cancels the web sourc
   });
 });
 
+// A native-backed Readable pushes its pull results synchronously, so while it flows Readable has the next chunk
+// buffered when a 'data' listener runs, and it pushes EOF a tick after the last chunk. destroy() stopped neither: flow()
+// emitted the buffered chunk with `destroyed === true`, and 'end' followed. Node's fromWeb pushes asynchronously, so
+// nothing is buffered or due at that point, and it emits only 'close'.
+describe.each([
+  ["Blob.stream()", size => new Blob([Buffer.alloc(size, "x")]).stream()],
+  ["Response.body", size => new Response(Buffer.alloc(size, "x")).body],
+])("Readable.fromWeb(%s): destroy() inside a 'data' listener", (_, makeWeb) => {
+  // With today's chunking, 100 bytes are the only chunk and EOF is due a tick later, 16484 bytes are two chunks with
+  // the last one buffered behind the first, and 1 MiB has more buffered behind every chunk.
+  it.each([100, 16384 + 100, 1024 * 1024])("of a %d byte body stops 'data' and 'end'", async size => {
+    const r = Readable.fromWeb(makeWeb(size));
+    const events = [];
+    const { promise: closed, resolve } = Promise.withResolvers();
+    r.on("data", () => {
+      events.push(`data destroyed=${r.destroyed}`);
+      r.destroy();
+    });
+    r.on("end", () => events.push("end"));
+    r.on("close", () => {
+      events.push("close");
+      resolve();
+    });
+    await closed;
+    expect(events).toEqual(["data destroyed=false", "close"]);
+  });
+});
+
+it("Readable.fromWeb: destroy() on a paused stream keeps the buffered chunk for read(), as in Node", async () => {
+  const r = Readable.fromWeb(new Blob([Buffer.alloc(1024, "x")]).stream());
+  const { promise, resolve } = Promise.withResolvers();
+  r.once("readable", () => {
+    r.destroy();
+    resolve(r.read());
+  });
+  const chunk = await promise;
+  expect(chunk?.length).toBe(1024);
+});
+
+// Once the source has ended, what is buffered is all that is left. Node delivers it after destroy(), and to drop it
+// would let 'end' follow data that never arrived.
+it("Readable.fromWeb: a stream that ended while paused still delivers every byte after destroy(), as in Node", async () => {
+  const size = 16384 + 100;
+  const r = Readable.fromWeb(new Blob([Buffer.alloc(size, "x")]).stream());
+  let bytes = 0;
+  r.on("data", chunk => {
+    bytes += chunk.length;
+    r.destroy();
+  });
+  r.pause();
+  const closed = new Promise(resolve => r.once("close", resolve));
+  r.read(0);
+  while (!r._readableState.ended) await new Promise(resolve => setImmediate(resolve));
+  r.resume();
+  await closed;
+  expect(bytes).toBe(size);
+});
+
 it("Readable.toWeb(Readable.fromWeb(rs)).cancel(reason) propagates to the web source", async () => {
   let cancelReason;
   const web = new ReadableStream({