diff --git a/Jint.Tests/Runtime/SlotLocationCacheTests.cs b/Jint.Tests/Runtime/SlotLocationCacheTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23e6972a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Jint.Tests/Runtime/SlotLocationCacheTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+namespace Jint.Tests.Runtime;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Pins SlotLocationCache behavior for handler trees shared across function instances
+/// (per-engine definition reuse): a node whose cached environment is unreachable from the
+/// current chain must re-resolve against it — declining forever would silently disable every
+/// slot-backed fast lane from the second re-evaluation of a prepared script onward.
+/// </summary>
+public class SlotLocationCacheTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void RepeatedPreparedEvaluationsKeepProducingCorrectResults()
+    {
+        var engine = new Engine();
+        var prepared = Engine.PrepareScript("""
+            function f() {
+                var n = 0;
+                for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) { n += i; }
+                return n;
+            }
+            f();
+            """);
+
+        // the cached-definition handler tree serves a fresh function instance (fresh env) per
+        // evaluation; each must resolve slots against its own chain
+        for (var e = 0; e < 5; e++)
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(499500, engine.Evaluate(prepared).AsNumber());
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void AlternatingFunctionInstancesSharingOneTreeStayCorrect()
+    {
+        var engine = new Engine();
+        // two instances of the same nested declaration alternate calls: the shared tree's
+        // slot caches flip between the instances' environments and must stay correct
+        var result = engine.Evaluate("""
+            (function () {
+                function make(base) {
+                    function inner() {
+                        var acc = 0;
+                        for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) { acc += base; }
+                        return acc;
+                    }
+                    return inner;
+                }
+                var a = make(1), b = make(1000);
+                var sum = 0;
+                for (var r = 0; r < 4; r++) { sum += a() + b(); }
+                return sum;
+            })()
+            """).AsNumber();
+
+        Assert.Equal(4 * (100 + 100_000), result);
+    }
+
+#if NET
+    [Fact]
+    public void SlotLanesSurviveRepeatedPreparedEvaluations()
+    {
+        var engine = new Engine();
+        var prepared = Engine.PrepareScript("""
+            function f() {
+                var n = 0;
+                for (var i = 0; i < 20000; i++) { n += 1; }
+                return n;
+            }
+            f();
+            """);
+
+        // evaluation 1 uses the first-build tree, 2 the freshly cached tree; from 3 on the
+        // cached tree runs under a different environment than the one that populated its
+        // slot caches — the lanes must re-resolve and stay unboxed instead of falling to
+        // the materializing generic path (which allocates a JsNumber per iteration here)
+        for (var e = 0; e < 3; e++)
+        {
+            engine.Evaluate(prepared);
+        }
+
+        var before = GC.GetAllocatedBytesForCurrentThread();
+        engine.Evaluate(prepared);
+        var perEvaluation = GC.GetAllocatedBytesForCurrentThread() - before;
+
+        Assert.True(
+            perEvaluation < 150_000,
+            $"expected slot lanes to stay live across re-evaluations; allocated {perEvaluation} bytes in one evaluation");
+    }
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/Jint/Runtime/Environments/SlotLocationCache.cs b/Jint/Runtime/Environments/SlotLocationCache.cs
index 250cbcd76..987527e3e 100644
--- a/Jint/Runtime/Environments/SlotLocationCache.cs
+++ b/Jint/Runtime/Environments/SlotLocationCache.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ namespace Jint.Runtime.Environments;
 /// Validity reasoning: closure-captured environments cannot be pooled (escape detection
 /// prevents it), so a cached env reference is stable for the lifetime of the function
 /// instance that captured it, and slot indices are immutable for the lifetime of the env.
+/// Handler trees are shared across function INSTANCES though (per-engine definition reuse
+/// for re-evaluated scripts, class members and nested declarations), so a node outlives any
+/// one instance's environment: an unreachable cached env means the node moved to another
+/// instance and must re-resolve against the current chain, not decline.
 /// Slot layout is deterministic per AST node, so a node shared across engines via
 /// <c>Prepared&lt;Script&gt;</c> resolves to the same index everywhere; the engine-identity
 /// gate only avoids wasted walks against another engine's environments.
@@ -80,9 +84,13 @@ public bool TryResolve(
                 search = search._outerEnv;
             }
 
-            slotEnv = null!;
-            slotIndex = -1;
-            return false;
+            // The cached location is not reachable from this chain. Handler trees are shared
+            // across function instances (per-engine definition reuse for re-evaluated scripts,
+            // class members, nested declarations), so the same node runs under a fresh
+            // environment per instance — re-resolve against the current chain exactly as a
+            // fresh node would (mirroring the cross-engine Prepared<Script> fall-through
+            // below) instead of declining forever. One bounded walk per instance switch;
+            // subsequent reads hit the re-populated cache.
         }
 
         if (_disabled)