diff --git a/src/rendering/orchestrator/module-loader/cycle-manifest.test.ts b/src/rendering/orchestrator/module-loader/cycle-manifest.test.ts
index c98166bde8..80def92597 100644
--- a/src/rendering/orchestrator/module-loader/cycle-manifest.test.ts
+++ b/src/rendering/orchestrator/module-loader/cycle-manifest.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   assertThrows,
 } from "#veryfront/testing/assert.ts";
 import { describe, it } from "#veryfront/testing/bdd.ts";
-import { basename, join } from "#veryfront/compat/path/index.ts";
+import { basename, dirname, join } from "#veryfront/compat/path/index.ts";
 import {
   getCycleManifestCacheDir,
 } from "#veryfront/transforms/mdx/esm-module-loader/cache-format.ts";
@@ -191,6 +191,65 @@ describe("module-loader/cycle-manifest", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("rejects a graph root whose persisted bytes lost their sealed evidence", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = await Deno.makeTempDir({ prefix: "vf-cycle-manifest-missing-evidence-" });
+    const localAdapter = await getLocalAdapter();
+    const transaction = new CycleManifestTransaction(tmpDir, "missing-evidence");
+    const rootSource = "/project/root.ts";
+    const rootArtifact = transaction.registerEdge(rootSource, rootSource, false);
+
+    try {
+      await Deno.mkdir(dirname(rootArtifact), { recursive: true });
+      await transaction.sealRootArtifactCode(
+        "export const root = true;",
+        rootSource,
+        false,
+        localAdapter,
+      );
+      await Deno.writeTextFile(rootArtifact, "export const root = true;");
+      transaction.recordArtifact(rootSource, rootArtifact, false, true);
+
+      await assertRejects(
+        () => transaction.commit(localAdapter),
+        VeryfrontError,
+        "Cycle manifest root evidence is missing",
+      );
+    } finally {
+      await removeFixture(tmpDir);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("rejects graph root bytes changed after sealing", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = await Deno.makeTempDir({ prefix: "vf-cycle-manifest-changed-root-" });
+    const localAdapter = await getLocalAdapter();
+    const transaction = new CycleManifestTransaction(tmpDir, "changed-root");
+    const rootSource = "/project/root.ts";
+    const rootArtifact = transaction.registerEdge(rootSource, rootSource, false);
+
+    try {
+      await Deno.mkdir(dirname(rootArtifact), { recursive: true });
+      const sealed = await transaction.sealRootArtifactCode(
+        "export const root = true;",
+        rootSource,
+        false,
+        localAdapter,
+      );
+      await Deno.writeTextFile(
+        rootArtifact,
+        sealed.replace("root = true", "root = false"),
+      );
+      transaction.recordArtifact(rootSource, rootArtifact, false, true);
+
+      await assertRejects(
+        () => transaction.commit(localAdapter),
+        VeryfrontError,
+        "Cycle manifest changed after its root was sealed",
+      );
+    } finally {
+      await removeFixture(tmpDir);
+    }
+  });
+
   it("binds the complete entry set to the root artifact", async () => {
     const tmpDir = await Deno.makeTempDir({ prefix: "vf-cycle-manifest-complete-" });
     const localAdapter = await getLocalAdapter();
diff --git a/src/rendering/orchestrator/module-loader/index.test.ts b/src/rendering/orchestrator/module-loader/index.test.ts
index 11e22dcb78..0fe5ff92a7 100644
--- a/src/rendering/orchestrator/module-loader/index.test.ts
+++ b/src/rendering/orchestrator/module-loader/index.test.ts
@@ -730,39 +730,33 @@ describe("module-loader/transformModuleWithDeps", () => {
       },
       async ({ projectDir, tmpDir, config }) => {
         const pagePath = join(projectDir, "app/page.ts");
-        const [firstPath, secondPath] = await Promise.all([
-          transformModuleWithDeps(
-            pagePath,
-            tmpDir,
-            config.adapter,
-            { ...config, moduleCache: new Map() },
-          ),
-          transformModuleWithDeps(
-            pagePath,
-            tmpDir,
-            config.adapter,
-            { ...config, moduleCache: new Map() },
-          ),
-        ]);
-        assertStrictEquals(firstPath, secondPath);
+        const moduleCache = new Map<string, string>();
+        const paths = await Promise.all(
+          Array.from({ length: 8 }, () =>
+            transformModuleWithDeps(
+              pagePath,
+              tmpDir,
+              config.adapter,
+              { ...config, moduleCache },
+            )),
+        );
+        const firstPath = paths[0]!;
+        for (const path of paths) assertStrictEquals(path, firstPath);
 
-        const [firstNamespace, secondNamespace] = await Promise.all([
-          import(toFileUrl(firstPath).href),
-          import(toFileUrl(secondPath).href),
-        ]);
-        const [firstCycleNamespace, secondCycleNamespace] = await Promise.all([
-          firstNamespace.later(),
-          secondNamespace.later(),
-        ]);
+        const namespaces = await Promise.all(
+          paths.map((path) => import(toFileUrl(path).href)),
+        );
+        const cycleNamespaces = await Promise.all(
+          namespaces.map((namespace) => namespace.later()),
+        );
 
-        assertStrictEquals(firstNamespace, secondNamespace);
-        assertStrictEquals(firstCycleNamespace, firstNamespace);
-        assertStrictEquals(secondCycleNamespace, secondNamespace);
-        for (const namespace of [firstNamespace, secondNamespace]) {
+        for (let index = 0; index < namespaces.length; index++) {
+          const namespace = namespaces[index]!;
+          assertStrictEquals(namespace, namespaces[0]);
+          assertStrictEquals(cycleNamespaces[index], namespace);
           const wrapperUrl = namespace.wrapperUrl as string;
           const wrapperPath = fromFileUrl(wrapperUrl);
           assertStringIncludes(wrapperUrl, "/veryfront-cycle-manifests/");
-          assertEquals(namespace.wrapperUrl, wrapperUrl);
           assertEquals(namespace.bracketUrl, wrapperUrl);
           assertEquals(namespace.aliasUrl, wrapperUrl);
           assertEquals(namespace.filename, wrapperPath);
diff --git a/src/rendering/orchestrator/module-loader/module-persistence.test.ts b/src/rendering/orchestrator/module-loader/module-persistence.test.ts
index 1f3d3bdfa2..6551ce4b3a 100644
--- a/src/rendering/orchestrator/module-loader/module-persistence.test.ts
+++ b/src/rendering/orchestrator/module-loader/module-persistence.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import "#veryfront/schemas/_test-setup.ts";
-import { assert, assertEquals, assertNotEquals } from "#veryfront/testing/assert.ts";
+import { assert, assertEquals, assertNotEquals, assertRejects } from "#veryfront/testing/assert.ts";
 import { afterEach, describe, it } from "#veryfront/testing/bdd.ts";
 import { basename, dirname, join } from "#veryfront/compat/path/index.ts";
 import { getLocalAdapter } from "#veryfront/platform/adapters/registry.ts";
 import {
   makeTempDir,
   mkdir,
+  readDir,
   readTextFile,
   remove,
   writeTextFile,
@@ -39,6 +40,15 @@ function deferred<T = void>(): {
   return { promise, resolve, reject };
 }
 
+/** Names of the staging files a cycle publish left behind in its directory. */
+async function stagedArtifactLeftovers(artifactPath: string): Promise<string[]> {
+  const leftovers: string[] = [];
+  for await (const entry of readDir(dirname(artifactPath))) {
+    if (entry.name.startsWith(`${basename(artifactPath)}.pending-`)) leftovers.push(entry.name);
+  }
+  return leftovers;
+}
+
 describe("module-loader/module-persistence", () => {
   const beforeDrainCleanups: Array<() => void> = [];
   const afterDrainAssertions: Array<() => void> = [];
@@ -139,6 +149,103 @@ describe("module-loader/module-persistence", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("publishes concurrent cycle artifacts only from complete staged files", async () => {
+    const projectDir = await makeTempDir({ prefix: "vf-module-persist-project-" });
+    const tmpDir = await makeTempDir({ prefix: "vf-module-persist-out-" });
+    const localAdapter = await getLocalAdapter();
+    const cycleArtifactPath = join(tmpDir, "cycle/artifact.js");
+    const writes: string[] = [];
+    const renames: Array<[string, string]> = [];
+    const fs = Object.create(localAdapter.fs) as typeof localAdapter.fs;
+    fs.writeFile = async (path, content) => {
+      writes.push(path);
+      await localAdapter.fs.writeFile(path, content);
+    };
+    fs.rename = async (from, to) => {
+      renames.push([from, to]);
+      await localAdapter.fs.rename!(from, to);
+    };
+    const adapter = Object.create(localAdapter) as typeof localAdapter;
+    Object.defineProperty(adapter, "fs", { value: fs });
+
+    try {
+      const paths = await Promise.all(
+        Array.from({ length: 8 }, (_, index) =>
+          persistTransformedModule({
+            filePath: join(projectDir, "app/page.ts"),
+            projectDir,
+            tmpDir,
+            transformedCode: "export const page = 1;",
+            localAdapter: adapter,
+            moduleCache: new Map(),
+            cacheKey: `cycle-${index}`,
+            cycleArtifactPath,
+          })),
+      );
+
+      assertEquals(paths, Array(8).fill(cycleArtifactPath));
+      assert(
+        writes.every((path) =>
+          path !== cycleArtifactPath && path.startsWith(`${cycleArtifactPath}.pending-`)
+        ),
+        "cycle writers must stage complete bytes away from the published path",
+      );
+      assertEquals(renames.length, 1, "identical later writers must reuse the durable artifact");
+      assertEquals(renames[0]?.[1], cycleArtifactPath);
+      assertEquals(await readTextFile(cycleArtifactPath), "export const page = 1;");
+      assertEquals(
+        await stagedArtifactLeftovers(cycleArtifactPath),
+        [],
+        "a finished publish must leave no staged file behind",
+      );
+    } finally {
+      await remove(projectDir, { recursive: true }).catch(() => undefined);
+      await remove(tmpDir, { recursive: true }).catch(() => undefined);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("fails closed and clears staging when a cycle artifact path holds other bytes", async () => {
+    const projectDir = await makeTempDir({ prefix: "vf-module-persist-project-" });
+    const tmpDir = await makeTempDir({ prefix: "vf-module-persist-out-" });
+    const localAdapter = await getLocalAdapter();
+    const cycleArtifactPath = join(tmpDir, "cycle/artifact.js");
+
+    try {
+      await mkdir(dirname(cycleArtifactPath), { recursive: true });
+      await writeTextFile(cycleArtifactPath, "export const page = 0;");
+
+      await assertRejects(
+        () =>
+          persistTransformedModule({
+            filePath: join(projectDir, "app/page.ts"),
+            projectDir,
+            tmpDir,
+            transformedCode: "export const page = 1;",
+            localAdapter,
+            moduleCache: new Map(),
+            cacheKey: "cycle-conflict",
+            cycleArtifactPath,
+          }),
+        Error,
+        "Cycle artifact path contains conflicting content",
+      );
+
+      assertEquals(
+        await readTextFile(cycleArtifactPath),
+        "export const page = 0;",
+        "a conflicting publish must not replace the bytes already at the path",
+      );
+      assertEquals(
+        await stagedArtifactLeftovers(cycleArtifactPath),
+        [],
+        "a rejected publish must leave no staged file behind",
+      );
+    } finally {
+      await remove(projectDir, { recursive: true }).catch(() => undefined);
+      await remove(tmpDir, { recursive: true }).catch(() => undefined);
+    }
+  });
+
   it("registers the artifact under the compile mode it was transformed with", async () => {
     const projectDir = await makeTempDir({ prefix: "vf-module-persist-project-" });
     const tmpDir = await makeTempDir({ prefix: "vf-module-persist-out-" });
diff --git a/src/rendering/orchestrator/module-loader/module-persistence.ts b/src/rendering/orchestrator/module-loader/module-persistence.ts
index 03bf9d7cc9..91f8ed6a07 100644
--- a/src/rendering/orchestrator/module-loader/module-persistence.ts
+++ b/src/rendering/orchestrator/module-loader/module-persistence.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 import type { RuntimeAdapter } from "#veryfront/platform/adapters/base.ts";
+import { CACHE_ERROR } from "#veryfront/errors";
 import { join } from "#veryfront/compat/path/index.ts";
 import { rendererLogger } from "#veryfront/utils";
 import { isCacheWriteRaceError } from "#veryfront/utils/cache-file-ops.ts";
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ const createdDirs = new Set<string>();
 type ModulePathCacheSave = (cacheDir: string) => Promise<void>;
 
 const pendingModulePathCacheSaves = new Set<Promise<void>>();
+const cycleArtifactPublications = new Map<string, Promise<void>>();
 let modulePathCacheSave: ModulePathCacheSave = saveModulePathCache;
 
 /** Prune oldest entries when cache exceeds limit. */
@@ -99,6 +101,69 @@ async function ensureDir(
   pruneCreatedDirs();
 }
 
+async function readExistingCycleArtifact(
+  adapter: RuntimeAdapter,
+  artifactPath: string,
+): Promise<string | undefined> {
+  try {
+    return await adapter.fs.readFile(artifactPath);
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (isNotFoundError(error)) return undefined;
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+async function publishCycleArtifact(
+  adapter: RuntimeAdapter,
+  artifactPath: string,
+  code: string,
+): Promise<void> {
+  const stagedPath = `${artifactPath}.pending-${crypto.randomUUID()}`;
+  try {
+    await adapter.fs.writeFile(stagedPath, code);
+    const previous = cycleArtifactPublications.get(artifactPath) ?? Promise.resolve();
+    const publication = previous.catch(() => undefined).then(async () => {
+      const existing = await readExistingCycleArtifact(adapter, artifactPath);
+      if (existing !== undefined) {
+        if (existing !== code) {
+          throw CACHE_ERROR.create({
+            detail: "Cycle artifact path contains conflicting content",
+          });
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+      if (!adapter.fs.rename) {
+        throw CACHE_ERROR.create({
+          detail: "Cycle artifact filesystem cannot publish an atomic replacement",
+        });
+      }
+      try {
+        await adapter.fs.rename(stagedPath, artifactPath);
+      } catch (error) {
+        // A different process can win after the read above. Reuse only the
+        // complete artifact with the exact immutable bytes this path denotes.
+        const raced = await readExistingCycleArtifact(adapter, artifactPath);
+        if (raced === code) return;
+        throw error;
+      }
+    }).finally(() => {
+      if (cycleArtifactPublications.get(artifactPath) === publication) {
+        cycleArtifactPublications.delete(artifactPath);
+      }
+    });
+    cycleArtifactPublications.set(artifactPath, publication);
+    await publication;
+  } finally {
+    try {
+      await adapter.fs.remove(stagedPath);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (!isNotFoundError(error)) {
+        logger.debug("Failed to remove a staged cycle artifact", { error });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 export interface PersistTransformedModuleInput {
   filePath: string;
   projectDir: string;
@@ -574,8 +639,13 @@ export async function persistTransformedModule(
     // Fall through to the write, which retries the mkdir on failure.
   });
 
+  const writeArtifact = () =>
+    input.cycleArtifactPath
+      ? publishCycleArtifact(input.localAdapter, tempFilePath, input.transformedCode)
+      : input.localAdapter.fs.writeFile(tempFilePath, input.transformedCode);
+
   try {
-    await input.localAdapter.fs.writeFile(tempFilePath, input.transformedCode);
+    await writeArtifact();
   } catch (error) {
     // The cache directory can vanish between mkdir and write — a manual
     // `rm -rf .cache`, a cache sweep, or a mkdir that never actually landed.
@@ -591,7 +661,7 @@ export async function persistTransformedModule(
 
     try {
       await ensureDir(input.localAdapter, tempDir, true);
-      await input.localAdapter.fs.writeFile(tempFilePath, input.transformedCode);
+      await writeArtifact();
       logger.debug("Recreated module cache directory after failed write", { tempDir });
     } catch (retryError) {
       logger.error("Failed to write module:", {