diff --git a/src/jsc/bindings/c-bindings.cpp b/src/jsc/bindings/c-bindings.cpp
index a20749bef690..50794b9781be 100644
--- a/src/jsc/bindings/c-bindings.cpp
+++ b/src/jsc/bindings/c-bindings.cpp
@@ -933,9 +933,12 @@ static struct sigaction previous_actions[NSIG];
     M(SIGIO);
 
 #if OS(LINUX)
+// SIGPWR is intentionally excluded: JSC's GC uses it (see wtf/posix/ThreadingPOSIX.cpp,
+// g_wtfConfig.sigThreadSuspendResume) to suspend/resume threads for conservative stack
+// scanning. Replacing that handler here would break the suspend protocol and, via
+// SA_RESETHAND, revert SIGPWR to SIG_DFL so the next GC suspend terminates the process.
 #define FOR_EACH_LINUX_ONLY_SIGNAL(M) \
     M(SIGPOLL);                       \
-    M(SIGPWR);                        \
     M(SIGSTKFLT);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/test/js/bun/util/openInEditor.test.ts b/test/js/bun/util/openInEditor.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bb69634e0175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/js/bun/util/openInEditor.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { bunEnv, bunExe, isLinux, tempDirWithFiles } from "harness";
+import { chmodSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+
+// On Linux, JSC's GC uses SIGPWR to suspend/resume threads for conservative
+// stack scanning. Bun.openInEditor spawns the editor via the sync spawn path,
+// which installs signal-forwarding handlers for the duration of the spawn. If
+// SIGPWR is in that set, a concurrent GC's pthread_kill(SIGPWR) goes to the
+// forwarding handler instead of the suspend/resume handler, which either
+// deadlocks the GC (the semaphore is never posted) or, because the forwarding
+// handler uses SA_RESETHAND, resets SIGPWR to SIG_DFL so the next GC suspend
+// terminates the process with signal 30.
+test.skipIf(!isLinux)("Bun.openInEditor does not hijack the GC suspend/resume signal", async () => {
+  const dir = tempDirWithFiles("open-in-editor-gc", {
+    // The short sleep keeps the signal-forwarding window open long enough to
+    // overlap a GC on the main thread.
+    "code": "#!/bin/sh\nsleep 0.01\nexit 0\n",
+    "repro.js": `
+      for (let i = 0; i < 200; i++) {
+        try { Bun.openInEditor("/tmp/whatever", 1); } catch {}
+        Bun.gc(true);
+      }
+      console.log("survived");
+    `,
+  });
+  chmodSync(join(dir, "code"), 0o755);
+
+  await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+    cmd: [bunExe(), join(dir, "repro.js")],
+    env: {
+      ...bunEnv,
+      PATH: `${dir}:${bunEnv.PATH ?? process.env.PATH}`,
+      EDITOR: undefined,
+      VISUAL: undefined,
+    },
+    stdout: "pipe",
+    stderr: "pipe",
+  });
+
+  const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+
+  expect(proc.signalCode).toBeNull();
+  expect(stderr).toBe("");
+  expect(stdout.trim()).toBe("survived");
+  expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+});