diff --git a/packages/bun-types/bun.d.ts b/packages/bun-types/bun.d.ts
index 68ab17c234b7..979087413bc5 100644
--- a/packages/bun-types/bun.d.ts
+++ b/packages/bun-types/bun.d.ts
@@ -7220,10 +7220,10 @@ declare module "bun" {
      *
      * Entries beyond index 2 are `number` for `"pipe"` and `"socket-fd"` slots and,
      * on POSIX, for slots where a raw file descriptor was supplied (the same fd is
-     * returned). For `"pipe"`, the subprocess owns and closes the fd. For
-     * `"socket-fd"` and raw-fd slots, the fd remains owned by the caller and is
-     * never closed by the subprocess. Other slots — including raw fds on Windows —
-     * are `null`.
+     * returned). On POSIX, reading this property transfers ownership of any
+     * `"pipe"` fds to the caller, who is then responsible for closing them; the
+     * subprocess will not close them. `"socket-fd"` and raw-fd slots are likewise
+     * caller-owned. Other slots — including raw fds on Windows — are `null`.
      */
     readonly stdio: [null, null, null, ...(number | null)[]];
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/api/bun/subprocess.rs b/src/runtime/api/bun/subprocess.rs
index 26bb1f23b5ac..1f283326ca9a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/api/bun/subprocess.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/api/bun/subprocess.rs
@@ -860,6 +860,17 @@ impl Subprocess<'_> {
                 }
             }
         }
+        // The raw fd numbers are now visible to JS and the caller owns them.
+        // Downgrade so finalize_streams never closes a number JS may have
+        // already closed (whose value the kernel may have since recycled).
+        #[cfg(not(windows))]
+        this.stdio_pipes.with_mut(|pipes| {
+            for slot in pipes.iter_mut() {
+                if let ExtraPipe::OwnedFd(fd) = *slot {
+                    *slot = ExtraPipe::UnownedFd(fd);
+                }
+            }
+        });
         Ok(array)
     }
 
diff --git a/src/spawn_sys/spawn_process.rs b/src/spawn_sys/spawn_process.rs
index e89ace7df911..68c61877d544 100644
--- a/src/spawn_sys/spawn_process.rs
+++ b/src/spawn_sys/spawn_process.rs
@@ -461,8 +461,9 @@ pub struct PosixSpawnResult {
 
 /// Entry in `extra_pipes` for a stdio slot at index >= 3.
 pub enum ExtraPipe {
-    /// We created this fd (e.g. socketpair for `"pipe"`); expose it via
-    /// `Subprocess.stdio[N]` and close it in `finalizeStreams`.
+    /// We created this fd (e.g. socketpair for `"pipe"`); `finalizeStreams`
+    /// closes it. Downgraded to `UnownedFd` once `.stdio` is read (the caller
+    /// then owns the raw number and is responsible for closing it).
     OwnedFd(Fd),
     /// The caller supplied this fd in the stdio array; expose it via
     /// `Subprocess.stdio[N]` but never close it — the caller retains ownership.
diff --git a/test/js/bun/spawn/spawn.test.ts b/test/js/bun/spawn/spawn.test.ts
index df0a3b8cb762..2fed8247f00c 100644
--- a/test/js/bun/spawn/spawn.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/bun/spawn/spawn.test.ts
@@ -1033,6 +1033,45 @@ describe("close handling", () => {
         expect(() => fstatSync(fd as number)).toThrow(expect.objectContaining({ code: "EBADF" }));
       },
     );
+
+    it.skipIf(isWindows)("'pipe' at index >= 3: reading .stdio transfers fd ownership to the caller", async () => {
+      // Once .stdio exposes the raw fd number, JS owns it; the Subprocess
+      // finalizer must not close that number again at GC time (the kernel may
+      // have recycled it). Run in a child so a debug abort shows as exit != 0.
+      const fixture = /* js */ `
+        const fs = require("node:fs");
+        let hits = 0;
+        for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+          let p = Bun.spawn({
+            cmd: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "printf hi >&3"],
+            stdio: ["ignore", "ignore", "ignore", "pipe"],
+          });
+          await p.exited;
+          const fd = p.stdio[3];
+          if (typeof fd !== "number") throw new Error("stdio[3] not a number: " + fd);
+          const b = Buffer.alloc(8);
+          if (fs.readSync(fd, b) !== 2 || b.subarray(0, 2).toString() !== "hi")
+            throw new Error("stdio[3] unreadable");
+          fs.closeSync(fd);
+          const victim = fs.openSync(process.execPath, "r");
+          p = null;
+          Bun.gc(true);
+          await Bun.sleep(0);
+          Bun.gc(true);
+          try { fs.fstatSync(victim); } catch { hits++; }
+          try { fs.closeSync(victim); } catch {}
+        }
+        if (hits) throw new Error("finalizer closed " + hits + "/4 recycled fds");
+        console.log("PASS");
+      `;
+      await using proc = spawn({
+        cmd: [bunExe(), "-e", fixture],
+        env: bunEnv,
+        stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
+      });
+      const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+      expect({ stdout: stdout.trim(), stderr, exitCode }).toEqual({ stdout: "PASS", stderr: "", exitCode: 0 });
+    });
   });
 });