diff --git a/src/js/node/_http_server.ts b/src/js/node/_http_server.ts
index 282248b5675b..b8557bf037a0 100644
--- a/src/js/node/_http_server.ts
+++ b/src/js/node/_http_server.ts
@@ -3082,9 +3082,6 @@ ServerResponse.prototype.writeContinue = function (cb) {
 // But we don't want it for the fetch() response version.
 ServerResponse.prototype.end = function (chunk, encoding, callback) {
   const handle = this[kHandle];
-  if (handle?.aborted) {
-    return this;
-  }
 
   if ($isCallable(chunk)) {
     callback = chunk;
@@ -3111,20 +3108,13 @@ ServerResponse.prototype.end = function (chunk, encoding, callback) {
   }
 
   if (!handle) {
-    // Read the storage directly - the `socket` getter auto-creates a
-    // FakeSocket and would make this condition always true.
-    if (this[fakeSocketSymbol] || this.outputData?.length || !this._header) {
-      // Standalone response writing through an assigned socket (or buffering
-      // until one is assigned): use the OutgoingMessage machinery. The
-      // original chunk passes through (mirroring write()): write_() has its
-      // own !_hasBody handling, including the rejectNonStandardBodyWrites
-      // throw, which the clearing below would bypass.
-      return OutgoingMessagePrototype.end.$call(this, chunk, encoding, callback);
-    }
-    if ($isCallable(callback)) {
-      process.nextTick(callback);
-    }
-    return this;
+    // Standalone response (no native handle): use the OutgoingMessage
+    // machinery unconditionally so `finished` / `writableEnded` transition and
+    // the chunk is buffered into outputData like Node.js, regardless of whether
+    // writeHead() rendered `_header` first. The original chunk passes through
+    // (mirroring write()): write_() has its own !_hasBody handling, including
+    // the rejectNonStandardBodyWrites throw.
+    return OutgoingMessagePrototype.end.$call(this, chunk, encoding, callback);
   }
 
   if (this[headerStateSymbol] === NodeHTTPHeaderState.none) {
@@ -3166,9 +3156,22 @@ ServerResponse.prototype.end = function (chunk, encoding, callback) {
 
   const flags = handle.flags;
   if (!!(flags & NodeHTTPResponseFlags.closed_or_completed)) {
-    // node.js will return true if the handle is closed but the internal state is not
-    // and will not throw or emit an error
-    return true;
+    // The underlying socket is already closed (or the response completed
+    // natively). Node.js's OutgoingMessage.end() still transitions to
+    // `finished` and emits 'prefinish' in this state; the `finish` callback
+    // that would emit 'finish' is dropped by _writeRaw()'s conn.destroyed
+    // early-return, so 'finish' never fires and the end() callback (registered
+    // on 'finish') is never called. 'close' is emitted by the socket close
+    // path.
+    this._header = " ";
+    const req = this.req;
+    if (!req._consuming && !req?._readableState?.resumeScheduled) {
+      req._dump();
+    }
+    this.finished = true;
+    process.nextTick(markResponseEndedNT, this);
+    this.emit("prefinish");
+    return this;
   }
   const sentState = NodeHTTPHeaderState.sent;
   if (headerState !== sentState) {
@@ -3335,9 +3338,9 @@ ServerResponse.prototype.write = function (chunk, encoding, callback) {
 
   const flags = handle.flags;
   if (!!(flags & NodeHTTPResponseFlags.closed_or_completed)) {
-    // node.js will return true if the handle is closed but the internal state is not
-    // and will not throw or emit an error
-    return true;
+    // Node.js's OutgoingMessage._writeRaw() returns false when the assigned
+    // socket is destroyed; the write callback is dropped (never invoked).
+    return false;
   }
 
   if (this[headerStateSymbol] !== NodeHTTPHeaderState.sent) {
diff --git a/test/js/node/http/node-http-proxy.js b/test/js/node/http/node-http-proxy.js
index 8b82678ae9e4..0fca7f899e19 100644
--- a/test/js/node/http/node-http-proxy.js
+++ b/test/js/node/http/node-http-proxy.js
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ export async function run() {
     req.pipe(proxyRequest); // Use pipe instead of manual data handling
   });
 
-  proxyServer.listen(0, "localhost", async () => {
+  proxyServer.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", async () => {
     const address = proxyServer.address();
 
     const options = {
       protocol: "http:",
-      hostname: "localhost",
+      hostname: "127.0.0.1",
       port: address.port,
       path: "/", // Change path to /
       headers: {
diff --git a/test/js/node/http/node-http-server-abort-events.test.ts b/test/js/node/http/node-http-server-abort-events.test.ts
index ac148f126e44..14cd0abe2be9 100644
--- a/test/js/node/http/node-http-server-abort-events.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/node/http/node-http-server-abort-events.test.ts
@@ -47,3 +47,64 @@ test("aborted request body emits 'error' ECONNRESET and res 'close' before req '
     server.close();
   }
 });
+
+test("res.write()/end() after req.socket.destroy() inside the handler", async () => {
+  // The request handler destroys its own socket before writing: write() must
+  // report false (Node.js's OutgoingMessage._writeRaw returns false for a
+  // destroyed socket) and end() must still transition to `finished` /
+  // `writableEnded` and emit 'prefinish', without emitting 'finish'.
+  const events: string[] = [];
+  const { promise: resClosed, resolve: resolveResClosed } = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
+  let writeResult: boolean | undefined;
+  let endReturnedSelf: boolean | undefined;
+  let finishedAfterEnd: boolean | undefined;
+  let writableEndedAfterEnd: boolean | undefined;
+  let writeCbCalled = false;
+  let endCbCalled = false;
+
+  const server = createServer((req, res) => {
+    res.on("prefinish", () => events.push("res.prefinish"));
+    res.on("finish", () => events.push("res.finish"));
+    res.on("close", () => {
+      events.push("res.close");
+      resolveResClosed();
+    });
+
+    req.socket.destroy();
+    writeResult = res.write("body", () => (writeCbCalled = true));
+    endReturnedSelf = res.end("done", () => (endCbCalled = true)) === res;
+    finishedAfterEnd = res.finished;
+    writableEndedAfterEnd = res.writableEnded;
+  });
+  try {
+    server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1");
+    await once(server, "listening");
+    const { port } = server.address() as AddressInfo;
+
+    const client = connect(port, "127.0.0.1");
+    client.on("error", () => {});
+    await once(client, "connect");
+    client.write("GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: x\r\n\r\n");
+    await resClosed;
+
+    expect({
+      writeResult,
+      endReturnedSelf,
+      finishedAfterEnd,
+      writableEndedAfterEnd,
+      writeCbCalled,
+      endCbCalled,
+      events,
+    }).toEqual({
+      writeResult: false,
+      endReturnedSelf: true,
+      finishedAfterEnd: true,
+      writableEndedAfterEnd: true,
+      writeCbCalled: false,
+      endCbCalled: false,
+      events: ["res.prefinish", "res.close"],
+    });
+  } finally {
+    server.close();
+  }
+});
diff --git a/test/js/node/http/node-http.test.ts b/test/js/node/http/node-http.test.ts
index a204e6d37259..6951284b555e 100644
--- a/test/js/node/http/node-http.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/node/http/node-http.test.ts
@@ -2878,6 +2878,35 @@ it("standalone ServerResponse discards body writes to a no-body response without
   expect(out).not.toContain("body");
 });
 
+it("standalone ServerResponse end() after writeHead() sets writableEnded (#25632)", async () => {
+  // With no native handle and no socket assigned, end() after writeHead() must
+  // still transition to `finished` / `writableEnded` and buffer the rendered
+  // header block into outputData, like Node.js's OutgoingMessage.end().
+  const res = new ServerResponse(new IncomingMessage(null as any));
+  res.writeHead(403);
+  res.end("forbidden");
+  expect({ finished: res.finished, writableEnded: res.writableEnded }).toEqual({
+    finished: true,
+    writableEnded: true,
+  });
+  const buffered = (res as any).outputData.map((x: any) => String(x.data)).join("");
+  expect(buffered).toStartWith("HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden\r\n");
+  expect(buffered).toEndWith("\r\n\r\nforbidden");
+
+  // And with end() alone (no chunk), the end() callback is registered on
+  // 'finish' (which never fires without a socket), not invoked via nextTick.
+  const res2 = new ServerResponse(new IncomingMessage(null as any));
+  let cbCalled = false;
+  res2.writeHead(200);
+  res2.end(() => (cbCalled = true));
+  expect({ finished: res2.finished, writableEnded: res2.writableEnded }).toEqual({
+    finished: true,
+    writableEnded: true,
+  });
+  await new Promise<void>(r => process.nextTick(r));
+  expect(cbCalled).toBe(false);
+});
+
 it("flushHeaders on a 204 response carries no chunked framing", async () => {
   // noBodyStatus must suppress the Transfer-Encoding header in flushHeaders()
   // and the terminating chunk in internalEnd(), like the one-shot end() path.