diff --git a/src/jsc/bindings/c-bindings.cpp b/src/jsc/bindings/c-bindings.cpp
index 1ead5980b9ba..a60cf1f596eb 100644
--- a/src/jsc/bindings/c-bindings.cpp
+++ b/src/jsc/bindings/c-bindings.cpp
@@ -373,9 +373,9 @@ static char* shared_header_buffer_get()
     return buffer.get();
 }
 
-// A Worker returns out of shutdown() instead of calling pthread_exit, and the process can exit
-// before its TLS destructors run, so the worker releases this explicitly at teardown. The getter
-// re-allocates on demand.
+// Bun compiles with -fno-c++-static-destructors, so the thread_local above is never destroyed when
+// a worker thread exits; the worker releases it explicitly at teardown (WebWorker::shutdown). The
+// getter re-allocates on demand.
 extern "C" void Bun__freeSharedHeaderBufferForThreadExit()
 {
     shared_header_buffer_slot().reset();
diff --git a/src/jsc/bindings/webcore/EventNames.cpp b/src/jsc/bindings/webcore/EventNames.cpp
index c97850e07e5f..ed3cc3dbdeb5 100644
--- a/src/jsc/bindings/webcore/EventNames.cpp
+++ b/src/jsc/bindings/webcore/EventNames.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ const EventNames& eventNames()
     return *eventNames_;
 }
 
+// Bun compiles with -fno-c++-static-destructors, so eventNames_ is never destroyed when its thread
+// exits. A worker thread frees its table on the way out (WebWorker::shutdown), while the thread's
+// AtomStringTable that holds these atoms is still alive; WebCore does the same in
+// ThreadGlobalData::destroy().
+extern "C" void Bun__destroyEventNamesForThreadExit()
+{
+    eventNames_.reset();
+}
+
 enum class DOMEventName : uint8_t {
     rename = 0,
     change = 1,
diff --git a/src/jsc/web_worker.rs b/src/jsc/web_worker.rs
index ce6fca61493a..fc1594e5b1f7 100644
--- a/src/jsc/web_worker.rs
+++ b/src/jsc/web_worker.rs
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ unsafe extern "C" {
         message: &mut BunString,
         err: JSValue,
     );
+    safe fn Bun__destroyEventNamesForThreadExit();
     safe fn Bun__freeSharedHeaderBufferForThreadExit();
     // Raw FFI (no RAII guard) so `thread_main` can take the API lock and abandon
     // it with the VM — see the note there.
@@ -1047,9 +1048,11 @@ impl WebWorker {
             // gone so its raw `transpiler.env` borrow is dead.
             drop(unsafe { bun_core::heap::take(env_loader) });
         }
-        // This thread's C++ thread_local destructors are not guaranteed to run
-        // before the process exits, so free the HPACK scratch buffer that any
-        // http2 session on this thread allocated.
+        // C++ is built with -fno-c++-static-destructors, so nothing a C++
+        // thread_local owns is freed when this thread returns: release the
+        // per-thread state script on this thread populated (the event-name
+        // atoms, any http2 session's HPACK scratch buffer) by hand.
+        Bun__destroyEventNamesForThreadExit();
         Bun__freeSharedHeaderBufferForThreadExit();
         drop(arena.take());
         log!(
diff --git a/test/js/node/worker_threads/worker-shutdown-post-leak.test.ts b/test/js/node/worker_threads/worker-shutdown-post-leak.test.ts
index b6b03722c6be..1d37459d0553 100644
--- a/test/js/node/worker_threads/worker-shutdown-post-leak.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/node/worker_threads/worker-shutdown-post-leak.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
-import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
-import { bunEnv, bunExe, isASAN, isWindows } from "harness";
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { bunEnv, bunExe, isASAN, isWindows, tempDir } from "harness";
 import { join } from "path";
 
+// Every test here starts a worker VM under debug+ASAN and then runs LSan over
+// the exiting process, which already takes a few seconds on a loaded machine;
+// symbolizing a report against the debug binary takes tens of seconds more.
+const LEAK_TEST_TIMEOUT = 90_000;
+
 // A worker's shutdown used to drain its concurrent queue and only then mark
 // the context terminating. A cross-thread postTaskTo landing in between (the
 // parent's stdio-backpressure ack, any MessagePort scheduleDrain) was enqueued
@@ -46,4 +51,93 @@ test.skipIf(!isASAN || isWindows)(
     const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
     expect({ stdout, stderr, exitCode }).toEqual({ stdout: "", stderr: "", exitCode: 0 });
   },
+  LEAK_TEST_TIMEOUT,
 );
+
+// WebCore::eventNames() keeps its table of event-name atoms in a C++
+// thread_local, and Bun compiles with -fno-c++-static-destructors, so the table
+// was never freed when a worker thread exited. Every worker allocates one the
+// moment it comes online (WorkerMessagingProxy::workerGlobalScopeStarted, right
+// after its entry script has run), even a worker whose script is empty, so the
+// cases below only differ in how the thread ends; a worker that exits or
+// registers listeners itself does so from a callback, once it is online.
+// Malloc=1 makes WTF's fastMalloc use the system allocator, which is what lets
+// LSan see the table at all.
+describe.concurrent("a worker thread frees its event name table when it exits", () => {
+  const lsanEnv = {
+    ...bunEnv,
+    BUN_DESTRUCT_VM_ON_EXIT: "1",
+    Malloc: "1",
+    ASAN_OPTIONS: [bunEnv.ASAN_OPTIONS, "detect_leaks=1"].filter(Boolean).join(":"),
+    LSAN_OPTIONS: `print_suppressions=0:suppressions=${join(import.meta.dirname, "../../../leaksan.supp")}`,
+  };
+
+  test.skipIf(!isASAN || isWindows).each([
+    {
+      route: "worker_threads Worker whose event loop drains",
+      files: {
+        "main.mjs": `
+          import { Worker } from "node:worker_threads";
+          new Worker("", { eval: true }).on("exit", code => console.log("exit", code));
+        `,
+      },
+      stdout: "exit 0\n",
+    },
+    {
+      route: "worker_threads Worker that calls process.exit()",
+      files: {
+        "main.mjs": `
+          import { Worker } from "node:worker_threads";
+          new Worker("setImmediate(() => process.exit(7));", { eval: true }).on("exit", code => console.log("exit", code));
+        `,
+      },
+      stdout: "exit 7\n",
+    },
+    {
+      route: "worker_threads Worker terminated by its parent while it listens on parentPort",
+      files: {
+        "main.mjs": `
+          import { Worker } from "node:worker_threads";
+          const worker = new Worker(
+            \`
+              const { parentPort } = require("node:worker_threads");
+              setImmediate(() => {
+                parentPort.on("message", () => {});
+                parentPort.postMessage("listening");
+              });
+            \`,
+            { eval: true },
+          );
+          worker.on("message", () => worker.terminate());
+          worker.on("exit", () => console.log("terminated"));
+        `,
+      },
+      stdout: "terminated\n",
+    },
+    {
+      route: "Web Worker whose event loop drains",
+      files: {
+        "main.mjs": `
+          new Worker(new URL("./worker.js", import.meta.url)).addEventListener("close", () => console.log("close"));
+        `,
+        "worker.js": "",
+      },
+      stdout: "close\n",
+    },
+  ])(
+    "$route",
+    async ({ files, stdout: expectedStdout }) => {
+      using dir = tempDir("worker-event-names", files);
+      await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+        cmd: [bunExe(), "main.mjs"],
+        cwd: String(dir),
+        env: lsanEnv,
+        stdout: "pipe",
+        stderr: "pipe",
+      });
+      const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+      expect({ stdout, stderr, exitCode }).toEqual({ stdout: expectedStdout, stderr: "", exitCode: 0 });
+    },
+    LEAK_TEST_TIMEOUT,
+  );
+});