diff --git a/src/javascript/recovery/RecoveryFiles.ownership.test.ts b/src/javascript/recovery/RecoveryFiles.ownership.test.ts
index 80b578ce8c..d4b3155272 100644
--- a/src/javascript/recovery/RecoveryFiles.ownership.test.ts
+++ b/src/javascript/recovery/RecoveryFiles.ownership.test.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,16 @@ import { afterEach, expect, it, onTestFinished, vi } from "vitest";
 import { ArtifactResourceScope } from "../../artifacts/ArtifactResourceScope.js";
 import { ArtifactFileCleanupFailure } from "../../artifacts/ArtifactFileOperation.js";
 import { createTestTempDirectory } from "../../../tests/fixtures/temporaryDirectory.js";
-import { inventoryRecoveryFiles, readRecoveryFile } from "./RecoveryFiles.js";
+import {
+  fingerprintRecoveryFile,
+  inventoryRecoveryFiles,
+  readRecoveryFile,
+} from "./RecoveryFiles.js";
 
 const closeFault = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   path: undefined as string | undefined,
   denied: false,
+  cancel: undefined as AbortController | undefined,
   handles: [] as FileHandle[],
   failure: new Error("controlled recovery descriptor close failure"),
 }));
@@ -57,6 +62,7 @@ vi.mock("node:fs/promises", async (importOriginal) => {
           if (handle.fd >= 0) await close();
         });
         handle.close = async () => {
+          closeFault.cancel?.abort();
           if (closeFault.denied) throw closeFault.failure;
           await close();
         };
@@ -73,6 +79,7 @@ afterEach(() => {
   directoryFault.closeAttempts = 0;
   closeFault.path = undefined;
   closeFault.denied = false;
+  closeFault.cancel = undefined;
   closeFault.handles = [];
 });
 
@@ -165,3 +172,29 @@ it.each([
     expect(resources.hasPending).toBe(true);
   },
 );
+
+it("retains completed hash facts and the exact reason when cancellation arrives during file close", async () => {
+  const { path, bytes } = await selectedFile();
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  const resources = new ArtifactResourceScope();
+  closeFault.cancel = controller;
+  const failure: unknown = await fingerprintRecoveryFile(
+    path,
+    1024,
+    controller.signal,
+    resources,
+  ).catch((cause: unknown) => cause);
+  expect(failure).toMatchObject({
+    _tag: "AnalysisCancelledError",
+    cause: controller.signal.reason,
+    cleanupIncomplete: false,
+    partialObservation: {
+      kind: "file-snapshot-hash",
+      path,
+      bytes: bytes.length,
+      sha256: createHash("sha256").update(bytes).digest("hex"),
+    },
+  });
+  expect(closeFault.handles[0]?.fd).toBe(-1);
+  await resources.close();
+});
diff --git a/src/javascript/recovery/RecoveryFiles.ts b/src/javascript/recovery/RecoveryFiles.ts
index 2f71c6aea2..d5793dde9c 100644
--- a/src/javascript/recovery/RecoveryFiles.ts
+++ b/src/javascript/recovery/RecoveryFiles.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   ArtifactFileCleanupFailure,
   withArtifactRegularFile,
 } from "../../artifacts/ArtifactFileOperation.js";
+import { fileSnapshotPartialObservationSchema } from "../../domain/fileSnapshotObservation.js";
 import { ArtifactReaderFailure } from "../../artifacts/ArtifactReader.js";
 import { ArtifactResourceScope } from "../../artifacts/ArtifactResourceScope.js";
 import { OwnedDirectoryHandle } from "../../filesystem/OwnedDirectoryHandle.js";
@@ -100,11 +101,17 @@ const scanRecoveryFile = async (
       },
     );
   } catch (cause: unknown) {
-    if (
-      cause instanceof ArtifactFileCleanupFailure ||
-      cause instanceof ArtifactFileCancelled
-    )
-      throw cause;
+    if (cause instanceof ArtifactFileCleanupFailure) throw cause;
+    if (cause instanceof ArtifactFileCancelled)
+      throw new AnalysisCancelledError(OPERATION, {
+        cause: cause.fileCancellation.reason,
+        partialObservation: fileSnapshotPartialObservationSchema.parse(
+          Object.assign({}, cause.fileCancellation.outcome.value, {
+            kind: "file-snapshot-hash",
+            path,
+          }),
+        ),
+      });
     if (cause instanceof ArtifactReaderFailure && cause.reason === "cancelled")
       throw new AnalysisCancelledError(OPERATION, {
         cause: artifactFileCancellationCause(cause),
@@ -182,8 +189,7 @@ const snapshotRecoveryInput = async (
       cause instanceof AnalysisCancelledError ||
       cause instanceof AnalysisAccessDeniedError ||
       cause instanceof AnalysisArtifactChangedError ||
-      cause instanceof ArtifactFileCleanupFailure ||
-      cause instanceof ArtifactFileCancelled
+      cause instanceof ArtifactFileCleanupFailure
     )
       throw cause;
     // The operation-wide input allowance is a deterministic byte budget, not
diff --git a/tests/boundary/javascript-recovery/wakaruFileOwnership.test.ts b/tests/boundary/javascript-recovery/wakaruFileOwnership.test.ts
index 7933622f69..98c687bee5 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/javascript-recovery/wakaruFileOwnership.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/javascript-recovery/wakaruFileOwnership.test.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
 import { access, readFile, type FileHandle } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { basename, join } from "node:path";
 import { afterEach, expect, it, onTestFinished, vi } from "vitest";
-import {
-  ArtifactFileCancelled,
-  ArtifactFileCleanupFailure,
-} from "../../../src/artifacts/ArtifactFileOperation.js";
+import { ArtifactFileCleanupFailure } from "../../../src/artifacts/ArtifactFileOperation.js";
 import { ProviderCleanupError } from "../../../src/domain/providerCleanupError.js";
 import { AnalysisCancelledError } from "../../../src/domain/analysisErrorCore.js";
 import {
@@ -177,20 +174,27 @@ linuxX64.each([
     expect(result.error).toBeInstanceOf(
       denied ? ProviderCleanupError : AnalysisCancelledError,
     );
-    const failure = result.error.cause;
-    const physical =
-      failure instanceof ArtifactFileCleanupFailure
-        ? failure.fileCleanupFailure
-        : failure instanceof ArtifactFileCancelled
-          ? failure.fileCancellation
-          : undefined;
-    expect(physical?.outcome).toMatchObject({
-      kind: "completed",
-      value: {
+    if (denied) {
+      const failure = result.error.cause;
+      expect(failure).toBeInstanceOf(ArtifactFileCleanupFailure);
+      if (!(failure instanceof ArtifactFileCleanupFailure))
+        throw new Error("Expected exact file cleanup owner");
+      expect(failure.fileCleanupFailure.outcome).toMatchObject({
+        kind: "completed",
+        value: {
+          bytes: bytes.length,
+          sha256: createHash("sha256").update(bytes).digest("hex"),
+        },
+      });
+    } else {
+      expect(result.error.cause).toBe(controller.signal.reason);
+      expect(result.error.partialObservation).toEqual({
+        kind: "file-snapshot-hash",
+        path: selected,
         bytes: bytes.length,
         sha256: createHash("sha256").update(bytes).digest("hex"),
-      },
-    });
+      });
+    }
     expect(fixture.launches).toHaveLength(0);
     if (denied) {
       expect(result.error.cleanupIncomplete).toBe(true);