diff --git a/packages/fs/fs-local/src/fsio.ts b/packages/fs/fs-local/src/fsio.ts
index 6a2b5a28cc..a22097699a 100644
--- a/packages/fs/fs-local/src/fsio.ts
+++ b/packages/fs/fs-local/src/fsio.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,22 @@ function throwIfAborted(signal: AbortSignal | undefined, verb: string): void {
   if (signal?.aborted) throw new FsError(`${verb} aborted`, 'FS_ABORTED')
 }
 
+/**
+ * `readFile` with the supplied signal, translating a mid-read `AbortError` into
+ * the seam's structured `FsError('FS_ABORTED')` (Node rejects an aborted
+ * `readFile` with a bare `AbortError`, which would otherwise escape the seam's
+ * error taxonomy — the streaming/write paths translate it the same way).
+ */
+async function readFileAbortable(absolutePath: string, verb: 'read' | 'edit', signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<Buffer> {
+  try {
+    return await readFile(absolutePath, signal ? { signal } : {})
+  } catch (error: unknown) {
+    /* v8 ignore next 2 -- a non-abort readFile rejection needs a permission/IO fault racing an open file. */
+    if (!isAbortError(error)) throw error
+    throw new FsError(`${verb} aborted`, 'FS_ABORTED')
+  }
+}
+
 /** Opaque version token from a stat: mtime (ns precision) + size. */
 function versionOf(info: Stats): FsVersion {
   return FsVersion(`${info.mtimeMs}:${info.size}`)
@@ -178,7 +194,7 @@ async function statRegularFile(target: LocalTarget, verb: 'read', signal?: Abort
  */
 export async function readWholeText(target: LocalTarget, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<string> {
   await statRegularFile(target, 'read', signal)
-  const raw = await readFile(target.targetKey, signal ? { signal } : {})
+  const raw = await readFileAbortable(target.targetKey, 'read', signal)
   throwIfAborted(signal, 'read')
   if (raw.subarray(0, BINARY_SAMPLE_BYTES).includes(0)) {
     throw new FsError(`cannot read "${target.displayPath}": binary file`, 'FS_NOT_TEXT')
@@ -330,7 +346,7 @@ export async function readForEdit(
   signal?: AbortSignal,
 ): Promise<{ content: string; lineEndings: LineEndings }> {
   throwIfAborted(signal, 'edit')
-  const buffer = await readFile(absolutePath, signal ? { signal } : {})
+  const buffer = await readFileAbortable(absolutePath, 'edit', signal)
   throwIfAborted(signal, 'edit')
   if (buffer.includes(0)) throw new FsError(`cannot edit "${displayPath}": binary file`, 'FS_NOT_TEXT')
   const raw = decodeUtf8(buffer, 'edit', displayPath)
diff --git a/packages/fs/fs-local/tests/fsio.spec.ts b/packages/fs/fs-local/tests/fsio.spec.ts
index 13ab9ed860..cb469c7466 100644
--- a/packages/fs/fs-local/tests/fsio.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/fs/fs-local/tests/fsio.spec.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ describe('probe', () => {
   it('reports a socket/special file as type "other"', async () => {
     const sockPath = join(dir, 'sock')
     const server = createServer()
-    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => { server.listen(sockPath, () => { resolve() }) })
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+      server.once('error', reject)
+      server.listen(sockPath, () => { resolve() })
+    })
     try {
       expect((await probe(sockPath))?.type).toBe('other')
     } finally {
@@ -133,6 +136,17 @@ describe('readWholeText', () => {
     await writeFile(file, 'one\ntwo')
     expect(await readWholeText(localTarget(file), new AbortController().signal)).toBe('one\ntwo')
   })
+
+  it('translates a mid-read AbortError into FS_ABORTED', async () => {
+    const file = join(dir, 'a.txt')
+    await writeFile(file, 'one\ntwo')
+    const ac = new AbortController()
+    // Abort after the synchronous entry check but before readFile runs (the
+    // stat await yields control back here), so readFile rejects AbortError.
+    const pending = readWholeText(localTarget(file), ac.signal)
+    ac.abort()
+    await expect(pending).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'FS_ABORTED' })
+  })
 })
 
 describe('streamWholeText', () => {
@@ -281,4 +295,14 @@ describe('readForEdit + restoreLineEndings', () => {
     const original = await readForEdit(file, file, new AbortController().signal)
     expect(original.content).toBe('one\ntwo')
   })
+
+  it('translates a mid-read AbortError into FS_ABORTED', async () => {
+    const file = join(dir, 'a.txt')
+    await writeFile(file, 'one\ntwo')
+    const ac = new AbortController()
+    // Abort after the synchronous entry check, while readFile is pending.
+    const pending = readForEdit(file, file, ac.signal)
+    ac.abort()
+    await expect(pending).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'FS_ABORTED' })
+  })
 })