diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/lower-classes.ts b/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/lower-classes.ts
index 6a24b5417..a10874928 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/lower-classes.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/lower-classes.ts
@@ -2680,7 +2680,7 @@ export function collectClassShapeInner(
             type.kind === "void" ||
             (type.kind === "dyn" &&
               !isJsSourceFile(member.getSourceFile()) &&
-              !lowerer.classImplementedProtocol(inferred))
+              !lowerer.classFieldStoresDyn(inferred))
           )
             lowerer.badType(member, inferred);
           if (isJsSourceFile(member.getSourceFile())) {
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/lowerer.ts b/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/lowerer.ts
index 145fb3ae6..f933b8f5c 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/lowerer.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/lowerer.ts
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ import {
   isOsConstantsSymbol,
   isUnitOnlyTsType,
   isWorkerHandleType,
+  isFetchHandleType,
   jsOpenObjectType,
   mapType,
   ShapeRegistry,
@@ -3004,12 +3005,14 @@ export class Lowerer {
   /** Declared class fields may store a DYN value only when its static type
    * is `unknown` or `object` (also with `null` or `undefined`, or an array
    * of those), names checked protocol identity, or is an owned runtime
-   * handle (a Worker or MessagePort); `any` fields stay refused. */
+   * handle (a Worker or MessagePort, or a fetch Headers/Request/Response);
+   * `any` fields stay refused. */
   classFieldStoresDyn(type: ts.Type): boolean {
     return (
       this.opaqueValueType(type) ||
       this.classImplementedProtocol(type) ||
-      isWorkerHandleType(type, this.typeCtx)
+      isWorkerHandleType(type, this.typeCtx) ||
+      isFetchHandleType(type, this.typeCtx)
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/frontend/type-mapper.ts b/packages/compiler/src/frontend/type-mapper.ts
index f37703fd8..8089304f0 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/frontend/type-mapper.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/frontend/type-mapper.ts
@@ -1313,6 +1313,40 @@ export function isWorkerHandleType(
   return handle;
 }
 
+/** The native fetch handles (Headers, Request, Response), optionally in
+ * arrays or with null/undefined: checked-dynamic handles wherever they are
+ * stored, like the worker handles above. */
+export function isFetchHandleType(
+  type: ts.Type,
+  ctx: Pick<TypeMapperCtx, "checker" | "isStdlibFile">,
+): boolean {
+  const members = type.isUnionType() ? ts.constituentTypes(type) : [type];
+  let handle = false;
+  for (const member of members) {
+    if (member.flags & (ts.TypeFlags.Null | ts.TypeFlags.Undefined)) continue;
+    if (ctx.checker.isArrayType(member)) {
+      const element = ctx.checker.getTypeArguments(member as ts.TypeReference)[0];
+      if (element === undefined || !isFetchHandleType(element, ctx)) return false;
+    } else {
+      const symbol = member.getSymbol();
+      if (
+        !symbol ||
+        (symbol.name !== "Headers" && symbol.name !== "Request" && symbol.name !== "Response") ||
+        !ctx.checker
+          .declarationsOf(symbol)
+          .some(
+            (d) =>
+              (ts.isInterfaceDeclaration(d) || ts.isClassDeclaration(d)) &&
+              ctx.isStdlibFile(d.getSourceFile()),
+          )
+      )
+        return false;
+    }
+    handle = true;
+  }
+  return handle;
+}
+
 export function mapType(type: ts.Type, ctx: TypeMapperCtx): IrType | null {
   if (mapTypeDepth >= MAP_TYPE_MAX_DEPTH) return null;
   // These intrinsic domains cannot depend on generic bindings, declaration
diff --git a/tests/corpus/class-fetch-handle-fields.ts b/tests/corpus/class-fetch-handle-fields.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b06df1313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/corpus/class-fetch-handle-fields.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Class fields typed as native fetch handles (Headers, Request, Response),
+// directly, optional, nullable, in arrays, and inside record fields, hold
+// the live handle: mutation through one reference is seen through another.
+class Holder {
+  headers: Headers;
+  list: Headers[] = [];
+  maybe?: Response;
+  req: Request | null = null;
+  bag: { headers: Headers; status: number };
+  constructor(headers: Headers) {
+    this.headers = headers;
+    this.bag = { headers, status: 1 };
+  }
+}
+const holder = new Holder(new Headers({ a: "1" }));
+console.log(holder.headers.get("a"), holder.list.length, holder.maybe === undefined, holder.req);
+holder.list.push(new Headers({ b: "2" }));
+holder.maybe = new Response("x", { status: 201 });
+holder.req = new Request("http://localhost/p", { method: "POST" });
+console.log(holder.list[0]!.get("b"), holder.maybe.status, holder.req.method, holder.req.url);
+holder.headers.set("c", "3");
+console.log(holder.bag.headers.get("c"), holder.bag.headers === holder.headers);
+
+// Symbol-keyed fields hold the handles the same way.
+const NATIVE = Symbol("native");
+class Wrapper {
+  [NATIVE]: Response;
+  constructor(body: string) {
+    this[NATIVE] = new Response(body, { status: 202 });
+  }
+  get status(): number {
+    return this[NATIVE].status;
+  }
+}
+const wrapped = new Wrapper("ok");
+console.log(wrapped.status, wrapped[NATIVE].headers.get("content-type"));