diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/http-client-response-aborted-unlistened.ts.json b/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/http-client-response-aborted-unlistened.ts.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c21202def8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/http-client-response-aborted-unlistened.ts.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+ "order": [
+  "<repo>/tests/corpus/http-client-response-aborted-unlistened.ts"
+ ],
+ "diags": []
+}
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/scr_http.c b/packages/runtime/src/scr_http.c
index b006d9c369..79d3c62f41 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/scr_http.c
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/scr_http.c
@@ -2376,7 +2376,9 @@ static void scr_http_proto_sweep(void) {
     }
     case SCR_HTTP_EMIT_REQ_ABORTED: {
       ScrHttpReq *req = (ScrHttpReq *)e.h;
-      if (!req->close_emitted) {
+      /* Node's IncomingMessage reports its destroy error only to 'error'
+       * listeners: without one, 'aborted' and 'close' alone report it. */
+      if (!req->close_emitted && req->err_ls.n != 0) {
         ScrStr *msg = scr_str_new("aborted", 7);
         scr_net_fire_err_this(&req->err_ls, msg, req, SCR_DYNH_HTTP_REQ);
         scr_str_release(msg);
diff --git a/tests/corpus/http-client-response-aborted-unlistened.ts b/tests/corpus/http-client-response-aborted-unlistened.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dff3abf8c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/corpus/http-client-response-aborted-unlistened.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// A client response cut off mid-body reports 'aborted' and 'close'; its
+// 'error' reaches 'error' listeners only, so a response without one does not
+// end the process. fetch relies on this when it leaves a redirect whose
+// chunked body has not ended.
+import * as http from "node:http";
+import * as net from "node:net";
+
+const server = net.createServer((socket) => {
+  let buffered = "";
+  socket.on("data", (chunk) => {
+    buffered += chunk.toString("latin1");
+    while (buffered.includes("\r\n\r\n")) {
+      const end = buffered.indexOf("\r\n\r\n");
+      const path = buffered.slice(0, end).split(" ")[1];
+      buffered = buffered.slice(end + 4);
+      if (path === "/final") {
+        socket.write("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 5\r\n\r\nfinal");
+        continue;
+      }
+      socket.write("HTTP/1.1 303 See Other\r\nLocation: /final\r\nTransfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n\r\n");
+      // The terminating chunk arrives in a later read.
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        if (!socket.destroyed) socket.write("0\r\n\r\n");
+      }, 50);
+    }
+  });
+  socket.on("error", () => {});
+});
+
+function destroyMidBody(port: number, listen: boolean): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const req = http.get({ host: "127.0.0.1", port, path: "/start" }, (res) => {
+      console.log("status", res.statusCode);
+      res.on("aborted", () => console.log("aborted"));
+      if (listen) res.on("error", (error: NodeJS.ErrnoException) => console.log("res error", error.message, error.code));
+      res.on("close", () => {
+        console.log("res close");
+        resolve();
+      });
+      req.destroy();
+    });
+    req.on("close", () => console.log("req close"));
+  });
+}
+
+server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", async () => {
+  const port = (server.address() as net.AddressInfo).port;
+  const response = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}/start`);
+  console.log(response.status, response.redirected, response.url.endsWith("/final"), await response.text());
+  await destroyMidBody(port, false);
+  await destroyMidBody(port, true);
+  server.close();
+});
diff --git a/tests/harness/corpus-costs/http-client-response-aborted-unlistened.ts.json b/tests/harness/corpus-costs/http-client-response-aborted-unlistened.ts.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..346d8bdac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/harness/corpus-costs/http-client-response-aborted-unlistened.ts.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "plain": 15300, "san": 69300 }