diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/builtins/promises.ts b/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/builtins/promises.ts
index 5fd189242..2dc212f81 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/builtins/promises.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/builtins/promises.ts
@@ -279,25 +279,39 @@ export function lowerPromiseStaticCall(
   // tick-for-tick in Node for plain results (probed), with the
   // promise-returning form riding the async return-adoption machinery
   // (its one-tick residue is SEMANTICS.md 358) — so the lowering IS
-  // that wrapper: one interned async helper per callback type. The
-  // ...args form fences (close over the values instead).
+  // that wrapper: one interned async helper per callback and argument
+  // types. `Promise.try(f, ...args)` evaluates the arguments at the call
+  // and passes them to f, which still runs synchronously.
   if (member === "try") {
     const fNode = call.arguments[0];
-    if (call.arguments.length !== 1 || fNode === undefined || ts.isSpreadElement(fNode)) {
+    const argNodes = call.arguments.slice(1);
+    if (fNode === undefined || call.arguments.some(ts.isSpreadElement)) {
       lowerer.noLowering(
-        `Promise.try with ${call.arguments.length} arguments`,
+        `Promise.try with ${call.arguments.length === 0 ? "no" : "spread"} arguments`,
         call,
-        "the ...args form has no lowering — close over the values: Promise.try(() => f(a, b))",
+        "pass the callback and its arguments directly: Promise.try(f, a, b)",
       );
     }
     const f = lowerer.lowerExpr(fNode);
-    if (f.type.kind !== "func" || f.type.params.length !== 0) {
+    // Arguments past the callback's parameters are evaluated and dropped;
+    // only an arrow function, which has no `arguments`, can ignore them.
+    if (
+      f.type.kind !== "func" ||
+      f.type.params.length > argNodes.length ||
+      (f.type.params.length < argNodes.length && !ts.isArrowFunction(fNode))
+    ) {
       lowerer.noLowering(
-        `Promise.try over a callback of type '${lowerer.checker.typeToString(lowerer.typeOf(fNode))}'`,
+        `Promise.try over a callback of type '${lowerer.checker.typeToString(lowerer.typeOf(fNode))}' with ${argNodes.length} argument${argNodes.length === 1 ? "" : "s"}`,
         fNode,
-        "a zero-parameter function is the supported form",
+        "pass one argument per callback parameter: Promise.try((a, b) => a + b, 1, 2)",
       );
     }
+    const fnT = f.type;
+    const args = argNodes.map((node, i) =>
+      i < fnT.params.length
+        ? lowerer.lowerExprExpecting(node, fnT.params[i]!)
+        : lowerer.lowerExpr(node),
+    );
     const resultT = lowerer.mapTypeOf(lowerer.typeOf(call));
     if (resultT?.kind !== "promise") {
       lowerer.noLowering(
@@ -323,13 +337,22 @@ export function lowerPromiseStaticCall(
         "annotate both to one T: Promise.try<T>(f) with f returning T or Promise<T>",
       );
     }
-    const key = `promise.try:${typeKey(f.type)}`;
+    const key = `promise.try:${typeKey(f.type)}:${args.map((a) => typeKey(a.type)).join(",")}`;
     let helper = lowerer.arrHofHelpers.get(key);
     if (!helper) {
       helper = `%promise.try.${lowerer.arrHofHelpers.size}`;
       lowerer.arrHofHelpers.set(key, helper);
       const fRef: IrExpr = { kind: "varRef", localId: "f.0", type: f.type, loc };
-      const callF: IrExpr = { kind: "callValue", callee: fRef, args: [], type: ret, loc };
+      const argLocals = args.map((a, i) => ({ id: `a${i}.0`, name: `a${i}`, type: a.type }));
+      const callF: IrExpr = {
+        kind: "callValue",
+        callee: fRef,
+        args: argLocals
+          .slice(0, fnT.params.length)
+          .map((a) => ({ kind: "varRef" as const, localId: a.id, type: a.type, loc })),
+        type: ret,
+        loc,
+      };
       // Adopt a promise result before either returning its value or completing void.
       const value: IrExpr =
         ret.kind === "promise" ? { kind: "awaitExpr", value: callF, type: ret.inner, loc } : callF;
@@ -342,16 +365,22 @@ export function lowerPromiseStaticCall(
           : [{ kind: "return", value, loc }];
       const lifted: IrFunction = {
         name: helper,
-        params: [{ localId: "f.0", name: "f", type: f.type }],
+        params: [
+          { localId: "f.0", name: "f", type: f.type },
+          ...argLocals.map((a) => ({ localId: a.id, name: a.name, type: a.type })),
+        ],
         returnType: inner,
-        locals: [{ id: "f.0", name: "f", type: f.type, mutable: true }],
+        locals: [
+          { id: "f.0", name: "f", type: f.type, mutable: true },
+          ...argLocals.map((a) => ({ ...a, mutable: true })),
+        ],
         body,
         loc,
         async: true,
       };
       lowerer.liftedFns.push(lifted);
     }
-    return { kind: "call", callee: helper, args: [f], type: resultT, loc };
+    return { kind: "call", callee: helper, args: [f, ...args], type: resultT, loc };
   }
   // Promise.resolve — the already-settled promise. Zero arguments is
   // Promise<void>; a PROMISE argument is returned as-is (the spec's
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/5920-promise-try-args.ts.json b/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/5920-promise-try-args.ts.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b74ce6d45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/5920-promise-try-args.ts.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+ "order": [
+  "<repo>/tests/corpus/5920-promise-try-args.ts"
+ ],
+ "diags": []
+}
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/5921-promise-try-args-js.js.json b/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/5921-promise-try-args-js.js.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..085d6415c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/5921-promise-try-args-js.js.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+ "order": [
+  "<repo>/tests/corpus/5921-promise-try-args-js.js"
+ ],
+ "diags": []
+}
diff --git a/tests/corpus/5920-promise-try-args.ts b/tests/corpus/5920-promise-try-args.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5d309397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/corpus/5920-promise-try-args.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Promise.try(f, ...args): the arguments are evaluated at the call and passed
+// to f, which runs synchronously; throws reject and returned promises are
+// adopted.
+Promise.try(() => 5).then((v) => console.log("value", v));
+Promise.try((): number => { throw new Error("sync"); }).catch((e) => console.log("caught", (e as Error).message));
+Promise.try(() => Promise.resolve("inner")).then((v) => console.log("adopted", v));
+Promise.try(async () => 7).then((v) => console.log("async", v));
+const order: string[] = [];
+const p = Promise.try(() => { order.push("run"); return 1; });
+order.push("after");
+p.then(() => console.log(order.join(",")));
+Promise.try((a: number, b: number) => a + b, 1, 2).then((v) => console.log("args", v));
+Promise.try(() => undefined).then((v) => console.log("void", v));
+const log: string[] = [];
+const v = (x: number): number => { log.push("arg" + x); return x; };
+const q = Promise.try((a: number, b: number) => { log.push("call"); return a + b; }, v(1), v(2));
+log.push("after");
+q.then((r) => console.log(r, log.join(",")));
+Promise.try((s: string) => { throw new Error(s); }, "bad").catch((e) => console.log("caught", (e as Error).message));
+Promise.try((n: number) => Promise.resolve(n * 2), 21).then((r) => console.log("adopted", r));
+function named(this: void, x: number): number { return x + 1; }
+Promise.try(named, 4).then((r) => console.log("named", r));
diff --git a/tests/corpus/5921-promise-try-args-js.js b/tests/corpus/5921-promise-try-args-js.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10171c11d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/corpus/5921-promise-try-args-js.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Promise.try(f, ...args) in JavaScript: unannotated parameters take the
+// passed values.
+Promise.try((a, b) => a * b, 6, 7).then((v) => console.log("product", v));
+Promise.try((s) => s.toUpperCase(), "js").then((v) => console.log(v));
+Promise.try((x) => {
+  throw new RangeError("r" + x);
+}, 1).catch((e) => console.log(e.name, e.message));
diff --git a/tests/diagnostics/es2025-fences.ts b/tests/diagnostics/es2025-fences.ts
index 128c9d9ed..2df12226f 100644
--- a/tests/diagnostics/es2025-fences.ts
+++ b/tests/diagnostics/es2025-fences.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // ArrayBuffers and transfer, SharedArrayBuffer.grow, Atomics.waitAsync,
 // Float16Array and its Math/DataView companions, first-class iterator
 // objects, and the unlowered forms of the implemented statics
-// (Promise.try's ...args, groupBy's literal-union keys, a set-like
-// non-Set argument).
+// (Promise.try with fewer arguments than parameters, groupBy's
+// literal-union keys, a set-like non-Set argument).
 
 // Resizable ArrayBuffer + transfer (ES2024).
 const ab = new ArrayBuffer(8, { maxByteLength: 16 });
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ dv.setFloat16(0, 1.5);
 // First-class iterator objects.
 const it = Iterator.from([1, 2, 3].values());
 
-// Promise.try's ...args form (close over the values instead).
-const tried = Promise.try((a: number, b: number) => a + b, 1, 2);
+// Promise.try with fewer arguments than the callback's parameters.
+const tried = Promise.try((a: number, b?: number) => a + (b ?? 0), 1);
 
 // Object.groupBy at a literal-union key type (a fixed-field record).
 const grouped = Object.groupBy([1, 2, 3], (n) => (n % 2 === 0 ? "even" : "odd"));
diff --git a/tests/harness/__snapshots__/es2025-fences.ts.txt b/tests/harness/__snapshots__/es2025-fences.ts.txt
index 0a91648ea..e1761f73a 100644
--- a/tests/harness/__snapshots__/es2025-fences.ts.txt
+++ b/tests/harness/__snapshots__/es2025-fences.ts.txt
@@ -97,14 +97,14 @@ es2025-fences.ts:32:12 - error SC2020: 'Iterator.from' is part of the standard l
 
   hint: first-class iterator objects have no lowering — iterator helpers compile as one chain on an array iterator, consumed in place: arr.values().map(f).take(n).toArray()
 
-es2025-fences.ts:35:15 - error SC2020: 'Promise.try with 3 arguments' is part of the standard library types but has no scriptc lowering yet
+es2025-fences.ts:35:27 - error SC2020: 'Promise.try over a callback of type '(a: number, b?: number | undefined) => number' with 1 argument' is part of the standard library types but has no scriptc lowering yet
 
-  34 | // Promise.try's ...args form (close over the values instead).
-  35 | const tried = Promise.try((a: number, b: number) => a + b, 1, 2);
-     |               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+  34 | // Promise.try with fewer arguments than the callback's parameters.
+  35 | const tried = Promise.try((a: number, b?: number) => a + (b ?? 0), 1);
+     |                           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   36 | 
 
-  hint: the ...args form has no lowering — close over the values: Promise.try(() => f(a, b))
+  hint: pass one argument per callback parameter: Promise.try((a, b) => a + b, 1, 2)
 
 es2025-fences.ts:38:17 - error SC2020: 'Object.groupBy at this result type' is part of the standard library types but has no scriptc lowering yet