diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/readline-close-in-line-listener.ts.json b/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/readline-close-in-line-listener.ts.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ea441125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/readline-close-in-line-listener.ts.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+ "order": [
+  "<repo>/tests/corpus/readline-close-in-line-listener.ts"
+ ],
+ "diags": []
+}
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/scr_readline.c b/packages/runtime/src/scr_readline.c
index 94becf5d7..dc6216018 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/scr_readline.c
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/scr_readline.c
@@ -350,8 +350,10 @@ static void scr_rl_feed_text(ScrRl *rl, const char *p, size_t n) {
   }
   rl->line_len = 0;
   if (start < n) scr_rl_buf_append(rl, p + start, n - start);
+  /* Node delivers every line the chunk split, also after a line listener
+   * closes the interface; an exception a listener throws ends the chunk. */
   for (size_t i = 0; i < n_lines; i++) {
-    if (rl->closed || scr_exc_pending()) {
+    if (scr_exc_pending()) {
       scr_str_release(lines[i]);
       continue;
     }
diff --git a/tests/corpus/readline-close-in-line-listener.ts b/tests/corpus/readline-close-in-line-listener.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c86242cab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/corpus/readline-close-in-line-listener.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// A 'line' listener that closes the interface: the 'close' event runs at
+// once, the rest of the lines already split from the same chunk are still
+// delivered, as in Node, and later chunks are not read.
+import { createInterface } from "node:readline";
+import { Readable } from "node:stream";
+
+const first = createInterface({ input: Readable.from(["x\ny\nz\n", "after\n"]) });
+first.on("line", (line: string) => {
+  console.log("line", line);
+  if (line === "y") first.close();
+});
+first.on("close", () => console.log("closed"));
+
+// Two listeners; the second closes on the first line of a chunk of three.
+const second = createInterface({ input: Readable.from(["a\nb\nc"]) });
+const order: string[] = [];
+second.on("line", (line: string) => order.push(`one:${line}`));
+second.on("line", (line: string) => {
+  order.push(`two:${line}`);
+  if (line === "a") second.close();
+});
+second.on("close", () => order.push("close"));
+setTimeout(() => console.log(order.join(" ")), 20);
diff --git a/tests/harness/corpus-costs/readline-close-in-line-listener.ts.json b/tests/harness/corpus-costs/readline-close-in-line-listener.ts.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ac0e468a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/harness/corpus-costs/readline-close-in-line-listener.ts.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "plain": 4600, "san": 6500 }