diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/frontend/type-mapper.ts b/packages/compiler/src/frontend/type-mapper.ts
index d64237846..4e8812437 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/frontend/type-mapper.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/frontend/type-mapper.ts
@@ -5893,6 +5893,18 @@ function emptyNeverArrayProp(p: ts.Symbol, fieldTs: ts.Type, checker: ts.TypeChe
   );
 }
 
+/** A JavaScript object literal's property typed `never[]` (`{ issues: [] }`).
+ * Nothing checks a JavaScript file's later writes, which can push any value
+ * onto it (`ctx.common.issues.push(issue)`), so it holds the checked-dynamic
+ * array rather than never's f64 element array. */
+function jsNeverArrayProp(p: ts.Symbol, fieldTs: ts.Type, checker: ts.TypeChecker): boolean {
+  return (
+    jsObjectLiteralProperty(p) &&
+    checker.isArrayType(fieldTs) &&
+    (checker.getTypeArguments(fieldTs as ts.TypeReference)[0]!.flags & ts.TypeFlags.Never) !== 0
+  );
+}
+
 /** A JavaScript object literal's property (`{ lastComponent: undefined }`,
  * `{ user: null }`). Nothing checks a JavaScript file's later writes, which
  * can store any value in it (`path.lastComponent = { ... }`), so a
@@ -5904,6 +5916,12 @@ function isUnitOnlyIr(t: IrType, ctx: TypeMapperCtx): boolean {
   return def !== undefined && def.arms.every((arm) => isUnitType(arm));
 }
 
+/** A property a JavaScript object literal declares. The checker also adds
+ * each missing property, optional and `undefined`, to every literal of a
+ * union of literals (`{ _tag, value } | { _tag, error }` gains
+ * `error?: undefined` and `value?: undefined`); those keep their unit-only
+ * type, so a literal still converts to the one arm whose properties it
+ * has. */
 function jsObjectLiteralProperty(p: ts.Symbol): boolean {
   const d = p.valueDeclaration;
   // `__proto__: null` sets the literal's prototype; it declares no property.
@@ -5911,6 +5929,7 @@ function jsObjectLiteralProperty(p: ts.Symbol): boolean {
     d !== undefined &&
     (ts.isPropertyAssignment(d) || ts.isShorthandPropertyAssignment(d)) &&
     ts.symbolName(p) !== "__proto__" &&
+    (p.flags & ts.SymbolFlags.Optional) === 0 &&
     isJsSourceFile(ts.getSourceFileOfNode(d))
   );
 }
@@ -7983,6 +8002,7 @@ function mapRecordTypeInner(
       if (pt?.kind === "void" && isUnitOnlyTsType(fieldTs, ctx.resolveTypeParam))
         pt = unitOnlyUnion(ctx.unions);
       if (pt !== null && isUnitOnlyIr(pt, ctx) && jsObjectLiteralProperty(p)) pt = DYN;
+      if (pt?.kind === "array" && jsNeverArrayProp(p, fieldTs, checker)) pt = DYN;
       // dyn FIELDS map now (`{ v: unknown }`, `[string, unknown]` tuples):
       // the slot carries a dyn value exactly like an `unknown`-valued
       // overflow entry — same RC adapters, same dynFrom conversion on the
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/7014-js-never-array-literal-fields/main.ts.json b/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/7014-js-never-array-literal-fields/main.ts.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a67c77476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/7014-js-never-array-literal-fields/main.ts.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+ "order": [
+  "<repo>/tests/corpus/7014-js-never-array-literal-fields/main.ts"
+ ],
+ "diags": []
+}
diff --git a/tests/corpus/7014-js-never-array-literal-fields/main.ts b/tests/corpus/7014-js-never-array-literal-fields/main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf6d235c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/corpus/7014-js-never-array-literal-fields/main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// A JavaScript package whose object literals start an array property as
+// `[]` inside a literal that maps to a record, as zod 3's parse context does
+// (`{ common: { issues: [] }, path: params?.path || [] }`), and later push
+// records onto it. Node runs the pushes; each array holds them.
+import { Schema, rows } from "mini";
+
+const s = new Schema();
+console.log(JSON.stringify(s.safeParse(1)), JSON.stringify(s.safeParse("a")));
+console.log(JSON.stringify(s.safeParse(2, { path: ["root"] })));
+console.log(rows());
diff --git a/tests/corpus/7014-js-never-array-literal-fields/node_modules/mini/index.d.ts b/tests/corpus/7014-js-never-array-literal-fields/node_modules/mini/index.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5925684c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/corpus/7014-js-never-array-literal-fields/node_modules/mini/index.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export interface Issue { code: string; path: (string | number)[]; message: string }
+export declare class Schema {
+  safeParse(data: unknown, params?: { async?: boolean; path?: (string | number)[] }): { success: true; data: string } | { success: false; issues: Issue[] };
+}
+export declare function rows(): string;
diff --git a/tests/corpus/7014-js-never-array-literal-fields/node_modules/mini/index.js b/tests/corpus/7014-js-never-array-literal-fields/node_modules/mini/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47d24c8ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/corpus/7014-js-never-array-literal-fields/node_modules/mini/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// A parse context as zod 3 keeps it: the issue list starts as `[]` in a
+// nested literal, and the path is the caller's array or `[]`.
+export function makeIssue(params) {
+  const { path, issueData } = params;
+  const fullPath = [...path, ...(issueData.path || [])];
+  return { ...issueData, path: fullPath, message: "m" };
+}
+export function addIssue(ctx, issueData) {
+  const issue = makeIssue({ issueData, path: ctx.path });
+  ctx.common.issues.push(issue);
+}
+export class Schema {
+  safeParse(data, params) {
+    const ctx = {
+      common: { issues: [], async: params?.async ?? false },
+      path: params?.path || [],
+      data,
+    };
+    if (typeof data !== "string") addIssue(ctx, { code: "invalid_type" });
+    return ctx.common.issues.length === 0 ? { success: true, data } : { success: false, issues: ctx.common.issues };
+  }
+}
+// Array properties of records in an array literal and in a deeper literal,
+// filled after construction.
+export function rows() {
+  const table = { rows: [{ cells: [] }, { cells: [] }], meta: { tags: { list: [] } }, size: 2 };
+  table.rows[0].cells.push({ v: 1 });
+  table.rows[1].cells.push("text", 3);
+  table.meta.tags.list.push({ name: "t" }, null);
+  return JSON.stringify(table);
+}
diff --git a/tests/corpus/7014-js-never-array-literal-fields/node_modules/mini/package.json b/tests/corpus/7014-js-never-array-literal-fields/node_modules/mini/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be8bc49a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/corpus/7014-js-never-array-literal-fields/node_modules/mini/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "name": "mini", "version": "1.0.0", "type": "module", "main": "./index.js", "types": "./index.d.ts" }
diff --git a/tests/harness/corpus-costs/7014-js-never-array-literal-fields/main.ts.json b/tests/harness/corpus-costs/7014-js-never-array-literal-fields/main.ts.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5bf12c38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/harness/corpus-costs/7014-js-never-array-literal-fields/main.ts.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "plain": 3004, "san": 3359 }