diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/lib-process.ts b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/lib-process.ts
index 1a3973b07..74ab34971 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/lib-process.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/lib-process.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ export function emitChildProcessLibCall(host: LlvmEmitterContext, e: LibCallExpr
     B.line(`call void @scr_child_on_error(ptr ${child.name}, ptr ${cb.name}, ptr @${adapter})`);
     return { name: "", type: e.type };
   }
+  if (e.fn === "child.hasChannel") {
+    const child = host.emitExpr(e.args[0]!);
+    host.declare(`declare zeroext i1 @scr_child_ipc_present(ptr)`);
+    const out = B.tmp();
+    B.line(`${out} = call i1 @scr_child_ipc_present(ptr ${child.name})`);
+    return { name: out, type: e.type };
+  }
   if (e.fn === "child.connected") {
     const child = host.emitExpr(e.args[0]!);
     host.declare(`declare zeroext i1 @scr_child_ipc_connected(ptr)`);
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/expressions/relational.ts b/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/expressions/relational.ts
index 393425cdd..47030777a 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/expressions/relational.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/expressions/relational.ts
@@ -1918,6 +1918,30 @@ export function lowerInExpression(
           };
     }
   }
+  // A child process has `send`, `disconnect` and `channel` only when it was
+  // created with an IPC channel (fork, or an "ipc" stdio entry), and keeps
+  // them after the channel closes: the runtime answers from the child.
+  if (recv.type.kind === "child" && CHILD_CHANNEL_MEMBERS.has(key))
+    return { kind: "libCall", fn: "child.hasChannel", args: [recv], type: BOOL, loc };
+  // A native Node handle (an http.Server, a socket, a child process...):
+  // a member Node's declarations give the class is on its prototype, so
+  // `"closeAllConnections" in server` answers true. Undeclared names can
+  // still be real (internal `_`-prefixed fields), so they keep the fence.
+  if (
+    NATIVE_HANDLE_KINDS.has(recv.type.kind) &&
+    nodeDeclaredMember(lowerer, lowerer.typeOf(expr.right), key)
+  ) {
+    const answer: IrExpr = { kind: "boolLit", value: true, type: BOOL, loc };
+    return isSafeToDiscard(recv)
+      ? answer
+      : {
+          kind: "seqExpr",
+          stmts: [{ kind: "exprStmt", expr: recv, loc }],
+          result: answer,
+          type: BOOL,
+          loc,
+        };
+  }
   if (recv.type.kind !== "record") {
     lowerer.unsupported(
       "SC1090",
@@ -2215,3 +2239,35 @@ function dynInstanceOfRefusal(lowerer: Lowerer, expr: ts.BinaryExpression): stri
   const line = ts.getLineAndCharacterOfPosition(sf, diag.loc.start).line + 1;
   return `${diag.message} [${diag.code} at ${diag.loc.file}:${line}]`;
 }
+
+/** IR kinds of native Node handles whose members come from Node's own
+ * declarations. */
+const NATIVE_HANDLE_KINDS: ReadonlySet<IrType["kind"]> = new Set([
+  "netServer",
+  "netSocket",
+  "httpReq",
+  "httpRes",
+  "httpClientReq",
+  "child",
+  "dgramSocket",
+  "fsWatcher",
+  "http2Session",
+  "http2Stream",
+]);
+
+/** Child process members that exist only on a child with an IPC channel. */
+const CHILD_CHANNEL_MEMBERS: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set(["send", "disconnect", "channel"]);
+
+/** Whether every constituent of `t` declares a required member `key` in
+ * a declaration file (Node's @types/node). */
+function nodeDeclaredMember(lowerer: Lowerer, t: ts.Type, key: string): boolean {
+  const parts = t.isUnionType() ? ts.constituentTypes(t) : [t];
+  return parts.every((part) => {
+    const prop = lowerer.checker.getPropertyOfType(part, key);
+    if (prop === undefined || (prop.flags & ts.SymbolFlags.Optional) !== 0) return false;
+    return (
+      prop.declarations.length > 0 &&
+      prop.declarations.every((d) => ts.getSourceFileOfNode(d).isDeclarationFile)
+    );
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/ir/builtin-signatures.ts b/packages/compiler/src/ir/builtin-signatures.ts
index 216e46a4d..61cbdda8c 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/ir/builtin-signatures.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/ir/builtin-signatures.ts
@@ -2608,6 +2608,7 @@ export const LIB_FN_SIGS = defineLibFnSignatures({
     result: CHILD_T,
   },
   "child.connected": { argTypes: [CHILD_T], result: BOOL },
+  "child.hasChannel": { argTypes: [CHILD_T], result: BOOL },
   "child.send": { argTypes: [CHILD_T, STRING], result: BOOL },
   "child.sendCb": { argTypes: [CHILD_T, STRING, null], result: BOOL },
   "child.disconnect": { argTypes: [CHILD_T], result: VOID },
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/8290-child-channel-members/main.ts.json b/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/8290-child-channel-members/main.ts.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3519c4e6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/8290-child-channel-members/main.ts.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+ "order": [
+  "<repo>/tests/corpus/8290-child-channel-members/main.ts"
+ ],
+ "diags": []
+}
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/scr_child.c b/packages/runtime/src/scr_child.c
index b30e8f1aa..d4f9ca395 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/scr_child.c
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/scr_child.c
@@ -6669,6 +6669,9 @@ double scr_process_fork_target(double target_count) {
   return target;
 }
 
+/* The child was created with an IPC channel; it keeps it until it is freed. */
+bool scr_child_ipc_present(ScrChild *c) { return c->ipc != NULL; }
+
 bool scr_child_ipc_connected(ScrChild *c) {
   return c->ipc != NULL && c->ipc->connected;
 }
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/scr_child.h b/packages/runtime/src/scr_child.h
index a5853ad59..8b0d4d3f1 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/scr_child.h
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/scr_child.h
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ void scr_child_release_v(void *p);
 void scr_child_on_exit(ScrChild *c, ScrClosure *cb /*moves*/, ScrChildExitFn fn);
 void scr_child_on_close(ScrChild *c, ScrClosure *cb /*moves*/, ScrChildExitFn fn);
 void scr_child_on_error(ScrChild *c, ScrClosure *cb /*moves*/, ScrChildErrFn fn);
+bool scr_child_ipc_present(ScrChild *c);
 bool scr_child_ipc_connected(ScrChild *c);
 bool scr_child_ipc_send(ScrChild *c, ScrStr *json);
 bool scr_child_ipc_send_cb(ScrChild *c, ScrStr *json,
diff --git a/tests/corpus/8290-child-channel-members/main.ts b/tests/corpus/8290-child-channel-members/main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78ed52de1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/corpus/8290-child-channel-members/main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { fork, spawn } from "node:child_process";
+
+// `send`, `disconnect` and `channel` exist only on a child created with an
+// IPC channel, and stay after the channel closes; the other members are
+// on every child.
+const describe = (label: string, child: ReturnType<typeof spawn>): string =>
+  `${label}: send ${"send" in child} disconnect ${"disconnect" in child} channel ${"channel" in child} kill ${"kill" in child} pid ${"pid" in child}`;
+
+const lines: string[] = [];
+const plain = spawn("/bin/sh", ["-c", "exit 0"], { stdio: "ignore" });
+lines.push(describe("spawn", plain));
+const forked = fork(new URL("./worker.ts", import.meta.url), [], {
+  stdio: ["ignore", "ignore", "inherit", "ipc"],
+});
+lines.push(describe("fork", forked));
+forked.once("message", () => {
+  forked.disconnect();
+  lines.push(describe("fork after disconnect", forked));
+});
+forked.once("exit", () => {
+  lines.push(describe("fork after exit", forked));
+});
+plain.once("exit", () => {
+  lines.push(describe("spawn after exit", plain));
+});
+process.once("exit", () => {
+  console.log(lines.sort().join("\n"));
+});
diff --git a/tests/corpus/8290-child-channel-members/worker.ts b/tests/corpus/8290-child-channel-members/worker.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96401ea1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/corpus/8290-child-channel-members/worker.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+process.send?.({ value: 1 });
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/server/cases/http-in-members/driver.mjs b/tests/fixtures/server/cases/http-in-members/driver.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c989bb70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/server/cases/http-in-members/driver.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import http from "node:http";
+const port = Number(process.argv[2]);
+http.get({ host: "127.0.0.1", port, path: "/" }, (res) => {
+  let body = "";
+  res.on("data", (c) => (body += c));
+  res.on("end", () => console.log(res.statusCode, body));
+});
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/server/cases/http-in-members/main.ts b/tests/fixtures/server/cases/http-in-members/main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80babfc13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/server/cases/http-in-members/main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// `in` tests on native Node handles answer from Node's declared members.
+import { createServer } from "node:http";
+import type { AddressInfo } from "node:net";
+
+const server = createServer((req, res) => {
+  console.log("request", "method" in req, "setHeader" in res, "writeHead" in res);
+  res.end("ok");
+});
+console.log("closeAllConnections" in server, "closeIdleConnections" in server, "listen" in server);
+server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", () => {
+  process.stderr.write(`PORT ${(server.address() as AddressInfo).port}\n`);
+});
+server.on("request", () => {
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    if ("closeAllConnections" in server) server.closeAllConnections();
+    server.close(() => console.log("closed"));
+  }, 10);
+});