diff --git a/crates/capabilities/src/http_transport.js b/crates/capabilities/src/http_transport.js
index 962b6ba..0508041 100644
--- a/crates/capabilities/src/http_transport.js
+++ b/crates/capabilities/src/http_transport.js
@@ -193,7 +193,12 @@ module.exports.httpRequest = function (host, port, isHttps, socketPath, head_ptr
         // wasm_memory.buffer is replaced each time WebAssembly.Memory grows, so
         // the views must be recreated on every attempt against the current buffer.
         const headView = new Uint8Array(wasm_memory.buffer, head_ptr, head_len)
-        const bodyView = new Uint8Array(wasm_memory.buffer, body_ptr, body_len)
+        // Copy the body into Node-owned memory before giving it to http.request.
+        // `body_ptr/body_len` points into wasm memory; if that memory grows while
+        // Node still has the write queued, the original ArrayBuffer detaches and
+        // ClientRequest can throw asynchronously from `_flushOutput`, outside the
+        // `req.write()` try/catch/retry path.
+        const body = Buffer.from(new Uint8Array(wasm_memory.buffer, body_ptr, body_len))
 
         // The Rust side already rendered the full HTTP/1.1 request head (real
         // method, `/v0.4/traces` path, Content-Type/Length, datadog-meta-*);
@@ -234,10 +239,10 @@ module.exports.httpRequest = function (host, port, isHttps, socketPath, head_ptr
         req.on('error', reject)
 
         // The request head (method/path/headers) was supplied via requestOptions
-        // above; just write the body. (No `req._header` injection — that Node
-        // internal is not honored by Bun.)
+        // above; just write the stable Node-owned body. (No `req._header`
+        // injection — that Node internal is not honored by Bun.)
         try {
-          req.write(bodyView)
+          req.write(body)
           req.end()
         } catch (error) {
           reject(error)
diff --git a/test/http_transport.js b/test/http_transport.js
index 5a97a58..a941880 100644
--- a/test/http_transport.js
+++ b/test/http_transport.js
@@ -128,6 +128,44 @@ describe('http_transport response header observer', () => {
     assert.strictEqual(body.length, Buffer.byteLength(RESPONSE_BODY))
     assert.strictEqual(Buffer.from(body).toString('utf8'), RESPONSE_BODY)
   })
+
+  it('copies the request body before queued writes can observe detached wasm memory', async () => {
+    const received = []
+    const body = Buffer.from('wasm-backed request body')
+    const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+      req.on('data', chunk => received.push(chunk))
+      req.on('end', () => res.end(RESPONSE_BODY))
+    })
+
+    await new Promise(resolve => server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', resolve))
+    try {
+      const port = server.address().port
+      const head = Buffer.from(
+        `POST /v0.4/traces HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: 127.0.0.1:${port}\r\n`
+        + `Content-Length: ${body.length}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n`,
+        'utf8',
+      )
+      const memory = new WebAssembly.Memory({ initial: 1 })
+      const bytes = new Uint8Array(memory.buffer)
+      bytes.set(head, 0)
+      bytes.set(body, head.length)
+
+      const result = transport.httpRequest(
+        '127.0.0.1', port, false, '', 0, head.length, head.length, body.length, memory,
+      )
+      // Old behavior passed a live wasm-memory view to req.write(). If the memory
+      // grew before Node assigned a socket and flushed its queued output, Node
+      // threw `Cannot perform Construct on a detached ArrayBuffer` from
+      // ClientRequest._flushOutput, outside httpRequest's try/catch retry path.
+      memory.grow(1)
+
+      const [status] = await result
+      assert.strictEqual(status, 200)
+      assert.strictEqual(Buffer.concat(received).toString('utf8'), body.toString('utf8'))
+    } finally {
+      await new Promise(resolve => server.close(resolve))
+    }
+  })
 })
 
 // libdatadog derives the request host from the agent URI, which keeps the