diff --git a/src/wasix/sdks/ts/src/__tests__/opfs-pool.test.ts b/src/wasix/sdks/ts/src/__tests__/opfs-pool.test.ts
index b76b9bbef..64c38ea34 100644
--- a/src/wasix/sdks/ts/src/__tests__/opfs-pool.test.ts
+++ b/src/wasix/sdks/ts/src/__tests__/opfs-pool.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { restoreGlobals, stubGlobal } from './test-globals.js';
 const OP = {
   metadata: 1,
   createDirectory: 3,
+  removeDirectory: 4,
   rename: 5,
   open: 7,
   close: 8,
@@ -197,6 +198,210 @@ describe('WASIX pooled OPFS storage', () => {
     await pool.close(false);
   });
 
+  for (const boundary of ['operation', 'full', 'close'] as const) {
+    for (const explicitFlush of [false, true]) {
+      it(`skips net-zero namespace publication at ${boundary} with guest file sync ${explicitFlush}`, async () => {
+        const io: FakeIo = { writes: [], flushes: [] };
+        const root = installOpfs(io);
+        const name = `net-zero-${boundary}-${explicitFlush}`;
+        const pool = await DirectOpfsPool.open(name, clusterSeed(), compatible());
+        const relation = open(pool, 'base/value', FLAG_WRITE | FLAG_CREATE);
+        const wal = open(pool, 'pg_wal/0001', FLAG_WRITE | FLAG_CREATE);
+        const control = open(pool, 'global/pg_control', FLAG_WRITE);
+        write(pool, relation, Uint8Array.of(1));
+        write(pool, wal, Uint8Array.of(1));
+        await pool.sync('full');
+        const database = await databaseDirectory(root, name);
+        const published = await database.file('state.json').text();
+        const state = JSON.parse(published) as {
+          entries: Array<{ path: string; backing?: string }>;
+        };
+        const backing = (path: string): string => {
+          const value = state.entries.find((entry) => entry.path === path)?.backing;
+          if (value === undefined) throw new Error(`missing backing for ${path}`);
+          return value;
+        };
+        io.writes!.length = 0;
+        io.flushes!.length = 0;
+        write(pool, relation, Uint8Array.of(2));
+        write(pool, wal, Uint8Array.of(2));
+        write(pool, control, Uint8Array.of(2));
+        if (explicitFlush) requestOk(pool, OP.flush, '', new Uint8Array(), relation);
+        requestOk(pool, OP.createDirectory, 'base/temporary');
+        // Exhaust the 32 spares too: unlinked staged overflow needs no backing.
+        for (let index = 0; index < 40; index += 1) {
+          const temporary = open(pool, `base/temporary/${index}`, FLAG_WRITE | FLAG_CREATE);
+          write(pool, temporary, new Uint8Array(8192));
+          requestOk(pool, OP.unlink, '', new Uint8Array(), temporary);
+          requestOk(pool, OP.close, '', new Uint8Array(), temporary);
+        }
+        requestOk(pool, OP.removeDirectory, 'base/temporary');
+        await pool.sync(boundary);
+        expect(io.writes).toEqual([]);
+        expect(await database.file('state.json').text()).toBe(published);
+        const flushed = io.flushes!.map(lastPathSegment);
+        expect(flushed).toContain(backing('pg_wal/0001'));
+        expect(flushed.includes(backing('base/value'))).toBe(
+          explicitFlush || boundary !== 'operation',
+        );
+        expect(flushed.includes(backing('global/pg_control'))).toBe(boundary !== 'operation');
+        if (boundary === 'operation') {
+          expect(flushed).toEqual([
+            ...(explicitFlush ? [backing('base/value')] : []),
+            backing('pg_wal/0001'),
+          ]);
+        }
+        for (const descriptor of [relation, wal, control]) {
+          requestOk(pool, OP.close, '', new Uint8Array(), descriptor);
+        }
+        await pool.close(false);
+        const reopened = await DirectOpfsPool.open(name, clusterSeed(), compatible());
+        expect(reopened.state).toBe('existing');
+        expect(reopened.request(OP.metadata, 'base/temporary', new Uint8Array(), 0, 0, 0)[0]).toBe(
+          1,
+        );
+        await reopened.close(false);
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  it.each([
+    'wal',
+    'relation',
+    'state',
+  ] as const)('preserves the published namespace and retries after a %s publication failure', async (failure) => {
+    const io: FakeIo = { writes: [], flushes: [] };
+    const root = installOpfs(io);
+    const pool = await DirectOpfsPool.open(`retry-${failure}`, clusterSeed(), compatible());
+    const wal = open(pool, 'pg_wal/0001', FLAG_WRITE | FLAG_CREATE);
+    write(pool, wal, Uint8Array.of(1));
+    await pool.sync('full');
+    const database = await databaseDirectory(root, `retry-${failure}`);
+    const published = await database.file('state.json').text();
+    const relation = open(pool, 'base/persistent', FLAG_WRITE | FLAG_CREATE);
+    write(pool, relation, Uint8Array.of(3));
+    requestOk(pool, OP.close, '', new Uint8Array(), relation);
+    if (failure === 'wal') write(pool, wal, Uint8Array.of(2));
+    if (failure === 'state') io.failNextStateCommit = true;
+    else io.failNextFlush = true;
+    await expect(pool.sync('operation')).rejects.toThrow(
+      failure === 'state' ? 'injected state commit failure' : 'injected OPFS flush failure',
+    );
+    expect(await database.file('state.json').text()).toBe(published);
+    io.writes!.length = 0;
+    await pool.sync('operation');
+    expect(io.writes).toEqual([`${OPFS_POOL_ROOT}/retry-${failure}/state.json`]);
+    expect(await database.file('state.json').text()).not.toBe(published);
+    io.writes!.length = 0;
+    const temporary = open(pool, 'base/temporary', FLAG_WRITE | FLAG_CREATE);
+    requestOk(pool, OP.unlink, '', new Uint8Array(), temporary);
+    requestOk(pool, OP.close, '', new Uint8Array(), temporary);
+    await pool.sync('operation');
+    expect(io.writes).toEqual([]);
+    requestOk(pool, OP.close, '', new Uint8Array(), wal);
+    await pool.close(false);
+    const reopened = await DirectOpfsPool.open(`retry-${failure}`, clusterSeed(), compatible());
+    const recovered = open(reopened, 'base/persistent', FLAG_READ);
+    expect(read(reopened, recovered, 1)).toEqual(Uint8Array.of(3));
+    await reopened.close(false);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps open-unlinked bytes isolated when transient slots are reused and handed to the portable path', async () => {
+    const io: FakeIo = { writes: [] };
+    const root = installOpfs(io);
+    const pool = await DirectOpfsPool.open('reuse', clusterSeed(), compatible());
+    await pool.sync('full');
+    const database = await databaseDirectory(root, 'reuse');
+    const published = await database.file('state.json').text();
+    const unlinked = open(pool, 'base/transient', FLAG_READ | FLAG_WRITE | FLAG_CREATE);
+    write(pool, unlinked, Uint8Array.of(7, 8));
+    requestOk(pool, OP.unlink, '', new Uint8Array(), unlinked);
+    await pool.sync('operation');
+    expect(await database.file('state.json').text()).toBe(published);
+    for (let index = 0; index < 40; index += 1) {
+      const temporary = open(pool, `base/temporary-${index}`, FLAG_WRITE | FLAG_CREATE);
+      write(pool, temporary, Uint8Array.of(index));
+      requestOk(pool, OP.unlink, '', new Uint8Array(), temporary);
+      requestOk(pool, OP.close, '', new Uint8Array(), temporary);
+    }
+    await pool.sync('operation');
+    expect(read(pool, unlinked, 8)).toEqual(Uint8Array.of(7, 8));
+    write(pool, unlinked, Uint8Array.of(9), 1);
+    requestOk(pool, OP.flush, '', new Uint8Array(), unlinked);
+    expect(read(pool, unlinked, 8)).toEqual(Uint8Array.of(7, 9));
+    requestOk(pool, OP.close, '', new Uint8Array(), unlinked);
+    await pool.sync('operation');
+    const persistent = open(pool, 'base/transient', FLAG_WRITE | FLAG_CREATE);
+    write(pool, persistent, Uint8Array.of(4));
+    await pool.sync('operation');
+    await pool.close(false);
+    const snapshot = await readSnapshot(database, 'reuse', compatible());
+    expect(snapshot?.files.find(({ path }) => path === 'base/transient')?.bytes).toEqual(
+      Uint8Array.of(4),
+    );
+    expect(snapshot?.files.some(({ path }) => path.startsWith('base/temporary-'))).toBe(false);
+    await applyPooledOpfsDelta(database.asHandle(), 'reuse', compatible(), {
+      directories: [],
+      files: [{ path: 'base/transient', bytes: Uint8Array.of(5) }],
+      deleted: [],
+    });
+    const reopened = await DirectOpfsPool.open('reuse', clusterSeed(), compatible());
+    expect(read(reopened, open(reopened, 'base/transient', FLAG_READ), 8)).toEqual(
+      Uint8Array.of(5),
+    );
+    await reopened.close(false);
+  });
+
+  it('distinguishes unchanged rename mappings from deletion, replacement and stale process-file cleanup', async () => {
+    const io: FakeIo = { writes: [] };
+    const root = installOpfs(io);
+    const pool = await DirectOpfsPool.open('mapping', clusterSeed(), compatible());
+    const descriptor = open(pool, 'base/value', FLAG_WRITE | FLAG_CREATE);
+    write(pool, descriptor, Uint8Array.of(1));
+    requestOk(pool, OP.close, '', new Uint8Array(), descriptor);
+    await pool.sync('full');
+    const database = await databaseDirectory(root, 'mapping');
+    const published = await database.file('state.json').text();
+    io.writes!.length = 0;
+    requestOk(pool, OP.rename, 'base/value', encoder.encode('base/renamed'));
+    requestOk(pool, OP.rename, 'base/renamed', encoder.encode('base/value'));
+    await pool.sync('operation');
+    expect(io.writes).toEqual([]);
+    expect(await database.file('state.json').text()).toBe(published);
+    const removed = open(pool, 'base/value', FLAG_WRITE);
+    requestOk(pool, OP.unlink, '', new Uint8Array(), removed);
+    requestOk(pool, OP.close, '', new Uint8Array(), removed);
+    const replacement = open(pool, 'base/value', FLAG_WRITE | FLAG_CREATE);
+    write(pool, replacement, Uint8Array.of(2));
+    requestOk(pool, OP.close, '', new Uint8Array(), replacement);
+    io.failNextStateCommit = true;
+    await expect(pool.sync('operation')).rejects.toThrow('injected state commit failure');
+    expect(await database.file('state.json').text()).toBe(published);
+    await pool.close(false);
+    const recovered = await DirectOpfsPool.open('mapping', clusterSeed(), compatible());
+    expect(read(recovered, open(recovered, 'base/value', FLAG_READ), 1)).toEqual(Uint8Array.of(1));
+    const stale = open(recovered, 'postmaster.pid', FLAG_WRITE | FLAG_CREATE);
+    write(recovered, stale, encoder.encode('stale'));
+    requestOk(recovered, OP.close, '', new Uint8Array(), stale);
+    await recovered.sync('operation');
+    await recovered.close(false);
+    io.writes!.length = 0;
+    const scrubbed = await DirectOpfsPool.open('mapping', clusterSeed(), compatible());
+    expect(io.writes).toEqual([`${OPFS_POOL_ROOT}/mapping/state.json`]);
+    expect(scrubbed.request(OP.metadata, 'postmaster.pid', new Uint8Array(), 0, 0, 0)[0]).toBe(1);
+    const changed = open(scrubbed, 'base/value', FLAG_WRITE);
+    requestOk(scrubbed, OP.unlink, '', new Uint8Array(), changed);
+    requestOk(scrubbed, OP.close, '', new Uint8Array(), changed);
+    const newFile = open(scrubbed, 'base/value', FLAG_WRITE | FLAG_CREATE);
+    write(scrubbed, newFile, Uint8Array.of(3));
+    await scrubbed.sync('operation');
+    expect(await database.file('state.json').text()).not.toBe(published);
+    await scrubbed.close(false);
+    const final = await DirectOpfsPool.open('mapping', clusterSeed(), compatible());
+    expect(read(final, open(final, 'base/value', FLAG_READ), 1)).toEqual(Uint8Array.of(3));
+    await final.close(false);
+  });
+
   it('stages a creation burst beyond the preopened fast path and publishes it durably', async () => {
     installOpfs();
     const pool = await DirectOpfsPool.open('burst', clusterSeed(), compatible());
diff --git a/src/wasix/sdks/ts/src/storage/opfs-pool.ts b/src/wasix/sdks/ts/src/storage/opfs-pool.ts
index 1844609ab..4fc16b394 100644
--- a/src/wasix/sdks/ts/src/storage/opfs-pool.ts
+++ b/src/wasix/sdks/ts/src/storage/opfs-pool.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ export class DirectOpfsPool {
   #initializationComplete: boolean;
   #nextDescriptor = 1;
   #namespaceDirty = false;
+  #publishedNamespace = '';
   #closed = false;
 
   private constructor(
@@ -200,6 +201,9 @@ export class DirectOpfsPool {
     const pool = new DirectOpfsPool(name, database, data, selectedIdentity, state);
     try {
       await pool.#hydrate(stored);
+      pool.#publishedNamespace = JSON.stringify(
+        serializePoolState(name, selectedIdentity, pool.#entries, stored.phase),
+      );
       await pool.#restoreSpares();
       await pool.#removeVolatileEntries();
       await pool.#maintainSpares();
@@ -223,18 +227,20 @@ export class DirectOpfsPool {
     await this.#materializeStagedFiles();
     const completesInitialization = !this.#initializationComplete && boundary === 'full';
     if (this.#namespaceDirty || completesInitialization) {
-      // A namespace publication makes newly mapped bytes reachable. Reuse the
-      // complete PostgreSQL order instead of depending on map insertion order.
-      this.#flushAll();
-      await writePoolState(
-        this.#database,
-        serializePoolState(
-          this.#name,
-          this.#physicalIdentity,
-          this.#entries,
-          this.#initializationComplete || completesInitialization ? 'ready' : 'initializing',
-        ),
+      const state = serializePoolState(
+        this.#name,
+        this.#physicalIdentity,
+        this.#entries,
+        this.#initializationComplete || completesInitialization ? 'ready' : 'initializing',
       );
+      const namespace = JSON.stringify(state);
+      // Creation and deletion within one operation can leave the published
+      // mapping unchanged. Only a real publication needs the complete barrier.
+      if (namespace !== this.#publishedNamespace) {
+        this.#flushAll();
+        await writePoolState(this.#database, state);
+        this.#publishedNamespace = namespace;
+      }
       this.#namespaceDirty = false;
       if (completesInitialization) this.#initializationComplete = true;
     }