diff --git a/plugin/lifecycle/src/Internal/LifecycleInterceptor.php b/plugin/lifecycle/src/Internal/LifecycleInterceptor.php
index 356b7c04..68b7e17c 100644
--- a/plugin/lifecycle/src/Internal/LifecycleInterceptor.php
+++ b/plugin/lifecycle/src/Internal/LifecycleInterceptor.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  * Both class-based cases (methods of a {@see \Testo\Test} class) and function-based cases (a file of
  * top-level functions, whose {@see CaseDefinition::$reflection} is null) are supported. For a
  * function-based case the hooks are the file's lifecycle-annotated functions, discovered from the
- * source file of the case's tests.
+ * case's source file ({@see CaseDefinition::$file}).
  *
  * @internal
  * @psalm-internal Testo\Lifecycle
@@ -167,27 +167,25 @@ private static function group(iterable $hooks): array
     /**
      * Collect the lifecycle-annotated free functions of a function-based case.
      *
-     * A function-based case carries no class reflection, so the hooks are located from the source
-     * file of the case's tests: every function declared there is reflected and filtered down to
-     * those carrying a lifecycle attribute.
+     * A function-based case carries no class reflection, so the hooks are located from the case's
+     * source file ({@see CaseDefinition::$file}): every function declared there is reflected and
+     * filtered down to those carrying a lifecycle attribute.
+     *
+     * The path comes from the definition itself, never from the surviving tests: outer case
+     * interceptors may prune tests from the case, and the `#[BeforeClass]`/`#[AfterClass]` hooks
+     * must still run for a fully pruned case.
      *
      * @return list<\ReflectionFunction>
      */
     private static function collectCaseFunctions(CaseDefinition $definition): array
     {
-        $path = null;
-        foreach ($definition->tests->getTests() as $test) {
-            if ($test->reflection instanceof \ReflectionFunction) {
-                $path = $test->reflection->getFileName();
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (!\is_string($path)) {
+        $path = $definition->file;
+        if (!$path->isFile()) {
+            # A synthetic definition without a real source file has no discoverable hooks.
             return [];
         }
 
-        $file = new TokenizedFile(file: new \SplFileInfo($path), path: $path);
+        $file = new TokenizedFile(file: new \SplFileInfo((string) $path), path: $path);
 
         return \array_values(\array_filter(
             DefinitionLocator::getFunctions($file),
diff --git a/plugin/lifecycle/tests/Unit/Fixture/PrunedFunctionsWithLifecycle.php b/plugin/lifecycle/tests/Unit/Fixture/PrunedFunctionsWithLifecycle.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0df36c89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/lifecycle/tests/Unit/Fixture/PrunedFunctionsWithLifecycle.php
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Tests\Lifecycle\Unit\Fixture;
+
+use Testo\Lifecycle\AfterClass;
+use Testo\Lifecycle\AfterTest;
+use Testo\Lifecycle\BeforeClass;
+use Testo\Lifecycle\BeforeTest;
+
+/**
+ * Call counters for the lifecycle functions below. Not autoloadable — the test
+ * `require_once`s this file before touching the counters.
+ */
+final class PrunedFunctionsState
+{
+    public static int $beforeClassCalls = 0;
+    public static int $afterClassCalls = 0;
+    public static int $beforeTestCalls = 0;
+    public static int $afterTestCalls = 0;
+}
+
+#[BeforeClass]
+function prunedFnSetUpClass(): void
+{
+    ++PrunedFunctionsState::$beforeClassCalls;
+}
+
+#[AfterClass]
+function prunedFnTearDownClass(): void
+{
+    ++PrunedFunctionsState::$afterClassCalls;
+}
+
+#[BeforeTest]
+function prunedFnSetUp(): void
+{
+    ++PrunedFunctionsState::$beforeTestCalls;
+}
+
+#[AfterTest]
+function prunedFnTearDown(): void
+{
+    ++PrunedFunctionsState::$afterTestCalls;
+}
+
+# The case's only test. Never referenced directly: the regression test empties the test set
+# to simulate an outer case interceptor pruning it away.
+function prunedFnTest(): void {}
diff --git a/plugin/lifecycle/tests/Unit/Internal/LifecycleInterceptorTest.php b/plugin/lifecycle/tests/Unit/Internal/LifecycleInterceptorTest.php
index f93136e8..c9644aa6 100644
--- a/plugin/lifecycle/tests/Unit/Internal/LifecycleInterceptorTest.php
+++ b/plugin/lifecycle/tests/Unit/Internal/LifecycleInterceptorTest.php
@@ -4,9 +4,20 @@
 
 namespace Tests\Lifecycle\Unit\Internal;
 
+use Internal\Path;
 use Testo\Assert;
 use Testo\Codecov\Covers;
+use Testo\Core\Context\CaseInfo;
+use Testo\Core\Context\CaseResult;
+use Testo\Core\Context\Identity\SuiteIdentity;
+use Testo\Core\Definition\CaseDefinition;
+use Testo\Core\Definition\TestDefinitions;
+use Testo\Core\Value\Status;
 use Testo\Core\Value\TestType;
+use Testo\Lifecycle\AfterClass;
+use Testo\Lifecycle\AfterTest;
+use Testo\Lifecycle\BeforeClass;
+use Testo\Lifecycle\BeforeTest;
 use Testo\Lifecycle\Internal\LifecycleInterceptor;
 use Testo\Test;
 use Testo\Tokenizer\DefinitionLocator;
@@ -15,6 +26,7 @@
 use Tests\Lifecycle\Unit\Fixture\ClassWithLifecycleMethods;
 use Tests\Lifecycle\Unit\Fixture\ClassWithMultipleLifecycleOnOneMethod;
 use Tests\Lifecycle\Unit\Fixture\ClassWithoutLifecycle;
+use Tests\Lifecycle\Unit\Fixture\PrunedFunctionsState;
 
 #[Test]
 #[Covers(LifecycleInterceptor::class)]
@@ -166,6 +178,61 @@ public function passesThroughWhenNoLifecycleFunctionsPresent(): void
             ->hasKeys('fnAlpha', 'fnBeta');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Regression: hook discovery for a function-based case must come from
+     * {@see CaseDefinition::$file}, not from the surviving tests. Any outer case interceptor
+     * may prune tests from the case before this interceptor runs, and the
+     * `#[BeforeClass]`/`#[AfterClass]` hooks must still fire — also when nothing survived.
+     * Discovery used to locate the source file from the first surviving test function, so a
+     * fully pruned case silently lost its class-level hooks.
+     */
+    public function runsClassHooksForFunctionCaseWhoseTestsWereAllPruned(): void
+    {
+        # Functions are not autoloadable: load the fixture to reach the counters.
+        require_once $this->fixturesDir . 'PrunedFunctionsWithLifecycle.php';
+        PrunedFunctionsState::$beforeClassCalls = 0;
+        PrunedFunctionsState::$afterClassCalls = 0;
+        $info = $this->makeFunctionCaseInfoWithoutTests($this->fixturesDir . 'PrunedFunctionsWithLifecycle.php');
+
+        $hooksAtNext = null;
+        $beforeClassAtNext = null;
+        $afterClassAtNext = null;
+        $this->interceptor->runTestCase(
+            $info,
+            static function (CaseInfo $case) use (&$hooksAtNext, &$beforeClassAtNext, &$afterClassAtNext): CaseResult {
+                $hooksAtNext = $case->getAttribute(LifecycleInterceptor::class, []);
+                $beforeClassAtNext = PrunedFunctionsState::$beforeClassCalls;
+                $afterClassAtNext = PrunedFunctionsState::$afterClassCalls;
+                return new CaseResult(results: [], status: Status::Passed);
+            },
+        );
+
+        # All four hooks were discovered from the case file and published for the inner pipeline.
+        Assert::array($hooksAtNext)
+            ->hasKeys(BeforeClass::class, AfterClass::class, BeforeTest::class, AfterTest::class);
+        # The class hooks fire exactly once, around the inner pipeline: BeforeClass has already
+        # fired when `$next` runs, AfterClass has not yet.
+        Assert::same($beforeClassAtNext, 1);
+        Assert::same($afterClassAtNext, 0);
+        Assert::same(PrunedFunctionsState::$beforeClassCalls, 1);
+        Assert::same(PrunedFunctionsState::$afterClassCalls, 1);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A synthetic function-based definition whose file does not exist on disk has no
+     * discoverable hooks — the case must still pass through the pipeline instead of
+     * failing on tokenization.
+     */
+    public function passesThroughFunctionCaseWithoutRealSourceFile(): void
+    {
+        $info = $this->makeFunctionCaseInfoWithoutTests(__DIR__ . '/does-not-exist.php');
+        $expected = new CaseResult(results: [], status: Status::Passed);
+
+        $result = $this->interceptor->runTestCase($info, static fn(): CaseResult => $expected);
+
+        Assert::same($result, $expected);
+    }
+
     private function makeDefinitionWithAllPublicMethodsAsTests(string $fixture, string $classFqn): FileDefinitions
     {
         $path = $this->fixturesDir . $fixture;
@@ -203,4 +270,22 @@ private function makeDefinitionWithAllFunctionsAsTests(string $fixture): FileDef
 
         return $definition;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Build a {@see CaseInfo} over a function-based case (null reflection) whose test set is
+     * empty — the state an outer case interceptor leaves behind after pruning every test.
+     */
+    private function makeFunctionCaseInfoWithoutTests(string $path): CaseInfo
+    {
+        $file = Path::create($path);
+        $definition = new CaseDefinition(
+            name: $file->name(),
+            type: TestType::Test->value,
+            file: $file,
+            reflection: null,
+            tests: new TestDefinitions(),
+        );
+
+        return new CaseInfo(definition: $definition, suiteIdentity: new SuiteIdentity('Lifecycle/Unit'));
+    }
 }