diff --git a/src/filesystem/__tests__/lib.test.ts b/src/filesystem/__tests__/lib.test.ts
index f7e585af22..05388b6621 100644
--- a/src/filesystem/__tests__/lib.test.ts
+++ b/src/filesystem/__tests__/lib.test.ts
@@ -308,6 +308,22 @@ describe('Lib Functions', () => {
         
         expect(mockFs.writeFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/test/file.txt', 'new content', { encoding: "utf-8", flag: 'wx' });
       });
+
+      it('preserves file permissions when overwriting existing file', async () => {
+        // First writeFile call with 'wx' flag fails because file exists
+        mockFs.writeFile.mockRejectedValueOnce(Object.assign(new Error('EEXIST'), { code: 'EEXIST' }));
+        // stat returns executable permissions
+        mockFs.stat.mockResolvedValueOnce({ mode: 0o100755 });
+        // Second writeFile (to temp) succeeds
+        mockFs.writeFile.mockResolvedValueOnce(undefined);
+        mockFs.rename.mockResolvedValueOnce(undefined);
+        mockFs.chmod.mockResolvedValueOnce(undefined);
+
+        await writeFileContent('/test/script.sh', 'new content');
+
+        expect(mockFs.stat).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/test/script.sh');
+        expect(mockFs.chmod).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/test/script.sh', 0o100755);
+      });
     });
 
   });
@@ -416,6 +432,8 @@ describe('Lib Functions', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         mockFs.readFile.mockResolvedValue('line1\nline2\nline3\n');
         mockFs.writeFile.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+        mockFs.stat.mockResolvedValue({ mode: 0o100644 });
+        mockFs.chmod.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
       });
 
       it('applies simple text replacement', async () => {
@@ -494,6 +512,30 @@ describe('Lib Functions', () => {
         );
       });
 
+      it('preserves file permissions after applying edits', async () => {
+        mockFs.stat.mockResolvedValue({ mode: 0o100755 });
+        const edits = [
+          { oldText: 'line2', newText: 'modified line2' }
+        ];
+        
+        mockFs.rename.mockResolvedValueOnce(undefined);
+        
+        await applyFileEdits('/test/script.sh', edits, false);
+        
+        expect(mockFs.stat).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/test/script.sh');
+        expect(mockFs.chmod).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/test/script.sh', 0o100755);
+      });
+
+      it('does not restore permissions in dry run mode', async () => {
+        const edits = [
+          { oldText: 'line2', newText: 'modified line2' }
+        ];
+        
+        await applyFileEdits('/test/file.txt', edits, true);
+        
+        expect(mockFs.chmod).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+
       it('throws error for non-matching edits', async () => {
         const edits = [
           { oldText: 'nonexistent line', newText: 'replacement' }
diff --git a/src/filesystem/lib.ts b/src/filesystem/lib.ts
index 17e4654cd5..64f384346a 100644
--- a/src/filesystem/lib.ts
+++ b/src/filesystem/lib.ts
@@ -168,10 +168,14 @@ export async function writeFileContent(filePath: string, content: string): Promi
       // Security: Use atomic rename to prevent race conditions where symlinks
       // could be created between validation and write. Rename operations
       // replace the target file atomically and don't follow symlinks.
+      const origStats = await fs.stat(filePath);
       const tempPath = `${filePath}.${randomBytes(16).toString('hex')}.tmp`;
       try {
         await fs.writeFile(tempPath, content, 'utf-8');
         await fs.rename(tempPath, filePath);
+        // Restore original file permissions since the atomic rename replaces
+        // the inode and the temp file has default (0644) permissions.
+        await fs.chmod(filePath, origStats.mode);
       } catch (renameError) {
         try {
           await fs.unlink(tempPath);
@@ -266,10 +270,14 @@ export async function applyFileEdits(
     // Security: Use atomic rename to prevent race conditions where symlinks
     // could be created between validation and write. Rename operations
     // replace the target file atomically and don't follow symlinks.
+    const origStats = await fs.stat(filePath);
     const tempPath = `${filePath}.${randomBytes(16).toString('hex')}.tmp`;
     try {
       await fs.writeFile(tempPath, modifiedContent, 'utf-8');
       await fs.rename(tempPath, filePath);
+      // Restore original file permissions since the atomic rename replaces
+      // the inode and the temp file has default (0644) permissions.
+      await fs.chmod(filePath, origStats.mode);
     } catch (error) {
       try {
         await fs.unlink(tempPath);