diff --git a/apps/server/src/bootstrap.test.ts b/apps/server/src/bootstrap.test.ts
index 804f2440a9..3fce6af9c4 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/bootstrap.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/bootstrap.test.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,33 @@ import * as Duration from "effect/Duration";
 import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
 import * as Fiber from "effect/Fiber";
 import { TestClock } from "effect/testing";
+import { vi } from "vitest";
 
 import { readBootstrapEnvelope, resolveFdPath } from "./bootstrap";
 import { assertNone, assertSome } from "@effect/vitest/utils";
 
+const openSyncInterceptor = vi.hoisted(() => ({ failPath: null as string | null }));
+
+vi.mock("node:fs", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("node:fs")>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    openSync: (...args: Parameters<typeof actual.openSync>) => {
+      const [filePath, flags] = args;
+      if (
+        typeof filePath === "string" &&
+        filePath === openSyncInterceptor.failPath &&
+        flags === "r"
+      ) {
+        const error = new Error("no such device or address");
+        Object.assign(error, { code: "ENXIO" });
+        throw error;
+      }
+      return (actual.openSync as (...a: typeof args) => number)(...args);
+    },
+  };
+});
+
 const TestEnvelopeSchema = Schema.Struct({ mode: Schema.String });
 
 it.layer(NodeServices.layer)("readBootstrapEnvelope", (it) => {
@@ -47,6 +70,36 @@ it.layer(NodeServices.layer)("readBootstrapEnvelope", (it) => {
     }),
   );
 
+  it.effect("falls back to reading the inherited fd when path duplication fails", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const fs = yield* FileSystem.FileSystem;
+      const filePath = yield* fs.makeTempFileScoped({ prefix: "t3-bootstrap-", suffix: ".ndjson" });
+
+      yield* fs.writeFileString(
+        filePath,
+        `${yield* Schema.encodeEffect(Schema.fromJsonString(TestEnvelopeSchema))({
+          mode: "desktop",
+        })}\n`,
+      );
+
+      // Open without acquireRelease: the direct-stream fallback uses autoClose: true,
+      // so the stream owns the fd lifecycle and closes it asynchronously on end.
+      // Attempting to also close it synchronously in a finalizer races with the
+      // stream's async close and produces an uncaught EBADF.
+      const fd = NFS.openSync(filePath, "r");
+
+      openSyncInterceptor.failPath = `/proc/self/fd/${fd}`;
+      try {
+        const payload = yield* readBootstrapEnvelope(TestEnvelopeSchema, fd, { timeoutMs: 100 });
+        assertSome(payload, {
+          mode: "desktop",
+        });
+      } finally {
+        openSyncInterceptor.failPath = null;
+      }
+    }),
+  );
+
   it.effect("returns none when the fd is unavailable", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const fd = NFS.openSync("/dev/null", "r");
diff --git a/apps/server/src/bootstrap.ts b/apps/server/src/bootstrap.ts
index b837ac6c18..0fb1352268 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/bootstrap.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/bootstrap.ts
@@ -108,21 +108,26 @@ const makeBootstrapInputStream = (fd: number) =>
     try: () => {
       const fdPath = resolveFdPath(fd);
       if (fdPath === undefined) {
-        const stream = new Net.Socket({
-          fd,
-          readable: true,
-          writable: false,
-        });
-        stream.setEncoding("utf8");
-        return stream;
+        return makeDirectBootstrapStream(fd);
       }
 
-      const streamFd = NFS.openSync(fdPath, "r");
-      return NFS.createReadStream("", {
-        fd: streamFd,
-        encoding: "utf8",
-        autoClose: true,
-      });
+      let streamFd: number | undefined;
+      try {
+        streamFd = NFS.openSync(fdPath, "r");
+        return NFS.createReadStream("", {
+          fd: streamFd,
+          encoding: "utf8",
+          autoClose: true,
+        });
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (isBootstrapFdPathDuplicationError(error)) {
+          if (streamFd !== undefined) {
+            NFS.closeSync(streamFd);
+          }
+          return makeDirectBootstrapStream(fd);
+        }
+        throw error;
+      }
     },
     catch: (error) =>
       new BootstrapError({
@@ -131,6 +136,29 @@ const makeBootstrapInputStream = (fd: number) =>
       }),
   });
 
+const makeDirectBootstrapStream = (fd: number): Readable => {
+  try {
+    return NFS.createReadStream("", {
+      fd,
+      encoding: "utf8",
+      autoClose: true,
+    });
+  } catch {
+    const stream = new Net.Socket({
+      fd,
+      readable: true,
+      writable: false,
+    });
+    stream.setEncoding("utf8");
+    return stream;
+  }
+};
+
+const isBootstrapFdPathDuplicationError = Predicate.compose(
+  Predicate.hasProperty("code"),
+  (_) => _.code === "ENXIO" || _.code === "EINVAL" || _.code === "EPERM",
+);
+
 export function resolveFdPath(
   fd: number,
   platform: NodeJS.Platform = process.platform,