diff --git a/packages/core/src/__test-utils__/vitest-teardown.ts b/packages/core/src/__test-utils__/vitest-teardown.ts
index 55ba855b83..fe174d4d28 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/__test-utils__/vitest-teardown.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/__test-utils__/vitest-teardown.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,45 @@ import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join, resolve } from "node:path";
 
+let workerRootRmSync = rmSync;
+let workerRootSleepMsSync = sleepMsSync;
+
+export function __setWorkerRootRmSyncForTests(nextRmSync: typeof rmSync): void {
+  workerRootRmSync = typeof nextRmSync === "function" ? nextRmSync : rmSync;
+}
+
+export function __setWorkerRootSleepMsSyncForTests(nextSleep: (ms: number) => void): void {
+  workerRootSleepMsSync = typeof nextSleep === "function" ? nextSleep : sleepMsSync;
+}
+
+function sleepMsSync(ms: number): void {
+  if (ms <= 0) return;
+  Atomics.wait(new Int32Array(new SharedArrayBuffer(4)), 0, 0, ms);
+}
+
+function isEnoent(error: unknown): boolean {
+  return Boolean(error && typeof error === "object" && "code" in error && error.code === "ENOENT");
+}
+
+export function removeWorkerRootWithRetry(workerRoot: string, retries = 3, delayMs = 75): void {
+  let lastError: unknown = null;
+  for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= retries; attempt++) {
+    try {
+      workerRootRmSync(workerRoot, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      return;
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (isEnoent(error)) return;
+      lastError = error;
+      if (attempt < retries) {
+        workerRootSleepMsSync(delayMs);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  const message = lastError instanceof Error ? lastError.message : String(lastError);
+  console.warn(`[vitest-teardown] failed to remove worker root ${workerRoot} after ${retries} attempts: ${message}`);
+}
+
 export default function setup(): () => Promise<void> {
   // Use a fresh root for each Vitest invocation. A static shared root makes the
   // setup-time redirect sweep proportional to stale directories left by every
@@ -23,12 +62,9 @@ export default function setup(): () => Promise<void> {
     } catch {
       // Ignore — cleanup below is best-effort and uses an absolute path.
     }
-    try {
-      rmSync(workerRoot, { recursive: true, force: true });
-    } catch {
-      // Ignore — interrupted or still-active workers may leave a per-run root
-      // behind, but future runs no longer sweep it because every invocation gets
-      // a fresh root.
-    }
+    // FN-6360: macOS can report transient EBUSY/ENOTEMPTY while SQLite WALs or
+    // redirected temp dirs are still closing. Retry boundedly so a brief busy-fd
+    // race does not leak the per-invocation fusion-test-workers-* root.
+    removeWorkerRootWithRetry(workerRoot);
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/__tests__/vitest-teardown-worker-root-cleanup.test.ts b/packages/core/src/__tests__/vitest-teardown-worker-root-cleanup.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d03fd35a12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/__tests__/vitest-teardown-worker-root-cleanup.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import setup, {
+  __setWorkerRootRmSyncForTests,
+  __setWorkerRootSleepMsSyncForTests,
+} from "../__test-utils__/vitest-teardown";
+
+const createdPaths: string[] = [];
+const originalWorkerRoot = process.env.FUSION_TEST_WORKER_ROOT;
+
+function remember(path: string): string {
+  createdPaths.push(path);
+  return path;
+}
+
+function makeWorkerChild(root: string, label: string): void {
+  const workerDir = join(root, `w-${process.pid}-${label}`);
+  mkdirSync(workerDir, { recursive: true });
+  writeFileSync(join(workerDir, "file.txt"), "worker temp payload");
+}
+
+function restoreWorkerRootEnv(): void {
+  if (originalWorkerRoot === undefined) {
+    delete process.env.FUSION_TEST_WORKER_ROOT;
+  } else {
+    process.env.FUSION_TEST_WORKER_ROOT = originalWorkerRoot;
+  }
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  __setWorkerRootRmSyncForTests(rmSync);
+  __setWorkerRootSleepMsSyncForTests(() => {});
+  restoreWorkerRootEnv();
+  for (const path of createdPaths.splice(0).reverse()) {
+    rmSync(path, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+describe("vitest global teardown worker-root cleanup", () => {
+  it("removes the per-invocation worker root on the clean path", async () => {
+    const teardown = setup();
+    const workerRoot = remember(process.env.FUSION_TEST_WORKER_ROOT!);
+    makeWorkerChild(workerRoot, "clean");
+
+    await teardown();
+
+    expect(existsSync(workerRoot)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("retries an EBUSY worker-root removal and removes the root", async () => {
+    const teardown = setup();
+    const workerRoot = remember(process.env.FUSION_TEST_WORKER_ROOT!);
+    makeWorkerChild(workerRoot, "busy");
+    let attempts = 0;
+    const sleeps: number[] = [];
+
+    __setWorkerRootRmSyncForTests((path, options) => {
+      attempts++;
+      if (attempts === 1) {
+        const error = new Error("resource busy") as NodeJS.ErrnoException;
+        error.code = "EBUSY";
+        throw error;
+      }
+      rmSync(path, options);
+    });
+    __setWorkerRootSleepMsSyncForTests((ms) => {
+      sleeps.push(ms);
+    });
+
+    await teardown();
+
+    expect(attempts).toBe(2);
+    expect(sleeps).toEqual([75]);
+    expect(existsSync(workerRoot)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("tolerates ENOENT when the worker root is already gone", async () => {
+    const teardown = setup();
+    const workerRoot = remember(process.env.FUSION_TEST_WORKER_ROOT!);
+    makeWorkerChild(workerRoot, "enoent");
+    rmSync(workerRoot, { recursive: true, force: true });
+
+    await teardown();
+
+    expect(existsSync(workerRoot)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/scripts/__tests__/test-changed.test.mjs b/scripts/__tests__/test-changed.test.mjs
index 1aa9ff284f..ea2909afc5 100644
--- a/scripts/__tests__/test-changed.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/__tests__/test-changed.test.mjs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import {
   __setCleanupRmSyncForTests,
   emitModeDecision,
   pruneFusionTestHomes,
+  pruneFusionTestWorkers,
   buildForwardDependencyMap,
   collectTransitiveDependencies,
   computeOwnHash,
@@ -951,6 +952,23 @@ test("pruneFusionTestHomes: bounded — removes at most maxEntries per call", ()
   }
 });
 
+test("pruneFusionTestWorkers: bounded — removes at most maxEntries per call", () => {
+  const created = [];
+  try {
+    for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+      const dir = path.join(tmpdir(), `fusion-test-workers-prune-budget-${process.pid}-${i}`);
+      mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+      created.push(dir);
+    }
+    // Cap at 2 → at least 3 of ours survive this call.
+    pruneFusionTestWorkers(2);
+    const survivors = created.filter((dir) => existsSync(dir));
+    assert.ok(survivors.length >= 3, `expected >=3 survivors with cap=2, got ${survivors.length}`);
+  } finally {
+    for (const dir of created) rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // U4: real-git-fixture integration (dirty working tree + transitive deps).
 //
@@ -1357,3 +1375,18 @@ test("pruneFusionTestHomes: only targets the fusion-test-home-root- prefix", ()
     rmSync(foreign, { recursive: true, force: true });
   }
 });
+
+test("pruneFusionTestWorkers: only targets the fusion-test-workers- prefix", () => {
+  const ours = path.join(tmpdir(), `fusion-test-workers-prune-prefix-${process.pid}`);
+  const foreign = path.join(tmpdir(), `not-ours-workers-prune-prefix-${process.pid}`);
+  mkdirSync(ours, { recursive: true });
+  mkdirSync(foreign, { recursive: true });
+  try {
+    pruneFusionTestWorkers();
+    assert.equal(existsSync(ours), false, "orphaned worker root should be pruned");
+    assert.equal(existsSync(foreign), true, "foreign dir must be left untouched");
+  } finally {
+    rmSync(ours, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    rmSync(foreign, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/scripts/test-changed.mjs b/scripts/test-changed.mjs
index 59a07aa1ed..f9e1c8a773 100644
--- a/scripts/test-changed.mjs
+++ b/scripts/test-changed.mjs
@@ -198,6 +198,37 @@ export function pruneFusionTestHomes(maxEntries = PRUNE_MAX_ENTRIES) {
   }
 }
 
+export function pruneFusionTestWorkers(maxEntries = PRUNE_MAX_ENTRIES) {
+  let tmpEntries = [];
+  try {
+    tmpEntries = readdirSync(tmpdir(), { withFileTypes: true });
+  } catch {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  let removed = 0;
+  for (const entry of tmpEntries) {
+    if (removed >= maxEntries) break;
+    if (!entry.isDirectory() || !entry.name.startsWith("fusion-test-workers-")) continue;
+    const rawPath = path.join(tmpdir(), entry.name);
+    try {
+      realpathSync(rawPath);
+    } catch {
+      // Keep raw path fallback.
+    }
+    try {
+      // FN-6360: if a Vitest invocation is SIGKILL'd, globalTeardown never runs.
+      // This capped, single-level prefix prune mirrors pruneFusionTestHomes so
+      // orphaned worker roots are swept before check-test-isolation runs.
+      rmSync(rawPath, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      removed++;
+    } catch (err) {
+      const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+      console.warn(`[test-changed] failed to prune leftover ${rawPath}: ${message}`);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 function runMaybeIsolated(command, commandArgs, options = {}) {
   const enabled = shouldRunIsolationGuard();
   const env = options.env ?? process.env;
@@ -210,6 +241,7 @@ function runMaybeIsolated(command, commandArgs, options = {}) {
       onBeforeAfterCheck();
     }
     pruneFusionTestHomes();
+    pruneFusionTestWorkers();
     if (enabled) runIsolationCheck(false, env);
   }
 }