diff --git a/crates/perry-ext-events/src/error_monitor.rs b/crates/perry-ext-events/src/error_monitor.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4360b19a92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/perry-ext-events/src/error_monitor.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+//! `events.errorMonitor` dispatch for the ext-events EventEmitter twin
+//! (#4633). Split out of `lib.rs` to keep it under the 2000-line cap.
+
+use super::*;
+
+/// String key under which a listener registered via the `events.errorMonitor`
+/// symbol lands: `event_name_from_bits` stringifies symbol event names, and
+/// `Symbol.for("events.errorMonitor")` renders as this. Mirrors the stdlib
+/// twin's constant so the two implementations stay behaviorally identical.
+pub(super) const ERROR_MONITOR_EVENT_NAME: &str = "Symbol(events.errorMonitor)";
+
+/// Node's `events.errorMonitor` semantics (#4633): listeners installed under
+/// the monitor symbol observe every `'error'` emit BEFORE the regular
+/// `'error'` listeners run, without counting as error handling - an
+/// unhandled `'error'` still throws after the monitor fires. Mirrors
+/// `dispatch_error_monitor` in perry-stdlib's events twin.
+pub(super) unsafe fn dispatch_error_monitor(
+    emitter: &mut EventEmitterHandle,
+    handle: Handle,
+    arg: Option<f64>,
+) {
+    let snapshot: Vec<Listener> = match emitter.events.get(ERROR_MONITOR_EVENT_NAME) {
+        Some(v) if !v.is_empty() => v.clone(),
+        _ => return,
+    };
+    if snapshot.iter().any(|l| l.once) {
+        if let Some(v) = emitter.events.get_mut(ERROR_MONITOR_EVENT_NAME) {
+            v.retain(|l| !l.once);
+        }
+        emitter.prune_event_if_empty(ERROR_MONITOR_EVENT_NAME);
+    }
+    for l in snapshot {
+        if l.callback != 0 {
+            let args: &[f64] = match arg.as_ref() {
+                Some(a) => std::slice::from_ref(a),
+                None => &[],
+            };
+            let _ = call_emitter_listener(handle, l.callback, args);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/perry-ext-events/src/lib.rs b/crates/perry-ext-events/src/lib.rs
index 7c33fe8f14..b6b7d2f64e 100644
--- a/crates/perry-ext-events/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-ext-events/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::ffi::c_void;
 use std::sync::{Mutex, MutexGuard, Once, OnceLock};
 
+mod error_monitor;
+use error_monitor::dispatch_error_monitor;
 mod max_listeners;
 mod messages;
 mod target_helpers;
@@ -1169,6 +1171,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn js_event_emitter_emit(
         let first_arg = first_arg_or_undefined(args_ptr);
         let emitted_args = collect_emit_args(args_ptr);
         if event_name == "error" {
+            dispatch_error_monitor(emitter, handle, Some(first_arg));
             let has_error_once = emitter
                 .pending_once_promises
                 .get("error")
@@ -1249,6 +1252,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn js_event_emitter_emit0(handle: Handle, event_bits: i64)
         let empty_args = js_array_alloc(0);
         if event_name == "error" {
             let error_value = undefined_value();
+            dispatch_error_monitor(emitter, handle, None);
             let has_error_once = emitter
                 .pending_once_promises
                 .get("error")
diff --git a/crates/perry-runtime/src/event_target.rs b/crates/perry-runtime/src/event_target.rs
index fb3019cd3d..aa8f4e3c62 100644
--- a/crates/perry-runtime/src/event_target.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-runtime/src/event_target.rs
@@ -388,7 +388,11 @@ unsafe fn is_event_target(target: *const ObjectHeader) -> bool {
     if target.is_null() {
         return false;
     }
-    if (target as usize) < crate::gc::GC_HEADER_SIZE + 0x10000 {
+    // Handle-based receivers (EventEmitter ids live at 0x38000..0x40000,
+    // widget/stream handles lower) are small integers, not heap pointers.
+    // Probing the GcHeader at handle-8 read unmapped memory and SIGSEGV'd
+    // when events.on(emitter, ...) validated its target (#4633).
+    if crate::value::addr_class::is_handle_band(target as usize) {
         return false;
     }
     let gc_header =
diff --git a/crates/perry-runtime/src/node_stream_readwrite.rs b/crates/perry-runtime/src/node_stream_readwrite.rs
index f0ba300899..4b9f77acdf 100644
--- a/crates/perry-runtime/src/node_stream_readwrite.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-runtime/src/node_stream_readwrite.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,12 @@ pub(super) fn string_value_eq(value: f64, expected: &[u8]) -> bool {
 
 pub(super) fn object_ptr_from_value(value: f64) -> Option<*mut ObjectHeader> {
     let raw = raw_ptr_from_value(value);
-    if raw < 0x10000 || crate::buffer::is_registered_buffer(raw) {
+    // The handle band (EventEmitter ids sit at 0x38000..0x40000,
+    // widget/stream handles lower) is never a heap object. The old 0x10000
+    // floor let an EventEmitter handle through to the GcHeader probe at
+    // raw-8, which is unmapped memory (#4633 SIGSEGV in
+    // events.on(emitter, name, { signal }) target validation).
+    if crate::value::addr_class::is_handle_band(raw) || crate::buffer::is_registered_buffer(raw) {
         return None;
     }
     unsafe {