diff --git a/addons/twitcher/media/native/gif-lzw/lzw.gd b/addons/twitcher/media/native/gif-lzw/lzw.gd
index d07626e2..0884c7fa 100644
--- a/addons/twitcher/media/native/gif-lzw/lzw.gd
+++ b/addons/twitcher/media/native/gif-lzw/lzw.gd
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ extends RefCounted
 var lsbbitpacker = preload("./lsbbitpacker.gd")
 var lsbbitunpacker = preload("./lsbbitunpacker.gd")
 
+## GIF89a caps LZW codes at 12 bits, so the code table never grows past 4096
+## entries. [method compress_lzw] already honours this by emitting a Clear Code
+## instead of adding entry 4096; the decompressor has to stop widening at the
+## same point or it desynchronises from the encoder.
+const MAX_CODE_SIZE: int = 12
+
 class CodeEntry:
 	var sequence: PackedByteArray
 	var raw_array: PackedByteArray
@@ -206,8 +212,17 @@ func decompress_lzw(code_stream_data: PackedByteArray, min_code_size: int, color
 			prevcode = code
 
 		# Detect when we should increase current code size and increase it.
+		#
+		# The clamp to MAX_CODE_SIZE is load bearing. The decoder trails the
+		# encoder by exactly one table entry, so it reaches counter == 4096 while
+		# reading the last code the encoder wrote before it gave up and emitted a
+		# Clear Code. get_bits_number_for(4096) is 13, so without the clamp the
+		# next read takes 13 bits out of a stream still written in 12 — every
+		# code after that is shifted, a Clear Code is mis-detected, and the reader
+		# eventually asks for a code past the end of its own table. That surfaces
+		# as a null CodeEntry a few lines up.
 		var new_code_size_candidate: int = get_bits_number_for(code_table.counter)
 		if new_code_size_candidate > current_code_size:
-			current_code_size = new_code_size_candidate
+			current_code_size = mini(new_code_size_candidate, MAX_CODE_SIZE)
 
 	return index_stream
diff --git a/test/fixtures/gif/README.md b/test/fixtures/gif/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21cc676b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/gif/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# GIF fixtures
+
+## `lzw_full_code_table.gif`
+
+160x125, one frame, 256-entry greyscale global colour table, no transparency.
+
+Generated rather than captured. The pixel indices come from the LCG
+`state = (state * 1103515245 + 12345) & 0x7FFFFFFF`, seeded at `12345`, taking
+`(state >> 16) & 0xFF` — 20 000 near-random bytes. Incompressible input is the
+whole point: a real-world image finds repeats early and never fills the LZW code
+table, which is why this bug survived until a 318-frame 7TV emote hit it
+(issue #132). The stream was then encoded by Twitcher's own `compress_lzw`, so
+it is a stream the codebase must be able to read back.
+
+It is a valid GIF89a — Pillow decodes it and reproduces the index stream exactly.
+Decoding it drives the LZW code table to its full 4096 entries and back through
+six mid-stream Clear Codes, which is the boundary
+`decompress_lzw` used to mishandle.
+
+`test_gif_reader.gd` regenerates the index stream from the same LCG, so the
+fixture and its expected output cannot drift apart.
diff --git a/test/fixtures/gif/lzw_full_code_table.gif b/test/fixtures/gif/lzw_full_code_table.gif
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30ac17d8
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/gif/lzw_full_code_table.gif differ
diff --git a/test/fixtures/gif/lzw_full_code_table.gif.import b/test/fixtures/gif/lzw_full_code_table.gif.import
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d08f04f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/gif/lzw_full_code_table.gif.import
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[remap]
+
+importer="gif.animated.texture.plugin"
+type="SpriteFrames"
+uid="uid://b87setm3use05"
+valid=false
+
+[deps]
+
+source_file="res://test/fixtures/gif/lzw_full_code_table.gif"
+
+[params]
+
diff --git a/test/unit/media/native/gif-lzw/test_lzw.gd b/test/unit/media/native/gif-lzw/test_lzw.gd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b84291df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/media/native/gif-lzw/test_lzw.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+## Unit tests for the vendored GIF LZW codec.
+##
+## This file comes from [url=https://github.com/jegor377/godot-gdgifexporter]gdgifexporter[/url]
+## and is the only piece of Twitcher that has to agree, bit for bit, with an
+## encoder it does not control. The interesting failures are all boundary
+## conditions in the flexible code size, so that is what these tests pin.
+extends TwitcherTest
+
+const LZW_SCRIPT := preload("res://addons/twitcher/media/native/gif-lzw/lzw.gd")
+
+var _codec: RefCounted
+
+
+func before_each() -> void:
+	super()
+	_codec = LZW_SCRIPT.new()
+
+
+## A 256-entry palette, which is what every GIF frame Twitcher decodes uses.
+func _palette() -> PackedByteArray:
+	var colors := PackedByteArray()
+	for index: int in 256:
+		colors.append(index)
+	return colors
+
+
+## Near-random bytes from a fixed LCG. Incompressible input is the point: a
+## smooth gradient finds repeats early and never fills the code table, so it
+## would sail past the boundary these tests exist to cover. The seed is fixed so
+## a failure is reproducible rather than flaky.
+func _noise(count: int) -> PackedByteArray:
+	var out := PackedByteArray()
+	var state := 12345
+	for _step: int in count:
+		state = (state * 1103515245 + 12345) & 0x7FFFFFFF
+		out.append((state >> 16) & 0xFF)
+	return out
+
+
+func _round_trip(indices: PackedByteArray) -> PackedByteArray:
+	var colors := _palette()
+	var compressed: Array = _codec.compress_lzw(indices, colors)
+	return _codec.decompress_lzw(compressed[0], compressed[1], colors)
+
+
+func test_round_trips_a_short_stream() -> void:
+	var indices := PackedByteArray([1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4])
+	assert_eq(_round_trip(indices), indices)
+
+
+func test_round_trips_a_stream_that_never_fills_the_code_table() -> void:
+	var indices := _noise(2000)
+	assert_eq(_round_trip(indices), indices)
+
+
+## The regression test for the 12-bit ceiling.
+##
+## GIF89a caps LZW codes at 12 bits, so the code table stops at 4096 entries.
+## [code]compress_lzw[/code] has always honoured that — it emits a Clear Code
+## rather than adding entry 4096 — but [code]decompress_lzw[/code] used to widen
+## straight off its own counter. The decoder trails the encoder by exactly one
+## entry, so it hit counter == 4096 while reading the last code before that
+## Clear, computed a 13-bit code size, and started reading 13 bits out of a
+## stream still written in 12. Every code after that was shifted: a Clear Code
+## was mis-detected, the table reset, and the reader then asked for a code past
+## the end of it. In the editor that faulted with "Nonexistent function 'add' in
+## base 'Nil'"; in a release build [code]decompress_lzw[/code] simply abandoned
+## the frame and handed back a short buffer, which failed much later and much
+## further away.
+##
+## 20 000 near-random indices fill and clear the table several times over, so
+## this covers the boundary in both directions.
+func test_round_trips_a_stream_that_fills_the_code_table() -> void:
+	var indices := _noise(20000)
+	var restored := _round_trip(indices)
+	assert_eq(restored.size(), indices.size(), "decode must not stop short")
+	assert_eq(restored, indices)
diff --git a/test/unit/media/native/gif-lzw/test_lzw.gd.uid b/test/unit/media/native/gif-lzw/test_lzw.gd.uid
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd447300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/media/native/gif-lzw/test_lzw.gd.uid
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+uid://dd0mb0itdhf23
diff --git a/test/unit/media/native/test_gif_reader.gd b/test/unit/media/native/test_gif_reader.gd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd1cb0f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/media/native/test_gif_reader.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+## End-to-end test for [GifReader] over a GIF that fills the LZW code table.
+##
+## [code]test_lzw.gd[/code] pins the codec directly. This suite covers the path
+## that actually broke in the wild: a 7TV emote large enough to reach the 12-bit
+## code ceiling would make [method GifReader.load_gif] return a [SpriteFrames]
+## whose [code]get_frame_count()[/code] looked healthy while the frame textures
+## were empty, so the failure surfaced far away from its cause.
+extends TwitcherTest
+
+const FIXTURE := "res://test/fixtures/gif/lzw_full_code_table.gif"
+const WIDTH := 160
+const HEIGHT := 125
+
+
+## Regenerates the pixel indices the fixture was built from. Same LCG and seed as
+## the generator, so the assertion below is exact rather than a smoke test.
+func _expected_indices() -> PackedByteArray:
+	var out := PackedByteArray()
+	var state := 12345
+	for _step: int in WIDTH * HEIGHT:
+		state = (state * 1103515245 + 12345) & 0x7FFFFFFF
+		out.append((state >> 16) & 0xFF)
+	return out
+
+
+func test_decodes_a_gif_that_fills_the_lzw_code_table() -> void:
+	var reader := GifReader.new()
+	var frames: SpriteFrames = reader.read(FIXTURE)
+
+	assert_not_null(frames, "fixture missing or unreadable: %s" % FIXTURE)
+	if frames == null:
+		return
+	assert_eq(frames.get_frame_count(&"default"), 1)
+
+	var texture: Texture2D = frames.get_frame_texture(&"default", 0)
+	assert_not_null(texture, "a decode that fails mid-frame leaves a null texture")
+	if texture == null:
+		return
+
+	var image: Image = texture.get_image()
+	assert_eq(Vector2i(image.get_width(), image.get_height()), Vector2i(WIDTH, HEIGHT))
+
+	# The fixture's palette is grey ramp (i, i, i), so the red channel of a
+	# decoded pixel is the palette index the encoder wrote.
+	var expected := _expected_indices()
+	var mismatches := 0
+	var first_mismatch := ""
+	for y: int in HEIGHT:
+		for x: int in WIDTH:
+			var actual: int = image.get_pixel(x, y).r8
+			var want: int = expected[y * WIDTH + x]
+			if actual != want:
+				mismatches += 1
+				if first_mismatch == "":
+					first_mismatch = "(%d, %d): got %d, want %d" % [x, y, actual, want]
+	assert_eq(mismatches, 0, "pixel mismatches, first at %s" % first_mismatch)
diff --git a/test/unit/media/native/test_gif_reader.gd.uid b/test/unit/media/native/test_gif_reader.gd.uid
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c646468
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/media/native/test_gif_reader.gd.uid
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+uid://7ro5fqigpw4k