diff --git a/sdk/typescript/src/runtime.ts b/sdk/typescript/src/runtime.ts
index f8f1f1edb..37858dee5 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/src/runtime.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/src/runtime.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ const CREDENTIAL_LOCK_POLL_MILLISECONDS = 25;
 const INCOMPLETE_CREDENTIAL_LOCK_MILLISECONDS = 30_000;
 const MAX_PROCESS_ID = 2_147_483_647;
 const MAX_WINDOWS_CREDENTIAL_ACL_STDERR = 64 * 1024;
+const WINDOWS_CREDENTIAL_DESCENDANTS_CHANGED_EXIT_CODE = 2;
 
 export interface PluginInstall {
   pluginRoot: string;
@@ -416,6 +417,8 @@ class RepairableWindowsCredentialOwnerError extends Error {
   }
 }
 
+class WindowsCredentialDescendantsChangedError extends Error {}
+
 /** Inspect a Windows DACL without translating locale-specific account names. */
 export function inspectWindowsCredentialAcl(
   descriptor: string,
@@ -651,7 +654,13 @@ export async function verifyStableWindowsCredentialDescendants(
     }
     if (descendants === 0 && options.inspectEmpty !== true) return;
 
-    if ((await inspectDescriptors()) === descendants) return;
+    try {
+      if ((await inspectDescriptors()) === descendants) return;
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (!(error instanceof WindowsCredentialDescendantsChangedError)) {
+        throw error;
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   throw new Error("Windows credential descendants could not be verified");
@@ -675,6 +684,7 @@ export async function streamWindowsCredentialAclDescriptors(
     if (remaining > 0) stderr += chunk.slice(0, remaining);
   });
 
+  let descendantsChanged = false;
   const completion = new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
     child.once("error", reject);
     child.once("close", (code, signal) => {
@@ -682,6 +692,11 @@ export async function streamWindowsCredentialAclDescriptors(
         resolve();
         return;
       }
+      if (code === WINDOWS_CREDENTIAL_DESCENDANTS_CHANGED_EXIT_CODE) {
+        descendantsChanged = true;
+        resolve();
+        return;
+      }
       const reason = signal === null ? `exit code ${code}` : `signal ${signal}`;
       reject(
         Object.assign(
@@ -713,6 +728,12 @@ export async function streamWindowsCredentialAclDescriptors(
     throw error;
   }
 
+  if (descendantsChanged) {
+    // Finish descriptor callbacks before allowing another snapshot attempt.
+    throw new WindowsCredentialDescendantsChangedError(
+      "Windows credential descendants changed during ACL inspection",
+    );
+  }
   return descriptors;
 }
 
@@ -864,9 +885,9 @@ async function secureWindowsCredentialHome(path: string): Promise<void> {
     "$path = $env:CODEX_SECURITY_CREDENTIAL_ACL_PATH",
     "while ($true) { $parent = Microsoft.PowerShell.Management\\Split-Path -Path $path -Parent; if (-not $parent -or $parent -eq $path) { break }; Microsoft.PowerShell.Security\\Get-Acl -LiteralPath $parent | Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\\Select-Object -ExpandProperty Sddl; $path = $parent }",
     "Microsoft.PowerShell.Security\\Get-Acl -LiteralPath $env:CODEX_SECURITY_CREDENTIAL_ACL_PATH | Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\\Select-Object -ExpandProperty Sddl",
-    // A temporary descendant can disappear after enumeration. Its missing
-    // descriptor reduces the count and retries the stable snapshot.
-    "Microsoft.PowerShell.Management\\Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $env:CODEX_SECURITY_CREDENTIAL_ACL_PATH -Recurse -Force | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\\ForEach-Object { try { Microsoft.PowerShell.Security\\Get-Acl -LiteralPath $_.FullName | Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\\Select-Object -ExpandProperty Sddl } catch { if ($_.FullyQualifiedErrorId -notlike 'GetAcl_PathNotFound,*') { throw } } }",
+    // Temporary descendants can disappear during enumeration or ACL reads.
+    // Retry interrupted enumeration as well as incomplete descriptor counts.
+    `try { Microsoft.PowerShell.Management\\Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $env:CODEX_SECURITY_CREDENTIAL_ACL_PATH -Recurse -Force | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\\ForEach-Object { try { Microsoft.PowerShell.Security\\Get-Acl -LiteralPath $_.FullName | Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\\Select-Object -ExpandProperty Sddl } catch { if ($_.FullyQualifiedErrorId -notlike 'GetAcl_PathNotFound,*') { throw } } } } catch { if ($_.FullyQualifiedErrorId -eq 'System.IO.FileNotFoundException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetChildItemCommand') { exit ${WINDOWS_CREDENTIAL_DESCENDANTS_CHANGED_EXIT_CODE} }; throw }`,
   ].join("; ");
   const resolvePrincipalScript = [
     "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'",
diff --git a/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/runtime.test.ts b/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/runtime.test.ts
index 776adf60c..396057bdd 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/runtime.test.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/runtime.test.ts
@@ -2904,6 +2904,71 @@ describe("runtime directories and plugin Python boundary", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  test("retries interrupted Windows credential ACL enumeration", async () => {
+    const root = await temporaryDirectory();
+    const home = join(root, "home");
+    const inspectionCount = join(root, "inspection-count");
+    const temporary = join(home, ".auth-temporary");
+    await mkdir(home);
+    await writeFile(join(home, "auth.json"), "credential\n");
+    await writeFile(temporary, "temporary credential\n");
+    const sid = "S-1-5-21-111-222-333-1001";
+    const directory = `O:${sid}G:SYD:P(A;OICI;FA;;;${sid})`;
+    const file = `O:${sid}G:SYD:P(A;;FA;;;${sid})`;
+    const descriptors: string[] = [];
+    for (let ancestor = dirname(home); ; ancestor = dirname(ancestor)) {
+      descriptors.push(directory);
+      if (ancestor === dirname(ancestor)) break;
+    }
+    descriptors.push(directory, file);
+    const script = [
+      'const fs = require("node:fs")',
+      `fs.appendFileSync(${JSON.stringify(inspectionCount)}, "inspection\\n")`,
+      `process.stdout.write(${JSON.stringify(`${descriptors.join("\n")}\n`)})`,
+      `if (fs.existsSync(${JSON.stringify(temporary)})) { fs.unlinkSync(${JSON.stringify(temporary)}); process.exitCode = 2 }`,
+    ].join("; ");
+
+    await expect(
+      inspectWindowsCredentialAclSnapshot(home, sid, {
+        command: process.execPath,
+        args: ["--eval", script],
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+      home: { owner: sid, protected: true },
+      descendantsArePrivate: true,
+    });
+    expect(await readFile(inspectionCount, "utf8")).toBe(
+      "inspection\ninspection\n",
+    );
+  });
+
+  test.each([
+    [2, 3, "Windows credential descendants could not be verified"],
+    [1, 1, "Windows credential ACL inspection failed with exit code 1"],
+  ] as const)(
+    "rejects Windows ACL subprocess exit %i after %i attempts",
+    async (exitCode, attempts, message) => {
+      const root = await temporaryDirectory();
+      const home = join(root, "home");
+      const inspectionCount = join(root, "inspection-count");
+      await mkdir(home);
+      const script = [
+        `require("node:fs").appendFileSync(${JSON.stringify(inspectionCount)}, "inspection\\n")`,
+        `process.exitCode = ${exitCode}`,
+      ].join("; ");
+
+      await expect(
+        inspectWindowsCredentialAclSnapshot(home, "S-1-5-21-111-222-333-1001", {
+          command: process.execPath,
+          args: ["--eval", script],
+        }),
+      ).rejects.toThrow(message);
+      expect(await readFile(inspectionCount, "utf8")).toBe(
+        "inspection\n".repeat(attempts),
+      );
+    },
+  );
+
   test("rejects unsafe Windows credential ancestry during combined ACL inspection", async () => {
     const root = await temporaryDirectory();
     const home = join(root, "home");
diff --git a/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/workbench-scan-root-alias.test.ts b/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/workbench-scan-root-alias.test.ts
index 0a74c093a..91cc240d7 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/workbench-scan-root-alias.test.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/workbench-scan-root-alias.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
 import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, realpathSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
+import { promisify } from "node:util";
 import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
 import { resolvePluginPython } from "../src/runtime.js";
 import { PLUGIN_ROOT } from "./plugin-root.js";
@@ -34,13 +35,12 @@ test.skipIf(process.platform !== "win32")(
         "args = argparse.Namespace(repository=None, scan_root=sys.argv[2].upper(), target_id=None, mode=None, status=None, query=None, limit=None, offset=0)",
         "print(json.dumps(history.list_scans(connection, args)))",
       ].join("\n");
-      const result = spawnSync(
+      const result = await promisify(execFile)(
         python,
         ["-I", "-B", "-c", probe, join(PLUGIN_ROOT, "scripts"), scanRoot],
-        { encoding: "utf8", timeout: 10_000 },
+        { encoding: "utf8", timeout: 10_000, windowsHide: true },
       );
 
-      expect(result.status, result.stderr).toBe(0);
       expect(result.stderr).toBe("");
       expect(JSON.parse(result.stdout)).toMatchObject({
         scans: [{ scanId: "scan" }],