diff --git a/packages/client/ui-slots/src/deferred.ts b/packages/client/ui-slots/src/deferred.ts
index a5233812e6..68f509b916 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-slots/src/deferred.ts
+++ b/packages/client/ui-slots/src/deferred.ts
@@ -89,3 +89,40 @@ export function deferRegistration(
     },
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Defer ONE occupant into several holes as a unit. Construction that throws
+ * partway (a declared hole already occupied registers synchronously) rolls
+ * every earlier deferral back before rethrowing; a failure surfacing from a
+ * LATER ledger flush (holes declared after rival providers activated) rolls
+ * the whole group back the same way and re-raises the wrapped error on the
+ * global channel the boot's fail-loud handler owns — never a throw through
+ * the slot flush, never partial occupancy from the group's owner.
+ * @param registry - the slot registry face.
+ * @param names - the target holes (one registration per name).
+ * @param component - the occupant whose ledger presence marks "registered".
+ * @param register - performs one hole's registration; returns its disposer.
+ * @returns the group handle (dispose in the owning effect's disposer).
+ * @throws the immediate registration's failure, after rolling the group back.
+ */
+export function deferGroupRegistration<K extends string>(
+  registry: DeferralRegistry,
+  names: readonly K[],
+  component: unknown,
+  register: (name: K) => () => void,
+): { dispose: () => void } {
+  const deferred: DeferredRegistration[] = []
+  const lateFailure = (error: unknown): void => {
+    for (const entry of deferred) entry.dispose()
+    queueMicrotask(() => { throw error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error)) })
+  }
+  try {
+    for (const name of names) {
+      deferred.push(deferRegistration(registry, name, component, () => register(name), lateFailure))
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    for (const entry of deferred) entry.dispose()
+    throw error
+  }
+  return { dispose: () => { for (const entry of deferred) entry.dispose() } }
+}
diff --git a/packages/client/ui-slots/tests/deferred.spec.ts b/packages/client/ui-slots/tests/deferred.spec.ts
index ba4d9b91ee..6e7b983852 100644
--- a/packages/client/ui-slots/tests/deferred.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/client/ui-slots/tests/deferred.spec.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // re-registration, and — the failure contract — no subscription survives a
 // construction that throws synchronously (an already-occupied single slot).
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
-import { deferRegistration, SlotCore } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-slots'
+import { deferGroupRegistration, deferRegistration, SlotCore } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-slots'
 
 // Shares the merges declared by core.spec.ts (same program); reuse its keys.
 const HOLE = 'test.single' as const
@@ -63,3 +63,64 @@ describe('deferRegistration', () => {
     expect(core.entries(HOLE)).toHaveLength(0)
   })
 })
+
+describe('deferGroupRegistration', () => {
+  const HOLES = ['test.single', 'test.grandchild'] as const
+
+  function declaredPair(): SlotCore {
+    const core = new SlotCore()
+    core.register({
+      name: 'root',
+      children: Object.fromEntries(HOLES.map(name => [name, { kind: 'single', scope: 'root' }])),
+    } as never, (() => null) as never)
+    return core
+  }
+
+  it('registers the whole group and disposes it as a unit', () => {
+    const core = declaredPair()
+    const component = (): null => null
+    const group = deferGroupRegistration(core, HOLES, component, name =>
+      core.register({ name } as never, component as never))
+    for (const name of HOLES) expect(core.entries(name)).toHaveLength(1)
+    group.dispose()
+    for (const name of HOLES) expect(core.entries(name)).toHaveLength(0)
+  })
+
+  it('rolls the group back when construction fails partway', () => {
+    const core = declaredPair()
+    const component = (): null => null
+    core.register({ name: HOLES[1] } as never, (() => null) as never)
+    expect(() => deferGroupRegistration(core, HOLES, component, name =>
+      core.register({ name } as never, component as never))).toThrow(/already has a registration/)
+    // The first hole's registration and subscription rolled back with it.
+    expect(core.entries(HOLES[0])).toHaveLength(0)
+  })
+
+  it('rolls the group back and re-raises loudly on a late conflict', async () => {
+    const core = new SlotCore()
+    const component = (): null => null
+    const failures: unknown[] = []
+    const onLoud = (reason: unknown): void => { failures.push(reason) }
+    process.on('uncaughtException', onLoud)
+    try {
+      const group = deferGroupRegistration(core, HOLES, component, name =>
+        core.register({ name } as never, component as never))
+      // Declaration lands with a rival racing in ahead of the flush.
+      core.register({
+        name: 'root',
+        children: Object.fromEntries(HOLES.map(name => [name, { kind: 'single', scope: 'root' }])),
+      } as never, (() => null) as never)
+      core.register({ name: HOLES[0] } as never, (() => null) as never)
+      core.register({ name: HOLES[1] } as never, (() => null) as never)
+      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 20))
+      expect(failures.map(String).join('')).toContain('already has a registration')
+      // No partial occupancy from the group's owner survives.
+      for (const name of HOLES) {
+        expect(core.entries(name).filter(entry => entry.component === component)).toHaveLength(0)
+      }
+      group.dispose()
+    } finally {
+      process.off('uncaughtException', onLoud)
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/host/directory-picker-native/src/client/index.ts b/packages/host/directory-picker-native/src/client/index.ts
index aa2936e1da..2d5de9a9e7 100644
--- a/packages/host/directory-picker-native/src/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/host/directory-picker-native/src/client/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * both sides of the native interaction with one cordis.yml row; no client
  * code branches on a capability kind.
  */
-import { deferRegistration } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-slots'
+import { deferGroupRegistration } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-slots'
 import type { ClientContext } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-runtime/client'
 // Type-only: pulls the SlotMap merge declaring the directory-flow holes.
 import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-workspace/client'
@@ -27,27 +27,15 @@ export const inject = ['slots', 'workspaces']
 export function apply(ctx: ClientContext): void {
   const injected = (): NativeFlowInjected => ({ pick: () => ctx.workspaces.pickDirectory() })
   ctx.effect(() => {
-    // Constructing the pair can throw halfway (a declared hole already
-    // occupied registers synchronously): roll the earlier deferral back so
-    // no live subscription outlives the failed fiber. A conflict surfacing
-    // from a LATER ledger flush (holes declared after two flow providers
-    // activated) rolls the whole pair back the same way and re-raises on
-    // the global channel the boot's fail-loud handler owns — never a throw
-    // through the slot flush, never partial occupancy from this package.
-    const deferred: ReturnType<typeof deferRegistration>[] = []
-    const lateConflict = (error: unknown): void => {
-      for (const entry of deferred) entry.dispose()
-      queueMicrotask(() => { throw error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error)) })
-    }
-    try {
-      deferred.push(deferRegistration(ctx.slots, 'conversation.hero.workspace.directoryFlow', NativeDirectoryFlow, () =>
-        ctx.slots.register({ name: 'conversation.hero.workspace.directoryFlow', inject: injected }, NativeDirectoryFlow), lateConflict))
-      deferred.push(deferRegistration(ctx.slots, 'sidebar.workspaces.directoryFlow', NativeDirectoryFlow, () =>
-        ctx.slots.register({ name: 'sidebar.workspaces.directoryFlow', inject: injected }, NativeDirectoryFlow), lateConflict))
-    } catch (error) {
-      for (const entry of deferred) entry.dispose()
-      throw error
-    }
-    return () => { for (const entry of deferred) entry.dispose() }
+    // One occupant, both holes, as a unit: construction or late conflicts
+    // (holes declared after rival providers activated) roll the whole pair
+    // back and fail loud — semantics owned by deferGroupRegistration.
+    const group = deferGroupRegistration(
+      ctx.slots,
+      ['conversation.hero.workspace.directoryFlow', 'sidebar.workspaces.directoryFlow'] as const,
+      NativeDirectoryFlow,
+      name => ctx.slots.register({ name, inject: injected }, NativeDirectoryFlow),
+    )
+    return () => { group.dispose() }
   }, 'directory-picker-native: flow registrations')
 }