diff --git a/packages/host/directory-picker-native/src/client/index.ts b/packages/host/directory-picker-native/src/client/index.ts
index c716b97b0c..3ff6a4b3f9 100644
--- a/packages/host/directory-picker-native/src/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/host/directory-picker-native/src/client/index.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ export function NativeDirectoryFlow(props: DirectoryFlowOwnerProps & NativeFlowI
   // latest handlers, not the ones captured when the chooser opened.
   const outcome = useRef(props)
   outcome.current = props
+  // Unmount (HMR replacing the occupant) discards settlements wholesale: the
+  // dead instance must neither adopt a path nor drive the owner's error
+  // surface. The wire carries no per-request abort, so the host-side chooser
+  // survives until answered — its answer just lands nowhere; the replacement
+  // instance re-arms under the owner's still-open request. An injected-face
+  // identity change alone (re-registration) keeps the pending settlement:
+  // the chooser on the host display is still the same dialog.
+  const alive = useRef(true)
+  useEffect(() => () => { alive.current = false }, [])
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!open) {
       armed.current = false
@@ -43,8 +52,14 @@ export function NativeDirectoryFlow(props: DirectoryFlowOwnerProps & NativeFlowI
     if (armed.current) return
     armed.current = true
     pick().then(
-      (path) => { if (path === null) outcome.current.onCancel(); else outcome.current.onPicked(path) },
-      (reason: unknown) => { outcome.current.onError(reason instanceof Error ? reason.message : String(reason)) },
+      (path) => {
+        if (!alive.current) return
+        if (path === null) outcome.current.onCancel(); else outcome.current.onPicked(path)
+      },
+      (reason: unknown) => {
+        if (!alive.current) return
+        outcome.current.onError(reason instanceof Error ? reason.message : String(reason))
+      },
     )
   }, [open, pick])
   return null
diff --git a/packages/host/directory-picker-native/tests/client-flow.spec.tsx b/packages/host/directory-picker-native/tests/client-flow.spec.tsx
index c92b987f20..656aea74df 100644
--- a/packages/host/directory-picker-native/tests/client-flow.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/host/directory-picker-native/tests/client-flow.spec.tsx
@@ -118,6 +118,30 @@ describe('directory-picker-native client half', () => {
     expect(first.onPicked).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
+  it('discards a settlement that lands after the flow unmounted', async () => {
+    let resolve!: (path: string | null) => void
+    const pick = vi.fn(() => new Promise<string | null>((settle) => { resolve = settle }))
+    const props = owner()
+    const view = render(<NativeDirectoryFlow {...props} pick={pick} />)
+    expect(pick).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    view.unmount()
+    // The dead instance must neither adopt nor error; the owner's callbacks
+    // stay untouched by the orphaned chooser's answer.
+    await act(async () => { resolve('/tmp/late') })
+    expect(props.onPicked).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(props.onCancel).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(props.onError).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    // The failure arm is discarded the same way.
+    let reject!: (reason: unknown) => void
+    const failing = vi.fn(() => new Promise<string | null>((_settle, rejectPick) => { reject = rejectPick }))
+    const late = owner()
+    const failingView = render(<NativeDirectoryFlow {...late} pick={failing} />)
+    failingView.unmount()
+    await act(async () => { reject(new Error('too late')) })
+    expect(late.onError).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
   it('reports null as cancellation and re-arms after the owner withdraws open', async () => {
     const pick = vi.fn(async () => null as string | null)
     const props = owner()