diff --git a/src/jsc/VM.rs b/src/jsc/VM.rs
index be9ea66604e6..4b503d354534 100644
--- a/src/jsc/VM.rs
+++ b/src/jsc/VM.rs
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ impl VM {
         crate::cpp::JSC__VM__clearHasTerminationRequest(self)
     }
 
+    pub fn has_termination_request(&self) -> bool {
+        crate::cpp::JSC__VM__hasTerminationRequest(self)
+    }
+
     #[track_caller]
     pub fn throw_error(&self, global_object: &JSGlobalObject, value: JSValue) -> JsError {
         crate::validation_scope!(scope, global_object);
diff --git a/src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs b/src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs
index 191c40190c98..6733475d8b87 100644
--- a/src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs
+++ b/src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ impl VirtualMachine {
     }
 
     pub fn handled_promise(&self, global_object: &JSGlobalObject, promise: JSValue) -> bool {
-        if self.is_shutting_down() {
+        if self.script_execution_status() != crate::ScriptExecutionStatus::Running {
             return true;
         }
         Bun__emitHandledPromiseEvent(global_object, promise)
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ impl VirtualMachine {
         err: JSValue,
         is_rejection: bool,
     ) -> bool {
-        if self.is_shutting_down() {
+        if self.script_execution_status() != crate::ScriptExecutionStatus::Running {
             return true;
         }
 
@@ -3287,7 +3287,7 @@ impl VirtualMachine {
     ) {
         use bun_options_types::schema::api::UnhandledRejections as Mode;
 
-        if self.is_shutting_down() {
+        if self.script_execution_status() != crate::ScriptExecutionStatus::Running {
             bun_core::debug_warn!("unhandledRejection during shutdown.");
             return;
         }
diff --git a/src/jsc/bindings/BunProcess.cpp b/src/jsc/bindings/BunProcess.cpp
index 13609cca2333..ec1d72e17add 100644
--- a/src/jsc/bindings/BunProcess.cpp
+++ b/src/jsc/bindings/BunProcess.cpp
@@ -1212,9 +1212,14 @@ extern "C" int Bun__handleUncaughtException(JSC::JSGlobalObject* lexicalGlobalOb
     if (!lexicalGlobalObject->inherits(Zig::GlobalObject::info()))
         return false;
     auto* globalObject = uncheckedDowncast<Zig::GlobalObject>(lexicalGlobalObject);
+    auto& vm = JSC::getVM(globalObject);
+
+    // Stopped == a worker with has_requested_terminate(); the process->get / emit / call walk below asserts under a terminate() race.
+    if (Zig::GlobalObject::scriptExecutionStatus(globalObject, globalObject) != JSC::ScriptExecutionStatus::Running) [[unlikely]]
+        return true;
+
     auto* process = globalObject->processObject();
     auto& wrapped = process->wrapped();
-    auto& vm = JSC::getVM(globalObject);
 
     // node parity (exitWithUndefinedFatalException): the internal fatal-exception
     // handler is monkey-patchable as process._fatalException. If user code
@@ -1346,6 +1351,8 @@ extern "C" int Bun__handleUnhandledRejection(JSC::JSGlobalObject* lexicalGlobalO
     if (!lexicalGlobalObject->inherits(Zig::GlobalObject::info()))
         return false;
     auto* globalObject = uncheckedDowncast<Zig::GlobalObject>(lexicalGlobalObject);
+    if (Zig::GlobalObject::scriptExecutionStatus(globalObject, globalObject) != JSC::ScriptExecutionStatus::Running) [[unlikely]]
+        return false;
     auto* process = globalObject->processObject();
 
     auto eventType = Identifier::fromString(JSC::getVM(globalObject), "unhandledRejection"_s);
@@ -1369,6 +1376,8 @@ extern "C" bool Bun__emitHandledPromiseEvent(JSC::JSGlobalObject* lexicalGlobalO
     if (!lexicalGlobalObject->inherits(Zig::GlobalObject::info()))
         return false;
     auto* globalObject = uncheckedDowncast<Zig::GlobalObject>(lexicalGlobalObject);
+    if (Zig::GlobalObject::scriptExecutionStatus(globalObject, globalObject) != JSC::ScriptExecutionStatus::Running) [[unlikely]]
+        return false;
     auto* process = globalObject->processObject();
 
     auto eventType = Identifier::fromString(JSC::getVM(globalObject), "rejectionHandled"_s);
diff --git a/src/jsc/web_worker.rs b/src/jsc/web_worker.rs
index 3124acf81235..16a2cd863a7f 100644
--- a/src/jsc/web_worker.rs
+++ b/src/jsc/web_worker.rs
@@ -1135,6 +1135,11 @@ impl WebWorker {
             }
         }
 
+        // terminate() may have landed during entrySettled / the status block above; skip dispatchOnline/tick().
+        if self.has_requested_terminate() && !self.exit_called.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+            return self.shutdown();
+        }
+
         self.flush_logs(vm);
         log!("[{}] event loop start", self.execution_context_id);
         // dispatchOnline fires the parent-side 'open' event and flips the C++
@@ -1459,7 +1464,25 @@ impl WebWorker {
         if vm_log.msgs.is_empty() {
             return;
         }
+        // Keyed on the JSC request so same-thread self-signals that only set the atomic (configure_defines) still dispatch.
+        if self.has_requested_terminate() && vm.jsc_vm().has_termination_request() {
+            return;
+        }
         let global = vm.global();
+        let report_thrown = |e: JsError| {
+            if self.has_requested_terminate() && global.vm().has_termination_request() {
+                return;
+            }
+            // take_exception on a JsError always yields an Exception cell; None is unreachable.
+            let exc = global
+                .take_exception(e)
+                .as_exception(global.vm().as_mut_ptr())
+                .expect("takeException returned non-Exception");
+            let _ = jsc::js_global_object::report_uncaught_exception(
+                global,
+                jsc::Exception::opaque_ref(exc),
+            );
+        };
         let result: jsc::JsResult<(JSValue, BunString)> = (|| {
             let err = vm_log.to_js(global, "Error in worker")?;
             let str = err.to_bun_string(global)?;
@@ -1468,7 +1491,8 @@ impl WebWorker {
         let (err, str) = match result {
             Ok(pair) => pair,
             Err(JsError::OutOfMemory) => bun_core::out_of_memory(),
-            Err(JsError::Thrown | JsError::Terminated) => panic!("unhandled exception"),
+            Err(JsError::Terminated) => return,
+            Err(e @ JsError::Thrown) => return report_thrown(e),
         };
         let mut str = bun_core::OwnedString::new(str);
         let dispatch = jsc::host_fn::from_js_host_call_generic(global, || {
@@ -1476,19 +1500,7 @@ impl WebWorker {
             WebWorker__dispatchError(global, self.cpp_worker, &mut str, err)
         });
         if let Err(e) = dispatch {
-            // `take_exception` on a `JsError` always returns an Exception
-            // cell; None is unreachable. Do not silently drop the error.
-            let exc = global
-                .take_exception(e)
-                .as_exception(global.vm().as_mut_ptr())
-                .expect("takeException returned non-Exception");
-            // `Exception` is an `opaque_ffi!` ZST handle; `opaque_ref` is the
-            // centralised non-null-ZST deref proof (`exc` is non-null per the
-            // `expect` above).
-            let _ = jsc::js_global_object::report_uncaught_exception(
-                global,
-                jsc::Exception::opaque_ref(exc),
-            );
+            report_thrown(e);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/js/web/workers/worker-terminate-lifetime.test.ts b/test/js/web/workers/worker-terminate-lifetime.test.ts
index 9d476d1f3d53..2ae625864591 100644
--- a/test/js/web/workers/worker-terminate-lifetime.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/web/workers/worker-terminate-lifetime.test.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,55 @@ test(
   timeout,
 );
 
+// Regression: a worker whose module fails to load reports its uncaught
+// MODULE_NOT_FOUND via flush_logs → report_uncaught_exception →
+// Bun__handleUncaughtException. When worker.terminate() + process.exit() land
+// mid-dispatch, flush_logs panicked on JsError::Terminated, and the handler
+// would still lazily create `process` and do `process->get("_fatalException")`
+// on a VM already asked to terminate, which tripped
+// ASSERT(object->structure() == this) in Structure::storedPrototype. The race
+// is non-deterministic (~2/14 on release-asan-cov), so loop it.
+test.skipIf(!isASAN)(
+  "terminate() + process.exit() while workers are reporting load errors does not crash",
+  async () => {
+    // Each subprocess run spawns workers whose module load fails, then main
+    // terminates them and exits. The race window is between a worker's error
+    // dispatch and terminate_all_and_wait arming TerminationException. Two
+    // levels only (no middle worker) to avoid also tripping the unrelated
+    // nested-worker parent-VM UAF that #31951 addresses.
+    const code = `
+      const { Worker } = require("node:worker_threads");
+      const bad = require("node:path").join(process.cwd(), "does-not-exist-xyzzy.mjs");
+      const workers = [];
+      for (let j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
+        const w = new Worker(bad);
+        w.on("error", () => {});
+        workers.push(w);
+      }
+      for (const w of workers) w.terminate();
+      console.log("ok");
+      process.exit(0);
+    `;
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+      await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+        cmd: [bunExe(), "-e", code],
+        env: bunEnv,
+        stdout: "pipe",
+        stderr: "pipe",
+      });
+      const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+      expect({ stderr, stdout, exitCode, signalCode: proc.signalCode }).toEqual({
+        stderr: "",
+        stdout: "ok\n",
+        exitCode: 0,
+        signalCode: null,
+      });
+    }
+  },
+  timeout * 2,
+);
+
 // Regression: the per-VM c-ares channel was destroyed in deinit_runtime_state
 // (RuntimeState drop) AFTER JSC teardown and RareData.file_polls drop.
 // ares_destroy() synchronously fires EDESTRUCTION query callbacks and socket-