diff --git a/src/artifacts/ZipArtifactReader.test.ts b/src/artifacts/ZipArtifactReader.test.ts
index 679882ec70..98fef888e5 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/ZipArtifactReader.test.ts
+++ b/src/artifacts/ZipArtifactReader.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { writeOrderedZip } from "../../tests/fixtures/artifactEntryOrder.js";
+import { ArtifactReaderFailure } from "./ArtifactReader.js";
 import { readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 
@@ -189,3 +191,35 @@ describe("artifactDecompressionBudgetBytes", () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+it.each([null, { caller: "opaque ZIP interruption" }])(
+  "preserves the exact ZIP cancellation reason at enumeration and open: %j",
+  async (reason) => {
+    const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-zip-cancellation-");
+    const path = join(root, "fixture.zip");
+    await writeOrderedZip(path, ["member.txt"]);
+    const reader = new ZipArtifactReader(path, "zip");
+    const caller = new AbortController();
+    try {
+      const entries = [];
+      for await (const entry of reader.entries()) entries.push(entry);
+      const entry = entries[0];
+      if (entry === undefined) throw new Error("Expected real ZIP member");
+      caller.abort(reason);
+      for (const run of [
+        () => reader.entries(caller.signal)[Symbol.asyncIterator]().next(),
+        async () => reader.open(entry, caller.signal),
+      ]) {
+        const error: unknown = await run().catch((cause: unknown) => cause);
+        expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(ArtifactReaderFailure);
+        if (!(error instanceof ArtifactReaderFailure))
+          throw new Error("Expected ZIP cancellation");
+        expect(error.reason).toBe("cancelled");
+        expect(error.cancellation?.reason).toBe(reason);
+        expect(error.cause).toBe(reason);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      await reader.close();
+    }
+  },
+);
diff --git a/src/artifacts/ZipArtifactReader.ts b/src/artifacts/ZipArtifactReader.ts
index 7578542260..1fe4123fe7 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/ZipArtifactReader.ts
+++ b/src/artifacts/ZipArtifactReader.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { assertArtifactReadActive } from "./ArtifactFileOperation.js";
 import type { FileHandle } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { PassThrough, type Readable } from "node:stream";
 import { once } from "node:events";
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ export class ZipArtifactReader implements ArtifactReader {
     for await (const entry of typedZipFailures(
       this.#reader.getEntriesGenerator({ decodeText: decodeZipEntryText }),
     )) {
-      abortIfNeeded(signal);
+      assertArtifactReadActive(signal);
       // ZIP member identity is its directory occurrence, not its filename.
       // Logical path uniqueness belongs to the artifact inventory boundary.
       const metadata = projectZipEntry(entry, index++);
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@ export class ZipArtifactReader implements ArtifactReader {
   }
 
   open(entry: ArtifactEntry, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<Readable> {
-    abortIfNeeded(signal);
+    assertArtifactReadActive(signal);
     const stored = this.#entries.get(entry.adapterKey);
     if (stored === undefined || !sameArtifactEntry(entry, stored.metadata))
       return Promise.reject(
@@ -371,7 +372,7 @@ const extractStream = (entry: FileEntry, signal?: AbortSignal): Readable => {
   });
   const writable = new WritableStream<Uint8Array>({
     write: async (chunk) => {
-      abortIfNeeded(signal);
+      assertArtifactReadActive(signal);
       if (!output.write(Buffer.from(chunk)))
         await once(output, "drain", { signal: controller.signal });
     },
@@ -387,7 +388,7 @@ const extractStream = (entry: FileEntry, signal?: AbortSignal): Readable => {
       signal: controller.signal,
       checkSignature: true,
       checkOverlappingEntry: true,
-      onprogress: () => abortIfNeeded(signal),
+      onprogress: () => assertArtifactReadActive(signal),
     })
     .catch((cause: unknown) => output.destroy(toError(typedZipFailure(cause))));
   return output;
@@ -447,10 +448,5 @@ async function* typedZipFailures<T>(
 const isSymlink = (entry: Entry): boolean =>
   entry.unixMode !== undefined && (entry.unixMode & 0o170000) === 0o120000;
 
-const abortIfNeeded = (signal?: AbortSignal): void => {
-  if (signal?.aborted === true)
-    throw new ArtifactReaderFailure("cancelled", "ZIP operation cancelled");
-};
-
 const toError = (cause: unknown): Error =>
   cause instanceof Error ? cause : new Error("ZIP extraction failed");