diff --git a/.github/workflows/cherry-pick-patch.yml b/.github/workflows/cherry-pick-patch.yml
index 90fe1816d..523f1c153 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cherry-pick-patch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cherry-pick-patch.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: write
   pull-requests: write
+  actions: write
 
 jobs:
   cherry-pick:
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ jobs:
           if git cherry-pick $PICK_FLAGS $PICK_SHAS; then
             git push origin "$RELEASE_BRANCH"
             echo "✅ Cherry-picked PR #$PR_NUMBER onto $RELEASE_BRANCH"
+            gh workflow run integration-tests.yml --ref "$RELEASE_BRANCH" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
           else
             echo "⚠️ Cherry-pick conflict — creating resolution branch"
             git cherry-pick --abort 2>/dev/null || true
diff --git a/resources/blob.ts b/resources/blob.ts
index d5bf416c3..ad0831254 100644
--- a/resources/blob.ts
+++ b/resources/blob.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ class FileBackedBlob extends InstanceOfBlobWithNoConstructor {
 		}
 		const filePath = getFilePath(storageInfo);
 		let writeFinished: boolean;
+		let writeFinishedRetries = 0;
 		const readContents = async () => {
 			let rawBytes: Buffer;
 			let size = HEADER_SIZE;
@@ -192,6 +193,18 @@ class FileBackedBlob extends InstanceOfBlobWithNoConstructor {
 					const store = storageInfo.store;
 					const lockKey = storageInfo.fileId + ':blob';
 					if (writeFinished) {
+						// The lock was free but the file is still incomplete — the writer may have
+						// crashed mid-write (process restart clears in-memory lock state). Allow a
+						// few brief retries so that an in-progress new write (e.g. replication
+						// re-send) can acquire the lock before we give up.
+						if (writeFinishedRetries++ < 3) {
+							logger.trace?.(
+								`Incomplete blob after writer finished, retrying (attempt ${writeFinishedRetries})`,
+								filePath
+							);
+							writeFinished = false;
+							return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(() => resolve(readContents()), 100));
+						}
 						throw new Error(`Incomplete blob for ${filePath}`);
 					}
 					return new Promise((resolve) => {
diff --git a/unitTests/resources/blob.test.js b/unitTests/resources/blob.test.js
index de822a8d1..736ae980a 100644
--- a/unitTests/resources/blob.test.js
+++ b/unitTests/resources/blob.test.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const {
 	isSaving,
 	cleanupOrphans,
 } = require('#src/resources/blob');
-const { existsSync } = require('fs');
+const { existsSync, writeFileSync } = require('fs');
 const { pack } = require('msgpackr');
 const { randomBytes } = require('crypto');
 
@@ -395,6 +395,37 @@ describe('Blob test', () => {
 		let orphansDeleted = await cleanupOrphans(getDatabases().test);
 		assert.equal(orphansDeleted, 0);
 	});
+	it('bytes() retries up to 3x then rejects when lock is free but file is incomplete', async () => {
+		// Simulate a crashed-writer scenario: the blob file exists on disk with a
+		// DEFAULT_HEADER (UNKNOWN_SIZE) + partial content, but no writer holds the lock.
+		// bytes() should retry 3 times (100 ms each) before throwing.
+		const content = Buffer.alloc(9001, 0x61); // >8192 so it is file-backed
+		// Use a Readable stream source so storageInfo.contentBuffer is NOT set — otherwise
+		// bytes() returns the in-memory buffer and never reads the corrupted disk file.
+		const blob = await createBlob(Readable.from([content]));
+		await BlobTest.put({ id: 901, blob });
+		// Use the original blob object (not the decoded record.blob) to ensure we always
+		// read from disk — the decoded blob may carry an in-memory contentBuffer in some
+		// storage-engine / transaction-cache configurations.
+		const filePath = getFilePathForBlob(blob);
+		assert(filePath, 'blob should be file-backed for this test');
+		// Await the blob file write to complete before corrupting — BlobTest.put only awaits
+		// the DB write, not the blob stream pipeline, so without this the pipeline can race
+		// and overwrite our corrupted file with the complete content.
+		await isSaving(blob);
+		assert(existsSync(filePath), 'blob file should exist after save');
+
+		// Corrupt: DEFAULT_HEADER (UNKNOWN_SIZE) + partial content, as a crashed write leaves.
+		// Byte[1] = 0 = UNCOMPRESSED_TYPE, matching the DEFAULT_HEADER constant in blob.ts.
+		const DEFAULT_HEADER = Buffer.from([0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff]);
+		writeFileSync(filePath, Buffer.concat([DEFAULT_HEADER, content.subarray(0, 100)]));
+
+		const start = Date.now();
+		await assert.rejects(() => blob.bytes(), /incomplete blob/i);
+		const elapsed = Date.now() - start;
+		// 3 retries × 100 ms each = at least 300 ms
+		assert(elapsed >= 290, `expected ≥300 ms of retry delay, got ${elapsed} ms`);
+	});
 	afterEach(function () {
 		setAuditRetention(60000);
 		setDeletionDelay(50); // restore shorter, but need to have it happen for the last test