diff --git a/nebula_terminal/src/event_loop.rs b/nebula_terminal/src/event_loop.rs
index 30e0397..207ff4f 100644
--- a/nebula_terminal/src/event_loop.rs
+++ b/nebula_terminal/src/event_loop.rs
@@ -480,6 +480,16 @@ where
             self.event_proxy.send_event(Event::Wakeup);
         }
 
+        // Boot profiling: a readable wake that carried no bytes is the
+        // signature of a lost or spurious wakeup; report only the first few.
+        if processed == 0 {
+            use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+            static EMPTY_READS: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+            if EMPTY_READS.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed) < 8 {
+                crate::pty_trace("pty_read: readable wake with no bytes");
+            }
+        }
+
         Ok(processed)
     }
 
diff --git a/nebula_terminal/src/tty/windows/blocking.rs b/nebula_terminal/src/tty/windows/blocking.rs
index 644b926..9f46cec 100644
--- a/nebula_terminal/src/tty/windows/blocking.rs
+++ b/nebula_terminal/src/tty/windows/blocking.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ impl<R: Read + Send + 'static> UnblockedReader<R> {
                     Poll::Ready(Ok(0)) => {
                         // Either the pipe is closed or the reader is at its EOF.
                         // In any case, we are done.
+                        crate::pty_trace("conout reader thread: EOF");
                         return;
                     },
 
@@ -84,10 +85,14 @@ impl<R: Read + Send + 'static> UnblockedReader<R> {
                     },
 
                     // Windows reports normal anonymous-pipe EOF this way.
-                    Poll::Ready(Err(e)) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe => return,
+                    Poll::Ready(Err(e)) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe => {
+                        crate::pty_trace("conout reader thread: broken pipe");
+                        return;
+                    },
 
                     Poll::Ready(Err(e)) => {
                         log::error!("error writing to pipe: {}", e);
+                        crate::pty_trace("conout reader thread: read error");
                         return;
                     },
 
diff --git a/scripts/conformance/conpty_smoke.py b/scripts/conformance/conpty_smoke.py
index 94e679f..7a26cf3 100644
--- a/scripts/conformance/conpty_smoke.py
+++ b/scripts/conformance/conpty_smoke.py
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ def run_case(
         result["exit"] = code.value
     # The in-box host flushes trailing output while ClosePseudoConsole drains
     # the pipe; the reader thread keeps consuming during that call.
-    kernel.CloseHandle(conout_write)
+    if conout_write is not None:
+        kernel.CloseHandle(conout_write)
     close(hpc)
     thread.join(2.0)
     output = b"".join(chunks)
@@ -238,7 +239,8 @@ def run_case(
     kernel.CloseHandle(process.hProcess)
     kernel.DeleteProcThreadAttributeList(attributes)
     for handle in (conin_write, conin_read, conout_read):
-        kernel.CloseHandle(handle)
+        if handle is not None:
+            kernel.CloseHandle(handle)
     return result
 
 
@@ -294,7 +296,12 @@ def main() -> int:
                     b"133;A",
                 ),
             }
-            variants: list[tuple[str, ...]] = [(), ("resize",), ("probe",), ("resize", "probe", "probe")]
+            variants: list[tuple[str, ...]] = [
+                (),
+                ("resize", "probe", "probe"),
+                ("early_close",),
+                ("early_close", "resize", "probe", "probe"),
+            ]
             for name, (command, marker) in interactive.items():
                 for steps in variants:
                     case = run_case(