diff --git a/plugins/subminer-workflow/skills/subminer-change-verification/scripts/verify_subminer_change.sh b/plugins/subminer-workflow/skills/subminer-change-verification/scripts/verify_subminer_change.sh
index a03ba636..9a16d906 100755
--- a/plugins/subminer-workflow/skills/subminer-change-verification/scripts/verify_subminer_change.sh
+++ b/plugins/subminer-workflow/skills/subminer-change-verification/scripts/verify_subminer_change.sh
@@ -255,8 +255,18 @@ write_summary_files() {
   local lane_lines
   lane_lines=$(printf '%s\n' "${SELECTED_LANES[@]}")
   printf '%s\n' "$lane_lines" >"$ARTIFACT_DIR/lanes.txt"
-  printf '%s\n' "${BLOCKERS[@]}" >"$ARTIFACT_DIR/blockers.txt"
-  printf '%s\n' "${PATH_ARGS[@]}" >"$ARTIFACT_DIR/requested-paths.txt"
+  # bash 3.2 raises "unbound variable" under set -u when expanding an empty
+  # array, so guard on length (matching the idiom used elsewhere here).
+  if [[ ${#BLOCKERS[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
+    printf '%s\n' "${BLOCKERS[@]}" >"$ARTIFACT_DIR/blockers.txt"
+  else
+    : >"$ARTIFACT_DIR/blockers.txt"
+  fi
+  if [[ ${#PATH_ARGS[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
+    printf '%s\n' "${PATH_ARGS[@]}" >"$ARTIFACT_DIR/requested-paths.txt"
+  else
+    : >"$ARTIFACT_DIR/requested-paths.txt"
+  fi
 
   ARTIFACT_DIR_ENV="$ARTIFACT_DIR" \
   SESSION_ID_ENV="$SESSION_ID" \
diff --git a/scripts/run-coverage-lane.ts b/scripts/run-coverage-lane.ts
index c1248e8e..3140a623 100644
--- a/scripts/run-coverage-lane.ts
+++ b/scripts/run-coverage-lane.ts
@@ -214,7 +214,13 @@ function runCoverageLane(): number {
   rmSync(shardRoot, { recursive: true, force: true });
   mkdirSync(shardRoot, { recursive: true });
 
-  const files = collectLaneFiles(repoRoot, laneName);
+  let files: string[];
+  try {
+    files = collectLaneFiles(repoRoot, laneName);
+  } catch (error) {
+    process.stderr.write(`${error instanceof Error ? error.message : error}\n`);
+    return 1;
+  }
   const reports: string[] = [];
 
   try {
diff --git a/scripts/run-test-lane.mjs b/scripts/run-test-lane.mjs
index 1bc25ace..82106baa 100644
--- a/scripts/run-test-lane.mjs
+++ b/scripts/run-test-lane.mjs
@@ -11,6 +11,28 @@ import { collectLaneFiles } from './test-lanes.ts';
 
 const repoRoot = resolve(fileURLToPath(new URL('..', import.meta.url)));
 
+// Cap per-file buffered output so a long or noisy test cannot grow the string
+// without bound and exhaust memory.
+const MAX_OUTPUT_BYTES = 1024 * 1024;
+
+// Track spawned `bun test` children so we can kill them if the runner is
+// interrupted, avoiding orphaned in-flight test processes.
+const activeChildren = new Set();
+
+function terminateChildren() {
+  for (const child of activeChildren) {
+    child.kill('SIGKILL');
+  }
+  activeChildren.clear();
+}
+
+for (const signal of ['SIGINT', 'SIGTERM']) {
+  process.on(signal, () => {
+    terminateChildren();
+    process.exit(130);
+  });
+}
+
 function parseArgs(argv) {
   const options = { lane: undefined, jobs: 1, timeoutSecs: 300, singleProcess: false };
   for (let index = 0; index < argv.length; index += 1) {
@@ -34,20 +56,32 @@ function parseArgs(argv) {
 function runFile(file, timeoutSecs) {
   return new Promise((resolvePromise) => {
     const child = spawn('bun', ['test', `./${file}`], { cwd: repoRoot });
+    activeChildren.add(child);
     let output = '';
+    let truncated = false;
     let timedOut = false;
-    child.stdout.on('data', (chunk) => (output += chunk));
-    child.stderr.on('data', (chunk) => (output += chunk));
+    const append = (chunk) => {
+      if (truncated) return;
+      output += chunk;
+      if (output.length > MAX_OUTPUT_BYTES) {
+        output = `${output.slice(0, MAX_OUTPUT_BYTES)}\n[output truncated at ${MAX_OUTPUT_BYTES} bytes]\n`;
+        truncated = true;
+      }
+    };
+    child.stdout.on('data', append);
+    child.stderr.on('data', append);
     const timer = setTimeout(() => {
       timedOut = true;
       child.kill('SIGKILL');
     }, timeoutSecs * 1000);
     child.on('close', (code) => {
       clearTimeout(timer);
+      activeChildren.delete(child);
       resolvePromise({ file, code: timedOut ? 124 : (code ?? 1), output, timedOut });
     });
     child.on('error', (error) => {
       clearTimeout(timer);
+      activeChildren.delete(child);
       resolvePromise({ file, code: 1, output: String(error), timedOut: false });
     });
   });