diff --git a/packages/client/src/daemon-client.test.ts b/packages/client/src/daemon-client.test.ts
index 85c9fee29f..c02e1720cb 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/daemon-client.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/daemon-client.test.ts
@@ -2863,6 +2863,40 @@ test("readFile with timeout 0 outlives the default request timeout", async () =>
   expect(new TextDecoder().decode(result.bytes)).toBe("hello");
 });
 
+test("readFile rejects a binary transfer that ends before the announced size", async () => {
+  const { mock, client } = await connectFileClient("clsk_file_short");
+
+  const responsePromise = client.readFile("/tmp/project", "short.bin", "req-short");
+  sendBinaryFile(mock, "req-short", 10, ["hello"]);
+  mock.triggerMessage(
+    encodeFileTransferFrame({ opcode: FileTransferOpcode.FileEnd, requestId: "req-short" }),
+  );
+
+  await expect(responsePromise).rejects.toThrow(
+    "File transfer incomplete: expected 10 bytes, received 5.",
+  );
+});
+
+test("readFile rejects a binary transfer that exceeds the announced size", async () => {
+  const { mock, client } = await connectFileClient("clsk_file_long");
+
+  const responsePromise = client.readFile("/tmp/project", "long.bin", "req-long");
+  const settled = responsePromise.then(
+    () => null,
+    (error: unknown) => error,
+  );
+  sendBinaryFile(mock, "req-long", 4, ["hello!"]);
+
+  expect(() =>
+    mock.triggerMessage(
+      encodeFileTransferFrame({ opcode: FileTransferOpcode.FileEnd, requestId: "req-long" }),
+    ),
+  ).not.toThrow();
+  expect(await settled).toMatchObject({
+    message: "File transfer incomplete: expected 4 bytes, received 6.",
+  });
+});
+
 test("uploadFile sends metadata request and file bytes as binary chunks", async () => {
   const logger = createMockLogger();
   const mock = createMockTransport();
diff --git a/packages/client/src/daemon-client.ts b/packages/client/src/daemon-client.ts
index e717b709de..1aa0d3e995 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/daemon-client.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/daemon-client.ts
@@ -6549,6 +6549,18 @@ export class DaemonClient {
       return;
     }
 
+    const received = transfer.chunks.reduce((total, chunk) => total + chunk.byteLength, 0);
+    if (received !== transfer.size) {
+      this.activeBinaryFileTransfers.delete(frame.requestId);
+      this.rejectWaitersForRequestId(
+        frame.requestId,
+        new Error(
+          `File transfer incomplete: expected ${transfer.size} bytes, received ${received}.`,
+        ),
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+
     const bytes = concatByteChunks(transfer.chunks, transfer.size);
     this.activeBinaryFileTransfers.delete(frame.requestId);
     this.completedBinaryFileReads.set(frame.requestId, {