diff --git a/src/artifacts/AsarArtifactReader.ts b/src/artifacts/AsarArtifactReader.ts
index e5ef68112..d08ebb0fe 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/AsarArtifactReader.ts
+++ b/src/artifacts/AsarArtifactReader.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export class AsarArtifactReader implements ArtifactReader {
   >();
   #snapshot: { readonly path: string; readonly sha256: string } | undefined;
   #snapshotRoot: string | undefined;
+  #snapshotOperation: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve();
 
   constructor(
     private readonly path: string,
@@ -234,62 +235,20 @@ export class AsarArtifactReader implements ArtifactReader {
     expectedSha256?: string,
     signal?: AbortSignal,
   ): Promise<void> {
-    abortIfNeeded(signal);
-    if (this.#snapshot === undefined && this.#snapshotRoot !== undefined)
-      await this.close();
-    if (this.#snapshot === undefined) {
-      try {
-        this.#snapshotRoot = await mkdtemp(
-          join(tmpdir(), "rea-asar-snapshot-"),
+    await this.#withSnapshotOperation(async () => {
+      abortIfNeeded(signal);
+      if (this.#snapshot === undefined && this.#snapshotRoot !== undefined)
+        await this.#closeSnapshot();
+      if (this.#snapshot === undefined) await this.#captureSnapshot(signal);
+      if (
+        expectedSha256 !== undefined &&
+        this.#snapshot?.sha256 !== expectedSha256
+      )
+        throw new ArtifactReaderFailure(
+          "integrity",
+          `ASAR container changed before interpretation: ${this.path}`,
         );
-        const snapshotPath = join(this.#snapshotRoot, "container.asar");
-        const hash = createHash("sha256");
-        const handle = await open(
-          this.path,
-          constants.O_RDONLY | constants.O_NOFOLLOW | constants.O_NONBLOCK,
-        );
-        const source = handle.createReadStream();
-        const digesting = new Transform({
-          transform(chunk: Buffer, _encoding, callback) {
-            hash.update(chunk);
-            callback(null, chunk);
-          },
-        });
-        await pipeline(
-          source,
-          digesting,
-          createWriteStream(snapshotPath, { flags: "wx", mode: 0o600 }),
-          signal === undefined ? {} : { signal },
-        );
-        this.#snapshot = { path: snapshotPath, sha256: hash.digest("hex") };
-      } catch (cause: unknown) {
-        const primary =
-          signal?.aborted === true
-            ? new ArtifactReaderFailure(
-                "cancelled",
-                "ASAR operation cancelled",
-                { cause },
-              )
-            : asarFailure(this.path, "snapshot", cause);
-        try {
-          await this.close();
-        } catch (cleanupCause: unknown) {
-          throw ArtifactReaderFailure.withCleanup(
-            primary,
-            ArtifactReaderFailure.cleanupObservation(cleanupCause, this.path),
-          );
-        }
-        throw primary;
-      }
-    }
-    if (
-      expectedSha256 !== undefined &&
-      this.#snapshot.sha256 !== expectedSha256
-    )
-      throw new ArtifactReaderFailure(
-        "integrity",
-        `ASAR container changed before interpretation: ${this.path}`,
-      );
+    }, signal);
   }
 
   /** Read the same captured container that supplies headers and packed members. */
@@ -302,30 +261,86 @@ export class AsarArtifactReader implements ArtifactReader {
   }
 
   async close(): Promise<void> {
-    let cleanupFailure: ArtifactReaderFailure | undefined;
-    for (const [handle, { path }] of this.#unpackedHandles) {
+    await this.#withSnapshotOperation(async () => {
+      let cleanupFailure: ArtifactReaderFailure | undefined;
+      for (const [handle, { path }] of this.#unpackedHandles) {
+        try {
+          await this.#closeUnpackedHandle(handle);
+        } catch (cause: unknown) {
+          cleanupFailure = ArtifactReaderFailure.withCleanup(
+            cleanupFailure ?? cause,
+            ArtifactReaderFailure.cleanupObservation(cause, path),
+          );
+        }
+      }
       try {
-        await this.#closeUnpackedHandle(handle);
+        await this.#closeSnapshot();
       } catch (cause: unknown) {
         cleanupFailure = ArtifactReaderFailure.withCleanup(
           cleanupFailure ?? cause,
-          ArtifactReaderFailure.cleanupObservation(cause, path),
+          ArtifactReaderFailure.cleanupObservation(cause, this.path),
         );
       }
+      if (cleanupFailure !== undefined) throw cleanupFailure;
+    });
+  }
+
+  async #captureSnapshot(signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      this.#snapshotRoot = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "rea-asar-snapshot-"));
+      const snapshotPath = join(this.#snapshotRoot, "container.asar");
+      const hash = createHash("sha256");
+      const handle = await open(
+        this.path,
+        constants.O_RDONLY | constants.O_NOFOLLOW | constants.O_NONBLOCK,
+      );
+      const source = handle.createReadStream();
+      const digesting = new Transform({
+        transform(chunk: Buffer, _encoding, callback) {
+          hash.update(chunk);
+          callback(null, chunk);
+        },
+      });
+      await pipeline(
+        source,
+        digesting,
+        createWriteStream(snapshotPath, { flags: "wx", mode: 0o600 }),
+        signal === undefined ? {} : { signal },
+      );
+      this.#snapshot = { path: snapshotPath, sha256: hash.digest("hex") };
+    } catch (cause: unknown) {
+      const primary =
+        signal?.aborted === true
+          ? new ArtifactReaderFailure("cancelled", "ASAR operation cancelled", {
+              cause,
+            })
+          : asarFailure(this.path, "snapshot", cause);
+      try {
+        await this.#closeSnapshot();
+      } catch (cleanupCause: unknown) {
+        throw ArtifactReaderFailure.withCleanup(
+          primary,
+          ArtifactReaderFailure.cleanupObservation(
+            cleanupCause,
+            this.#snapshotRoot ?? this.path,
+          ),
+        );
+      }
+      throw primary;
     }
+  }
+
+  async #closeSnapshot(): Promise<void> {
     const root = this.#snapshotRoot;
     if (root !== undefined) {
       try {
         await this.removeSnapshot(root);
         if (this.#snapshotRoot === root) this.#snapshotRoot = undefined;
       } catch (cause: unknown) {
-        cleanupFailure = ArtifactReaderFailure.withCleanup(
-          cleanupFailure ?? cause,
-          {
-            reason: `Could not remove ASAR snapshot: ${root}`,
-            resources: [root],
-          },
-        );
+        throw ArtifactReaderFailure.withCleanup(cause, {
+          reason: `Could not remove ASAR snapshot: ${root}`,
+          resources: [root],
+        });
       }
     }
     if (root === undefined || this.#snapshotRoot === undefined) {
@@ -334,7 +349,29 @@ export class AsarArtifactReader implements ArtifactReader {
       this.#resetArchiveState();
       this.#entries.clear();
     }
-    if (cleanupFailure !== undefined) throw cleanupFailure;
+  }
+
+  async #withSnapshotOperation<Value>(
+    operation: () => Promise<Value>,
+    signal?: AbortSignal,
+  ): Promise<Value> {
+    const previous = this.#snapshotOperation;
+    let release!: () => void;
+    this.#snapshotOperation = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      release = resolve;
+    });
+    try {
+      await waitForOperation(previous, signal);
+    } catch (cause: unknown) {
+      void previous.then(release, release);
+      throw cause;
+    }
+    try {
+      abortIfNeeded(signal);
+      return await operation();
+    } finally {
+      release();
+    }
   }
 
   #snapshotPath(): string {
@@ -511,6 +548,35 @@ const abortIfNeeded = (signal?: AbortSignal): void => {
     throw new ArtifactReaderFailure("cancelled", "ASAR operation cancelled");
 };
 
+const waitForOperation = async (
+  operation: Promise<void>,
+  signal?: AbortSignal,
+): Promise<void> => {
+  if (signal === undefined) return operation;
+  abortIfNeeded(signal);
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+    const removeAbortListener = (): void =>
+      signal.removeEventListener("abort", onAbort);
+    const onAbort = (): void => {
+      removeAbortListener();
+      reject(
+        new ArtifactReaderFailure("cancelled", "ASAR operation cancelled"),
+      );
+    };
+    signal.addEventListener("abort", onAbort, { once: true });
+    operation.then(
+      () => {
+        removeAbortListener();
+        resolve();
+      },
+      (cause: unknown) => {
+        removeAbortListener();
+        reject(cause);
+      },
+    );
+  });
+};
+
 const toArtifactPath = (listed: string): string => {
   const portable = sep === "\\" ? listed.replaceAll("\\", "/") : listed;
   return portable.replace(/^\/+|\/+$/gu, "");
diff --git a/tests/boundary/filesystem/asarInventoryFreshness.test.ts b/tests/boundary/filesystem/asarInventoryFreshness.test.ts
index 1ad207dff..24d778bfc 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/filesystem/asarInventoryFreshness.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/filesystem/asarInventoryFreshness.test.ts
@@ -171,6 +171,54 @@ describe("ASAR inventory freshness", () => {
   );
 });
 
+describe("ASAR snapshot operation ownership", () => {
+  it("waits for preparation before close and cancels a queued caller", async () => {
+    const fixture = await archiveFixture();
+    let allowRemoval: (() => void) | undefined;
+    let removalStarted: (() => void) | undefined;
+    const removalGate = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      allowRemoval = resolve;
+    });
+    const removalStartedPromise = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      removalStarted = resolve;
+    });
+    const reader = new AsarArtifactReader(
+      fixture.archive,
+      undefined,
+      async (path) => {
+        removalStarted?.();
+        await removalGate;
+        await rm(path, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      },
+    );
+    let prepared = false;
+    const preparing = reader.prepareContainer().then(() => {
+      prepared = true;
+    });
+    const closing = reader.close();
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    try {
+      const closeReachedRemoval = Promise.race([
+        removalStartedPromise,
+        closing.then(() => {
+          throw new Error("close completed before snapshot removal began");
+        }),
+      ]);
+      await Promise.all([preparing, closeReachedRemoval]);
+      expect(prepared).toBe(true);
+      const queued = reader.prepareContainer(undefined, controller.signal);
+      controller.abort();
+      await expect(queued).rejects.toMatchObject({ reason: "cancelled" });
+      allowRemoval?.();
+      await Promise.all([preparing, closing]);
+      await expect(reader.prepareContainer()).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    } finally {
+      allowRemoval?.();
+      await reader.close();
+    }
+  });
+});
+
 describe("ASAR captured-byte identity", () => {
   it("rejects same-size nested-container replacement between hashing and interpretation", async () => {
     const fixture = await archiveFixture();
diff --git a/tests/process-global/asarSnapshotOperation.test.ts b/tests/process-global/asarSnapshotOperation.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaaee9686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/process-global/asarSnapshotOperation.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
+import { mkdir, readFile, readdir, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { buffer } from "node:stream/consumers";
+
+import { createPackage } from "@electron/asar";
+import { afterEach, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import { AsarArtifactReader } from "../../src/artifacts/AsarArtifactReader.js";
+import { createTestTempDirectory } from "../fixtures/temporaryDirectory.js";
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.unstubAllEnvs();
+});
+
+it("serializes concurrent ASAR snapshot preparation and cleans its single owned root", async () => {
+  const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-asar-snapshot-owner-");
+  vi.stubEnv("TMPDIR", root);
+  vi.stubEnv("TMP", root);
+  vi.stubEnv("TEMP", root);
+
+  const source = join(root, "source");
+  const archive = join(root, "app.asar");
+  await mkdir(source);
+  await writeFile(join(source, "main.js"), "module.exports = 42;\n");
+  await createPackage(source, archive);
+
+  const reader = new AsarArtifactReader(archive);
+  const iterator = reader.entries()[Symbol.asyncIterator]();
+  try {
+    const expectedDigest = createHash("sha256")
+      .update(await readFile(archive))
+      .digest("hex");
+    const openingContainer = reader.openContainer();
+    const readingEntry = iterator.next();
+    const preparingSnapshot = reader.prepareContainer(expectedDigest);
+    const [snapshot, firstEntry] = await Promise.all([
+      openingContainer,
+      readingEntry,
+      preparingSnapshot,
+    ]);
+    if (firstEntry.done) throw new Error("Expected an ASAR member");
+    expect(await buffer(snapshot)).toEqual(await readFile(archive));
+
+    const mismatch = reader.prepareContainer("0".repeat(64));
+    const matching = reader.prepareContainer(expectedDigest);
+    await expect(mismatch).rejects.toMatchObject({ reason: "integrity" });
+    await expect(matching).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+    const snapshotRoots = async (): Promise<string[]> =>
+      (await readdir(root)).filter((name) =>
+        name.startsWith("rea-asar-snapshot-"),
+      );
+    expect(await snapshotRoots()).toHaveLength(1);
+    await reader.close();
+    expect(await snapshotRoots()).toEqual([]);
+  } finally {
+    try {
+      await iterator.return?.();
+    } finally {
+      await reader.close();
+    }
+  }
+});