diff --git a/apps/reader/scripts/native-publisher.mjs b/apps/reader/scripts/native-publisher.mjs
index 09ae3692..c5b8e8da 100644
--- a/apps/reader/scripts/native-publisher.mjs
+++ b/apps/reader/scripts/native-publisher.mjs
@@ -142,7 +142,11 @@ export function assertInventoryCoverage(inventory, sdkTrust) {
     if (!inventory.some((asset) => asset.sha256 === pin.sha256 && asset.bytes === pin.bytes))
       throw new Error(`Missing exact SDK native/SQLite bytes for ${name}; refusing`);
   }
-  if (sdkTrust && !sdkTrust.extension && !inventory.some((asset) => asset.path === "_worker.js"))
+  if (
+    sdkTrust &&
+    !sdkTrust.extension &&
+    !inventory.some((asset) => asset.path === "_worker.js" || asset.path === "_worker.js/index.js")
+  )
     throw new Error("Missing precompiled Pages Worker; refusing");
   const present = new Set(inventory.map((asset) => classifyAsset(asset.path)));
   const missing = requiredAssetCategories.filter((category) => !present.has(category));
diff --git a/scripts/lib/reader-hosting-policy.mjs b/scripts/lib/reader-hosting-policy.mjs
index 5d8ed030..cdd4673d 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/reader-hosting-policy.mjs
+++ b/scripts/lib/reader-hosting-policy.mjs
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ export function coveredHostingControls(policy, inventory) {
           !parts.some((p) =>
             ["_headers", "_redirects", "_routes.json", "_worker.js"].includes(p),
           )) ||
-        ["_routes.json", "_redirects", "_worker.js"].includes(item.path),
+        ["_routes.json", "_redirects", "_worker.js"].includes(item.path) ||
+        item.path.startsWith("_worker.js/"),
       "unknown hosting control requires reviewed source policy",
     );
   }
@@ -97,13 +98,18 @@ export function coveredHostingControls(policy, inventory) {
         "source policy + immutable upload + scoped deployment metadata + bounded behavior probes",
     });
   }
-  const worker = inventory.find((a) => a.path === "_worker.js");
-  check(worker?.bytes > 0, "missing precompiled capture Worker");
-  covered.push({
-    ...worker,
-    evidence:
-      "source/run-bound precompiled Worker + scoped deployment metadata + capture denial probes; NOT Worker-source GET",
-  });
+  const workers = inventory.filter(
+    (a) => a.path === "_worker.js" || a.path.startsWith("_worker.js/"),
+  );
+  const entry = workers.find((a) => a.path === "_worker.js" || a.path === "_worker.js/index.js");
+  check(entry?.bytes > 0, "missing precompiled capture Worker");
+  covered.push(
+    ...workers.map((worker) => ({
+      ...worker,
+      evidence:
+        "source/run-bound precompiled Worker + scoped deployment metadata + capture denial probes; NOT Worker-source GET",
+    })),
+  );
   return covered;
 }
 export function safeProject(project, environment) {
diff --git a/scripts/postqualify-native-staging.mjs b/scripts/postqualify-native-staging.mjs
index 5850b37e..909ac1e0 100644
--- a/scripts/postqualify-native-staging.mjs
+++ b/scripts/postqualify-native-staging.mjs
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ for (const dir of ["publish", "extension"]) {
   const files = dir === "publish" ? inventory : extensionInventory;
   const js = await Promise.all(
     files
-      .filter((f) => /\.m?js$/.test(f.path) && f.path !== "_worker.js")
+      .filter(
+        (f) =>
+          /\.m?js$/.test(f.path) && f.path !== "_worker.js" && !f.path.startsWith("_worker.js/"),
+      )
       .map((f) => readFile(join(root, dir, f.path), "utf8")),
   );
   for (const literal of [
diff --git a/scripts/qualify-native-staging.mjs b/scripts/qualify-native-staging.mjs
index 47bd17ce..01422ed6 100644
--- a/scripts/qualify-native-staging.mjs
+++ b/scripts/qualify-native-staging.mjs
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ try {
       "functions",
       "build",
       join(repo, "apps/reader/functions"),
-      "--outfile",
+      "--outdir",
       join(repo, "apps/reader/dist/_worker.js"),
     ],
     tools,
@@ -189,7 +189,10 @@ try {
     const files = dir === "publish" ? inventory : extensionInventory;
     const js = await Promise.all(
       files
-        .filter((a) => /\.m?js$/.test(a.path) && a.path !== "_worker.js")
+        .filter(
+          (a) =>
+            /\.m?js$/.test(a.path) && a.path !== "_worker.js" && !a.path.startsWith("_worker.js/"),
+        )
         .map((a) => readFile(join(root, dir, a.path), "utf8")),
     );
     // Exact original native/SQLite members plus compiled authenticated trust
diff --git a/scripts/tests/reader-publisher.test.mjs b/scripts/tests/reader-publisher.test.mjs
index a915bf37..eb9e48e4 100644
--- a/scripts/tests/reader-publisher.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/tests/reader-publisher.test.mjs
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ async function servedFixture() {
   };
   const transport = async (url) => {
     const path = new URL(url).pathname;
-    assert.notEqual(path, "/_worker.js");
+    assert.ok(path !== "/_worker.js" && !path.startsWith("/_worker.js/"));
     if (path === "/api/capture")
       return new Response(
         JSON.stringify({ code: "method_not_allowed", message: "Use POST to capture a page." }),
@@ -464,6 +464,82 @@ async function servedFixture() {
     transport,
   };
 }
+test("Pages Functions build emits advanced-mode modules, not a multipart outfile", async () => {
+  const build = await readFile("scripts/qualify-native-staging.mjs", "utf8");
+  const flag = build.match(
+    /"(--out(?:file|dir))",\s*join\(repo, "apps\/reader\/dist\/_worker\.js"\)/,
+  )?.[1];
+  // Official Wrangler 4.114 semantics already exercised by Writer's synthetic
+  // regression: outfile is a multipart upload body, outdir emits index.js.
+  assert.equal(flag, "--outdir");
+});
+test("advanced-mode Worker retains every module/map in inventory and hosting coverage", async () => {
+  const f = await servedFixture();
+  try {
+    const pub = join(f.root, "publish");
+    await rm(join(pub, "_worker.js"));
+    await mkdir(join(pub, "_worker.js"));
+    // SYNTHETIC module/map DATA only; never compiled or executed.
+    for (const [name, body] of Object.entries({
+      "index.js": "export default {};",
+      "module.mjs": "export {};",
+      "index.js.map": "{}",
+    }))
+      await writeFile(join(pub, "_worker.js", name), body);
+    const inventory = await inventoryDirectory(pub);
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => assertInventoryCoverage(inventory, { nativeAssets: {} }));
+    const v = await verifyServedAssets({
+      origin,
+      inventory,
+      publication: f.publication,
+      fetch: f.transport,
+      attempts: 1,
+    });
+    assert.equal(v.ok, true, JSON.stringify(v));
+    assert.deepEqual(v.policyEvidence.coveredControls.map((a) => a.path).sort(), [
+      "_redirects",
+      "_routes.json",
+      "_worker.js/index.js",
+      "_worker.js/index.js.map",
+      "_worker.js/module.mjs",
+    ]);
+    assert.ok(v.verified.every((a) => !a.path.startsWith("_worker.js/")));
+    const args = {
+      target: "staging",
+      source: { sha: source, tree },
+      releaseRef: "release/native-staging",
+      sdkTrust: {},
+      inventory,
+      deploymentId: id,
+      verification: v,
+    };
+    assert.equal(createReceipt(args).status, "verified");
+    for (const mode of ["omitted-map", "changed-module"]) {
+      const broken = structuredClone(v);
+      if (mode === "omitted-map")
+        broken.policyEvidence.coveredControls = broken.policyEvidence.coveredControls.filter(
+          (a) => a.path !== "_worker.js/index.js.map",
+        );
+      else
+        broken.policyEvidence.coveredControls.find(
+          (a) => a.path === "_worker.js/module.mjs",
+        ).sha256 = "0".repeat(64);
+      assert.equal(createReceipt({ ...args, verification: broken }).status, "failed-or-incomplete");
+    }
+    const missingEntry = inventory.filter((a) => a.path !== "_worker.js/index.js");
+    assert.throws(
+      () => assertInventoryCoverage(missingEntry, {}),
+      /Missing precompiled Pages Worker/,
+    );
+    const policy = await sourceHostingPolicy(process.cwd());
+    assert.throws(
+      () => coveredHostingControls(policy, missingEntry),
+      /missing precompiled capture Worker/,
+    );
+  } finally {
+    await rm(f.root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
 test("ALL bytes + .nojekyll GET + source controls + 9 bounded route probes can verify", async () => {
   const f = await servedFixture();
   try {