diff --git a/app/build/fetch-deps.js b/app/build/fetch-deps.js
index 79466f8..04e96b1 100644
--- a/app/build/fetch-deps.js
+++ b/app/build/fetch-deps.js
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@
 //   node build/fetch-deps.js mac arm64 x64 | win x64 | linux x64 arm64
 const crypto = require("crypto");
 const fs = require("fs");
-const https = require("https");
 const path = require("path");
 const { execFileSync } = require("child_process");
-const { fetchWithRetry } = require("./fetch-retry");
+const { get, fetchWithRetry } = require("./fetch-retry");
 
 const PY = "3.12.14+20260924";
 const PY_URL = (triple) => "https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone/releases/download/"
@@ -47,30 +46,6 @@ const PRUNE = [
     .flatMap((d) => [`lib/python3.12/${d}`, `Lib/${d}`]),
 ];
 
-function get(url, redirects = 5) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    https.get(url, { timeout: 60000 }, (res) => {
-      if (res.statusCode >= 300 && res.statusCode < 400 && res.headers.location) {
-        res.resume();
-        if (!redirects) return reject(new Error(`${url}: too many redirects`));
-        let next;
-        try { next = new URL(res.headers.location, url).href; }
-        catch { return reject(new Error(`${url}: bad redirect ${res.headers.location}`)); }
-        return resolve(get(next, redirects - 1));
-      }
-      if (res.statusCode !== 200) {
-        res.resume();
-        const error = new Error(`${url}: HTTP ${res.statusCode}`);
-        error.statusCode = res.statusCode;
-        return reject(error);
-      }
-      const chunks = [];
-      res.on("data", (c) => chunks.push(c));
-      res.on("end", () => resolve(Buffer.concat(chunks)));
-    }).on("timeout", function () { this.destroy(new Error(`${url}: timed out`)); }).on("error", reject);
-  });
-}
-
 async function download(url, sha256, file) {
   const data = await fetchWithRetry(get, url);
   const sum = crypto.createHash("sha256").update(data).digest("hex");
diff --git a/app/build/fetch-retry.js b/app/build/fetch-retry.js
index 9641ca9..94cb5ef 100644
--- a/app/build/fetch-retry.js
+++ b/app/build/fetch-retry.js
@@ -1,3 +1,31 @@
+const https = require("https");
+
+function get(url, redirects = 5, transport = https) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    transport.get(url, { timeout: 60000 }, (res) => {
+      res.on("error", reject);
+      res.on("aborted", () => reject(new Error(`${url}: response aborted`)));
+      if (res.statusCode >= 300 && res.statusCode < 400 && res.headers.location) {
+        res.resume();
+        if (!redirects) return reject(new Error(`${url}: too many redirects`));
+        let next;
+        try { next = new URL(res.headers.location, url).href; }
+        catch { return reject(new Error(`${url}: bad redirect ${res.headers.location}`)); }
+        return resolve(get(next, redirects - 1, transport));
+      }
+      if (res.statusCode !== 200) {
+        res.resume();
+        const error = new Error(`${url}: HTTP ${res.statusCode}`);
+        error.statusCode = res.statusCode;
+        return reject(error);
+      }
+      const chunks = [];
+      res.on("data", (chunk) => chunks.push(chunk));
+      res.on("end", () => resolve(Buffer.concat(chunks)));
+    }).on("timeout", function () { this.destroy(new Error(`${url}: timed out`)); }).on("error", reject);
+  });
+}
+
 // Release assets are pinned by SHA-256 at the call site. Retry only transport
 // failures and transient HTTP responses; the caller still rejects bad bytes.
 async function fetchWithRetry(fetcher, url, pause = (ms) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms))) {
@@ -12,4 +40,4 @@ async function fetchWithRetry(fetcher, url, pause = (ms) => new Promise((resolve
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = { fetchWithRetry };
+module.exports = { get, fetchWithRetry };
diff --git a/app/test/fetch-retry.test.js b/app/test/fetch-retry.test.js
index 7e8cc64..9fb7fd7 100644
--- a/app/test/fetch-retry.test.js
+++ b/app/test/fetch-retry.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const { EventEmitter } = require('node:events');
 const test = require('node:test');
-const { fetchWithRetry } = require('../build/fetch-retry');
+const { get, fetchWithRetry } = require('../build/fetch-retry');
 
 test('installer fetch recovers a dropped connection without hiding final failure', async () => {
   let calls = 0;
@@ -43,3 +44,33 @@ test('installer fetch retries a transient HTTP response', async () => {
   assert.equal(bytes.toString(), 'pinned bytes');
   assert.equal(calls, 2);
 });
+
+test('installer fetch retries a response aborted after headers and partial bytes', async () => {
+  let calls = 0;
+  const transport = {
+    get(_url, _options, callback) {
+      const request = new EventEmitter();
+      queueMicrotask(() => {
+        const response = new EventEmitter();
+        response.statusCode = 200;
+        response.headers = {};
+        callback(response);
+        if (++calls === 1) {
+          response.emit('data', Buffer.from('partial'));
+          response.emit('aborted');
+        } else {
+          response.emit('data', Buffer.from('complete'));
+          response.emit('end');
+        }
+      });
+      return request;
+    },
+  };
+  const bytes = await fetchWithRetry(
+    (url) => get(url, 5, transport),
+    'https://example.invalid/package',
+    async () => {},
+  );
+  assert.equal(bytes.toString(), 'complete');
+  assert.equal(calls, 2);
+});
diff --git a/docs/evidence/installer-fetch-retry-2026-10-28.md b/docs/evidence/installer-fetch-retry-2026-10-28.md
index 8df5458..5ae5ecd 100644
--- a/docs/evidence/installer-fetch-retry-2026-10-28.md
+++ b/docs/evidence/installer-fetch-retry-2026-10-28.md
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ other than 408/429 fail immediately. The existing pinned SHA-256 comparison
 still happens after download and before writing package bytes, so altered
 content fails without retry or installation.
 
-Local Node 24 checks passed: three retry cases (recovery, exhausted retries,
-permanent HTTP error and HTTP 503), all six app test files, script syntax and
+Local Node 24 checks passed: retry recovery, exhausted retries, permanent HTTP
+error, HTTP 503 and a response aborted after partial bytes; all six app test
+files, script syntax and
 `git diff --check`. Hosted exact-head CI and installer preview remain required
 before merge/release. No installer was published, and this test makes no
 claim about a physical Mac or Windows install.