diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptBuiltinResourceMethods.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptBuiltinResourceMethods.ts
index 8034b902fe..95f66f250b 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptBuiltinResourceMethods.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptBuiltinResourceMethods.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,32 @@ export const BUILTIN_RESOURCE_METHODS = {
   fs: ["open", "openSync", "createReadStream", "createWriteStream"],
   "fs/promises": ["open"],
   net: ["connect", "createConnection"],
-  tls: ["connect", "createConnection"],
+  tls: ["connect"],
 } as const;
 
+/**
+ * Release methods the value Node returns from each acquisition actually has.
+ *
+ * `fs.openSync` returns a numeric descriptor and `fs.open` in its callback form
+ * returns `undefined`, so neither has a release method at all; the descriptor is
+ * released through `fs.closeSync`/`fs.close`, which is not a member call. A
+ * `fs.ReadStream` exposes `end` as its byte-offset field, not a method. A
+ * `FileHandle` and a `net.Socket`/`TLSSocket` each expose only their own subset,
+ * so a family-blind release list claims a teardown that throws instead.
+ */
+export const BUILTIN_RESOURCE_RELEASE_METHODS = {
+  "fs:open": [],
+  "fs:openSync": [],
+  "fs:createReadStream": ["close", "destroy"],
+  "fs:createWriteStream": ["close", "destroy", "end"],
+  "fs/promises:open": ["close"],
+  "net:connect": ["destroy", "end"],
+  "net:createConnection": ["destroy", "end"],
+  "tls:connect": ["destroy", "end"],
+} as const satisfies Readonly<
+  Record<string, readonly ("close" | "destroy" | "end")[]>
+>;
+
 export const BUILTIN_RESOURCE_SPECIFIERS = Object.keys(
   BUILTIN_RESOURCE_METHODS,
 );
diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticAnalysis.release_families.test.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticAnalysis.release_families.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7b7aae52f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticAnalysis.release_families.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+import { expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { analyzeJavaScriptSemantics } from "./javascriptSemanticAnalysis.js";
+
+/**
+ * Node's own objects expose different teardown members per acquisition, so a
+ * member call that Node rejects must not be reported as a release. Every row is
+ * a pair that throws at the call site on Node 24.22.1.
+ */
+const rejected = [
+  [
+    "a numeric descriptor from fs.openSync",
+    `import { openSync } from "node:fs";
+     const fd = openSync("input.txt", "r");
+     fd.close();`,
+  ],
+  [
+    "a numeric descriptor released with destroy",
+    `import { openSync } from "node:fs";
+     const fd = openSync("input.txt", "r");
+     fd.destroy();`,
+  ],
+  [
+    "the callback form of fs.open",
+    `import { open } from "node:fs";
+     const pending = open("input.txt", "r", () => {});
+     pending.close();`,
+  ],
+  [
+    "a read stream's byte-offset field",
+    `import { createReadStream } from "node:fs";
+     const stream = createReadStream("input.txt");
+     stream.end();`,
+  ],
+  [
+    "a FileHandle without a release member",
+    `import { open } from "node:fs/promises";
+     const handle = await open("input.txt");
+     handle.destroy();`,
+  ],
+  [
+    "a socket without close",
+    `import { connect } from "node:net";
+     const socket = connect(9);
+     socket.close();`,
+  ],
+  [
+    "a TLS socket without close",
+    `import { connect } from "node:tls";
+     const socket = connect(9);
+     socket.close();`,
+  ],
+];
+
+it.each(rejected)("emits no release for %s", (_name, source) => {
+  expect(
+    analyzeJavaScriptSemantics(source)
+      .resourceOperations.filter(({ kind }) => kind === "release")
+      .map(({ method }) => method),
+  ).toEqual([]);
+});
+
+/** The pairs Node does support stay complete, so the filter is pure narrowing. */
+const accepted = [
+  [
+    "a FileHandle closed",
+    `import { open } from "node:fs/promises";
+     const handle = await open("input.txt");
+     handle.close();`,
+    "close",
+  ],
+  [
+    "a read stream destroyed",
+    `import { createReadStream } from "node:fs";
+     const stream = createReadStream("input.txt");
+     stream.destroy();`,
+    "destroy",
+  ],
+  [
+    "a socket ended",
+    `import { connect } from "node:net";
+     const socket = connect(9);
+     socket.end();`,
+    "end",
+  ],
+];
+
+it.each(accepted)("keeps %s complete", (_name, source, method) => {
+  expect(
+    analyzeJavaScriptSemantics(source)
+      .resourceOperations.filter(({ kind }) => kind === "release")
+      .map(({ method: released, resolution }) => ({
+        method: released,
+        resolution,
+      })),
+  ).toEqual([{ method, resolution: "complete" }]);
+});
+
+/**
+ * A binding that can hold more than one acquisition stays partial even when a
+ * method is admissible for one of them: the release is only certain if the
+ * binding held exactly one acquisition before the filter ran.
+ */
+it.each([
+  [
+    "a FileHandle or a socket, released with close",
+    `import { open } from "node:fs/promises";
+     import { connect } from "node:net";
+     let handle;
+     if (flag) { handle = await open("input.txt"); }
+     else { handle = connect(9); }
+     handle.close();`,
+    [{ method: "close", linked: 1, resolution: "partial" }],
+  ],
+  [
+    "a read stream or a write stream, released with end",
+    `import { createReadStream, createWriteStream } from "node:fs";
+     let stream;
+     if (flag) { stream = createReadStream("input.txt"); }
+     else { stream = createWriteStream("output.txt"); }
+     stream.end();`,
+    [{ method: "end", linked: 1, resolution: "partial" }],
+  ],
+])("keeps %s partial", (_name, source, expected) => {
+  expect(
+    analyzeJavaScriptSemantics(source)
+      .resourceOperations.filter(({ kind }) => kind === "release")
+      .map(({ method, linkedResourceIds, resolution }) => ({
+        method,
+        linked: linkedResourceIds.length,
+        resolution,
+      })),
+  ).toEqual(expected);
+});
diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticResources.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticResources.ts
index 7ca9420076..ec5e5252f4 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticResources.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticResources.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as t from "@babel/types";
 import {
   BUILTIN_RESOURCE_SPECIFIERS,
   BUILTIN_RESOURCE_METHODS,
+  BUILTIN_RESOURCE_RELEASE_METHODS,
 } from "./javascriptBuiltinResourceMethods.js";
 import type {
   JavaScriptSemanticCallable,
@@ -29,8 +30,23 @@ import { range } from "./javascriptStaticAnalysisHelpers.js";
 
 const RELEASE_METHODS = ["close", "destroy", "end"] as const;
 
+/**
+ * Release methods the value from this acquisition actually has. An unlisted
+ * specifier/method pair admits none, so a call to it emits no release fact.
+ */
+const releaseMethodsFor = (
+  acquisition: ResourceCandidate,
+): readonly ("close" | "destroy" | "end")[] => {
+  const key = `${acquisition.specifier}:${acquisition.method}`;
+  const table: Readonly<
+    Record<string, readonly ("close" | "destroy" | "end")[]>
+  > = BUILTIN_RESOURCE_RELEASE_METHODS;
+  return table[key] ?? [];
+};
+
 interface ResourceCandidate {
   readonly node: t.CallExpression | t.OptionalCallExpression;
+  readonly specifier: string;
   readonly method: JavaScriptSemanticResourceOperation["method"];
   readonly ownerCallableId: string | null;
   readonly resultBindingId: string | null;
@@ -62,11 +78,12 @@ const collectAcquisitions = (
   const output: ResourceCandidate[] = [];
   traverseDataEffects(program, context, (node) => {
     if (!t.isCallExpression(node) && !t.isOptionalCallExpression(node)) return;
-    const method = acquisitionMethod(node.callee, context.state);
-    if (method === null) return;
+    const reference = acquisitionMethod(node.callee, context.state);
+    if (reference === null) return;
     output.push({
       node,
-      method,
+      specifier: reference.specifier,
+      method: reference.method,
       ownerCallableId: context.callableStack.at(-1) ?? null,
       resultBindingId: outerDataEffectBinding(node, context),
     });
@@ -102,9 +119,15 @@ const collectReleases = (
       member.object,
       member.object.name,
     );
-    const linked =
+    const candidates =
       binding === undefined ? [] : (byBinding.get(binding.bindingId) ?? []);
-    if (binding === undefined || linked.length === 0) return;
+    if (binding === undefined || candidates.length === 0) return;
+    const linked = candidates.filter((acquisition) =>
+      releaseMethodsFor(acquisition).includes(method),
+    );
+    // No linked acquisition exposes this release method, so the call is not a
+    // release of it at all: Node throws at the call site instead.
+    if (linked.length === 0) return;
     output.push({
       resourceId: `resource:release:${String(node.start ?? -1)}:${String(node.end ?? -1)}`,
       kind: "release",
@@ -169,10 +192,15 @@ const immutableAcquisition = (
   resolution: "complete",
 });
 
+interface AcquisitionReference {
+  readonly specifier: string;
+  readonly method: JavaScriptSemanticResourceOperation["method"];
+}
+
 const acquisitionMethod = (
   callee: t.Node,
   state: JavaScriptSemanticAnalysisState,
-): JavaScriptSemanticResourceOperation["method"] | null => {
+): AcquisitionReference | null => {
   for (const specifier of BUILTIN_RESOURCE_SPECIFIERS) {
     const method = builtinDataEffectMethod(callee, state, [specifier]);
     if (
@@ -183,7 +211,10 @@ const acquisitionMethod = (
         ] as readonly string[]
       ).includes(method)
     )
-      return method as JavaScriptSemanticResourceOperation["method"];
+      return {
+        specifier,
+        method: method as JavaScriptSemanticResourceOperation["method"],
+      };
   }
   return null;
 };