diff --git a/GitLfsCache.Tests/Storage/FailingWriteStream.cs b/GitLfsCache.Tests/Storage/FailingWriteStream.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69cf360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/GitLfsCache.Tests/Storage/FailingWriteStream.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2023-2026 ktsu-dev contributors
+
+namespace ktsu.GitLfsCache.Tests.Storage;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// A sink that forwards a fixed number of writes and then fails every write after them the way a
+/// full disk does.
+/// </summary>
+/// <param name="inner">The sink to forward the allowed writes to.</param>
+/// <param name="allowedWrites">How many writes succeed before the first failure.</param>
+internal sealed class FailingWriteStream(Stream inner, int allowedWrites) : Stream
+{
+	private int _writes;
+
+	public override bool CanRead => false;
+
+	public override bool CanSeek => false;
+
+	public override bool CanWrite => true;
+
+	public override long Length => inner.Length;
+
+	public override long Position
+	{
+		get => inner.Position;
+		set
+		{
+			_ = value;
+			throw new NotSupportedException();
+		}
+	}
+
+	public override void Flush() => inner.Flush();
+
+	public override Task FlushAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => inner.FlushAsync(cancellationToken);
+
+	public override int Read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count) => throw new NotSupportedException();
+
+	public override long Seek(long offset, SeekOrigin origin) => throw new NotSupportedException();
+
+	public override void SetLength(long value) => throw new NotSupportedException();
+
+	public override void Write(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
+	{
+		ThrowIfExhausted();
+		inner.Write(buffer, offset, count);
+	}
+
+	public override async ValueTask WriteAsync(ReadOnlyMemory<byte> buffer, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+	{
+		ThrowIfExhausted();
+		await inner.WriteAsync(buffer, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+	}
+
+	public override Task WriteAsync(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count, CancellationToken cancellationToken) =>
+		WriteAsync(buffer.AsMemory(offset, count), cancellationToken).AsTask();
+
+	public override async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+	{
+		await inner.DisposeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+		await base.DisposeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+	}
+
+	protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
+	{
+		if (disposing)
+		{
+			inner.Dispose();
+		}
+
+		base.Dispose(disposing);
+	}
+
+	private void ThrowIfExhausted()
+	{
+		if (_writes++ >= allowedWrites)
+		{
+			throw new IOException("No space left on device");
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/GitLfsCache.Tests/Storage/ObjectStoreTests.cs b/GitLfsCache.Tests/Storage/ObjectStoreTests.cs
index 8d8e94f..653d220 100644
--- a/GitLfsCache.Tests/Storage/ObjectStoreTests.cs
+++ b/GitLfsCache.Tests/Storage/ObjectStoreTests.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ namespace ktsu.GitLfsCache.Tests.Storage;
 using System.Text;
 using ktsu.GitLfsCache.Configuration;
 using ktsu.GitLfsCache.Storage;
+using ktsu.Semantics.Paths;
+using ktsu.Semantics.Strings;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
@@ -119,6 +121,42 @@ public async Task PublishAsync_HashMismatch_DiscardsStagingAndReturnsFalse()
 		Assert.IsFalse(fileSystem.File.Exists(stagingPath), "Staging must not survive a mismatch.");
 	}
 
+	[TestMethod]
+	[DataRow(60_000, 0, DisplayName = "Single chunk, and it fails")]
+	[DataRow(100_000, 1, DisplayName = "Two chunks, and the last one fails")]
+	public async Task PublishAsync_StagingWriteFailedOnTheLastChunk_DoesNotPublish(int size, int allowedWrites)
+	{
+		(ObjectStore store, MockFileSystem fileSystem, _) = Create();
+		byte[] content = new byte[size];
+
+		for (int index = 0; index < size; index++)
+		{
+			content[index] = (byte)(index % 251);
+		}
+
+		string oid = Convert.ToHexStringLower(SHA256.HashData(content));
+
+		// The failing write is the last one the tee makes, so nothing after it could make the digest
+		// disagree with the oid. Only knowing that a write failed can stop the short file publishing.
+		string stagingPath = fileSystem.Path.Combine(Root, "staging.tmp");
+		Stream file = fileSystem.FileStream.New(stagingPath, FileMode.CreateNew, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.Read);
+		await using StagingHandle handle = new(
+			fileSystem,
+			stagingPath.As<AbsoluteFilePath>(),
+			new FailingWriteStream(file, allowedWrites));
+
+		using MemoryStream source = new(content);
+		using MemoryStream client = new();
+		await StreamTee.CopyAsync(source, client, handle.Stream, null, CancellationToken.None);
+
+		bool published = await store.PublishAsync(handle, "github", oid, CancellationToken.None);
+
+		CollectionAssert.AreEqual(content, client.ToArray(), "The client still gets every byte.");
+		Assert.IsFalse(published, "A staging file that missed a write is incomplete and must not publish.");
+		Assert.IsFalse(store.Exists("github", oid));
+		Assert.IsFalse(fileSystem.File.Exists(stagingPath), "Staging must not survive a failed write.");
+	}
+
 	[TestMethod]
 	public async Task PublishAsync_ObjectAlreadyPresent_SucceedsAndRemovesStaging()
 	{
diff --git a/GitLfsCache/Storage/HashingStream.cs b/GitLfsCache/Storage/HashingStream.cs
index e524f27..d114416 100644
--- a/GitLfsCache/Storage/HashingStream.cs
+++ b/GitLfsCache/Storage/HashingStream.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ internal sealed class HashingStream(Stream inner, bool ownsInner = true) : Strea
 	/// <inheritdoc />
 	public override long Length => _written;
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Gets a value indicating whether a write to the inner sink has failed.
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <remarks>
+	/// Once a write fails the sink holds an unknown prefix of the content, so the digest no longer
+	/// describes what is on disk even when it matches. Whoever publishes the sink has to check this.
+	/// </remarks>
+	public bool Faulted { get; private set; }
+
 	/// <inheritdoc />
 	public override long Position
 	{
@@ -79,8 +88,19 @@ public override void Write(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count) =>
 	/// <inheritdoc />
 	public override void Write(ReadOnlySpan<byte> buffer)
 	{
+		try
+		{
+			inner.Write(buffer);
+		}
+		catch
+		{
+			Faulted = true;
+			throw;
+		}
+
+		// Digested only once the bytes have reached the sink, so a failed write cannot leave the
+		// digest describing content the sink never received.
 		_hash.AppendData(buffer);
-		inner.Write(buffer);
 		_written += buffer.Length;
 	}
 
@@ -89,8 +109,17 @@ public override async ValueTask WriteAsync(
 		ReadOnlyMemory<byte> buffer,
 		CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
 	{
+		try
+		{
+			await inner.WriteAsync(buffer, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+		}
+		catch
+		{
+			Faulted = true;
+			throw;
+		}
+
 		_hash.AppendData(buffer.Span);
-		await inner.WriteAsync(buffer, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 		_written += buffer.Length;
 	}
 
diff --git a/GitLfsCache/Storage/ObjectStore.cs b/GitLfsCache/Storage/ObjectStore.cs
index a892d41..2b1cf07 100644
--- a/GitLfsCache/Storage/ObjectStore.cs
+++ b/GitLfsCache/Storage/ObjectStore.cs
@@ -127,6 +127,16 @@ public async Task<bool> PublishAsync(
 		string digest = handle.GetDigestHex();
 		await handle.CloseAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
+		// A tee abandons a failed staging write and carries on serving the client, so a faulted handle
+		// can reach here. Its file is short by at least the failed write, and when that write was the
+		// last one the digest can still match, so the digest alone is not enough to publish on.
+		if (handle.Faulted)
+		{
+			StoreLog.DiscardedIncompleteObject(logger, upstream, oid);
+			await handle.DisposeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		if (!string.Equals(digest, oid, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
 		{
 			StoreLog.DiscardedMismatchedObject(logger, upstream, digest, oid);
diff --git a/GitLfsCache/Storage/StagingHandle.cs b/GitLfsCache/Storage/StagingHandle.cs
index 958642c..5610c98 100644
--- a/GitLfsCache/Storage/StagingHandle.cs
+++ b/GitLfsCache/Storage/StagingHandle.cs
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ internal StagingHandle(IFileSystem fileSystem, AbsoluteFilePath path, Stream sin
 	/// <returns>The digest, in the form a Git LFS object id takes.</returns>
 	public string GetDigestHex() => _stream.GetDigestHex();
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Gets a value indicating whether a write to the staging file failed, which leaves it incomplete
+	/// whatever its digest says.
+	/// </summary>
+	public bool Faulted => _stream.Faulted;
+
 	/// <summary>Marks the staging file as published so disposal leaves it alone.</summary>
 	internal void MarkPublished() => _published = true;
 
diff --git a/GitLfsCache/Storage/StoreLog.cs b/GitLfsCache/Storage/StoreLog.cs
index 9a3a0a5..ae71bef 100644
--- a/GitLfsCache/Storage/StoreLog.cs
+++ b/GitLfsCache/Storage/StoreLog.cs
@@ -79,4 +79,10 @@ public static partial void EvictedObjects(
 		Level = LogLevel.Error,
 		Message = "The store maintenance sweep failed and will be retried on the next interval.")]
 	public static partial void MaintenanceSweepFailed(ILogger logger, Exception exception);
+
+	[LoggerMessage(
+		EventId = 1009,
+		Level = LogLevel.Warning,
+		Message = "Discarding fetched object {Oid} for {Upstream}: a write to its staging file failed, so the file is incomplete.")]
+	public static partial void DiscardedIncompleteObject(ILogger logger, string upstream, string oid);
 }