diff --git a/src/Support/StreamWrapper.php b/src/Support/StreamWrapper.php
index b0002be..7dbe660 100644
--- a/src/Support/StreamWrapper.php
+++ b/src/Support/StreamWrapper.php
@@ -270,15 +270,11 @@ public function unlink(string $path): bool
     public function url_stat(string $path, int $flags): array|bool
     {
         return $this->withOriginalWrapper(function () use ($path, $flags): false|array {
-            if (is_readable($path) === false) {
-                return false;
-            }
-
             if (($flags & STREAM_URL_STAT_LINK) !== 0) {
-                return lstat($path);
+                return is_link($path) || file_exists($path) ? lstat($path) : false;
             }
 
-            return stat($path);
+            return file_exists($path) ? stat($path) : false;
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Support/StreamWrapper.php b/tests/Unit/Support/StreamWrapper.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc65e2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/Support/StreamWrapper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Pest\Mutate\Support\StreamWrapper;
+
+beforeEach(function (): void {
+    $this->directory = sys_get_temp_dir().'/pest-mutate-stream-wrapper-'.bin2hex(random_bytes(4));
+    mkdir($this->directory);
+
+    $this->original = $this->directory.'/original.php';
+    $this->override = $this->directory.'/override.php';
+
+    file_put_contents($this->original, "<?php\n");
+    file_put_contents($this->override, "<?php\n");
+});
+
+afterEach(function (): void {
+    StreamWrapper::disable();
+
+    foreach (glob($this->directory.'/*') ?: [] as $file) {
+        chmod($file, 0o644);
+        unlink($file);
+    }
+
+    rmdir($this->directory);
+});
+
+it('reports a file that cannot be read as existing', function (): void {
+    $locked = $this->directory.'/locked.log';
+
+    file_put_contents($locked, 'content');
+    chmod($locked, 0o000);
+
+    StreamWrapper::start($this->original, $this->override);
+
+    clearstatcache(true, $locked);
+
+    expect(file_exists($locked))->toBeTrue()
+        ->and(is_file($locked))->toBeTrue()
+        ->and(filesize($locked))->toBe(7);
+})->skip(
+    fn (): bool => function_exists('posix_geteuid') && posix_geteuid() === 0,
+    'The root user ignores file permissions.',
+);
+
+it('reports a missing file as missing', function (): void {
+    StreamWrapper::start($this->original, $this->override);
+
+    $missing = $this->directory.'/missing.log';
+
+    expect(file_exists($missing))->toBeFalse()
+        ->and(is_file($missing))->toBeFalse()
+        ->and(file_exists($missing.'/child'))->toBeFalse();
+});