diff --git a/loopx/control_plane/work_items/task_lease_acquire_decision.ts b/loopx/control_plane/work_items/task_lease_acquire_decision.ts
index cf7ca25609..efef8e8f50 100644
--- a/loopx/control_plane/work_items/task_lease_acquire_decision.ts
+++ b/loopx/control_plane/work_items/task_lease_acquire_decision.ts
@@ -344,21 +344,55 @@ function singleCharacterMatchLengths(symbols: readonly string[], start: number):
   return lengths;
 }
 
+/** Whether a class can supply a character after the known directory prefix. */
+function classHasMatch(body: string, negated: boolean): boolean {
+  const members = characterClass(body);
+  const intervals = [...members.ranges, ...members.literals.map(character => {
+    const code = character.codePointAt(0)!;
+    return [code, code] as const;
+  })].filter(([low, high]) => low <= high).sort(([left], [right]) => left - right);
+  if (!negated) return intervals.length > 0;
+  // Only inspect gaps, never enumerate a wide class. A gap character can still
+  // be excluded by a case-fold alias inside the class (for example A versus a).
+  let candidate = 0;
+  for (const [low, high] of [...intervals, [0x110000, 0x110000]]) {
+    for (; candidate < low; candidate += 1) {
+      if (!classMemberMatches(body, String.fromCodePoint(candidate))) return true;
+    }
+    candidate = Math.max(candidate, high + 1);
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * Match against the compared path's folded code points. One original code point
  * may fold to several symbols (ß/SS), so token boundaries intentionally operate
  * on the folded stream rather than assuming one symbol per host character.
+ * A literal directory can accept a matching continuation after its final slash.
+ * No multi-symbol character fold crosses that slash, so the existing character
+ * transitions also decide prefix reachability without splitting a folded atom.
  */
-function fnmatchcase(value: string, pattern: string): boolean {
+function fnmatchcase(value: string, pattern: string, descendants = false): boolean {
   const symbols = [...caseFold(value)];
   const tokens = globTokens(pattern);
+  const suffixPossible: boolean[] = [];
+  if (descendants) {
+    suffixPossible[tokens.length] = true;
+    for (let index = tokens.length - 1; index >= 0; index -= 1) {
+      const token = tokens[index];
+      suffixPossible[index] = suffixPossible[index + 1] &&
+        (token.kind !== "class" || classHasMatch(token.body, token.negated));
+    }
+  }
   const memo = new Map<string, boolean>();
   const match = (valueIndex: number, tokenIndex: number): boolean => {
     const key = `${valueIndex}:${tokenIndex}`;
     const cached = memo.get(key);
     if (cached !== undefined) return cached;
     let result: boolean;
-    if (tokenIndex === tokens.length) {
+    if (descendants && valueIndex === symbols.length) {
+      result = suffixPossible[tokenIndex];
+    } else if (tokenIndex === tokens.length) {
       result = valueIndex === symbols.length;
     } else {
       const token = tokens[tokenIndex];
@@ -379,9 +413,10 @@ function fnmatchcase(value: string, pattern: string): boolean {
       } else {
         const literal = [...token.folded];
         const end = valueIndex + literal.length;
-        result = end <= symbols.length &&
-          literal.every((symbol, index) => symbols[valueIndex + index] === symbol) &&
-          match(end, tokenIndex + 1);
+        const compared = literal.slice(0, symbols.length - valueIndex);
+        result = compared.every((symbol, index) => symbols[valueIndex + index] === symbol) &&
+          (end <= symbols.length ? match(end, tokenIndex + 1)
+            : descendants && suffixPossible[tokenIndex + 1]);
       }
     }
     memo.set(key, result);
@@ -407,11 +442,13 @@ function scopePairOverlaps(left: string, right: string): boolean {
   const leftGlob = ["*", "?", "["].some((token) => left.includes(token));
   const rightGlob = ["*", "?", "["].some((token) => right.includes(token));
   if (leftGlob && !rightGlob) {
+    if (right.endsWith("/")) return fnmatchcase(right, left, true);
     const prefix = scopeLiteralPrefix(left);
     return fnmatchcase(right, left) ||
       (prefix.endsWith("/") && equal(right.replace(/\/$/u, ""), prefix.replace(/\/$/u, "")));
   }
   if (rightGlob && !leftGlob) {
+    if (left.endsWith("/")) return fnmatchcase(left, right, true);
     const prefix = scopeLiteralPrefix(right);
     return fnmatchcase(left, right) ||
       (prefix.endsWith("/") && equal(left.replace(/\/$/u, ""), prefix.replace(/\/$/u, "")));
diff --git a/tests/control_plane/test_canonical_lease_scopes.py b/tests/control_plane/test_canonical_lease_scopes.py
index f56da30279..e4284234cb 100644
--- a/tests/control_plane/test_canonical_lease_scopes.py
+++ b/tests/control_plane/test_canonical_lease_scopes.py
@@ -265,3 +265,60 @@ def test_case_folded_negated_glob_class_excludes_unicode_alias(scope_goal, scope
     allowed = cli("task-lease", "acquire", "--todo-id", "todo_scope_b", "--owner", "agent-b",
         "--idempotency-key", "unicode-negated-b", "--write-scope", target, "--expected-version", "0")
     assert allowed["acquired"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("first_scope,second_scope,conflict", [
+    ("src/", "src/components/*.ts", True),
+    ("src/", "src/main.*", True),
+    ("src/", "**/*.ts", True),
+    ("src/components/", "src/*/*.ts", True),
+    ("src/", "src/components/?.ts", True),
+    ("src/SS/", "src/[ß]/*.ts", True),
+    ("src/z/", "src/[ab]/*.ts", False),
+    ("src/z/", "src/[!z]/*.ts", False),
+    ("src/long/", "src/?/main.ts", False),
+    ("src/a/", "src/ab/*.ts", False),
+    ("src/", "src/generated/[z-a].ts", False),
+])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("reverse", [False, True], ids=["forward", "reverse"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("entrypoint", ["acquire", "claim"])
+def test_directory_glob_scopes_at_real_entrypoints(
+    scope_goal, first_scope, second_scope, conflict, reverse, entrypoint,
+):
+    cli, current = scope_goal
+    if reverse:
+        first_scope, second_scope = second_scope, first_scope
+
+    def add_todo(label, scope):
+        return cli("todo", "add", "--role", "agent", "--priority", "P1",
+            "--text", f"Directory scope work {label}",
+            "--task-repository", "git:github.com/example/project",
+            "--required-write-scope", scope,
+            "--operation-id", f"directory-add-{label}")["todo_id"]
+
+    def acquire(todo_id, label, scope, expected_exit=0):
+        if entrypoint == "acquire":
+            return cli("task-lease", "acquire", "--todo-id", todo_id,
+                "--owner", f"agent-{label}", "--idempotency-key", f"directory-{label}",
+                "--expected-version", "0", "--write-scope", scope, expected_exit=expected_exit)
+        return cli("todo", "claim", "--todo-id", todo_id,
+            "--claimed-by", f"agent-{label}", "--agent-id", f"agent-{label}",
+            "--claim-operation-id", f"directory-claim-{label}",
+            "--task-lease-idempotency-key", f"directory-{label}",
+            "--task-lease-expected-version", "0", expected_exit=expected_exit)
+
+    first, second = add_todo("a", first_scope), add_todo("b", second_scope)
+    acquire(first, "a", first_scope)
+    # Exact retries retain the original scope spelling and receipt, including
+    # a literal trailing slash; conflict comparison must not rewrite identity.
+    before_retry = current()
+    acquire(first, "a", first_scope)
+    assert current() == before_retry
+    assert cli("task-lease", "inspect", "--todo-id", first)["lease"]["write_scopes"] == [first_scope]
+    before = current()
+    result = acquire(second, "b", second_scope, expected_exit=1 if conflict else 0)
+    if conflict:
+        assert result["error_code"] == "write_scope_conflict"
+        assert current() == before
+    else:
+        assert cli("task-lease", "inspect", "--todo-id", second)["lease"]["write_scopes"] == [second_scope]
diff --git a/tests/control_plane_ts/task_lease_directory_scopes.test.ts b/tests/control_plane_ts/task_lease_directory_scopes.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18115904bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/control_plane_ts/task_lease_directory_scopes.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import test from "node:test";
+import {
+  comparisonWriteScopes,
+  evaluateTaskLeaseAcquireDecision,
+  evaluateTaskLeaseWriteScopesOverlap,
+} from "../../loopx/control_plane/work_items/task_lease_acquire_decision.ts";
+
+const overlaps = (left: string, right: string) =>
+  evaluateTaskLeaseWriteScopesOverlap({left: [left], right: [right]}).overlap;
+
+// Each positive row names a concrete path in both sets, independently of how
+// the matcher decides whether an arbitrary descendant can exist.
+for (const [directory, pattern, witness] of [
+  ["src/", "src/components/*.ts", "src/components/button.ts"],
+  ["src/", "src/main.*", "src/main.ts"],
+  ["src/", "**/*.ts", "src/components/button.ts"],
+  ["src/components/", "src/*/*.ts", "src/components/button.ts"],
+  ["src/", "src/components/?.ts", "src/components/a.ts"],
+  ["src/a/", "src/[ab]/*.ts", "src/a/button.ts"],
+  ["src/b/", "src/[!a]/*.ts", "src/b/button.ts"],
+  ["src/SS/", "src/[ß]/*.ts", "src/SS/button.ts"],
+  ["src/SS/", "src/S?/*.ts", "src/SS/button.ts"],
+  ["src/ς/", "src/[Σ]/*.ts", "src/ς/button.ts"],
+  ["src/😀/", "src/?/*.ts", "src/😀/button.ts"],
+  ["src/", "src/generated/[A-Z].ts", "src/generated/a.ts"],
+  ["src/", "src/generated/[!z-a].ts", "src/generated/a.ts"],
+  ["./src//", "src/./components/*.ts", "src/components/button.ts"],
+]) {
+  test(`directory scope overlaps ${pattern} under ${directory}`, () => {
+    assert.equal(overlaps(directory, witness), true);
+    assert.equal(overlaps(pattern, witness), true);
+    assert.equal(overlaps(directory, pattern), true);
+    assert.equal(overlaps(pattern, directory), true);
+  });
+}
+
+for (const [directory, pattern] of [
+  ["src/", "docs/*.ts"],
+  ["src/a/", "src/ab/*.ts"],
+  ["src/z/", "src/[ab]/*.ts"],
+  ["src/z/", "src/[!z]/*.ts"],
+  ["src/long/", "src/?/main.ts"],
+  ["src/Σ/", "src/[!ς]/*.ts"],
+  ["src/SS/", "src/[!ß]/*.ts"],
+  ["src/", "src/generated/[z-a].ts"],
+  ["src/", "src/generated/[!\u0000-\u{10ffff}].ts"],
+  // The only code point outside this class is A, whose fold alias a is inside.
+  ["src/", "src/generated/[!\u0000-@B-\u{10ffff}].ts"],
+  ["src/main.ts", "src/test.ts"],
+]) {
+  test(`directory comparison preserves disjoint ${JSON.stringify([directory, pattern])}`, () => {
+    assert.equal(overlaps(directory, pattern), false);
+    assert.equal(overlaps(pattern, directory), false);
+  });
+}
+
+test("directory matching retains stored spelling and existing authority boundaries", () => {
+  const repository = "git:github.com/example/project";
+  const workspace = {host: "1".repeat(64), common_directory: "2".repeat(64),
+    worktree: "3".repeat(64), repository};
+  const request = {
+    handoff_mode: "hard_lease", registered_agents: ["agent-a", "agent-b"],
+    todo: {todo_id: "todo_b", status: "open", claimed_by: null, excluded_agents: [],
+      task_repository: repository},
+    lease: null,
+    other_leases: [{todo_id: "todo_a", active: true, effective: true,
+      write_scopes: ["./src//"], write_repository: repository, write_workspace: workspace}],
+    command: {owner: "agent-b", idempotency_key: "second", expected_version: 0,
+      ttl_seconds: 60, write_scopes: ["src/components/*.ts"]},
+  };
+  const original = structuredClone(request);
+  assert.equal(evaluateTaskLeaseAcquireDecision(request).code, "write_scope_conflict");
+  const differentRepository = structuredClone(request);
+  differentRepository.todo.task_repository = "git:github.com/example/other";
+  assert.equal(evaluateTaskLeaseAcquireDecision(differentRepository).outcome, "apply");
+  const inactive = structuredClone(request);
+  inactive.other_leases[0].active = false;
+  assert.equal(evaluateTaskLeaseAcquireDecision(inactive).outcome, "apply");
+  const sameCheckout = {...request, command: {...request.command, write_workspace: workspace}};
+  assert.equal(evaluateTaskLeaseAcquireDecision(sameCheckout).code, "write_scope_conflict");
+  const independent = {...request, command: {...request.command,
+    write_workspace: {...workspace, worktree: "4".repeat(64)}}};
+  const advisory = evaluateTaskLeaseAcquireDecision(independent);
+  assert.equal(advisory.outcome, "apply");
+  assert.deepEqual(advisory.overlap_advisory_indexes, [0]);
+  assert.deepEqual(request, original);
+  assert.deepEqual(comparisonWriteScopes(["src/"]), ["src/"]);
+});