diff --git a/scripts/lint/client-bundle-baseline.json b/scripts/lint/client-bundle-baseline.json
index d7c9f2d674..6f62923081 100644
--- a/scripts/lint/client-bundle-baseline.json
+++ b/scripts/lint/client-bundle-baseline.json
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 {
   "note": "Known server modules reachable from a browser entrypoint (#3670). Burn down, never grow. Regenerate with: deno run --allow-read --allow-write scripts/lint/audit-client-bundle.ts --update",
   "entrypoints": {
-    "src/index.client.ts": [
-      "src/platform/adapters/fs/veryfront/request-context.ts"
-    ]
+    "src/index.client.ts": []
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/config/loader.ts b/src/config/loader.ts
index 9b36ed7845..6d921fde27 100644
--- a/src/config/loader.ts
+++ b/src/config/loader.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { getHostEnv } from "#veryfront/platform/compat/process/env.ts";
 import { LRUCache } from "#veryfront/utils/lru-wrapper.ts";
 import { registerLRUCache } from "#veryfront/cache/registry.ts";
 import { VERYFRONT_CONFIG_FILES } from "./config-files.ts";
-import { getCurrentRequestContext } from "#veryfront/platform/adapters/fs/veryfront/request-context.ts";
+import { currentRequestContext } from "#veryfront/platform/request-context-access.ts";
 import type { ModuleLexer } from "#veryfront/extensions/bundler/module-lexer.ts";
 import { tryResolve as tryResolveContract } from "#veryfront/extensions/contracts.ts";
 import { importFirstPartyExtensionModule } from "#veryfront/extensions/first-party-import.ts";
@@ -1935,7 +1935,7 @@ interface InternalGetConfigOptions extends GetConfigOptions {
 }
 
 function getVirtualConfigSourceContext(): VirtualConfigSourceContext | undefined {
-  const source = getCurrentRequestContext();
+  const source = currentRequestContext();
   if (!source) return undefined;
 
   return {
@@ -2026,7 +2026,7 @@ function assertMatchingVirtualConfigSource(
 
 function assertMatchingHostedProjectIdentity(
   cacheKey: string,
-  actual: ReturnType<typeof getCurrentRequestContext>,
+  actual: ReturnType<typeof currentRequestContext>,
 ): void {
   if (!actual) {
     throw CACHE_INVARIANT_VIOLATION.create({
@@ -2144,7 +2144,7 @@ function getConfigInternal(
         assertMatchingVirtualConfigSource(options.sourceContext, ambientSourceContext);
       }
       if (hostedMultiProjectFilesystem) {
-        assertMatchingHostedProjectIdentity(options!.cacheKey!, getCurrentRequestContext());
+        assertMatchingHostedProjectIdentity(options!.cacheKey!, currentRequestContext());
       }
       const sourceContext = hasQualifiedCacheIdentity
         ? options.sourceContext ?? ambientSourceContext
diff --git a/src/platform/adapters/fs/veryfront/request-context.ts b/src/platform/adapters/fs/veryfront/request-context.ts
index e1c58faaa1..686ce70c17 100644
--- a/src/platform/adapters/fs/veryfront/request-context.ts
+++ b/src/platform/adapters/fs/veryfront/request-context.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { AsyncLocalStorage } from "node:async_hooks";
 
+import { registerRequestContextAccessor } from "#veryfront/platform/request-context-access.ts";
+
 export interface RequestContext {
   projectSlug: string;
   projectId?: string;
@@ -25,6 +27,10 @@ export function getCurrentRequestContext(): RequestContext | null {
   return asyncLocalStorage.getStore() ?? null;
 }
 
+// Shared client/server code reads the context through the client-safe holder;
+// loading this module is what makes the real accessor available there.
+registerRequestContextAccessor(getCurrentRequestContext);
+
 /**
  * Wraps a callback to preserve the current AsyncLocalStorage context.
  *
diff --git a/src/platform/request-context-access.ts b/src/platform/request-context-access.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..727ead4ece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/request-context-access.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * Client-safe access to the hosted request context.
+ *
+ * The real context lives in an AsyncLocalStorage inside
+ * `adapters/fs/veryfront/request-context.ts`, whose module-scope
+ * `node:async_hooks` import must stay out of browser bundles. Shared
+ * client/server code (the config loader's hosted-identity assertions) reads
+ * the context through this holder instead: the server module registers its
+ * accessor when it loads, and in the browser nothing ever registers, so
+ * `currentRequestContext()` returns null — the correct answer there, since a
+ * hosted request context only exists while the server VFS adapter runs a
+ * request.
+ *
+ * Registration cannot be observed "too early": the only writer of the
+ * context (`multi-project-adapter.ts`'s `asyncLocalStorage.run`) imports the
+ * server module, so any populated context implies the accessor is in place.
+ */
+
+import type { RequestContext } from "#veryfront/platform/adapters/fs/veryfront/request-context.ts";
+
+export type { RequestContext };
+
+let accessor: (() => RequestContext | null) | undefined;
+
+/** Called by the server request-context module when it loads. */
+export function registerRequestContextAccessor(
+  fn: () => RequestContext | null,
+): void {
+  accessor = fn;
+}
+
+/** The current hosted request context, or null outside a server request. */
+export function currentRequestContext(): RequestContext | null {
+  return accessor?.() ?? null;
+}