diff --git a/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/pod-exec.ts b/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/pod-exec.ts
index e67ddfe5..91010d8a 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/pod-exec.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/pod-exec.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ export async function execInPod(
   stderrStream.on("data", (chunk: Buffer) => {
     stderrData += chunk.toString("utf-8");
   });
+  stdoutStream.on("error", () => {});
+  stderrStream.on("error", () => {});
 
   return await new Promise<ExecInPodResult>(
     (resolve, reject) => {
diff --git a/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/upload-interceptor.ts b/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/upload-interceptor.ts
index 28db96e4..42a90035 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/upload-interceptor.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/upload-interceptor.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { posix as pathPosix } from "node:path";
 const INIT_RE =
   /^mkdir -p '([^']+)' && rm -f '([^']+)\.paperclip-upload\.b64' && : > '\2\.paperclip-upload\.b64'$/;
 const CHUNK_RE =
-  /^printf '%s' '([A-Za-z0-9+/=]+)' >> '([^']+)\.paperclip-upload\.b64'$/;
+  /^printf '%s' '([A-Za-z0-9+/]+={0,2})' >> '([^']+)\.paperclip-upload\.b64'$/;
 const FINALIZE_RE =
   /^base64 -d < '([^']+)\.paperclip-upload\.b64' > '\1' && rm -f '\1\.paperclip-upload\.b64'$/;
 
diff --git a/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/test/unit/pod-exec.test.ts b/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/test/unit/pod-exec.test.ts
index 0caea527..d3184f64 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/test/unit/pod-exec.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/test/unit/pod-exec.test.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,17 @@ describe("execInPod", () => {
     expect(result).toEqual({ exitCode: 0, timedOut: false, stdout: "ok\n", stderr: "" });
   });
 
+  it("handles output stream errors after status completion", async () => {
+    execMock.mockImplementation((_namespace, _pod, _container, _command, stdout, _stderr, _stdin, _tty, statusCallback) => {
+      statusCallback({ status: "Success" });
+      stdout.emit("error", new Error("write after end"));
+      return Promise.resolve(new EventEmitter());
+    });
+
+    const result = await execInPod({} as never, "ns", "pod-1", "agent", ["echo", "ok"]);
+    expect(result).toEqual({ exitCode: 0, timedOut: false, stdout: "", stderr: "" });
+  });
+
   it("returns an execution failure if the websocket closes before a status frame", async () => {
     const ws = new EventEmitter();
     execMock.mockResolvedValue(ws);
diff --git a/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/test/unit/upload-interceptor.test.ts b/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/test/unit/upload-interceptor.test.ts
index 9b91ff40..3c20959a 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/test/unit/upload-interceptor.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/test/unit/upload-interceptor.test.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,22 @@ describe("FastUploadInterceptor", () => {
     ).toMatchObject({ action: "passthrough", reason: "finalize without buffered state" });
   });
 
+  it("does not intercept chunks with padding before the end", () => {
+    const interceptor = new FastUploadInterceptor();
+    const target = "/workspace/file.bin";
+
+    expect(
+      interceptor.decide(
+        `mkdir -p '/workspace' && rm -f '${target}.paperclip-upload.b64' && : > '${target}.paperclip-upload.b64'`,
+      ),
+    ).toMatchObject({ action: "ack" });
+
+    expect(
+      interceptor.decide(`printf '%s' 'aGVs=bG8=' >> '${target}.paperclip-upload.b64'`),
+    ).toMatchObject({ action: "passthrough", reason: "no upload pattern" });
+    expect(interceptor.pendingCount).toBe(1);
+  });
+
   it("falls through when the init command does not match the target parent directory", () => {
     const interceptor = new FastUploadInterceptor();