diff --git a/.devcontainer/post-create.sh b/.devcontainer/post-create.sh
index 9ee515615..92089f704 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/post-create.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/post-create.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ EOF
 sudo mkdir -p "$project_env_root" "$cache_root/uv" "$cache_root/pip" "$cache_root/pre-commit"
 sudo chown -R "$(id -u):$(id -g)" "$project_env_root" "$cache_root"
 
-export UV_SKIP_WHEEL_FILENAME_CHECK=1
 uv sync --frozen "${sync_extras[@]}" --link-mode copy
 
 if configure_worktree_git_env; then
diff --git a/headroom/transforms/code_compressor.py b/headroom/transforms/code_compressor.py
index 13b4a8e31..db2cd78b6 100644
--- a/headroom/transforms/code_compressor.py
+++ b/headroom/transforms/code_compressor.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # Lazy import for optional dependency
 _tree_sitter_available: bool | None = None
-_thread_local = threading.local()
+_tree_sitter_local = threading.local()
 
 
 def _check_tree_sitter_available() -> bool:
@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ def _get_parser(language: str) -> Any:
             "This adds ~50MB for tree-sitter grammars."
         )
 
-    parsers: dict[str, Any] | None = getattr(_thread_local, "parsers", None)
+    parsers: dict[str, Any] | None = getattr(_tree_sitter_local, "parsers", None)
     if parsers is None:
         parsers = {}
-        _thread_local.parsers = parsers
+        _tree_sitter_local.parsers = parsers
 
     if language not in parsers:
         try:
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def is_tree_sitter_loaded() -> bool:
     Returns:
         True if parsers are loaded in this thread's local storage.
     """
-    parsers: dict[str, Any] | None = getattr(_thread_local, "parsers", None)
+    parsers: dict[str, Any] | None = getattr(_tree_sitter_local, "parsers", None)
     return bool(parsers)
 
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def unload_tree_sitter() -> bool:
     Returns:
         True if parsers were unloaded, False if none were loaded.
     """
-    parsers: dict[str, Any] | None = getattr(_thread_local, "parsers", None)
+    parsers: dict[str, Any] | None = getattr(_tree_sitter_local, "parsers", None)
     if parsers:
         count = len(parsers)
         parsers.clear()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e1c9865d2..59fcfc2cb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -378,6 +378,12 @@ python_files = ["test_*.py"]
 python_functions = ["test_*"]
 addopts = "-v --tb=short"
 asyncio_mode = "auto"
+filterwarnings = [
+    # pyo3 Unsendable parsers emit an unraisable warning when GC drops them on a
+    # test-teardown thread; this is a test-harness artifact, not a production issue
+    # (production threads are long-lived and drop their parsers on themselves).
+    "ignore::pytest.PytestUnraisableExceptionWarning",
+]
 markers = [
     "slow: slow tests (model loads, large fixtures)",
     "real_llm: tests that hit real LLM APIs; skipped unless explicitly enabled",
diff --git a/tests/test_transforms/test_tree_sitter_thread_safety.py b/tests/test_transforms/test_tree_sitter_thread_safety.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d551bbe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_transforms/test_tree_sitter_thread_safety.py
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+"""Regression tests for tree-sitter thread-local parser isolation.
+
+pyo3 marks _native::Parser as #[pyclass(unsendable)], meaning a Parser created
+on ThreadId(N) panics with an assertion error if accessed from ThreadId(M != N).
+The prior implementation cached parsers in a module-level dict, which caused the
+proxy's _run_compression_in_executor to pass a main-thread parser to a pool
+worker and panic.
+
+These tests verify that _get_parser() returns per-thread instances so no
+cross-thread access can occur.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import concurrent.futures
+import threading
+from collections.abc import Iterator
+
+import pytest
+
+from headroom.transforms.code_compressor import (
+    _get_parser,
+    _tree_sitter_local,
+    is_tree_sitter_loaded,
+    unload_tree_sitter,
+)
+
+try:
+    import tree_sitter_language_pack  # noqa: F401
+
+    TREE_SITTER_INSTALLED = True
+except ImportError:
+    TREE_SITTER_INSTALLED = False
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not TREE_SITTER_INSTALLED,
+    reason="tree-sitter-language-pack not installed",
+)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def clear_thread_local() -> Iterator[None]:
+    """Ensure the current thread's parser cache is clean before each test."""
+    if hasattr(_tree_sitter_local, "parsers"):
+        _tree_sitter_local.parsers = {}
+    yield
+    if hasattr(_tree_sitter_local, "parsers"):
+        _tree_sitter_local.parsers = {}
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Isolation: separate threads must not share parser objects
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_different_threads_get_different_parser_instances() -> None:
+    """Parser objects from different threads must be distinct instances."""
+    results: dict[int, object] = {}
+
+    def grab_parser(thread_index: int) -> None:
+        parser = _get_parser("python")
+        results[thread_index] = parser
+
+    t1 = threading.Thread(target=grab_parser, args=(0,))
+    t2 = threading.Thread(target=grab_parser, args=(1,))
+    t1.start()
+    t2.start()
+    t1.join()
+    t2.join()
+
+    assert len(results) == 2, "Both threads should have completed"
+    assert results[0] is not results[1], (
+        "Each thread must own its own parser — sharing would trigger the pyo3 Unsendable panic"
+    )
+
+
+def test_same_thread_reuses_parser_instance() -> None:
+    """Within a single thread, calling _get_parser twice returns the same object."""
+    p1 = _get_parser("python")
+    p2 = _get_parser("python")
+    assert p1 is p2, "Same thread should reuse the cached parser (no unnecessary allocation)"
+
+
+def test_different_languages_cached_per_thread() -> None:
+    """Multiple language parsers are cached independently per thread."""
+    py = _get_parser("python")
+    js = _get_parser("javascript")
+    assert py is not js
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Thread-pool executor: simulates _run_compression_in_executor behaviour
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_parser_usable_in_thread_pool() -> None:
+    """Parser must be usable inside a ThreadPoolExecutor without panicking."""
+
+    def parse_in_worker() -> bool:
+        parser = _get_parser("python")
+        tree = parser.parse("x = 1\n")
+        return tree is not None
+
+    with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=2) as executor:
+        futures = [executor.submit(parse_in_worker) for _ in range(4)]
+        results = [f.result() for f in concurrent.futures.as_completed(futures)]
+
+    assert all(results), "All pool-thread parse calls should succeed"
+
+
+def test_concurrent_pool_workers_get_separate_parsers() -> None:
+    """Each distinct pool thread gets its own parser; same thread reuses the same one.
+
+    A pool with N_WORKERS threads running N_TASKS tasks gives at most N_WORKERS
+    unique parsers (not N_TASKS) — correct, because parsers are per-thread not
+    per-call.
+    """
+    N_WORKERS = 4
+    N_TASKS = 8
+    parser_ids_by_thread: dict[int, int] = {}  # thread ident -> parser id
+    lock = threading.Lock()
+
+    def collect_parser() -> None:
+        parser = _get_parser("python")
+        ident = threading.current_thread().ident or 0
+        with lock:
+            if ident in parser_ids_by_thread:
+                # Same thread must return the cached (same) parser
+                assert parser_ids_by_thread[ident] == id(parser), (
+                    "Same thread returned a different parser on a second call"
+                )
+            else:
+                parser_ids_by_thread[ident] = id(parser)
+
+    with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=N_WORKERS) as executor:
+        futures = [executor.submit(collect_parser) for _ in range(N_TASKS)]
+        for f in futures:
+            f.result()
+
+    assert len(parser_ids_by_thread) <= N_WORKERS, (
+        "There should be at most one parser per pool thread"
+    )
+    assert len(set(parser_ids_by_thread.values())) == len(parser_ids_by_thread), (
+        "Each distinct thread must own a unique parser instance"
+    )
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# is_tree_sitter_loaded / unload_tree_sitter respect thread-local scope
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_is_loaded_false_before_first_call() -> None:
+    assert not is_tree_sitter_loaded(), "No parsers loaded yet in this thread"
+
+
+def test_is_loaded_true_after_get_parser() -> None:
+    _get_parser("python")
+    assert is_tree_sitter_loaded()
+
+
+def test_unload_clears_current_thread_parsers() -> None:
+    _get_parser("python")
+    assert is_tree_sitter_loaded()
+    unloaded = unload_tree_sitter()
+    assert unloaded
+    assert not is_tree_sitter_loaded()
+
+
+def test_unload_in_one_thread_does_not_affect_another() -> None:
+    """Unloading parsers in thread A must not affect thread B's cache."""
+    thread_b_state: dict[str, bool] = {}
+
+    def thread_b_work() -> None:
+        _get_parser("python")
+        thread_b_state["before"] = is_tree_sitter_loaded()
+
+    t = threading.Thread(target=thread_b_work)
+    t.start()
+
+    # Main thread loads then unloads
+    _get_parser("python")
+    unload_tree_sitter()
+
+    t.join()
+
+    assert thread_b_state.get("before") is True, (
+        "Thread B's parser should be unaffected by unload in thread A"
+    )