diff --git a/script/node-polyfills.ts b/script/node-polyfills.ts
index 49aa9c5ac..12fb360dc 100644
--- a/script/node-polyfills.ts
+++ b/script/node-polyfills.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   spawnSync as nodeSpawnSync,
 } from "node:child_process";
 import { statSync } from "node:fs";
-import { access, readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { access, readFile, stat, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 // node:sqlite is imported lazily inside NodeDatabasePolyfill to avoid
 // crashing on Node.js versions without node:sqlite support when the
 // bundle is loaded as a library (the consumer may never use SQLite).
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ const BunPolyfill = {
           return false;
         }
       },
+      // Follows symlinks (stat, not lstat) — matches Bun.file().stat() semantics.
+      stat: stat.bind(null, path),
       text(): Promise<string> {
         return readFile(path, "utf-8");
       },
diff --git a/test/lib/node-polyfills-file-stat.test.ts b/test/lib/node-polyfills-file-stat.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d39588113
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lib/node-polyfills-file-stat.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/**
+ * CLI-1EA / CLI-1EB regression: the npm distribution's Bun.file() polyfill
+ * was missing `.stat()`, causing every DSN auto-detection call on Node to
+ * throw `TypeError: Bun.file(...).stat is not a function`.
+ *
+ * This file lives under `test/lib/` so it's picked up by `bun run test:unit`
+ * (the primary `test/script/node-polyfills.test.ts` is outside the CI
+ * globs — see the "test:unit glob" gotcha in AGENTS.md).
+ *
+ * We reproduce the minimal shape of the polyfill inline to mirror the test
+ * pattern in `test/script/node-polyfills.test.ts`. If the polyfill's
+ * `.stat()` shim changes shape in `script/node-polyfills.ts`, update this
+ * reproduction too.
+ */
+
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { stat } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+
+/**
+ * Mirrors the `.stat` member of the object returned by
+ * `BunPolyfill.file(path)` in `script/node-polyfills.ts`.
+ */
+function polyfillFileStat(
+  path: string
+): () => Promise<import("node:fs").Stats> {
+  // Follows symlinks (stat, not lstat) — matches Bun.file().stat() semantics.
+  return stat.bind(null, path);
+}
+
+describe("node polyfill Bun.file().stat() (CLI-1EA, CLI-1EB)", () => {
+  test("regular file resolves with isFile()=true", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "polyfill-stat-"));
+    const filePath = join(tmpDir, "regular.txt");
+    try {
+      writeFileSync(filePath, "hello");
+      const stats = await polyfillFileStat(filePath)();
+      expect(stats.isFile()).toBe(true);
+      expect(stats.isDirectory()).toBe(false);
+      expect(stats.size).toBe(5);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("directory resolves with isDirectory()=true, isFile()=false", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "polyfill-stat-"));
+    try {
+      const stats = await polyfillFileStat(tmpDir)();
+      expect(stats.isDirectory()).toBe(true);
+      expect(stats.isFile()).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("non-existent path rejects with ENOENT", async () => {
+    const statFn = polyfillFileStat("/tmp/__nonexistent_cli_1ea_test__");
+    try {
+      await statFn();
+      throw new Error("expected stat to reject");
+    } catch (err) {
+      expect((err as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code).toBe("ENOENT");
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("follows symlinks (returns target type, matches Bun.file().stat())", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "polyfill-stat-"));
+    const targetPath = join(tmpDir, "target.txt");
+    const linkPath = join(tmpDir, "link.txt");
+    try {
+      writeFileSync(targetPath, "data");
+      execSync(
+        `ln -s ${JSON.stringify(targetPath)} ${JSON.stringify(linkPath)}`
+      );
+      const stats = await polyfillFileStat(linkPath)();
+      // stat (not lstat) follows the symlink; we must see the regular file.
+      expect(stats.isFile()).toBe(true);
+      expect(stats.isSymbolicLink()).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("parity with native Bun.file().stat()", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "polyfill-stat-"));
+    const filePath = join(tmpDir, "compare.txt");
+    try {
+      writeFileSync(filePath, "compare");
+      const polyfillStats = await polyfillFileStat(filePath)();
+      const bunStats = await Bun.file(filePath).stat();
+      expect(polyfillStats.isFile()).toBe(bunStats.isFile());
+      expect(polyfillStats.isDirectory()).toBe(bunStats.isDirectory());
+      expect(polyfillStats.size).toBe(bunStats.size);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true });
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/script/node-polyfills.test.ts b/test/script/node-polyfills.test.ts
index f6da4ac48..9fe800856 100644
--- a/test/script/node-polyfills.test.ts
+++ b/test/script/node-polyfills.test.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   spawnSync as nodeSpawnSync,
 } from "node:child_process";
 import { mkdtempSync, rmSync, statSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { stat } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 
@@ -339,6 +340,8 @@ function polyfillFile(path: string) {
         return 0;
       }
     },
+    // Follows symlinks (stat, not lstat) — matches Bun.file().stat() semantics.
+    stat: stat.bind(null, path),
   };
 }
 
@@ -415,6 +418,80 @@ describe("file polyfill size and lastModified", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("file polyfill stat() (CLI-1EA, CLI-1EB regression)", () => {
+  test("stat() resolves to a Stats object with isFile()=true for a regular file", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "polyfill-file-stat-"));
+    const filePath = join(tmpDir, "regular.txt");
+    try {
+      writeFileSync(filePath, "hello");
+      const pf = polyfillFile(filePath);
+      const stats = await pf.stat();
+      expect(stats.isFile()).toBe(true);
+      expect(stats.isDirectory()).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("stat() reports a directory as !isFile()", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "polyfill-file-stat-"));
+    try {
+      const pf = polyfillFile(tmpDir);
+      const stats = await pf.stat();
+      expect(stats.isFile()).toBe(false);
+      expect(stats.isDirectory()).toBe(true);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("stat() throws ENOENT for a non-existent path", async () => {
+    const pf = polyfillFile("/tmp/__nonexistent_polyfill_stat_test__");
+    try {
+      await pf.stat();
+      throw new Error("expected stat() to throw");
+    } catch (err) {
+      expect((err as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code).toBe("ENOENT");
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("stat() follows symlinks (returns target type, not lstat)", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "polyfill-file-stat-"));
+    const targetPath = join(tmpDir, "target.txt");
+    const linkPath = join(tmpDir, "link.txt");
+    try {
+      writeFileSync(targetPath, "data");
+      // Create a symlink link.txt → target.txt
+      execSync(
+        `ln -s ${JSON.stringify(targetPath)} ${JSON.stringify(linkPath)}`
+      );
+      const pf = polyfillFile(linkPath);
+      const stats = await pf.stat();
+      // stat (not lstat) follows the symlink to the regular file target.
+      expect(stats.isFile()).toBe(true);
+      expect(stats.isSymbolicLink()).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("stat() is consistent with Bun.file().stat()", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "polyfill-file-stat-"));
+    const filePath = join(tmpDir, "compare.txt");
+    try {
+      writeFileSync(filePath, "compare");
+      const pf = polyfillFile(filePath);
+      const polyfillStats = await pf.stat();
+      const bunStats = await Bun.file(filePath).stat();
+      expect(polyfillStats.isFile()).toBe(bunStats.isFile());
+      expect(polyfillStats.isDirectory()).toBe(bunStats.isDirectory());
+      expect(polyfillStats.size).toBe(bunStats.size);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true });
+    }
+  });
+});
+
 /**
  * Reproduces the exact which() polyfill logic from script/node-polyfills.ts
  * with PATH option support.