diff --git a/src/background/index.ts b/src/background/index.ts
index f280438..0de9b4a 100644
--- a/src/background/index.ts
+++ b/src/background/index.ts
@@ -294,6 +294,25 @@ async function openWelcomeIfFirstInstall(
 // cycles before the operator-visible error surfaces.
 const BUFFER_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS = 10_000;
 
+// ─── D-P2-01 Blob URL mint/revoke lifecycle state (P0-6 fix) ──────────
+// pendingDownloadUrlResolvers maps a per-mint requestId to the resolver
+// of the in-flight downloadArchive's Promise. Mirrors the pendingBuffer
+// Requests pattern: the onConnect-level port message sink routes the
+// DOWNLOAD_URL response by id so port replacement mid-mint does not
+// drop the response.
+const pendingDownloadUrlResolvers: Map<string, (url: string) => void> = new Map();
+// pendingRevokes maps a chrome.downloads downloadId to the minted blob:URL
+// awaiting revocation. Populated when chrome.downloads.download resolves
+// with its downloadId; drained by the chrome.downloads.onChanged listener
+// when the corresponding state transitions to 'complete' or 'interrupted'.
+// The Map is bounded by O(saves-per-session) which is operationally <100
+// (T-02-02-02 threat-register entry); SW idle teardown clears it entirely.
+const pendingRevokes: Map<number, string> = new Map();
+// Outer-bound budget for the offscreen mint round-trip. The bridge is
+// purely local (no network), so 5 s is generous — the inner encode +
+// post round-trip is typically <100 ms for archives <10 MB.
+const BLOB_URL_MINT_TIMEOUT_MS = 5_000;
+
 // Option C: in-flight REQUEST_BUFFER requests keyed by requestId. The
 // onConnect-level message sink routes BUFFER -> resolve by id, so port
 // replacement (videoPort changes mid-request) does NOT lose the
@@ -438,6 +457,26 @@ chrome.runtime.onConnect.addListener((port) => {
       pending.resolve({ segments });
       return;
     }
+    if (type === 'DOWNLOAD_URL') {
+      // D-P2-01: route the offscreen-minted blob:URL back to the
+      // in-flight downloadArchive Promise. Mirrors the BUFFER routing
+      // above — keyed by requestId so concurrent mints (theoretically
+      // possible across two SAVE flows) cannot cross-talk.
+      const requestId = (msg as { requestId?: unknown }).requestId;
+      if (typeof requestId !== 'string' || requestId.length === 0) {
+        logger.warn('DOWNLOAD_URL without a valid requestId — dropping');
+        return;
+      }
+      const resolver = pendingDownloadUrlResolvers.get(requestId);
+      if (resolver === undefined) {
+        // Stale DOWNLOAD_URL (mint already timed out). Silently drop.
+        return;
+      }
+      pendingDownloadUrlResolvers.delete(requestId);
+      const url = (msg as { url?: unknown }).url;
+      resolver(typeof url === 'string' ? url : '');
+      return;
+    }
     // Unknown traffic — drop silently (T-1-04 defense-in-depth).
   });
   port.onDisconnect.addListener(() => {
@@ -691,7 +730,24 @@ async function createArchive(
   return archiveBlob;
 }
 
-// Скачивание архива
+// Скачивание архива (D-P2-01: offscreen-minted blob: URL pipeline; P0-6 fix)
+//
+// Architectural triangle: SW packages zip → SW asks offscreen to mint URL
+// (CREATE_DOWNLOAD_URL with base64 archive bytes) → offscreen mints via
+// URL.createObjectURL (SW lacks it per DEC-006) → offscreen replies
+// DOWNLOAD_URL{url} → SW calls chrome.downloads.download → onChanged
+// fires 'complete'/'interrupted' → SW asks offscreen to revoke
+// (REVOKE_DOWNLOAD_URL). The base64 wire-format reuses the D-12
+// precedent from src/shared/binary.ts.
+//
+// NO FALLBACK to the legacy data: URL pathway: real operator archives
+// (5-10 MB) exceed Chrome's ~2 MB data-URL cap and would silently fail
+// with a 'Network error' download (audit P0-6). The legacy encoding
+// chain (blobToBase64 + chrome.downloads.download(`data:...`)) is gone.
+// On any failure (mint timeout, empty url, port unavailable, non-blob:
+// prefix) we throw a typed Error that routes through saveArchive's
+// catch block into the RECORDING_ERROR channel — operator gets a
+// visible failure, not a silently corrupted archive.
 async function downloadArchive(archiveBlob: Blob) {
   const now = new Date();
   const dateStr = now.toISOString().replace(/[:.]/g, '-').split('T')[0];
@@ -701,20 +757,72 @@ async function downloadArchive(archiveBlob: Blob) {
 
   logger.log(`Downloading archive: ${filename} (${archiveBlob.size} bytes)`);
 
-  // WR-08 fix: delegate to the shared `blobToBase64` helper instead of
-  // re-implementing the same per-byte concat + btoa inline. Keeps the
-  // wire-format encoding single-source-of-truth (also used by the
-  // offscreen↔SW port; see src/shared/binary.ts) and ensures any future
-  // performance work (chunked apply, etc.) propagates to both call sites.
-  const base64 = await blobToBase64(archiveBlob);
-  const url = `data:application/zip;base64,${base64}`;
+  if (videoPort === null) {
+    throw new Error('blob-url-mint-failed: offscreen port unavailable');
+  }
 
-  await chrome.downloads.download({
-    url: url,
-    filename: filename,
-    saveAs: false
+  // Encode the archive bytes for the SW→offscreen wire (D-12 base64
+  // precedent — chrome.runtime.Port JSON-serializes payloads and Blobs
+  // arrive as empty objects without this transform).
+  const dataBase64 = await blobToBase64(archiveBlob);
+  const requestId = generateRequestId();
+  const urlPromise = new Promise<string>((resolve) => {
+    pendingDownloadUrlResolvers.set(requestId, resolve);
   });
-  logger.log('Archive download started');
+  try {
+    videoPort.postMessage({
+      type: 'CREATE_DOWNLOAD_URL',
+      requestId,
+      dataBase64,
+      mimeType: 'application/zip',
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    // Port disconnected synchronously between the null-check and post.
+    // Clean up the resolver entry so it doesn't leak; surface a typed
+    // error so saveArchive's catch routes it to RECORDING_ERROR.
+    pendingDownloadUrlResolvers.delete(requestId);
+    throw new Error(`blob-url-mint-failed: CREATE_DOWNLOAD_URL post threw: ${String(err)}`);
+  }
+  const timeoutPromise = new Promise<string>((_, reject) => {
+    setTimeout(
+      () => reject(new Error('blob-url-mint-timeout')),
+      BLOB_URL_MINT_TIMEOUT_MS,
+    );
+  });
+  let url: string;
+  try {
+    url = await Promise.race([urlPromise, timeoutPromise]);
+  } catch (err) {
+    // Timeout fired before the offscreen responded. Drain the resolver
+    // map entry; the late-arriving DOWNLOAD_URL will be silently dropped
+    // by the onConnect sink (stale-id path).
+    pendingDownloadUrlResolvers.delete(requestId);
+    throw err;
+  }
+  if (url === '') {
+    throw new Error('blob-url-mint-failed: offscreen returned empty url');
+  }
+  // T-02-02-03 mitigation (defense-in-depth): reject any URL that does
+  // not have the blob: scheme. The offscreen is same-extension origin
+  // (sender-id-checked) and the WHATWG URL spec guarantees
+  // URL.createObjectURL emits blob: only — this guard catches future
+  // regressions / hostile-peer-on-shared-port scenarios.
+  if (!url.startsWith('blob:')) {
+    throw new Error(`blob-url-mint-failed: offscreen returned non-blob: url '${url.substring(0, 40)}...'`);
+  }
+
+  const downloadId = await chrome.downloads.download({
+    url,
+    filename,
+    saveAs: false,
+  });
+  if (typeof downloadId === 'number') {
+    // Track the (downloadId → url) pair so the chrome.downloads.onChanged
+    // listener (registered below) can dispatch the revoke when the
+    // download reaches a terminal state.
+    pendingRevokes.set(downloadId, url);
+  }
+  logger.log(`Archive download started: id=${downloadId}, blob-url=${url.substring(0, 30)}...`);
 }
 
 // Сохранение архива (полный процесс)
@@ -1063,6 +1171,42 @@ try {
   logger.warn('chrome.notifications.onClicked.addListener failed:', e);
 }
 
+// chrome.downloads.onChanged: D-P2-01 (P0-6 fix) — revoke-on-terminal-state.
+// Closes the URL.revokeObjectURL lifecycle by routing terminal download
+// state transitions (`complete` / `interrupted`) into a REVOKE_DOWNLOAD_URL
+// port message back to the offscreen document (which is the URL minting
+// origin per DEC-006). On benign races (offscreenPort null at revoke time,
+// e.g. SW respawn between download start and completion) the URL leaks in
+// offscreen until the document is torn down — bounded per-session,
+// acceptable per T-02-02-02 threat-register entry (chrome-extension://
+// scoped, never exposed to web pages).
+try {
+  if (chrome.downloads?.onChanged?.addListener !== undefined) {
+    chrome.downloads.onChanged.addListener((delta) => {
+      if (delta.state === undefined) return;
+      const newState = delta.state.current;
+      if (newState !== 'complete' && newState !== 'interrupted') return;
+      const url = pendingRevokes.get(delta.id);
+      if (url === undefined) return;
+      pendingRevokes.delete(delta.id);
+      if (videoPort !== null) {
+        try {
+          videoPort.postMessage({ type: 'REVOKE_DOWNLOAD_URL', url });
+          logger.log(`Dispatched REVOKE_DOWNLOAD_URL for downloadId=${delta.id}`);
+        } catch (err) {
+          logger.warn('REVOKE_DOWNLOAD_URL post failed:', err);
+        }
+      } else {
+        logger.warn(
+          `videoPort null at revoke time; url ${url.substring(0, 30)}... leaks until offscreen teardown`,
+        );
+      }
+    });
+  }
+} catch (e) {
+  logger.warn('chrome.downloads.onChanged.addListener failed:', e);
+}
+
 // Запуск при установке
 chrome.runtime.onInstalled.addListener((details) => {
   logger.log('Extension installed/updated:', details.reason);
diff --git a/tests/background/blob-url-download.test.ts b/tests/background/blob-url-download.test.ts
index 171b4ff..11a1347 100644
--- a/tests/background/blob-url-download.test.ts
+++ b/tests/background/blob-url-download.test.ts
@@ -362,6 +362,55 @@ async function runSaveAndCaptureDownloadArg(
     );
   };
 
+  // Plan 02-02 (D-P2-01): simulate the offscreen-side CREATE_DOWNLOAD_URL
+  // handler. The SW posts CREATE_DOWNLOAD_URL with the archive bytes as
+  // base64; the real offscreen mints a blob:URL via URL.createObjectURL
+  // (src/offscreen/recorder.ts:handleCreateDownloadUrl). In tests we
+  // decode the base64 to a Blob ourselves and mint the URL on the test
+  // side, then reply with DOWNLOAD_URL{requestId,url}. The minted URL
+  // round-trips through the SW's pendingDownloadUrlResolvers Map and
+  // becomes the arg0.url passed to chrome.downloads.download. The
+  // mintedUrlsHere set is exported so revoke-lifecycle tests (Test 3)
+  // can probe the URL string passed to URL.revokeObjectURL.
+  const mintedUrlsHere = new Set<string>();
+  const tryFireDownloadUrl = () => {
+    const mintCalls = port.postMessage.mock.calls.filter(
+      (c: unknown[]) =>
+        typeof c[0] === 'object' &&
+        c[0] !== null &&
+        (c[0] as { type?: unknown }).type === 'CREATE_DOWNLOAD_URL',
+    );
+    for (const call of mintCalls) {
+      const mintMsg = call[0] as {
+        requestId?: string;
+        dataBase64?: string;
+        mimeType?: string;
+      };
+      const requestId = mintMsg.requestId;
+      if (typeof requestId !== 'string' || requestId.length === 0) continue;
+      if (mintedUrlsHere.has(requestId)) continue;
+      mintedUrlsHere.add(requestId);
+      const dataBase64 = mintMsg.dataBase64 ?? '';
+      const mimeType = mintMsg.mimeType ?? 'application/zip';
+      let url = '';
+      try {
+        // Node 24 ships URL.createObjectURL + Blob as globals. The
+        // resulting URL has the `blob:nodedata:<uuid>` shape, which
+        // satisfies the `url.startsWith('blob:')` polarity guard.
+        const binary = atob(dataBase64);
+        const bytes = new Uint8Array(binary.length);
+        for (let i = 0; i < binary.length; i++) bytes[i] = binary.charCodeAt(i);
+        const blob = new Blob([bytes], { type: mimeType });
+        url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+      } catch {
+        url = '';
+      }
+      port.onMessage._listeners.forEach((fn) =>
+        fn({ type: 'DOWNLOAD_URL', requestId, url }),
+      );
+    }
+  };
+
   const onMsg = stub.runtime.onMessage._callbacks[0];
   onMsg(
     { type: 'SAVE_ARCHIVE' },
@@ -372,6 +421,7 @@ async function runSaveAndCaptureDownloadArg(
   const DRAIN_ITERATIONS = 1_500;
   for (let i = 0; i < DRAIN_ITERATIONS; i++) {
     tryFireBuffer();
+    tryFireDownloadUrl();
     if (stub.downloads.download.mock.calls.length > 0) break;
     await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5));
   }
@@ -509,6 +559,12 @@ describe('Plan 02-01 Task 1 RED: downloadArchive uses blob: URL (D-P2-01)', () =
     );
 
     let buffered = false;
+    // Plan 02-02 (D-P2-01): mirror runSaveAndCaptureDownloadArg's
+    // offscreen-side CREATE_DOWNLOAD_URL handler so the SW's
+    // downloadArchive can complete the bridge round-trip. The 6 MB
+    // archive's base64 payload is sizeable (~8 MB after encoding); the
+    // local URL.createObjectURL mint is still essentially free.
+    const mintedRequestIds = new Set<string>();
     const t0 = performance.now();
     const DRAIN_ITERATIONS = 1_500;
     for (let i = 0; i < DRAIN_ITERATIONS; i++) {
@@ -531,6 +587,36 @@ describe('Plan 02-01 Task 1 RED: downloadArchive uses blob: URL (D-P2-01)', () =
           );
         }
       }
+      const mintCalls = port.postMessage.mock.calls.filter(
+        (c: unknown[]) =>
+          typeof c[0] === 'object' &&
+          c[0] !== null &&
+          (c[0] as { type?: unknown }).type === 'CREATE_DOWNLOAD_URL',
+      );
+      for (const call of mintCalls) {
+        const mintMsg = call[0] as {
+          requestId?: string;
+          dataBase64?: string;
+          mimeType?: string;
+        };
+        const requestId = mintMsg.requestId;
+        if (typeof requestId !== 'string' || requestId.length === 0) continue;
+        if (mintedRequestIds.has(requestId)) continue;
+        mintedRequestIds.add(requestId);
+        let url = '';
+        try {
+          const binary = atob(mintMsg.dataBase64 ?? '');
+          const bytes = new Uint8Array(binary.length);
+          for (let k = 0; k < binary.length; k++) bytes[k] = binary.charCodeAt(k);
+          const blob = new Blob([bytes], { type: mintMsg.mimeType ?? 'application/zip' });
+          url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+        } catch {
+          url = '';
+        }
+        port.onMessage._listeners.forEach((fn) =>
+          fn({ type: 'DOWNLOAD_URL', requestId, url }),
+        );
+      }
       if (stub.downloads.download.mock.calls.length > 0) break;
       await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5));
     }
@@ -580,6 +666,24 @@ describe('Plan 02-01 Task 1 RED: downloadArchive uses blob: URL (D-P2-01)', () =
 
     const revokeSpy = vi.spyOn(URL, 'revokeObjectURL').mockImplementation(() => {});
 
+    // Plan 02-02 (D-P2-01): the real offscreen handler in
+    // src/offscreen/recorder.ts calls URL.revokeObjectURL on receipt of
+    // REVOKE_DOWNLOAD_URL. The test stub does not load recorder.ts, so
+    // we route the SW-posted REVOKE_DOWNLOAD_URL through revokeSpy here
+    // to model the offscreen-side behaviour faithfully.
+    port.postMessage.mockImplementation((msg: unknown) => {
+      if (
+        typeof msg === 'object' &&
+        msg !== null &&
+        (msg as { type?: unknown }).type === 'REVOKE_DOWNLOAD_URL'
+      ) {
+        const url = (msg as { url?: unknown }).url;
+        if (typeof url === 'string' && url.length > 0) {
+          URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+
     try {
       const downloadArg = await runSaveAndCaptureDownloadArg(stub, port);
       expect(
@@ -590,9 +694,10 @@ describe('Plan 02-01 Task 1 RED: downloadArchive uses blob: URL (D-P2-01)', () =
       const mintedUrl = downloadArg!.url;
       const downloadId = (await stub.downloads.download.mock.results[0].value) as number;
 
-      // RED today: chrome.downloads.onChanged._callbacks is empty (no
-      // listener registered by current downloadArchive); the forEach
-      // is a no-op; revokeSpy stays uncalled; assertion below fails.
+      // GREEN under Plan 02-02: downloadArchive registers a chrome.downloads
+      // .onChanged listener at module init that posts REVOKE_DOWNLOAD_URL
+      // back to the offscreen port; our port.postMessage shim above mirrors
+      // that into revokeSpy.
       stub.downloads.onChanged._callbacks.forEach((cb) =>
         cb({ id: downloadId, state: { current: 'complete' } }),
       );
diff --git a/tests/background/meta-json-urls-schema.test.ts b/tests/background/meta-json-urls-schema.test.ts
index aa5a2d1..2d748f1 100644
--- a/tests/background/meta-json-urls-schema.test.ts
+++ b/tests/background/meta-json-urls-schema.test.ts
@@ -366,6 +366,53 @@ async function runSaveAndCaptureArchiveBlob(
     );
   };
 
+  // Plan 02-02 (D-P2-01): simulate the offscreen-side CREATE_DOWNLOAD_URL
+  // handler. The SW posts CREATE_DOWNLOAD_URL with the archive bytes as
+  // base64; we mint a Node-native blob: URL via URL.createObjectURL and
+  // reply DOWNLOAD_URL{requestId,url}. The archive bytes are captured
+  // here BEFORE minting so meta.json extraction works regardless of
+  // whether the SW ever calls chrome.downloads.download — this is the
+  // canonical test-side equivalent of the offscreen path described in
+  // src/offscreen/recorder.ts handleCreateDownloadUrl.
+  const mintedRequestIds = new Set<string>();
+  let capturedArchiveBytes: Uint8Array | null = null;
+  const tryFireDownloadUrl = () => {
+    const mintCalls = port.postMessage.mock.calls.filter(
+      (c: unknown[]) =>
+        typeof c[0] === 'object' &&
+        c[0] !== null &&
+        (c[0] as { type?: unknown }).type === 'CREATE_DOWNLOAD_URL',
+    );
+    for (const call of mintCalls) {
+      const mintMsg = call[0] as {
+        requestId?: string;
+        dataBase64?: string;
+        mimeType?: string;
+      };
+      const requestId = mintMsg.requestId;
+      if (typeof requestId !== 'string' || requestId.length === 0) continue;
+      if (mintedRequestIds.has(requestId)) continue;
+      mintedRequestIds.add(requestId);
+      let url = '';
+      try {
+        const binary = atob(mintMsg.dataBase64 ?? '');
+        const bytes = new Uint8Array(binary.length);
+        for (let i = 0; i < binary.length; i++) bytes[i] = binary.charCodeAt(i);
+        // Capture the archive bytes for downstream meta.json extraction.
+        if (capturedArchiveBytes === null) {
+          capturedArchiveBytes = bytes;
+        }
+        const blob = new Blob([bytes], { type: mintMsg.mimeType ?? 'application/zip' });
+        url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+      } catch {
+        url = '';
+      }
+      port.onMessage._listeners.forEach((fn) =>
+        fn({ type: 'DOWNLOAD_URL', requestId, url }),
+      );
+    }
+  };
+
   const onMsg = stub.runtime.onMessage._callbacks[0];
   onMsg(
     { type: 'SAVE_ARCHIVE' },
@@ -376,24 +423,27 @@ async function runSaveAndCaptureArchiveBlob(
   const DRAIN_ITERATIONS = 1_500;
   for (let i = 0; i < DRAIN_ITERATIONS; i++) {
     tryFireBuffer();
+    tryFireDownloadUrl();
     if (stub.downloads.download.mock.calls.length > 0) break;
     await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5));
   }
 
   if (stub.downloads.download.mock.calls.length === 0) return undefined;
   const arg = stub.downloads.download.mock.calls[0][0] as { url: string };
-  // Current HEAD: data:application/zip;base64,<base64>. Base64-decode.
+  // Plan 02-02 era: blob:URL — the archive bytes are not recoverable
+  // from the URL string itself. We captured the base64 payload during
+  // the CREATE_DOWNLOAD_URL round-trip above; decode and return.
+  if (arg.url.startsWith('blob:') && capturedArchiveBytes !== null) {
+    return new Blob([capturedArchiveBytes], { type: 'application/zip' });
+  }
+  // Pre-Plan-02-02 path (kept for forward-compat; current HEAD on the
+  // post-Plan-02-02 branch never takes this branch).
   const DATA_PREFIX = 'data:application/zip;base64,';
   if (arg.url.startsWith(DATA_PREFIX)) {
     const b64 = arg.url.substring(DATA_PREFIX.length);
     const bytes = Buffer.from(b64, 'base64');
     return new Blob([bytes], { type: 'application/zip' });
   }
-  // Plan 02-02 era: blob: URL. The blob bytes are not directly
-  // recoverable from the blob: URL string in Node; this RED test
-  // doesn't reach that branch under current HEAD. The Plan 02-03 GREEN
-  // implementer will likely need a different helper (e.g. spy on
-  // URL.createObjectURL to capture the underlying Blob reference).
   return undefined;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/build/strict-meta-json-validation.test.ts b/tests/build/strict-meta-json-validation.test.ts
index 0ca297b..7a1565c 100644
--- a/tests/build/strict-meta-json-validation.test.ts
+++ b/tests/build/strict-meta-json-validation.test.ts
@@ -375,6 +375,50 @@ async function runAndParseMetaJson(
     );
   };
 
+  // Plan 02-02 (D-P2-01): simulate the offscreen-side CREATE_DOWNLOAD_URL
+  // handler and capture the archive bytes from the port message itself
+  // (the SW posts the base64-encoded payload before the URL is minted).
+  // This is the canonical Plan-02-02-era equivalent of the prior
+  // data:URL base64-decode pathway — we read the same bytes from a
+  // different surface (port message vs. download URL).
+  const mintedRequestIds = new Set<string>();
+  let capturedArchiveBytes: Uint8Array | null = null;
+  const tryFireDownloadUrl = () => {
+    const mintCalls = port.postMessage.mock.calls.filter(
+      (c: unknown[]) =>
+        typeof c[0] === 'object' &&
+        c[0] !== null &&
+        (c[0] as { type?: unknown }).type === 'CREATE_DOWNLOAD_URL',
+    );
+    for (const call of mintCalls) {
+      const mintMsg = call[0] as {
+        requestId?: string;
+        dataBase64?: string;
+        mimeType?: string;
+      };
+      const requestId = mintMsg.requestId;
+      if (typeof requestId !== 'string' || requestId.length === 0) continue;
+      if (mintedRequestIds.has(requestId)) continue;
+      mintedRequestIds.add(requestId);
+      let url = '';
+      try {
+        const binary = atob(mintMsg.dataBase64 ?? '');
+        const bytes = new Uint8Array(binary.length);
+        for (let i = 0; i < binary.length; i++) bytes[i] = binary.charCodeAt(i);
+        if (capturedArchiveBytes === null) {
+          capturedArchiveBytes = bytes;
+        }
+        const blob = new Blob([bytes], { type: mintMsg.mimeType ?? 'application/zip' });
+        url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+      } catch {
+        url = '';
+      }
+      port.onMessage._listeners.forEach((fn) =>
+        fn({ type: 'DOWNLOAD_URL', requestId, url }),
+      );
+    }
+  };
+
   const onMsg = stub.runtime.onMessage._callbacks[0];
   onMsg(
     { type: 'SAVE_ARCHIVE' },
@@ -385,23 +429,27 @@ async function runAndParseMetaJson(
   const DRAIN_ITERATIONS = 1_500;
   for (let i = 0; i < DRAIN_ITERATIONS; i++) {
     tryFireBuffer();
+    tryFireDownloadUrl();
     if (stub.downloads.download.mock.calls.length > 0) break;
     await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5));
   }
 
   if (stub.downloads.download.mock.calls.length === 0) return undefined;
   const arg = stub.downloads.download.mock.calls[0][0] as { url: string };
-  const DATA_PREFIX = 'data:application/zip;base64,';
-  if (!arg.url.startsWith(DATA_PREFIX)) {
-    // Plan 02-02 era: blob: URL. Plan 02-03 implementer will need a
-    // different harness (e.g. spy on URL.createObjectURL to capture
-    // the underlying Blob reference). This RED test runs against the
-    // current data: URL path.
-    return undefined;
+  // Plan 02-02 era: extract archive bytes from the captured port
+  // payload, not from the blob: URL string (which is opaque in Node).
+  let archiveBytes: Uint8Array | null = null;
+  if (arg.url.startsWith('blob:') && capturedArchiveBytes !== null) {
+    archiveBytes = capturedArchiveBytes;
+  } else {
+    const DATA_PREFIX = 'data:application/zip;base64,';
+    if (arg.url.startsWith(DATA_PREFIX)) {
+      const b64 = arg.url.substring(DATA_PREFIX.length);
+      archiveBytes = Buffer.from(b64, 'base64');
+    }
   }
-  const b64 = arg.url.substring(DATA_PREFIX.length);
-  const bytes = Buffer.from(b64, 'base64');
-  const archiveBlob = new Blob([bytes], { type: 'application/zip' });
+  if (archiveBytes === null) return undefined;
+  const archiveBlob = new Blob([archiveBytes], { type: 'application/zip' });
   const zip = await JSZip.loadAsync(archiveBlob);
   const metaEntry = zip.file('meta.json');
   if (!metaEntry) return undefined;