diff --git a/apps/code/src/main/services/archive/service.ts b/apps/code/src/main/services/archive/service.ts
index 06c98e29ad..1c3dec2600 100644
--- a/apps/code/src/main/services/archive/service.ts
+++ b/apps/code/src/main/services/archive/service.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   deleteCheckpoint,
   RevertCheckpointSaga,
 } from "@posthog/git/sagas/checkpoint";
+import { forceRemove } from "@posthog/git/utils";
 import { type WorktreeInfo, WorktreeManager } from "@posthog/git/worktree";
 import { inject, injectable } from "inversify";
 import type {
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ export class ArchiveService {
             });
             await manager.deleteWorktree(worktreePath);
             const parentDir = path.dirname(worktreePath);
-            await fs.rm(parentDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+            await forceRemove(parentDir);
           },
           async () => {},
         );
@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@ export class ArchiveService {
               );
               await manager.deleteWorktree(worktreePath);
               const parentDir = path.dirname(worktreePath);
-              await fs.rm(parentDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+              await forceRemove(parentDir);
             }
           },
         );
diff --git a/apps/code/src/main/services/suspension/service.test.ts b/apps/code/src/main/services/suspension/service.test.ts
index de47862218..5447f26ccb 100644
--- a/apps/code/src/main/services/suspension/service.test.ts
+++ b/apps/code/src/main/services/suspension/service.test.ts
@@ -45,9 +45,20 @@ vi.mock("@posthog/git/worktree", () => ({
       mockWorktreeManagerProto.createDetachedWorktreeAtCommit;
   },
 }));
-vi.mock("node:fs/promises", () => ({
-  default: { rm: vi.fn(), access: vi.fn() },
-}));
+vi.mock("node:fs/promises", () => {
+  const fns = {
+    rm: vi.fn(),
+    access: vi.fn(),
+    lstat: vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockRejectedValue(
+        Object.assign(new Error("ENOENT"), { code: "ENOENT" }),
+      ),
+    chmod: vi.fn(),
+    readdir: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+  };
+  return { default: fns, ...fns };
+});
 
 vi.mock("../../utils/logger.js", () => ({
   logger: {
diff --git a/apps/code/src/main/services/suspension/service.ts b/apps/code/src/main/services/suspension/service.ts
index 032051cbf6..5409bcff61 100644
--- a/apps/code/src/main/services/suspension/service.ts
+++ b/apps/code/src/main/services/suspension/service.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   deleteCheckpoint,
   RevertCheckpointSaga,
 } from "@posthog/git/sagas/checkpoint";
+import { forceRemove } from "@posthog/git/utils";
 import { type WorktreeInfo, WorktreeManager } from "@posthog/git/worktree";
 import { inject, injectable } from "inversify";
 import type { IArchiveRepository } from "../../db/repositories/archive-repository.js";
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ export class SuspensionService extends TypedEventEmitter<SuspensionServiceEvents
   ): Promise<void> {
     const manager = this.createWorktreeManager(folderPath);
     await manager.deleteWorktree(worktreePath);
-    await fs.rm(path.dirname(worktreePath), { recursive: true, force: true });
+    await forceRemove(path.dirname(worktreePath));
   }
 
   private async killTaskProcesses(
diff --git a/packages/git/src/sagas/worktree.ts b/packages/git/src/sagas/worktree.ts
index 4af5e5947c..9f9e1fea88 100644
--- a/packages/git/src/sagas/worktree.ts
+++ b/packages/git/src/sagas/worktree.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import * as path from "node:path";
 import { GitSaga, type GitSagaInput } from "../git-saga";
 import { addToLocalExclude, branchExists, getDefaultBranch } from "../queries";
-import { safeSymlink } from "../utils";
+import { forceRemove, safeSymlink } from "../utils";
 import { processWorktreeInclude, runPostCheckoutHook } from "../worktree";
 
 export interface CreateWorktreeInput extends GitSagaInput {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class CreateWorktreeSaga extends GitSaga<
         try {
           await this.git.raw(["worktree", "remove", worktreePath, "--force"]);
         } catch {
-          await fs.rm(worktreePath, { recursive: true, force: true });
+          await forceRemove(worktreePath);
           await this.git.raw(["worktree", "prune"]);
         }
         try {
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export class CreateWorktreeForBranchSaga extends GitSaga<
         try {
           await this.git.raw(["worktree", "remove", worktreePath, "--force"]);
         } catch {
-          await fs.rm(worktreePath, { recursive: true, force: true });
+          await forceRemove(worktreePath);
           await this.git.raw(["worktree", "prune"]);
         }
       },
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ export class DeleteWorktreeSaga extends GitSaga<
         try {
           await this.git.raw(["worktree", "remove", worktreePath, "--force"]);
         } catch {
-          await fs.rm(worktreePath, { recursive: true, force: true });
+          await forceRemove(worktreePath);
           await this.git.raw(["worktree", "prune"]);
         }
       },
diff --git a/packages/git/src/utils.test.ts b/packages/git/src/utils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab558abead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/git/src/utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { chmod, mkdir, mkdtemp, rm, stat, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { forceRemove } from "./utils";
+
+async function fileExists(p: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  try {
+    await stat(p);
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+describe("forceRemove", () => {
+  let workDir: string | undefined;
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    if (workDir) {
+      await forceRemove(workDir).catch(() => {});
+      workDir = undefined;
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("is a no-op for a missing path", async () => {
+    workDir = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "posthog-force-remove-"));
+    await expect(
+      forceRemove(path.join(workDir, "missing")),
+    ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    {
+      name: "writable tree",
+      setup: async (target: string) => {
+        await mkdir(path.join(target, "nested"), { recursive: true });
+        await writeFile(path.join(target, "nested", "file.txt"), "x");
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      name: "read-only directories (Go module cache shape)",
+      setup: async (target: string) => {
+        const inner = path.join(target, "yaml.v3@v3.0.1", ".github");
+        await mkdir(inner, { recursive: true });
+        await writeFile(path.join(inner, "workflow.yml"), "on: push\n");
+        await chmod(path.join(target, "yaml.v3@v3.0.1", ".github"), 0o555);
+        await chmod(path.join(target, "yaml.v3@v3.0.1"), 0o555);
+        // Confirm plain fs.rm cannot remove it.
+        await expect(
+          rm(target, { recursive: true, force: true }),
+        ).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "EACCES" });
+        // Restore read-only state so forceRemove starts clean.
+        await chmod(path.join(target, "yaml.v3@v3.0.1"), 0o555);
+        await chmod(path.join(target, "yaml.v3@v3.0.1", ".github"), 0o555);
+      },
+    },
+  ])("removes a $name", async ({ setup }) => {
+    workDir = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "posthog-force-remove-"));
+    const target = path.join(workDir, "tree");
+    await mkdir(target);
+    await setup(target);
+
+    await forceRemove(target);
+
+    expect(await fileExists(target)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/git/src/utils.ts b/packages/git/src/utils.ts
index 1947cc62e5..d54b2e04f7 100644
--- a/packages/git/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/git/src/utils.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,51 @@ function execFileAsync(
   });
 }
 
+async function chmodTreeWritable(target: string): Promise<void> {
+  let stat: import("node:fs").Stats;
+  try {
+    stat = await fs.lstat(target);
+  } catch {
+    return;
+  }
+  if (stat.isSymbolicLink()) return;
+  try {
+    await fs.chmod(target, stat.isDirectory() ? 0o700 : 0o600);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.warn(`forceRemove: chmod failed on ${target}`, error);
+  }
+  if (!stat.isDirectory()) return;
+  let entries: string[];
+  try {
+    entries = await fs.readdir(target);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.warn(`forceRemove: readdir failed on ${target}`, error);
+    return;
+  }
+  await Promise.all(
+    entries.map((entry) => chmodTreeWritable(path.join(target, entry))),
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Recursively remove a path, retrying after chmod'ing the tree writable when
+ * the kernel rejects the initial removal with EACCES/EPERM. Worktrees commonly
+ * contain read-only subtrees populated by Go's module cache (which marks every
+ * cached directory mode 0555); plain `fs.rm` cannot unlink entries from those
+ * parents until we restore the write bit.
+ */
+export async function forceRemove(target: string): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    await fs.rm(target, { recursive: true, force: true, maxRetries: 3 });
+    return;
+  } catch (error) {
+    const code = (error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code;
+    if (code !== "EACCES" && code !== "EPERM") throw error;
+  }
+  await chmodTreeWritable(target);
+  await fs.rm(target, { recursive: true, force: true, maxRetries: 3 });
+}
+
 export interface GitHubPr {
   owner: string;
   repo: string;
diff --git a/packages/git/src/worktree.ts b/packages/git/src/worktree.ts
index 4eb299fa87..5fe1e7cd99 100644
--- a/packages/git/src/worktree.ts
+++ b/packages/git/src/worktree.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   getHeadSha,
   listWorktrees as listWorktreesRaw,
 } from "./queries";
-import { clonePath, safeSymlink } from "./utils";
+import { clonePath, forceRemove, safeSymlink } from "./utils";
 
 export interface WorktreeInfo {
   worktreePath: string;
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ export class WorktreeManager {
       try {
         await git.raw(["worktree", "remove", worktreePath, "--force"]);
       } catch {
-        await fs.rm(worktreePath, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        await forceRemove(worktreePath);
         await git.raw(["worktree", "prune"]);
       }
     });