diff --git a/docs/guides/deploying.md b/docs/guides/deploying.md
index 76d920f87..f0d472a50 100644
--- a/docs/guides/deploying.md
+++ b/docs/guides/deploying.md
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ for hoisted installations. On Windows it prefers `alchemy.exe`, then
 `alchemy.cmd`, then the extensionless shim; POSIX uses `alchemy`. An installed
 Windows shim must not be reported as a missing Alchemy dependency.
 
+Next.js standalone builds on Windows may contain absolute package symlinks.
+Composer stages their targets only when they are inside Next's declared
+`outputFileTracingRoot`, then rewrites the links to relative paths inside the
+artifact. Nested links must satisfy the same boundary. Dangling or external
+targets still fail assembly; do not flatten or dereference the standalone tree.
+
 `prisma-composer deploy` does not build for you — it assembles what your
 build produced:
 
diff --git a/packages/0-framework/2-authoring/nextjs/src/__tests__/assemble.test.ts b/packages/0-framework/2-authoring/nextjs/src/__tests__/assemble.test.ts
index 8c2951385..82ef155f8 100644
--- a/packages/0-framework/2-authoring/nextjs/src/__tests__/assemble.test.ts
+++ b/packages/0-framework/2-authoring/nextjs/src/__tests__/assemble.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as fs from 'node:fs';
 import * as os from 'node:os';
 import * as path from 'node:path';
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
+import { isWithin } from '@internal/bundle-paths';
 import { assemble, standaloneServerPath } from '../exports/control.ts';
 import nextjs from '../exports/index.ts';
 
@@ -186,6 +187,149 @@ describe('assemble()', () => {
     expect(result.watch).toContain(source);
   }, 20_000);
 
+  test('rewrites an absolute package link to its staged in-bundle target', async () => {
+    const root = makeAppRoot();
+    const { appRel } = writeNextBuild(root);
+    const standalone = path.join(root, '.next', 'standalone');
+    const source = path.join(root, 'node_modules', 'pg');
+    fs.mkdirSync(source, { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(source, 'index.js'), 'module.exports = "pg";\n');
+    const linkDir = path.join(standalone, appRel, '.next', 'node_modules');
+    fs.mkdirSync(linkDir, { recursive: true });
+    fs.symlinkSync(source, path.join(linkDir, 'pg-traced'), 'dir');
+
+    const cwd = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'prisma-composer-nextjs-cwd-'));
+    tmpDirs.push(cwd);
+    const result = await assemble({
+      address: 'storefront.web',
+      cwd,
+      build: nextjs({ module: moduleUrl(root), appDir: '..' }),
+    });
+
+    const bundle = path.join(cwd, '.prisma-composer', 'artifacts', 'storefront.web', 'bundle');
+    const bundledLink = path.join(bundle, appRel, '.next', 'node_modules', 'pg-traced');
+    const bundledTarget = path.resolve(path.dirname(bundledLink), fs.readlinkSync(bundledLink));
+    expect(fs.lstatSync(bundledLink).isSymbolicLink()).toBe(true);
+    expect(bundledTarget.startsWith(`${bundle}${path.sep}`)).toBe(true);
+    expect(fs.readFileSync(path.join(bundledTarget, 'index.js'), 'utf8')).toContain('pg');
+    expect(result.watch).toContain(await fs.promises.realpath(source));
+  }, 20_000);
+
+  test('stages a traced sibling referenced by a relative link inside an absolute target', async () => {
+    const root = makeAppRoot();
+    const { appRel } = writeNextBuild(root);
+    const standalone = path.join(root, '.next', 'standalone');
+    const store = path.join(root, 'node_modules', '.pnpm', 'pkg@1.0.0', 'node_modules');
+    const source = path.join(store, 'pkg');
+    const sibling = path.join(store, 'helper');
+    fs.mkdirSync(source, { recursive: true });
+    fs.mkdirSync(sibling, { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(sibling, 'marker.txt'), 'traced sibling\n');
+    fs.symlinkSync('../helper', path.join(source, 'helper'), 'dir');
+    const linkDir = path.join(standalone, appRel, '.next', 'node_modules');
+    fs.mkdirSync(linkDir, { recursive: true });
+    fs.symlinkSync(source, path.join(linkDir, 'pkg-traced'), 'dir');
+
+    const cwd = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'prisma-composer-nextjs-cwd-'));
+    tmpDirs.push(cwd);
+    const result = await assemble({
+      address: 'storefront.web',
+      cwd,
+      build: nextjs({ module: moduleUrl(root), appDir: '..' }),
+    });
+
+    const bundle = path.join(cwd, '.prisma-composer', 'artifacts', 'storefront.web', 'bundle');
+    const bundledLink = path.join(bundle, appRel, '.next', 'node_modules', 'pkg-traced');
+    const bundledTarget = path.resolve(path.dirname(bundledLink), fs.readlinkSync(bundledLink));
+    const nestedLink = path.join(bundledTarget, 'helper');
+    const nestedTarget = path.resolve(path.dirname(nestedLink), fs.readlinkSync(nestedLink));
+    expect(fs.lstatSync(nestedLink).isSymbolicLink()).toBe(true);
+    expect(nestedTarget.startsWith(`${bundle}${path.sep}`)).toBe(true);
+    expect(fs.readFileSync(path.join(nestedTarget, 'marker.txt'), 'utf8')).toContain(
+      'traced sibling',
+    );
+    expect(result.watch).toContain(await fs.promises.realpath(source));
+    expect(result.watch).toContain(await fs.promises.realpath(sibling));
+  }, 20_000);
+
+  test('rejects an external nested link even when relocation would make it hit bundle content', async () => {
+    const root = makeAppRoot();
+    const { appRel } = writeNextBuild(root);
+    const standalone = path.join(root, '.next', 'standalone');
+    const source = path.join(root, 'pkg');
+    fs.mkdirSync(source);
+    const outsideName = `${path.basename(root)}-outside`;
+    const outside = path.join(path.dirname(root), outsideName);
+    tmpDirs.push(outside);
+    fs.mkdirSync(outside);
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(outside, 'marker.txt'), 'outside trace\n');
+    fs.symlinkSync(path.relative(source, outside), path.join(source, 'escaped'), 'dir');
+    const collision = path.join(standalone, outsideName);
+    fs.mkdirSync(collision);
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(collision, 'marker.txt'), 'bundle collision\n');
+    const linkDir = path.join(standalone, appRel, '.next', 'node_modules');
+    fs.mkdirSync(linkDir, { recursive: true });
+    fs.symlinkSync(source, path.join(linkDir, 'pkg-traced'), 'dir');
+
+    await expect(
+      assemble({
+        address: 'storefront.web',
+        cwd: root,
+        build: nextjs({ module: moduleUrl(root), appDir: '..' }),
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow(/symlink outside the declared tracing root/);
+  }, 20_000);
+
+  test('does not let an occupied bundle path shadow an absolute-link target', async () => {
+    const root = makeAppRoot();
+    const { appRel } = writeNextBuild(root);
+    const standalone = path.join(root, '.next', 'standalone');
+    const source = path.join(root, 'node_modules', 'pg');
+    fs.mkdirSync(source, { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(source, 'index.js'), 'module.exports = "original";\n');
+    const occupied = path.join(standalone, 'node_modules', 'pg');
+    fs.mkdirSync(occupied, { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(occupied, 'index.js'), 'module.exports = "shadow";\n');
+    const linkDir = path.join(standalone, appRel, '.next', 'node_modules');
+    fs.mkdirSync(linkDir, { recursive: true });
+    fs.symlinkSync(source, path.join(linkDir, 'pg-traced'), 'dir');
+
+    const cwd = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'prisma-composer-nextjs-cwd-'));
+    tmpDirs.push(cwd);
+    await assemble({
+      address: 'storefront.web',
+      cwd,
+      build: nextjs({ module: moduleUrl(root), appDir: '..' }),
+    });
+
+    const bundle = path.join(cwd, '.prisma-composer', 'artifacts', 'storefront.web', 'bundle');
+    const bundledLink = path.join(bundle, appRel, '.next', 'node_modules', 'pg-traced');
+    const bundledTarget = path.resolve(path.dirname(bundledLink), fs.readlinkSync(bundledLink));
+    expect(fs.readFileSync(path.join(bundledTarget, 'index.js'), 'utf8')).toContain('original');
+    expect(fs.readFileSync(path.join(bundle, 'node_modules', 'pg', 'index.js'), 'utf8')).toContain(
+      'shadow',
+    );
+  }, 20_000);
+
+  test('rejects an absolute package link outside the declared tracing root', async () => {
+    const root = makeAppRoot();
+    const { appRel } = writeNextBuild(root);
+    const outside = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'prisma-composer-nextjs-outside-'));
+    tmpDirs.push(outside);
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(outside, 'secret.txt'), 'must not ship');
+    const linkDir = path.join(root, '.next', 'standalone', appRel, '.next', 'node_modules');
+    fs.mkdirSync(linkDir, { recursive: true });
+    fs.symlinkSync(outside, path.join(linkDir, 'escaped'), 'dir');
+
+    await expect(
+      assemble({
+        address: 'storefront.web',
+        cwd: root,
+        build: nextjs({ module: moduleUrl(root), appDir: '..' }),
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow(/assembled bundle contains a symlink whose target escapes the bundle/);
+  }, 20_000);
+
   test('refuses a manifest whose app location escapes its tracing root', async () => {
     const root = makeAppRoot();
     writeNextBuild(root);
@@ -278,7 +422,7 @@ describe('assemble()', () => {
     'links the bundle with junctions on Windows, never a directory symlink',
     async () => {
       const root = makeAppRoot();
-      writeNextBuild(root);
+      const { appRel } = writeNextBuild(root);
       const standalone = path.join(root, '.next', 'standalone');
       const storeRelative = path.join('node_modules', '.pnpm', 'semver@6.3.1', 'node_modules');
       const source = path.join(root, storeRelative, 'semver');
@@ -291,6 +435,12 @@ describe('assemble()', () => {
         path.join(linkDir, 'semver'),
         'junction',
       );
+      const absoluteSource = path.join(root, 'node_modules', 'pg');
+      fs.mkdirSync(absoluteSource, { recursive: true });
+      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(absoluteSource, 'index.js'), 'module.exports = "pg";\n');
+      const absoluteLinkDir = path.join(standalone, appRel, '.next', 'node_modules');
+      fs.mkdirSync(absoluteLinkDir, { recursive: true });
+      fs.symlinkSync(absoluteSource, path.join(absoluteLinkDir, 'pg-traced'), 'junction');
 
       const cwd = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'prisma-composer-nextjs-cwd-'));
       tmpDirs.push(cwd);
@@ -312,6 +462,10 @@ describe('assemble()', () => {
       expect(linkTarget(path.join(bundle, 'node_modules', 'next-linked'))).toBe('next');
       expect(linkTarget(staged)).toBe('../semver@6.3.1/node_modules/semver');
       expect(fs.readFileSync(path.join(staged, 'index.js'), 'utf8')).toContain('6.3.1');
+      const absoluteLink = path.join(bundle, appRel, '.next', 'node_modules', 'pg-traced');
+      const stagedAbsoluteTarget = fs.realpathSync(absoluteLink);
+      expect(isWithin(fs.realpathSync(bundle), stagedAbsoluteTarget)).toBe(true);
+      expect(fs.readFileSync(path.join(absoluteLink, 'index.js'), 'utf8')).toContain('pg');
     },
     20_000,
   );
diff --git a/packages/0-framework/2-authoring/nextjs/src/control/build.ts b/packages/0-framework/2-authoring/nextjs/src/control/build.ts
index 2646717a0..7da04f0fe 100644
--- a/packages/0-framework/2-authoring/nextjs/src/control/build.ts
+++ b/packages/0-framework/2-authoring/nextjs/src/control/build.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import {
   assertBundleSymlinksStayInside,
   copyTreeVerbatim,
+  createBundleLink,
   isWithin,
   repairWindowsDirectorySymlinks,
 } from '@internal/bundle-paths';
@@ -139,6 +140,117 @@ async function collectSymlinks(root: string): Promise<string[]> {
   return links;
 }
 
+async function createAbsoluteLinkStagingRoot(bundleDir: string): Promise<string> {
+  const base = path.join(bundleDir, '.prisma-composer-absolute-links');
+  for (let suffix = 0; ; suffix += 1) {
+    const candidate = suffix === 0 ? base : `${base}-${suffix}`;
+    try {
+      await fs.promises.mkdir(candidate);
+      return candidate;
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error instanceof Error && Reflect.get(error, 'code') === 'EEXIST') continue;
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Windows standalone output can contain absolute package links. An absolute
+ * build-machine path cannot ship, even when its target belongs to Next's
+ * declared trace root. Stage that exact target under a fresh, collision-free
+ * bundle directory, then preserve the link as a relative in-bundle link.
+ *
+ * The link is never dereferenced: its target is copied separately and the
+ * topology remains a link. Targets outside the declared trace root are left
+ * untouched for the bundle validator to reject.
+ */
+async function stageAbsoluteStandaloneLinkTargets(
+  bundleDir: string,
+  manifest: ServerFilesManifest,
+): Promise<string[]> {
+  const tracingRoot = manifest.tracingRoot;
+  if (tracingRoot === undefined || (await lstatIfPresent(tracingRoot)) === undefined) return [];
+
+  const tracedRootReal = await fs.promises.realpath(tracingRoot);
+  const stagedSources = new Set<string>();
+  const stagedTargets = new Map<string, string>();
+  let stagingRoot: string | undefined;
+  let nextStagedTarget = 0;
+
+  /** Copies one trusted target and repairs links whose meaning relocation would change. */
+  async function stageSource(sourceReal: string): Promise<string> {
+    const existing = stagedTargets.get(sourceReal);
+    if (existing !== undefined) return existing;
+
+    stagingRoot ??= await createAbsoluteLinkStagingRoot(bundleDir);
+    const target = path.join(stagingRoot, String(nextStagedTarget));
+    nextStagedTarget += 1;
+    stagedTargets.set(sourceReal, target);
+
+    const sourceStat = await fs.promises.stat(sourceReal);
+    await copyTreeVerbatim(sourceReal, target);
+    stagedSources.add(sourceReal);
+
+    if (!sourceStat.isDirectory()) return target;
+    for (const stagedLink of await collectSymlinks(target)) {
+      const sourceLink = path.join(sourceReal, path.relative(target, stagedLink));
+      const rawTarget = await fs.promises.readlink(sourceLink);
+      const sourceTarget = path.isAbsolute(rawTarget)
+        ? rawTarget
+        : path.resolve(path.dirname(sourceLink), rawTarget);
+      if (isWithin(sourceReal, sourceTarget)) continue;
+
+      let nestedSourceReal: string;
+      try {
+        nestedSourceReal = await fs.promises.realpath(sourceLink);
+      } catch {
+        throw new Error(
+          `cannot stage ${sourceReal}: it contains a dangling symlink (${sourceLink} -> ${rawTarget})`,
+        );
+      }
+      if (!isWithin(tracedRootReal, nestedSourceReal)) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `cannot stage ${sourceReal}: it contains a symlink outside the declared tracing root (${sourceLink} -> ${rawTarget})`,
+        );
+      }
+
+      const nestedTarget = await stageSource(nestedSourceReal);
+      const nestedStat = await fs.promises.stat(nestedSourceReal);
+      await fs.promises.unlink(stagedLink);
+      await createBundleLink(
+        path.relative(path.dirname(stagedLink), nestedTarget),
+        stagedLink,
+        nestedStat.isDirectory() ? 'dir' : 'file',
+      );
+    }
+    return target;
+  }
+
+  for (const linkPath of await collectSymlinks(bundleDir)) {
+    const rawTarget = await fs.promises.readlink(linkPath);
+    if (!path.isAbsolute(rawTarget)) continue;
+
+    let sourceReal: string;
+    try {
+      sourceReal = await fs.promises.realpath(linkPath);
+    } catch {
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (isWithin(bundleDir, sourceReal)) continue;
+    if (!isWithin(tracedRootReal, sourceReal)) continue;
+
+    const target = await stageSource(sourceReal);
+    const sourceStat = await fs.promises.stat(sourceReal);
+    await fs.promises.unlink(linkPath);
+    await createBundleLink(
+      path.relative(path.dirname(linkPath), target),
+      linkPath,
+      sourceStat.isDirectory() ? 'dir' : 'file',
+    );
+  }
+  return [...stagedSources];
+}
+
 /** In-bundle link targets that the standalone tree does not contain — the
  * repairs staging has to make. */
 async function missingLinkTargets(bundleDir: string): Promise<string[]> {
@@ -236,7 +348,8 @@ export async function assemble(input: AssembleInput): Promise<Bundle> {
   // links stay links; the packager validates that every target remains inside
   // the assembled bundle before emitting it into the archive.
   await copyTreeVerbatim(standaloneRoot, bundleDir);
-  const stagedLinkTargets = await stageMissingStandaloneLinkTargets(bundleDir, manifest);
+  const stagedAbsoluteLinkTargets = await stageAbsoluteStandaloneLinkTargets(bundleDir, manifest);
+  const stagedMissingLinkTargets = await stageMissingStandaloneLinkTargets(bundleDir, manifest);
   // Staging can make previously dangling directory links repairable.
   await repairWindowsDirectorySymlinks(bundleDir);
 
@@ -277,7 +390,7 @@ export async function assemble(input: AssembleInput): Promise<Bundle> {
   return {
     dir: workDir,
     entry: path.posix.join('bundle', appRel.split(path.sep).join('/'), 'server.js'),
-    watch: [standaloneRoot, ...stagedLinkTargets],
+    watch: [standaloneRoot, ...stagedAbsoluteLinkTargets, ...stagedMissingLinkTargets],
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/skills/prisma-composer-core-concepts/SKILL.md b/skills/prisma-composer-core-concepts/SKILL.md
index 634a111cc..a4c0b5e74 100644
--- a/skills/prisma-composer-core-concepts/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/prisma-composer-core-concepts/SKILL.md
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ deploy. Rules that bite:
    calls `load()` needs `export const dynamic = 'force-dynamic'`, because
    the runtime environment doesn't exist at build time and Next ignores
    runtime env for prerendered routes.
+   On Windows, absolute package links are staged from the declared
+   `outputFileTracingRoot` and rewritten as relative in-artifact links.
+   Targets outside that root, including nested links, and unresolved dangling
+   targets remain errors. Do not dereference the standalone tree.
 4. **Always build before `deploy` or `dev`.** Neither builds for you.
 
 Deploy configuration lives in `prisma-composer.config.ts` (or `.mts`, `.mjs`,