diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs_peer_unlink_test.go b/weed/mount/weedfs_peer_unlink_test.go
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+//go:build !freebsd
+
+package mount
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/go-fuse/v2/fuse"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/mount/meta_cache"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
+)
+
+// peerUnlink removes name on the filer the way another mount does and
+// delivers the delete event this mount's subscription receives.
+func peerUnlink(t *testing.T, wfs *WFS, fake *hardLinkFiler, name string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	old := fake.stored(name)
+	if _, err := fake.DeleteEntry(context.Background(), &filer_pb.DeleteEntryRequest{Directory: "/", Name: name}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("peer delete %s: %v", name, err)
+	}
+	fake.mu.Lock()
+	fake.stamp++
+	ts := fake.stamp
+	fake.mu.Unlock()
+	del := &filer_pb.SubscribeMetadataResponse{Directory: "/", TsNs: ts, EventNotification: &filer_pb.EventNotification{OldEntry: old}}
+	if err := wfs.metaCache.ApplyMetadataResponse(context.Background(), del, meta_cache.SubscriberMetadataResponseApplyOptions); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("apply peer delete: %v", err)
+	}
+	wfs.metaCache.WaitForEntryInvalidations()
+}
+
+// Another mount removes one of the two names of a file open here. The handle
+// keeps publishing through the other name, over the link count and ctime the
+// filer stored there, and the removed name stays removed.
+func TestPeerUnlinkedAliasKeepsOpenHandlePublishing(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, removed := range []string{"tmp", "final"} {
+		for _, dirty := range []bool{false, true} {
+			t.Run(removed+map[bool]string{false: "/clean", true: "/dirty"}[dirty], func(t *testing.T) {
+				wfs, fake, fh, inode := openLinkTestFile(t)
+				linkInRoot(t, wfs, inode, "final")
+				chunks := 2
+				if dirty {
+					fh.UpdateEntry(func(e *filer_pb.Entry) {
+						e.Chunks = append(e.Chunks, linkHandleChunk(9, 100))
+						e.Attributes.FileSize = 200
+					})
+					fh.dirtyMetadata = true
+					chunks = 3
+				}
+				survivor := map[string]string{"tmp": "final", "final": "tmp"}[removed]
+				peerUnlink(t, wfs, fake, removed)
+				if fh.isDeleted {
+					t.Fatal("a peer unlinking one of two names marked the open handle deleted")
+				}
+				unlinked := fake.stored(survivor).Attributes
+				if code := appendAndFlush(t, wfs, fh, 2); code != fuse.OK {
+					t.Fatalf("flush after the peer unlink: %v", code)
+				}
+				wantStored(t, fake, survivor, chunks, 1)
+				if got := fake.stored(survivor).Attributes; got.Ctime != unlinked.Ctime || got.CtimeNs != unlinked.CtimeNs {
+					t.Fatalf("the flush moved the ctime from the unlink's %d.%09d back to %d.%09d", unlinked.Ctime, unlinked.CtimeNs, got.Ctime, got.CtimeNs)
+				}
+				if fake.stored(removed) != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("the flush recreated %s", removed)
+				}
+			})
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// The surviving name was found by a lookup, not linked by this mount.
+func TestPeerUnlinkedAliasKeepsLookedUpSurvivor(t *testing.T) {
+	wfs, fake, fh, inode := openLinkTestFile(t)
+	linkInRoot(t, wfs, inode, "final")
+	wfs.inodeToPath.RemovePath("/final", nil)
+	wfs.inodeToPath.Lookup("/final", 1, false, true, inode, true)
+	peerUnlink(t, wfs, fake, "tmp")
+	if fh.isDeleted {
+		t.Fatal("a peer unlinking the open name of a file with a looked-up second name marked the handle deleted")
+	}
+	if code := appendAndFlush(t, wfs, fh, 2); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatalf("flush after the peer unlink: %v", code)
+	}
+	wantStored(t, fake, "final", 2, 1)
+	if fake.stored("tmp") != nil {
+		t.Fatal("the flush recreated tmp")
+	}
+}
+
+// With no other name known here, the handle stops rather than recreating the
+// removed one.
+func TestPeerUnlinkedAliasWithUnknownSurvivorStops(t *testing.T) {
+	wfs, fake, fh, inode := openLinkTestFile(t)
+	linkInRoot(t, wfs, inode, "final")
+	wfs.inodeToPath.RemovePath("/final", nil)
+	peerUnlink(t, wfs, fake, "tmp")
+	if !fh.isDeleted {
+		t.Fatal("a handle with no known surviving name was left publishing")
+	}
+	if code := appendAndFlush(t, wfs, fh, 2); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatalf("flush: %v", code)
+	}
+	if fake.stored("tmp") != nil {
+		t.Fatal("the flush recreated tmp")
+	}
+}
+
+// A peer removes one name, then this mount unlinks the last one.
+func TestPeerThenLocalUnlinkKeepsHandleDeleted(t *testing.T) {
+	wfs, fake, fh, inode := openLinkTestFile(t)
+	linkInRoot(t, wfs, inode, "final")
+	peerUnlink(t, wfs, fake, "final")
+	unlinkInRoot(t, wfs, "tmp")
+	if !fh.isDeleted {
+		t.Fatal("the handle of a file with no names left is not marked deleted")
+	}
+	if code := appendAndFlush(t, wfs, fh, 2); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatalf("flush after the last unlink: %v", code)
+	}
+	for _, name := range []string{"tmp", "final"} {
+		if fake.stored(name) != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("the flush recreated %s", name)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPeerUnlinkLastNameKeepsHandleDeleted(t *testing.T) {
+	wfs, fake, fh, _ := openLinkTestFile(t)
+	peerUnlink(t, wfs, fake, "tmp")
+	if !fh.isDeleted {
+		t.Fatal("a peer unlinking the only name did not mark the handle deleted")
+	}
+}