diff --git a/.github/workflows/validation.yml b/.github/workflows/validation.yml
index 3ff244e0a61..fcabc2ca214 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validation.yml
@@ -131,8 +131,18 @@ jobs:
             ARGS="-pl ${{matrix.module}} -Dtest=${{matrix.args}}" || \
             ARGS="-pl ${{matrix.args}}"
           cmd="mvn -B -ntp -T 1C $ARGS"
-          set -x -e -o pipefail
-          $cmd verify -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=false | tee mvn-unit-tests-${{matrix.current}}.out
+          set -x -e
+          LOG=mvn-unit-tests-${{matrix.current}}.out
+          $cmd verify -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=false </dev/null >"$LOG" 2>&1 &
+          MVN_PID=$!
+          tail -f --pid=$MVN_PID "$LOG" &
+          wait $MVN_PID
+      - name: Kill leftover Java processes
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        run: |
+          pkill -TERM java || true
+          sleep 2
+          pkill -KILL java || true
       - name: Package test-report files
         if: ${{ failure() || success() }}
         run: find . -name surefire-reports -o -name failsafe-reports -o -name error-screenshots -o -name "mvn-*.out" | tar -czf tests-report-unit-${{matrix.current}}.tgz -T -
@@ -209,13 +219,27 @@ jobs:
             $cmd -T 1C || $cmd
           fi
       - name: Run ITs
+        timeout-minutes: 22
         run: |
           [ -n "${{matrix.module}}" ] && \
             ARGS="-Dfailsafe.forkCount=4 -pl ${{matrix.module}} -Dit.test=${{matrix.args}}" || \
             ARGS="-pl ${{matrix.args}}"
           cmd="mvn -V -B -ntp -e -fae -Dcom.vaadin.testbench.Parameters.testsInParallel=5 -Dfailsafe.rerunFailingTestsCount=2 -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=25 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3 -Pbun $ARGS"
-          set -x -e -o pipefail
-          $cmd verify | tee -a mvn-it-tests-${{matrix.current}}.out
+          set -x -e
+          LOG=mvn-it-tests-${{matrix.current}}.out
+          # Detach mvn's stdio from this shell so an orphan child JVM (e.g. a
+          # Spring Boot fork that spring-boot:stop failed to kill) can't pin
+          # the step open by holding the pipe to tee.
+          $cmd verify </dev/null >"$LOG" 2>&1 &
+          MVN_PID=$!
+          tail -f --pid=$MVN_PID "$LOG" &
+          wait $MVN_PID
+      - name: Kill leftover Java processes
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        run: |
+          pkill -TERM java || true
+          sleep 2
+          pkill -KILL java || true
       - name: Package test-report files
         if: ${{ always() }}
         run: find . -name surefire-reports -o -name failsafe-reports -o -name error-screenshots -o -name "mvn-*.out" -o -name "jetty-start.out" | tar -czf tests-report-it-${{matrix.current}}.tgz -T -
diff --git a/flow-build-tools/src/main/java/com/vaadin/flow/server/frontend/FrontendTools.java b/flow-build-tools/src/main/java/com/vaadin/flow/server/frontend/FrontendTools.java
index b22e98c65c8..e7153d091ce 100644
--- a/flow-build-tools/src/main/java/com/vaadin/flow/server/frontend/FrontendTools.java
+++ b/flow-build-tools/src/main/java/com/vaadin/flow/server/frontend/FrontendTools.java
@@ -364,7 +364,13 @@ public List<String> getPnpmExecutable() {
         List<String> pnpmCommand = getSuitablePnpm();
         assert !pnpmCommand.isEmpty();
         pnpmCommand = new ArrayList<>(pnpmCommand);
-        pnpmCommand.add("--shamefully-hoist=true");
+        // Force hoisted (flat npm-style) layout. CLI takes precedence over
+        // .npmrc, so this is unambiguous even if the project lacks the
+        // generated .npmrc. Replaces the previous --shamefully-hoist=true,
+        // which only controls the partial-hoist heuristic on top of the
+        // default isolated layout and did not consistently expose every
+        // transitive at the project root.
+        pnpmCommand.add("--config.node-linker=hoisted");
         return pnpmCommand;
     }
 
diff --git a/flow-build-tools/src/test/java/com/vaadin/flow/server/frontend/FrontendToolsTest.java b/flow-build-tools/src/test/java/com/vaadin/flow/server/frontend/FrontendToolsTest.java
index e111ed91872..f6d64f5c891 100644
--- a/flow-build-tools/src/test/java/com/vaadin/flow/server/frontend/FrontendToolsTest.java
+++ b/flow-build-tools/src/test/java/com/vaadin/flow/server/frontend/FrontendToolsTest.java
@@ -379,8 +379,9 @@ void knownFaultyNpmVersionThrowsException() {
     @Test
     void getPnpmExecutable_executableIsAvailable() {
         List<String> executable = tools.getPnpmExecutable();
-        // command line should contain --shamefully-hoist=true option
-        assertTrue(executable.contains("--shamefully-hoist=true"));
+        // command line should force hoisted node-linker so transitive
+        // deps are always installed at the project root
+        assertTrue(executable.contains("--config.node-linker=hoisted"));
         assertTrue(executable.stream().anyMatch(cmd -> cmd.contains("pnpm")));
     }
 
diff --git a/flow-build-tools/src/test/java/com/vaadin/flow/server/frontend/NodeUpdaterTest.java b/flow-build-tools/src/test/java/com/vaadin/flow/server/frontend/NodeUpdaterTest.java
index 96a920f23df..9ef1b623f64 100644
--- a/flow-build-tools/src/test/java/com/vaadin/flow/server/frontend/NodeUpdaterTest.java
+++ b/flow-build-tools/src/test/java/com/vaadin/flow/server/frontend/NodeUpdaterTest.java
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ void getDefaultDevDependencies_includesAllDependencies_whenUsingVite() {
         expectedDependencies.add("transform-ast");
         expectedDependencies.add("strip-css-comments");
         expectedDependencies.add("@babel/preset-react");
+        expectedDependencies.add("@babel/types");
         expectedDependencies.add("@types/react");
         expectedDependencies.add("@types/react-dom");
         expectedDependencies.add("@preact/signals-react-transform");
diff --git a/flow-build-tools/src/test/java/com/vaadin/flow/server/frontend/TaskRunPnpmInstallTest.java b/flow-build-tools/src/test/java/com/vaadin/flow/server/frontend/TaskRunPnpmInstallTest.java
index 22d40c7ff11..439c85e6fab 100644
--- a/flow-build-tools/src/test/java/com/vaadin/flow/server/frontend/TaskRunPnpmInstallTest.java
+++ b/flow-build-tools/src/test/java/com/vaadin/flow/server/frontend/TaskRunPnpmInstallTest.java
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ void runPnpmInstall_npmRcFileNotFound_newNpmRcFileIsGenerated()
         String content = FileUtils.readFileToString(npmRcFile,
                 StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
         assertTrue(content.contains("shamefully-hoist"));
+        assertTrue(content.contains("node-linker=hoisted"));
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/flow-server/src/main/resources/com/vaadin/flow/server/frontend/dependencies/vite/package.json b/flow-server/src/main/resources/com/vaadin/flow/server/frontend/dependencies/vite/package.json
index af452fa2b59..61b76f61f4e 100644
--- a/flow-server/src/main/resources/com/vaadin/flow/server/frontend/dependencies/vite/package.json
+++ b/flow-server/src/main/resources/com/vaadin/flow/server/frontend/dependencies/vite/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "@rollup/plugin-replace": "6.0.3",
     "@rollup/pluginutils": "5.3.0",
     "@babel/preset-react": "7.28.5",
+    "@babel/types": "7.28.5",
     "rollup-plugin-visualizer": "7.0.1",
     "rollup-plugin-brotli": "3.1.0",
     "vite-plugin-checker": "0.12.0",
diff --git a/flow-server/src/main/resources/npmrc b/flow-server/src/main/resources/npmrc
index ed70490312f..43df9048dc1 100644
--- a/flow-server/src/main/resources/npmrc
+++ b/flow-server/src/main/resources/npmrc
@@ -3,5 +3,11 @@
 #
 # This file sets the default parameters for manual `pnpm install`.
 #
+# node-linker=hoisted produces a flat node_modules layout (like npm),
+# so every transitive dependency lives at the project root. Flow's
+# frontend tooling and bundled Vite plugins (e.g. the React function
+# location plugin) import transitive deps that pnpm's symlink-based
+# layout did not consistently hoist, even with shamefully-hoist=true.
+node-linker=hoisted
 shamefully-hoist=true
 strict-peer-dependencies=false
diff --git a/flow-tests/test-redeployment/pom.xml b/flow-tests/test-redeployment/pom.xml
index d2a889c9bec..ede800371da 100644
--- a/flow-tests/test-redeployment/pom.xml
+++ b/flow-tests/test-redeployment/pom.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,29 @@
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
+      <!-- Run BEFORE spring-boot-maven-plugin so the sleep below executes
+           ahead of stop-server in the post-integration-test phase. -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>quiet-period-before-stop</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>run</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <!-- Tests in this module trigger DevTools restarts; give the
+                   admin JMX bean time to be re-registered after the last
+                   restart so spring-boot:stop can find it. -->
+              <target>
+                <sleep seconds="5"/>
+              </target>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>