diff --git a/crates/perry-hir/src/lower/shared_mutable_capture.rs b/crates/perry-hir/src/lower/shared_mutable_capture.rs
index 2dc6b8472..c25334125 100644
--- a/crates/perry-hir/src/lower/shared_mutable_capture.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-hir/src/lower/shared_mutable_capture.rs
@@ -873,9 +873,24 @@ fn rewrite_expr(expr: &mut Expr, shared: &HashSet<LocalId>, index_uses: &HashSet
         // Capture sites snapshot the WHOLE handle (the array). Leave the bare
         // `LocalGet(id)` capture args alone; still rewrite non-capture children.
         Expr::RegisterClassCaptures { .. } => return,
-        Expr::New { args, .. } => {
+        Expr::New {
+            class_name, args, ..
+        } => {
+            // An OBJECT LITERAL also lowers to `New` — against a synthetic
+            // `__AnonShape_*` whose ctor args are the PROPERTY VALUES, not the
+            // auto-appended capture handles a real class construction carries.
+            // Skipping a bare `LocalGet(boxed)` there stored the one-element array
+            // BOX in the field instead of the value it holds, so `{routing: o}`
+            // produced `routing === [o]`: every other read of `o` is rewritten to
+            // `o[0]` and works, while the object's field holds the cell — the guard
+            // `o.locales.length > 1` passes one line before the literal that then
+            // hands the callee a `routing` whose `.locales` is `undefined`.
+            //
+            // A synthetic shape has no captures, so every one of its args is a value
+            // and must be rewritten.
+            let is_anon_shape = class_name.starts_with("__AnonShape_");
             for a in args.iter_mut() {
-                if matches!(a, Expr::LocalGet(id) if index_uses.contains(id)) {
+                if !is_anon_shape && matches!(a, Expr::LocalGet(id) if index_uses.contains(id)) {
                     continue; // auto-appended capture argument — keep the array handle
                 }
                 rewrite_expr(a, shared, index_uses);
diff --git a/test-files/test_gap_anon_shape_boxed_capture.ts b/test-files/test_gap_anon_shape_boxed_capture.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..193499b85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-files/test_gap_anon_shape_boxed_capture.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// #5951 boxes a mutable local that a class captures AND mutates into a
+// one-element array cell, rewriting every value read `o` into `o[0]`. An object
+// literal also lowers to `Expr::New` — against a synthetic `__AnonShape_*` whose
+// constructor args are the PROPERTY VALUES, not the capture handles a real class
+// construction carries. Passing the bare box there stored the CELL in the field:
+// `{ routing: o }` yielded `routing === [o]`, so the reader saw
+// `routing.locales === undefined` while every other read of `o` was fine.
+
+function factory() {
+  let o: any;
+
+  // a class that captures AND mutates `o` -> `o` becomes a shared cell
+  class Holder {
+    snapshot: any;
+    constructor() {
+      this.snapshot = o;
+    }
+    update(x: any) {
+      o = x;
+    }
+  }
+
+  o = { locales: ["en", "de", "es"], defaultLocale: "en" };
+  const h = new Holder();
+
+  return function (req: string) {
+    // a 5-property object literal -> lowered to `New { __AnonShape_… }`
+    const lit: any = {
+      routing: o,
+      internalTemplateName: undefined,
+      localizedPathnames: undefined,
+      request: req,
+      resolvedLocale: "en",
+    };
+
+    console.log("direct read   :", o.locales.length);
+    console.log("field isArray :", Array.isArray(lit.routing));
+    console.log("identity kept :", lit.routing === o);
+    console.log("locales       :", lit.routing.locales.join(","));
+    console.log("other fields  :", lit.request, lit.resolvedLocale);
+
+    // reading the field back through a destructured parameter (how it is consumed)
+    const read = function ({ routing: a, request: r }: any) {
+      return a.locales.join("|") + " / " + r;
+    };
+    console.log("via destructure:", read(lit));
+
+    // the cell must still be SHARED with the class (the reason the box exists)
+    h.update({ locales: ["fr"], defaultLocale: "fr" });
+    console.log("after update  :", o.locales.join(","), Array.isArray(o));
+    const lit2: any = { routing: o, a: 1, b: 2, c: 3, d: 4 };
+    console.log("relit isArray :", Array.isArray(lit2.routing), lit2.routing.locales.join(","));
+    return "ok";
+  };
+}
+
+console.log("result        :", factory()("REQ"));
+
+// a real class construction must still receive its capture handle by reference:
+// writes through the class stay visible to the declaring function.
+function sharedCell() {
+  let count = 0;
+  class Counter {
+    bump() {
+      count++;
+    }
+    read() {
+      return count;
+    }
+  }
+  const c = new Counter();
+  c.bump();
+  c.bump();
+  count += 10;
+  return c.read() + "," + count;
+}
+console.log("shared cell   :", sharedCell());