diff --git a/packages/safe-fs/src/fs/devices/index.ts b/packages/safe-fs/src/fs/devices/index.ts
index 684966b33..db43ef106 100644
--- a/packages/safe-fs/src/fs/devices/index.ts
+++ b/packages/safe-fs/src/fs/devices/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type {
 } from "../../contracts/filesystem.js";
 import type { ByteSource } from "../../contracts/io.js";
 import { admitDirectoryEntries, directoryEntryLimit } from "../directory-admission.js";
-import { compareEntries, registerEntryView } from "../mount/comparison.js";
+import { compareEntries, registerEntryAuthority, registerEntryView } from "../mount/comparison.js";
 import { deviceDirectory, lexicalDevicePath, nullPath, resolveDevicePath } from "./path.js";
 import { deviceReadStream, drainDeviceFile, drainDeviceInput } from "./stream.js";
 import { openRetainedReadFile, openRetainedResizeFile, retainedResizeCapabilities } from "../capabilities.js";
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ export class DeviceFileSystem implements FileSystem {
         stat: resolved === nullPath ? this.#nullStat : this.#directoryStat, readOnly: false };
       return { filesystem, path };
     });
+    // This internal view has no identity proof beyond its synthetic stats.
+    registerEntryAuthority(this, async () => "unknown");
     return view;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/safe-fs/tests/devices-comparison-portable.test.ts b/packages/safe-fs/tests/devices-comparison-portable.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29aa89966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/safe-fs/tests/devices-comparison-portable.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { webcrypto } from "node:crypto";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { createContext, runInContext } from "node:vm";
+import { build } from "esbuild";
+import { expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { deviceComparisonChecks } from "./helpers/device-comparison-checks.js";
+
+const expected = ["unknown", "unknown", "unknown", "unknown", "same", "same", "distinct"];
+
+it("compares devices with identity-less backends in the native graph", async () => {
+  expect(await deviceComparisonChecks()).toEqual(expected);
+});
+
+for (const condition of ["browser", "workerd"]) {
+  it(`compares devices without Node callback authority under ${condition} selection`, async () => {
+    const output = await build({
+      entryPoints: [fileURLToPath(new URL("./helpers/device-comparison-checks.ts", import.meta.url))],
+      bundle: true,
+      platform: "browser",
+      conditions: [condition],
+      format: "iife",
+      globalName: "deviceChecks",
+      target: "es2022",
+      write: false,
+      metafile: true,
+      logLevel: "silent",
+    });
+    expect(Object.values(output.metafile!.inputs).flatMap(input => input.imports).filter(input => input.external)).toEqual([]);
+    expect(Object.keys(output.metafile!.inputs).some(input => input.endsWith("platform/browser.ts"))).toBe(true);
+    expect(Object.keys(output.metafile!.inputs).some(input => input.endsWith("platform/node.ts"))).toBe(false);
+    const context = createContext({ AbortController, AbortSignal, TextEncoder, TextDecoder, Uint8Array, crypto: webcrypto });
+    runInContext(output.outputFiles[0]!.text, context);
+    expect(await runInContext("deviceChecks.deviceComparisonChecks()", context)).toEqual(expected);
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/safe-fs/tests/helpers/device-comparison-checks.ts b/packages/safe-fs/tests/helpers/device-comparison-checks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..703b10288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/safe-fs/tests/helpers/device-comparison-checks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import type { FileSystem } from "../../src/contracts/filesystem.js";
+import { createDeviceFileSystem } from "../../src/fs/devices/index.js";
+import { MemoryFileSystem } from "../../src/fs/memory/index.js";
+import { compareEntries } from "../../src/fs/mount/comparison.js";
+
+export async function deviceComparisonChecks() {
+  const memory = new MemoryFileSystem();
+  await memory.symlink("/dev", "/devices");
+  await memory.symlink("/dev/null", "/null-alias");
+  // Injected backends need not provide optional identity metadata or authorities.
+  const backing: FileSystem = new Proxy(memory, {
+    get(target, key) {
+      if (key === "compareEntry") return undefined;
+      if (key === "stat" || key === "lstat") return async (...args: Parameters<FileSystem["stat"]>) => {
+        const stat = { ...await target[key](...args) };
+        delete stat.identityScope;
+        delete stat.ino;
+        delete stat.dev;
+        return stat;
+      };
+      const value = Reflect.get(target, key, target);
+      return typeof value === "function" ? value.bind(target) : value;
+    },
+  });
+  const devices = createDeviceFileSystem(backing);
+  const results = [];
+  for (const path of ["/dev", "/dev/null"]) {
+    results.push(await compareEntries(devices, path, devices, "/"));
+    results.push(await compareEntries(devices, "/", devices, path));
+  }
+  results.push(await compareEntries(devices, "/devices", devices, "/dev"));
+  results.push(await compareEntries(devices, "/null-alias", devices, "/dev/null"));
+  results.push(await compareEntries(devices, "/dev", devices, "/dev/null"));
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  const reason = new Error("cancel comparison");
+  controller.abort(reason);
+  try {
+    await compareEntries(devices, "/dev", devices, "/", { signal: controller.signal });
+    throw new Error("comparison ignored cancellation");
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error !== reason) throw error;
+  }
+  return results;
+}