diff --git a/.changeset/kind-finches-hum.md b/.changeset/kind-finches-hum.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..906448d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/kind-finches-hum.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+type: Fixed
+pr: 4178
+---
+**`npm run lint` no longer fails on a leftover Stryker sandbox** — `eslint.config.mjs` now ignores `.stryker-tmp/**`, the scratch directory Stryker itself, `.gitignore` and `stryker.config.mjs` already treat as disposable. A mutation run interrupted before cleanup used to leave a copy of the tree there, and linting that copy reported the path-scoped `local/*` rules as undefined — hundreds of "Definition for rule … was not found" errors on a clean branch. (#4141)
diff --git a/eslint.config.mjs b/eslint.config.mjs
index 7b7435964..0b6bb13f1 100644
--- a/eslint.config.mjs
+++ b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ export default tseslint.config(
       '.worktrees/**',
       '.claude/**',
       'coverage/**',
+      // #4141: Stryker's sandbox (tempDirName in stryker.config.mjs, also gitignored
+      // and always-ignored by Stryker itself). A run that dies before cleanup leaves a
+      // copy of the tree here; linting it reports the path-scoped `local/*` rules as
+      // undefined, which reads as the plugin being broken rather than as scratch space.
+      '.stryker-tmp/**',
       '**/*.generated.cjs',
       // ADR-457: tsc-generated runtime artifact — lint the src/*.cts source, not the emitted .cjs.
       'gsd-core/bin/lib/claude-orchestration.cjs',
diff --git a/tests/repo-invariants.test.cjs b/tests/repo-invariants.test.cjs
index 822b94163..d1567037e 100644
--- a/tests/repo-invariants.test.cjs
+++ b/tests/repo-invariants.test.cjs
@@ -124,6 +124,54 @@ describe('ESLint coverage tracks the bin/lib TS migration (ADR-457 / #537)', ()
 }
 
 
+// ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// #4141 — Stryker's sandbox is scratch space and must not be linted
+// ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+{
+  const { describe: __d, test: __t, before: __b } = require('node:test');
+  const __assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+  const __path = require('node:path');
+  const { ESLint: __ESLint } = require('eslint');
+
+  const __ROOT = __path.resolve(__dirname, '..');
+  // `stryker.config.mjs` sets tempDirName '.stryker-tmp', .gitignore ignores it, and
+  // Stryker itself always ignores it. A run that dies before cleanup (chunk timeout,
+  // CI cancellation, Ctrl+C) leaves a whole sandboxed copy of the tree behind, and
+  // `npm run lint` then lints the copy: the `local/*` plugin is registered only in
+  // path-scoped blocks (tests/**, scripts/**, hooks/**), none of which match
+  // `.stryker-tmp/sandbox-*/…`, so every inline `local/…` disable comment in the copy
+  // becomes "Definition for rule … was not found". Verified as ESLint resolves it, not
+  // as a textual scan of the ignores array — same approach as the #551 block above.
+  const __SANDBOX_FILE = '.stryker-tmp/sandbox-nBAAwa/tests/worktree.test.cjs';
+  const __REAL_FILE = 'tests/worktree.test.cjs';
+
+  let __eslint;
+  __b(() => {
+    __eslint = new __ESLint({ cwd: __ROOT });
+  });
+
+  __d("ESLint ignores Stryker's sandbox (#4141)", () => {
+    __t('a file inside .stryker-tmp is ignored', async () => {
+      __assert.equal(
+        await __eslint.isPathIgnored(__path.join(__ROOT, __SANDBOX_FILE)),
+        true,
+        `${__SANDBOX_FILE} is a Stryker sandbox copy and must never be linted`,
+      );
+    });
+
+    // Control: without this the assertion above would also pass if the ignore
+    // pattern were widened enough to swallow the real tree.
+    __t('the real file at the mirrored path is still linted', async () => {
+      __assert.equal(
+        await __eslint.isPathIgnored(__path.join(__ROOT, __REAL_FILE)),
+        false,
+        `${__REAL_FILE} is committed source and must stay linted`,
+      );
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+
 // ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 // RETIRED: folded:bug-3054-stale-gsd-next-references (consolidation epic #1969 B8 #1977)
 // ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────