diff --git a/changelog.d/11636-domain-live-namespace-reads.md b/changelog.d/11636-domain-live-namespace-reads.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36093f688c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/11636-domain-live-namespace-reads.md
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+Fixed `domain.active`/`domain._stack` freezing at their first-read value on
+the default `node:domain` import (`import domain from "node:domain"`):
+`d.enter(); domain.active; d.exit(); domain.active` kept returning the
+entered domain instead of `undefined`, and `domain._stack.length` stayed at
+1. `enter()`/`exit()` themselves were correct — only the READ was stale.
+
+Root cause: aaa3ba534 ("fix(module): complete Node 26 parity for node:module
+(#7312)") added an ESM default/named export snapshot cache
+(`NATIVE_ESM_EXPORT_VALUES` in `native_module_export_value`,
+`crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_module.rs`) that memoizes the first
+non-`undefined` value read for a native-module property, refreshed only by
+`module.syncBuiltinESMExports()`. `domain.active`/`domain._stack` are not
+constants — the `"domain"` arm of `get_native_module_constant`
+(`crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_module/constants.rs`) resolves them
+through a dispatch call (`JS_NATIVE_DOMAIN_DISPATCH`) on every read — so the
+snapshot cache froze them at whatever value the dispatch call happened to
+return on first access.
+
+Fix: `native_module_constant_is_live(module, property)` marks
+`("domain", "_stack")`/`("domain", "active")` as live, dispatch-backed reads;
+`native_module_export_value` now skips both the cache lookup and the cache
+write for a live property, so it is re-evaluated on every read while genuine
+constants keep the snapshot-cache fast path. `require("domain")` and
+`process.domain` already read through a separate, uncached dynamic-field
+path and were unaffected; `import * as domain from "node:domain"` shares
+this same live-read fix but Node itself freezes `.active` on that import
+form at its initial value until `syncBuiltinESMExports()` (a pre-existing,
+separate ESM/CJS interop gap, out of scope here — not covered by any
+node-suite test).
+
+Validation: node-suite `domain` 13/48 → 18/48 (fast mode,
+`PERRY_NO_AUTO_OPTIMIZE=1`), recovering exactly the 5 regressed tests
+(`bind-call-contract`, `enter-duplicate`, `enter-exit-active`,
+`intercept-call-contract`, `run-nested-restore`); `module`/`process`/`events`/
+`globals`/`util` unchanged. New regression test:
+`test-files/test_gap_domain_active_stack_live_reads.ts` (fails before the
+fix, byte-for-byte matches `node --experimental-strip-types` after).
+`cargo test -p perry-runtime native_module`: 37/37 passing.
diff --git a/crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_module.rs b/crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_module.rs
index a544a6a808..78547a7e01 100644
--- a/crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_module.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_module.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pub(crate) use callable_exports::{
     tls_constructor_prototype_is_instance_of, util_inspect_default_options_value,
     zlib_codes_object,
 };
-pub(crate) use constants::get_native_module_constant;
+pub(crate) use constants::{get_native_module_constant, native_module_constant_is_live};
 pub(crate) use constructor_exports::{
     bound_native_callable_is_constructor_value, is_native_module_constructor_export,
 };
@@ -1054,8 +1054,12 @@ fn native_module_export_value(module: f64, property: f64, observe_namespace_writ
             return value;
         }
     }
+    let live = native_module_constant_is_live(&module, &property);
     let key = format!("{module}\0{property}");
-    if let Some(bits) = NATIVE_ESM_EXPORT_VALUES.with(|values| values.borrow().get(&key).copied()) {
+    let cached = (!live)
+        .then(|| NATIVE_ESM_EXPORT_VALUES.with(|v| v.borrow().get(&key).copied()))
+        .flatten();
+    if let Some(bits) = cached {
         return f64::from_bits(bits);
     }
     let value = unsafe {
@@ -1067,7 +1071,7 @@ fn native_module_export_value(module: f64, property: f64, observe_namespace_writ
             false,
         )
     };
-    if value.to_bits() == crate::value::TAG_UNDEFINED {
+    if live || value.to_bits() == crate::value::TAG_UNDEFINED {
         return value;
     }
     NATIVE_ESM_EXPORT_VALUES.with(|values| {
diff --git a/crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_module/constants.rs b/crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_module/constants.rs
index dd9295dcea..73ee175b67 100644
--- a/crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_module/constants.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_module/constants.rs
@@ -943,6 +943,15 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn get_native_module_constant(
     }
 }
 
+/// Live properties answered by a dispatch call above: the ESM export snapshot
+/// cache (`NATIVE_ESM_EXPORT_VALUES`) must never memoize them.
+pub(crate) fn native_module_constant_is_live(module_name: &str, property: &str) -> bool {
+    matches!(
+        (module_name, property),
+        ("domain", "_stack") | ("domain", "active")
+    )
+}
+
 /// Sorted table for `fs_const_tail`: block-level `#[cfg]` predicates mirrored
 /// verbatim as per-platform tables; per-arm cfg chains composed with
 /// `not(any(..))` so first-match-wins semantics survive; every value kept
diff --git a/test-files/test_gap_domain_active_stack_live_reads.ts b/test-files/test_gap_domain_active_stack_live_reads.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b590c9131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-files/test_gap_domain_active_stack_live_reads.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// domain.active / domain._stack must be re-read after exit(), not frozen at the first read.
+import domain from "node:domain";
+
+const d = domain.create();
+console.log("before enter — active:", String(domain.active), "stack len:", domain._stack.length);
+
+d.enter();
+console.log(
+  "while entered — active === d:",
+  domain.active === d,
+  "stack len:",
+  domain._stack.length
+);
+
+const observedWhileEntered = domain.active;
+
+d.exit();
+console.log(
+  "after exit — active:",
+  String(domain.active),
+  "stack len:",
+  domain._stack.length,
+  "observed-while-entered was live:",
+  observedWhileEntered === d
+);