The unchanged Bun fixture js/web/fetch/fetch-preconnect.test.ts now passes all 12 cases in the routed corpus realm, but strict production execution exposes an independent CLI/runtime gap in the --fetch-preconnect case.
Reproduction with the current Home Debug executable:
HOME_NATIVE_VM=1 HOME_CORPUS_FULL_VM=1 home-debug test packages/runtime/test/bun-corpus/js/web/fetch/fetch-preconnect.test.ts
Results: 11 pass, 1 fail. The child launched as home-debug --fetch-preconnect=http://localhost:<port> --eval Bun.sleep(64) exits without establishing the socket, and the unchanged upstream test reaches its 5,000 ms deadline. Pinned Bun 4982b91e3 passes 12/12.
The CLI flag is parsed into runtime_options.preconnect, and bun.js.zig calls AsyncHTTP.preconnect; diagnose why the startup connection does not reach the listener in Home, fix production behavior, and verify the unchanged strict fixture. Do not increase the test timeout or synthesize the socket.