@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ Code paths that cannot accept or return DSL classes pass
 | `Function` | `Function` | `call(args)` |
 | `Value` | `any` | `isNumber()`, `asNumber()`, type checking/narrowing |
 | `Uint8Array` etc. | `TypedArray` | `toSlice()`, `toArray(len)`, `from(slice)` |
+| `OwnedUint8Array` etc. | `TypedArray` | `fromOwnedSlice(allocator, data)`, `fromSlice(allocator, data)` |
 | `Promise(T)` | `Promise` | `resolve(value)`, `reject(err)` |
 
 ---
@@ -376,6 +377,24 @@ pub fn sum(data: Uint8Array) !Number {
 }
 ```
 
+Use an owned return type to transfer an allocator-owned slice to JavaScript
+without copying its elements:
+
+```zig
+pub fn serialize() !js.OwnedUint8Array {
+    const allocator = js.allocator();
+    const data = try allocator.alloc(u8, 32);
+    // Fill data...
+    return js.OwnedUint8Array.fromOwnedSlice(allocator, data);
+}
+```
+
+Returning the value transfers its allocation to JavaScript without copying and
+leaves the Zig owner empty. Failures before N-API accepts the external memory
+leave ownership in Zig so it can be released normally. The allocator must remain
+valid until the ArrayBuffer finalizer runs. If external ArrayBuffers are
+unsupported, the original error is returned; no copy fallback is performed.
+
 ### Promises
 
 ```zig
@@ -543,11 +562,11 @@ const callback = napi.createCallback(0, makeExternalBuffer, .{
 });
 ```
 
-`OwnedBuffer.intoValue` consumes the buffer even if conversion fails, so the caller must not
-deinitialize it afterwards. Once N-API accepts the external buffer, the allocator must remain valid
-until its finalizer runs, including if N-API subsequently reports an error. If the environment
-disallows external buffers, `intoValue` copies the bytes and releases the original allocation before
-returning.
+`OwnedBuffer.intoValue` empties the source after ownership transfers, so a deferred `deinit` is safe.
+Failures before N-API accepts the external memory leave ownership in the source; later failures leave
+it empty because the finalizer may already own the allocation. Once N-API accepts the external buffer,
+the allocator must remain valid until its finalizer runs. If the environment disallows external
+buffers, `intoValue` copies the bytes and consumes the source only after that copy succeeds.
 
 ### Creating Classes
 
 
@@ -255,6 +255,14 @@ describe("typed arrays", () => {
 			expect(result).toBeInstanceOf(Uint8Array);
 		}
 	});
+
+	it("ownedUint8Array returns allocator-owned native data", () => {
+		for (const input of [[], [10, 20, 30, 40]]) {
+			const result = mod.ownedUint8Array(input);
+			expect(result).toBeInstanceOf(Uint8Array);
+			expect(Array.from(result)).toEqual(input);
+		}
+	});
 });
 
 // Section 7: Promises
 
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const Object = js.Object;
 const Function = js.Function;
 const Value = js.Value;
 const Uint8Array = js.Uint8Array;
+const OwnedUint8Array = js.OwnedUint8Array;
 const Float64Array = js.Float64Array;
 const Promise = js.Promise;
 
@@ -243,6 +244,20 @@ pub fn externalUint8Array(arr: Array) !Uint8Array {
     return Uint8Array.fromExternal(tmp);
 }
 
+/// Transfer an allocator-owned native allocation to a JavaScript Uint8Array.
+pub fn ownedUint8Array(arr: Array) !OwnedUint8Array {
+    const len = try arr.length();
+    const alloc = js.allocator();
+    const data = try alloc.alloc(u8, len);
+    errdefer alloc.free(data);
+
+    var i: u32 = 0;
+    while (i < len) : (i += 1) {
+        data[i] = @intCast((try arr.getNumber(i)).assertI32());
+    }
+    return OwnedUint8Array.fromOwnedSlice(alloc, data);
+}
+
 // ============================================================================
 // Section 7: Promises
 // ============================================================================
 
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //! Allocator-backed bytes whose ownership can be transferred to JavaScript.
-//! Like other Zig owning values, an OwnedBuffer must not be copied or deinitialized after transfer.
+//! Like other Zig owning values, an OwnedBuffer must not be copied while it owns data.
 
 const std = @import("std");
 const c = @import("c.zig").c;
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ data: []u8,
 
 const OwnedBuffer = @This();
 
-const FinalizerContext = struct {
-    allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
-    data: []u8,
-};
-
 /// Takes ownership of `data`, which must have been allocated by `allocator`.
 /// The allocator must remain valid until the buffer is deinitialized or finalized by JavaScript.
 pub fn fromOwnedSlice(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, data: []u8) OwnedBuffer {
@@ -30,62 +25,75 @@ pub fn fromSlice(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, data: []const u8) !OwnedBuffer {
     return .fromOwnedSlice(allocator, try allocator.dupe(u8, data));
 }
 
-/// Releases a buffer that has not been transferred to JavaScript.
+/// Releases data that has not been transferred to JavaScript. This is also
+/// safe after a successful transfer, when `data` is empty.
 pub fn deinit(self: *OwnedBuffer) void {
     self.allocator.free(self.data);
     self.* = undefined;
 }
 
 /// Transfers ownership to a JavaScript Buffer.
-/// This consumes the buffer even on failure; the caller must not deinitialize it afterwards.
-/// On success, JavaScript releases the allocation through the N-API finalizer.
-pub fn intoValue(self: OwnedBuffer, env: Env) !Value {
-    const allocator = self.allocator;
+///
+/// On success, `self.data` is empty and JavaScript releases the original
+/// allocation through the Buffer finalizer. Failures before N-API accepts the
+/// external memory leave ownership in `self`; failures after ownership may
+/// have transferred leave `self.data` empty.
+///
+/// Unsupported external buffers return `error.NoExternalBuffersAllowed`
+/// without a copy fallback. The caller may deinitialize `self` after this
+/// function returns.
+pub fn intoValue(self: *OwnedBuffer, env: Env) !Value {
     const data = self.data;
 
     if (data.len == 0) {
-        defer allocator.free(data);
-        return try env.createBuffer(0, null);
+        const value = try env.createBuffer(0, null);
+        self.allocator.free(data);
+        self.data = &.{};
+        return value;
     }
 
-    const context = try createFinalizerContext(self);
+    const owner = try moveToHeap(self);
 
-    return env.createExternalBuffer(data, finalize, context) catch |err| {
-        if (err == error.NoExternalBuffersAllowed) {
-            defer release(context);
-            return try env.createBufferCopy(data, null);
+    return env.createExternalBuffer(data, finalize, owner) catch |err| {
+        switch (err) {
+            error.NoExternalBuffersAllowed,
+            error.PendingException,
+            error.CannotRunJS,
+            => restoreFromHeap(self, owner),
+            else => {},
         }
-        // Other failures may occur after the finalizer has taken ownership.
         return err;
     };
 }
 
-fn createFinalizerContext(self: OwnedBuffer) !*FinalizerContext {
-    const context = self.allocator.create(FinalizerContext) catch |err| {
-        self.allocator.free(self.data);
-        return err;
-    };
-    context.* = .{
-        .allocator = self.allocator,
-        .data = self.data,
-    };
-    return context;
+fn moveToHeap(self: *OwnedBuffer) !*OwnedBuffer {
+    const owner = try self.allocator.create(OwnedBuffer);
+    owner.* = self.*;
+    self.data = &.{};
+    return owner;
+}
+
+fn restoreFromHeap(self: *OwnedBuffer, owner: *OwnedBuffer) void {
+    const allocator = owner.allocator;
+    std.debug.assert(self.data.len == 0);
+    self.* = owner.*;
+    allocator.destroy(owner);
 }
 
 fn finalize(
     _: c.napi_env,
     finalize_data: ?*anyopaque,
     finalize_hint: ?*anyopaque,
 ) callconv(.c) void {
-    const context: *FinalizerContext = @ptrCast(@alignCast(finalize_hint orelse unreachable));
-    std.debug.assert(finalize_data == @as(?*anyopaque, @ptrCast(context.data.ptr)));
-    release(context);
+    const owner: *OwnedBuffer = @ptrCast(@alignCast(finalize_hint orelse unreachable));
+    std.debug.assert(finalize_data == @as(?*anyopaque, @ptrCast(owner.data.ptr)));
+    release(owner);
 }
 
-fn release(context: *FinalizerContext) void {
-    const allocator = context.allocator;
-    allocator.free(context.data);
-    allocator.destroy(context);
+fn release(owner: *OwnedBuffer) void {
+    const allocator = owner.allocator;
+    allocator.free(owner.data);
+    allocator.destroy(owner);
 }
 
 test "OwnedBuffer fromSlice owns an independent copy" {
@@ -97,14 +105,34 @@ test "OwnedBuffer fromSlice owns an independent copy" {
     try std.testing.expectEqualSlices(u8, &.{ 1, 2, 3 }, buffer.data);
 }
 
-test "OwnedBuffer releases data when finalizer context allocation fails" {
-    const data = try std.testing.allocator.dupe(u8, "external");
-
+test "OwnedBuffer retains data when moving the owner to the heap fails" {
     var failing_allocator = std.testing.FailingAllocator.init(std.testing.allocator, .{
-        .fail_index = 0,
+        .fail_index = 1,
     });
-    const buffer = OwnedBuffer.fromOwnedSlice(failing_allocator.allocator(), data);
+    {
+        var buffer = try OwnedBuffer.fromSlice(
+            failing_allocator.allocator(),
+            "external",
+        );
+        defer buffer.deinit();
+
+        try std.testing.expectError(error.OutOfMemory, moveToHeap(&buffer));
+        try std.testing.expectEqualSlices(u8, "external", buffer.data);
+        try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 0), failing_allocator.deallocations);
+    }
 
-    try std.testing.expectError(error.OutOfMemory, createFinalizerContext(buffer));
     try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 1), failing_allocator.deallocations);
 }
+
+test "OwnedBuffer restores ownership from the heap" {
+    var buffer = try OwnedBuffer.fromSlice(std.testing.allocator, "external");
+    defer buffer.deinit();
+
+    const owner = try moveToHeap(&buffer);
+    const source_is_empty = buffer.data.len == 0;
+
+    restoreFromHeap(&buffer, owner);
+
+    try std.testing.expect(source_is_empty);
+    try std.testing.expectEqualSlices(u8, "external", buffer.data);
+}
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ pub const Function = @import("js/function.zig").Function;
 pub const Value = @import("js/value.zig").Value;
 
 pub const TypedArray = typed_arrays.TypedArray;
+pub const OwnedTypedArray = typed_arrays.OwnedTypedArray;
 pub const Int8Array = typed_arrays.Int8Array;
 pub const Uint8Array = typed_arrays.Uint8Array;
 pub const Uint8ClampedArray = typed_arrays.Uint8ClampedArray;
@@ -36,6 +37,17 @@ pub const Float32Array = typed_arrays.Float32Array;
 pub const Float64Array = typed_arrays.Float64Array;
 pub const BigInt64Array = typed_arrays.BigInt64Array;
 pub const BigUint64Array = typed_arrays.BigUint64Array;
+pub const OwnedInt8Array = typed_arrays.OwnedInt8Array;
+pub const OwnedUint8Array = typed_arrays.OwnedUint8Array;
+pub const OwnedUint8ClampedArray = typed_arrays.OwnedUint8ClampedArray;
+pub const OwnedInt16Array = typed_arrays.OwnedInt16Array;
+pub const OwnedUint16Array = typed_arrays.OwnedUint16Array;
+pub const OwnedInt32Array = typed_arrays.OwnedInt32Array;
+pub const OwnedUint32Array = typed_arrays.OwnedUint32Array;
+pub const OwnedFloat32Array = typed_arrays.OwnedFloat32Array;
+pub const OwnedFloat64Array = typed_arrays.OwnedFloat64Array;
+pub const OwnedBigInt64Array = typed_arrays.OwnedBigInt64Array;
+pub const OwnedBigUint64Array = typed_arrays.OwnedBigUint64Array;
 
 pub const Promise = @import("js/promise.zig").Promise;
 pub const createPromise = @import("js/promise.zig").createPromise;