diff --git a/ts/mod_compiler/classes.tscompiler.ts b/ts/mod_compiler/classes.tscompiler.ts
index a76d188..23ce3ac 100644
--- a/ts/mod_compiler/classes.tscompiler.ts
+++ b/ts/mod_compiler/classes.tscompiler.ts
@@ -330,26 +330,25 @@ export class TsCompiler {
       console.log('');
     }
 
-    // Collect unpack tasks to perform AFTER all compilations complete.
-    // This prevents filesystem metadata corruption on XFS where heavy write
-    // activity during subsequent compilations can make freshly-renamed entries
-    // in previously-unpacked directories invisible or lost.
-    const pendingUnpacks: Array<{ pattern: string; destDir: string }> = [];
+    // Phase 1: Resolve glob patterns and clean ALL output directories upfront.
+    // This ensures no rm/rmSync activity overlaps with TypeScript compilation,
+    // preventing XFS metadata corruption from concurrent metadata operations.
+    interface IResolvedTask {
+      pattern: string;
+      destPath: string;
+      destDir: string;
+      absoluteFiles: string[];
+    }
+    const resolvedTasks: IResolvedTask[] = [];
 
     for (const pattern of Object.keys(globPatterns)) {
       const destPath = globPatterns[pattern];
       if (!pattern || !destPath) continue;
 
-      // Get files matching the glob pattern
       const files = await FsHelpers.listFilesWithGlob(this.cwd, pattern);
-
-      // Transform to absolute paths
       const absoluteFiles = smartpath.transform.toAbsolute(files, this.cwd) as string[];
-
-      // Get destination directory as absolute path
       const destDir = smartpath.transform.toAbsolute(destPath, this.cwd) as string;
 
-      // Clear the destination directory before compilation if it exists
       if (await FsHelpers.directoryExists(destDir)) {
         if (!isQuiet && !isJson) {
           console.log(`🧹 Clearing output directory: ${destPath}`);
@@ -357,10 +356,16 @@ export class TsCompiler {
         await FsHelpers.removeDirectory(destDir);
       }
 
-      // Update compiler options with the output directory
+      resolvedTasks.push({ pattern, destPath, destDir, absoluteFiles });
+    }
+
+    // Phase 2: Compile all tasks. No filesystem cleanup happens during this phase.
+    const pendingUnpacks: Array<{ pattern: string; destDir: string }> = [];
+
+    for (const task of resolvedTasks) {
       const options: CompilerOptions = {
         ...customOptions,
-        outDir: destDir,
+        outDir: task.destDir,
         listEmittedFiles: true,
       };
 
@@ -368,23 +373,22 @@ export class TsCompiler {
       const taskInfo: ITaskInfo = {
         taskNumber: currentTask,
         totalTasks,
-        sourcePattern: pattern,
-        destDir: destPath,
-        fileCount: absoluteFiles.length,
+        sourcePattern: task.pattern,
+        destDir: task.destPath,
+        fileCount: task.absoluteFiles.length,
       };
 
-      const result = await this.compileFiles(absoluteFiles, options, taskInfo);
+      const result = await this.compileFiles(task.absoluteFiles, options, taskInfo);
       emittedFiles.push(...result.emittedFiles);
       errorSummaries.push(result.errorSummary);
 
-      // Queue unpack for after all compilations (don't modify output dirs between compilations)
       if (result.errorSummary.totalErrors === 0) {
-        pendingUnpacks.push({ pattern, destDir });
-        successfulOutputDirs.push(destDir);
+        pendingUnpacks.push({ pattern: task.pattern, destDir: task.destDir });
+        successfulOutputDirs.push(task.destDir);
       }
     }
 
-    // Perform all unpacks after all compilations are done.
+    // Phase 3: Perform all unpacks after all compilations are done.
     // This ensures no output directory is modified while subsequent compilations
     // are performing heavy filesystem writes to sibling directories.
     for (const { pattern, destDir } of pendingUnpacks) {