diff --git a/src/Instrument/ClassLoading/CachePathManager.php b/src/Instrument/ClassLoading/CachePathManager.php
index c437c368..4d72bc13 100644
--- a/src/Instrument/ClassLoading/CachePathManager.php
+++ b/src/Instrument/ClassLoading/CachePathManager.php
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ public function __construct(protected readonly AspectKernel $kernel)
                 $this->cacheStateLoaded = true;
             }
         }
+
+        // Flush pending cache records while the runtime environment is still fully
+        // intact: object destruction order during shutdown is unspecified, so relying
+        // on __destruct() alone can run the write after collaborators are torn down
+        register_shutdown_function($this->flushSilently(...));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -302,11 +307,28 @@ public function setCacheState(string $resource, array $metadata): void
     /**
      * Automatic destructor saves all new changes into the cache
      *
+     * Safety net for managers released before shutdown; the shutdown function
+     * registered in the constructor has usually flushed already, making this a no-op.
      * This implementation is not thread-safe, so be care
      */
     public function __destruct()
     {
-        $this->flushCacheState();
+        $this->flushSilently();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Flushes without ever propagating an error out of shutdown/destruction
+     *
+     * Losing one cache write is recoverable (the next request simply re-weaves);
+     * an exception escaping a destructor or shutdown function is not.
+     */
+    private function flushSilently(): void
+    {
+        try {
+            $this->flushCacheState();
+        } catch (\Throwable) {
+            // Deliberately swallowed, see above
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Instrument/Transformer/FilterInjectorTransformer.php b/src/Instrument/Transformer/FilterInjectorTransformer.php
index a74e215a..d193fff8 100644
--- a/src/Instrument/Transformer/FilterInjectorTransformer.php
+++ b/src/Instrument/Transformer/FilterInjectorTransformer.php
@@ -108,10 +108,8 @@ public static function rewrite(string $originalResource, string $originalDir = '
     {
         self::ensureConfigured();
 
-        static $appDir, $cacheDir, $debug;
-        if ($appDir === null) {
-            extract(self::$options, EXTR_IF_EXISTS);
-        }
+        $cacheDir = self::$options['cacheDir'];
+        $debug    = self::$options['debug'];
 
         $resource = $originalResource;
         if ($resource[0] !== '/') {
diff --git a/src/Instrument/Transformer/MagicConstantTransformer.php b/src/Instrument/Transformer/MagicConstantTransformer.php
index 2c609274..b9ee4abf 100644
--- a/src/Instrument/Transformer/MagicConstantTransformer.php
+++ b/src/Instrument/Transformer/MagicConstantTransformer.php
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
  * Transformer that replaces magic __DIR__ and __FILE__ constants in the source code
  *
  * Additionally, ReflectionClass->getFileName() is also wrapped into normalizer method call
+ *
+ * @phpstan-import-type KernelOptions from AspectKernel
  */
 class MagicConstantTransformer extends BaseSourceTransformer
 {
@@ -46,8 +48,18 @@ class MagicConstantTransformer extends BaseSourceTransformer
     public function __construct(AspectKernel $kernel)
     {
         parent::__construct($kernel);
-        self::$rootPath      = $this->options['appDir'];
-        self::$rewriteToPath = $this->options['cacheDir'] ?? '';
+        self::configurePaths($this->options);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Remembers the path mapping used by resolveFileName()
+     *
+     * @phpstan-param KernelOptions $options
+     */
+    private static function configurePaths(array $options): void
+    {
+        self::$rootPath      = $options['appDir'];
+        self::$rewriteToPath = $options['cacheDir'] ?? '';
     }
 
     /**
@@ -71,9 +83,7 @@ public function transform(StreamMetaData $metadata): TransformerResultEnum
     public static function resolveFileName(string $fileName): string
     {
         if (self::$rootPath === '') {
-            $options             = AspectKernel::getInstance()->getOptions();
-            self::$rootPath      = $options['appDir'];
-            self::$rewriteToPath = $options['cacheDir'] ?? '';
+            self::configurePaths(AspectKernel::getInstance()->getOptions());
         }
         if (self::$rewriteToPath !== '' && str_starts_with($fileName, self::$rewriteToPath)) {
             $fileName = str_replace(self::$rewriteToPath, self::$rootPath, $fileName);