diff --git a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
index ff7eeb8c44..1c36b36298 100644
--- a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ use App\Auth\Oidc\Socialite\OidcProvider;
 use App\Models\PersonalAccessToken;
 use App\Models\Server;
 use App\Rules\SafeExternalUrl;
+use App\Support\AtomicFilesystem;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Console\ConfigCacheCommand;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Console\RouteCacheCommand;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\App;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
@@ -25,6 +28,10 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
     public function register(): void
     {
         $this->app->bind(StripeClient::class, fn () => new StripeClient(config('subscription.stripe_api_key')));
+
+        // Requests must never read a partly written cache file. See AtomicFilesystem.
+        $this->app->extend(ConfigCacheCommand::class, fn () => new ConfigCacheCommand(new AtomicFilesystem));
+        $this->app->extend(RouteCacheCommand::class, fn () => new RouteCacheCommand(new AtomicFilesystem));
     }
 
     public function boot(): void
diff --git a/app/Support/AtomicFilesystem.php b/app/Support/AtomicFilesystem.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..321b5aa584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Support/AtomicFilesystem.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Support;
+
+use Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem;
+use RuntimeException;
+
+/**
+ * Laravel writes the config and route cache files in place: the file is empty until the write ends.
+ * PHP-FPM already serves requests while app:init caches them, and OPcache (validate_timestamps=0)
+ * keeps an empty file it read, so every request fails until a restart (#12120).
+ */
+class AtomicFilesystem extends Filesystem
+{
+    /**
+     * Write to a temporary file in the same directory, then rename it over the target.
+     * Readers see the old or the new complete file. When the write fails, the old file stays.
+     */
+    public function put($path, $contents, $lock = false)
+    {
+        $directory = dirname($path);
+        $tempPath = @tempnam($directory, basename($path));
+
+        // tempnam() falls back to the system temp directory, where rename() is not atomic.
+        if ($tempPath === false || dirname($tempPath) !== realpath($directory)) {
+            if ($tempPath !== false) {
+                @unlink($tempPath);
+            }
+
+            throw new RuntimeException("Could not create a temporary file to write [{$path}].");
+        }
+
+        $bytes = file_put_contents($tempPath, $contents);
+        if ($bytes !== strlen($contents)) {
+            @unlink($tempPath);
+
+            throw new RuntimeException("Could not write [{$path}].");
+        }
+
+        // tempnam() creates the file with 0600. Use the permissions file_put_contents() would give.
+        @chmod($tempPath, 0666 & ~umask());
+
+        if (! rename($tempPath, $path)) {
+            @unlink($tempPath);
+
+            throw new RuntimeException("Could not replace [{$path}].");
+        }
+
+        return $bytes;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Feature/AtomicFilesystemTest.php b/tests/Feature/AtomicFilesystemTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b400aba85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/AtomicFilesystemTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\Support\AtomicFilesystem;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Console\ConfigCacheCommand;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Console\RouteCacheCommand;
+
+beforeEach(function () {
+    $this->directory = sys_get_temp_dir().'/atomic-filesystem-'.bin2hex(random_bytes(4));
+    mkdir($this->directory);
+});
+
+afterEach(function () {
+    array_map('unlink', glob($this->directory.'/*'));
+    rmdir($this->directory);
+});
+
+it('writes the config and route caches with the atomic filesystem', function (string $command) {
+    $files = (fn () => $this->files)->call(app($command));
+
+    expect($files)->toBeInstanceOf(AtomicFilesystem::class);
+})->with([
+    'config:cache' => ConfigCacheCommand::class,
+    'route:cache' => RouteCacheCommand::class,
+]);
+
+it('replaces the file with a new complete file and leaves no temporary file', function () {
+    $path = $this->directory.'/config.php';
+    file_put_contents($path, '<?php return [];');
+    $oldInode = fileinode($path);
+    $previousUmask = umask(0022);
+
+    try {
+        $bytes = (new AtomicFilesystem)->put($path, "<?php return ['app' => ['name' => 'Coolify']];");
+    } finally {
+        umask($previousUmask);
+    }
+
+    clearstatcache();
+    expect($bytes)->toBe(46)
+        ->and(require $path)->toBe(['app' => ['name' => 'Coolify']])
+        ->and(fileinode($path))->not->toBe($oldInode)
+        ->and(fileperms($path) & 0777)->toBe(0644)
+        ->and(glob($this->directory.'/*'))->toBe([$path]);
+});
+
+it('does not write the file outside its directory', function () {
+    $path = $this->directory.'/missing/config.php';
+
+    expect(fn () => (new AtomicFilesystem)->put($path, '<?php return [];'))
+        ->toThrow(RuntimeException::class, 'Could not create a temporary file');
+
+    expect(file_exists($path))->toBeFalse();
+});