diff --git a/src/iceberg/arrow/arrow_io.cc b/src/iceberg/arrow/arrow_io.cc
index 6b159ca89..4c795badf 100644
--- a/src/iceberg/arrow/arrow_io.cc
+++ b/src/iceberg/arrow/arrow_io.cc
@@ -378,6 +378,13 @@ class ArrowPositionOutputStream : public PositionOutputStream {
     return position;
   }
 
+  Result<int64_t> StoredLength() const override {
+    if (!output_->closed()) {
+      return Position();
+    }
+    return closed_position_;
+  }
+
   Status Write(std::span<const std::byte> data) override {
     ICEBERG_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(auto size, ToInt64Length(data.size()));
     ICEBERG_ARROW_RETURN_NOT_OK(output_->Write(data.data(), size));
@@ -393,12 +400,15 @@ class ArrowPositionOutputStream : public PositionOutputStream {
     if (output_->closed()) {
       return {};
     }
+    ICEBERG_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(auto position, Position());
     ICEBERG_ARROW_RETURN_NOT_OK(output_->Close());
+    closed_position_ = position;
     return {};
   }
 
  private:
   std::shared_ptr<::arrow::io::OutputStream> output_;
+  int64_t closed_position_ = 0;
 };
 
 class ArrowInputFile : public InputFile {
diff --git a/src/iceberg/file_io.h b/src/iceberg/file_io.h
index 1f91fb0c1..ba6f0129a 100644
--- a/src/iceberg/file_io.h
+++ b/src/iceberg/file_io.h
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ class ICEBERG_EXPORT PositionOutputStream {
   /// \brief Return the current write position.
   virtual Result<int64_t> Position() const = 0;
 
+  /// \brief Return the current stored length of the output.
+  ///
+  /// This can differ from the current position for encrypting streams, and for other
+  /// non-length-preserving streams.
+  virtual Result<int64_t> StoredLength() const { return Position(); }
+
   /// \brief Write all bytes in data at the current position.
   virtual Status Write(std::span<const std::byte> data) = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/iceberg/puffin/puffin_writer.cc b/src/iceberg/puffin/puffin_writer.cc
index db749117f..9c173ab52 100644
--- a/src/iceberg/puffin/puffin_writer.cc
+++ b/src/iceberg/puffin/puffin_writer.cc
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Status PuffinWriter::Finish() {
   footer_written_ = true;
   ICEBERG_RETURN_UNEXPECTED(stream_->Flush());
   ICEBERG_RETURN_UNEXPECTED(stream_->Close());
-  ICEBERG_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(file_size_, stream_->Position());
+  ICEBERG_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(file_size_, stream_->StoredLength());
   finished_ = true;
   return {};
 }
diff --git a/src/iceberg/test/arrow_io_test.cc b/src/iceberg/test/arrow_io_test.cc
index 4ac83469c..a30e2da93 100644
--- a/src/iceberg/test/arrow_io_test.cc
+++ b/src/iceberg/test/arrow_io_test.cc
@@ -410,6 +410,21 @@ TEST_F(LocalFileIOTest, StdReadKeepsPositionAvailableAtEof) {
   EXPECT_THAT(stream->Position(), HasValue(::testing::Eq(3)));
 }
 
+TEST(ArrowFileIOTest, OutputStoredLengthAfterClose) {
+  auto file_io = arrow::ArrowFileSystemFileIO::MakeMockFileIO();
+  ICEBERG_UNWRAP_OR_FAIL(auto output_file, file_io->NewOutputFile("output"));
+  ICEBERG_UNWRAP_OR_FAIL(auto output, output_file->Create());
+
+  std::array<std::byte, 3> data = {std::byte{'a'}, std::byte{'b'}, std::byte{'c'}};
+  ASSERT_THAT(output->Write(data), IsOk());
+  ASSERT_THAT(output->Close(), IsOk());
+
+  auto position = output->Position();
+  ASSERT_FALSE(position.has_value());
+  EXPECT_THAT(position.error().message, ::testing::HasSubstr("closed"));
+  EXPECT_THAT(output->StoredLength(), HasValue(::testing::Eq(3)));
+}
+
 TEST_F(LocalFileIOTest, ResolvesForeignSchemeToUnderlyingPath) {
   ASSERT_THAT(file_io_->WriteFile(temp_filepath_, "hello world"), IsOk());
 
diff --git a/src/iceberg/test/std_io.h b/src/iceberg/test/std_io.h
index 3866bddf0..725fc7ba5 100644
--- a/src/iceberg/test/std_io.h
+++ b/src/iceberg/test/std_io.h
@@ -170,6 +170,18 @@ class StdPositionOutputStream : public PositionOutputStream {
     return static_cast<int64_t>(position);
   }
 
+  Result<int64_t> StoredLength() const override {
+    if (file_.is_open()) {
+      return Position();
+    }
+    std::error_code ec;
+    auto size = std::filesystem::file_size(location_, ec);
+    if (ec) {
+      return IOError("Failed to get file size for {}: {}", location_, ec.message());
+    }
+    return detail::ToInt64FileSize(size, location_);
+  }
+
   Status Write(std::span<const std::byte> data) override {
     if (data.empty()) {
       return {};