diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md
index e85485bf..742110b8 100644
--- a/docs/install.md
+++ b/docs/install.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Download pre-built binaries from [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/cocoonstac
 
 ```bash
 # Linux amd64
-curl -fsSL -o cocoon.tar.gz https://github.com/cocoonstack/cocoon/releases/download/v0.4.8/cocoon_0.4.8_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
+curl -fsSL -o cocoon.tar.gz https://github.com/cocoonstack/cocoon/releases/download/v0.5.1/cocoon_0.5.1_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
 tar -xzf cocoon.tar.gz
 install -m 0755 cocoon /usr/local/bin/
 
diff --git a/utils/process_linux.go b/utils/process_linux.go
index f74d23d8..033b91d2 100644
--- a/utils/process_linux.go
+++ b/utils/process_linux.go
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 package utils
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"slices"
@@ -21,8 +19,12 @@ type procEntry struct {
 // ProcScan caches /proc cmdlines for one binaryName. Batch callers scan once then Find per id, replacing N /proc walks with one.
 type ProcScan []procEntry
 
-// ScanProcsByBinary walks /proc once, capturing argv[0]-basename matches. ENOENT (process exited mid-scan) is skipped; other read errors fail closed.
+// ScanProcsByBinary walks /proc once, capturing argv[0]-basename matches. Read errors from processes that vanished mid-scan are skipped; errors on live processes fail closed.
 func ScanProcsByBinary(binaryName string) (ProcScan, error) {
+	return scanProcsByBinary(binaryName, os.ReadFile, IsProcessAlive)
+}
+
+func scanProcsByBinary(binaryName string, readFile func(string) ([]byte, error), alive func(int) bool) (ProcScan, error) {
 	entries, err := os.ReadDir("/proc")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -34,10 +36,10 @@ func ScanProcsByBinary(binaryName string) (ProcScan, error) {
 		if atoiErr != nil || pid <= 0 {
 			continue
 		}
-		data, readErr := os.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/cmdline", pid))
+		data, readErr := readFile(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/cmdline", pid))
 		if readErr != nil {
-			if !errors.Is(readErr, fs.ErrNotExist) && firstErr == nil {
-				firstErr = fmt.Errorf("read /proc/%d/cmdline: %w", pid, readErr)
+			if firstErr == nil && alive(pid) {
+				firstErr = readErr
 			}
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/utils/process_linux_test.go b/utils/process_linux_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e7cdc92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/process_linux_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+//go:build linux
+
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"slices"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestScanProcsByBinaryReadErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	self := os.Getpid()
+	selfPath := fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/cmdline", self)
+	injected := errors.New("injected read failure")
+	failAll := func(path string) ([]byte, error) {
+		if path == selfPath {
+			return nil, injected
+		}
+		return nil, os.ErrNotExist
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		alive   func(int) bool
+		wantErr error
+	}{
+		{"read error on live process fails closed", func(pid int) bool { return pid == self }, injected},
+		{"read error on vanished process is skipped", func(int) bool { return false }, nil},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if _, err := scanProcsByBinary("no-such-binary", failAll, tt.alive); !errors.Is(err, tt.wantErr) {
+				t.Errorf("scanProcsByBinary: got err %v, want %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	t.Run("matches survive skipped entries", func(t *testing.T) {
+		readFile := func(path string) ([]byte, error) {
+			if path == selfPath {
+				return []byte("/bin/testvmm\x00--api-socket\x00/run/x.sock"), nil
+			}
+			return nil, os.ErrNotExist
+		}
+		scan, err := scanProcsByBinary("testvmm", readFile, func(int) bool { return false })
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("scanProcsByBinary: %v", err)
+		}
+		if got := scan.Find("/run/x.sock"); !slices.Equal(got, []int{self}) {
+			t.Errorf("Find: got %v, want [%d]", got, self)
+		}
+	})
+}