diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fc548a5..cd70406 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "sessions-sublime"
-version = "0.7.41"
+version = "0.7.42"
 description = "Sublime-facing Python code for Sessions."
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 license = {text = "MIT"}
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.lock b/rust/Cargo.lock
index 097c1fa..0f0da79 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ checksum = "32a66949e030da00e8c7d4434b251670a91556f4144941d37452769c25d58a53"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "local_bridge"
-version = "0.7.41"
+version = "0.7.42"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "glob",
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "session_helper"
-version = "0.7.41"
+version = "0.7.42"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "notify",
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "session_protocol"
-version = "0.7.41"
+version = "0.7.42"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "serde",
@@ -452,14 +452,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sessions_askpass"
-version = "0.7.41"
+version = "0.7.42"
 dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sessions_native"
-version = "0.7.41"
+version = "0.7.42"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "notify",
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "workspace_identity"
-version = "0.7.41"
+version = "0.7.42"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zmij"
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index 6d241d3..db6c834 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 [workspace.package]
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MIT"
-version = "0.7.41"
+version = "0.7.42"
 authors = ["Myeongseon Choi <key262yek@gmail.com>"]
 repository = "https://git.teahaven.kr/sublime-rs/sessions"
 homepage = "https://git.teahaven.kr/sublime-rs/sessions"
diff --git a/rust/crates/local_bridge/src/main.rs b/rust/crates/local_bridge/src/main.rs
index 4a79102..750e9a3 100644
--- a/rust/crates/local_bridge/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust/crates/local_bridge/src/main.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ fn main() {
         .map(String::as_str)
         .is_some_and(|first| matches!(first, "--version" | "-V" | "version"))
     {
-        println!("{LOCAL_BRIDGE_VERSION_BANNER}");
+        // Use ``writeln!`` + ``let _`` so EPIPE silently fails through to
+        // ``return`` instead of panicking → SIGABRT under
+        // ``panic = "abort"``. Same rationale as the eprintln sites
+        // hardened in v0.7.39 (b44f708): a parent that closes its end of
+        // our stdout before we write must not generate a phantom crash.
+        let _ = writeln!(std::io::stdout(), "{LOCAL_BRIDGE_VERSION_BANNER}");
         return;
     }
     if args.first().map(String::as_str) == Some("lsp-stdio") {
@@ -68,7 +73,16 @@ fn main() {
     match run(&args) {
         Ok(output) => match serde_json::to_string(&output) {
             Ok(encoded) => {
-                println!("{encoded}");
+                // ``writeln!`` + ``let _`` here for the same reason as the
+                // eprintln sites hardened in v0.7.39: when Sublime / the
+                // Python ctypes parent dies first the bridge inherits a
+                // broken stdout pipe, and a bare ``println!`` panics on
+                // EPIPE → SIGABRT under ``panic = "abort"``. The earlier
+                // pass only covered stderr; this is the missed stdout
+                // site that produced the
+                // ``local_bridge::main hf88e153b048e40f5 main.rs:71``
+                // abort signature in user crash reports.
+                let _ = writeln!(std::io::stdout(), "{encoded}");
             }
             Err(error) => {
                 let _ = writeln!(
diff --git a/sublime/sessions/commands.py b/sublime/sessions/commands.py
index 632956e..53b756c 100644
--- a/sublime/sessions/commands.py
+++ b/sublime/sessions/commands.py
@@ -6952,9 +6952,16 @@ class SessionsOpenRemoteTerminalCommand(sublime_plugin.WindowCommand):
         # out to break interactive zsh on some macOS → Linux setups
         # ("zsh: bad option: -/") — dropped in v0.7.30.5. ``ssh -t``
         # already allocates a pty so the redirections were redundant.
-        remote_invocation = "cd {}; exec ${{SHELL:-/bin/sh}} -il".format(
-            shlex.quote(remote_root)
-        )
+        #
+        # ``"$SHELL"`` not ``${SHELL:-/bin/sh}``: the ``:-`` fallback
+        # form re-tripped some zsh setups in v0.7.31+ with
+        # ``zsh:1: unknown exec flag -/`` — the parameter expansion
+        # split such that the literal ``-/bin/sh`` reached ``exec`` as
+        # a flag instead of expanding to ``/bin/sh``. sshd populates
+        # ``$SHELL`` from the user's passwd entry in every login
+        # session, so the fallback was redundant; quoting ``"$SHELL"``
+        # also handles the rare path-with-spaces case.
+        remote_invocation = 'cd {}; exec "$SHELL" -il'.format(shlex.quote(remote_root))
         # ``panel_name`` makes Terminus open the shell as a panel
         # docked at the bottom of the active window. Without it
         # Terminus defaults to a new tab in the editor pane group,
diff --git a/sublime/tests/test_cmd_connect.py b/sublime/tests/test_cmd_connect.py
index 4cbb91a..aafc9bc 100644
--- a/sublime/tests/test_cmd_connect.py
+++ b/sublime/tests/test_cmd_connect.py
@@ -450,12 +450,15 @@ def test_open_remote_terminal_opens_transient_terminus_pane(
     # handshake is racy. ``;`` not ``&&`` so a failed ``cd`` doesn't
     # take the shell down with it. The earlier ``</dev/tty`` redirect
     # prefix was dropped — it confused interactive zsh on some macOS →
-    # Linux setups (``zsh: bad option: -/``).
+    # Linux setups (``zsh: bad option: -/``). The ``${SHELL:-/bin/sh}``
+    # default form re-tripped the same class of zsh setups in v0.7.31+
+    # (``zsh:1: unknown exec flag -/``); ``"$SHELL"`` quoted is enough
+    # because sshd populates ``$SHELL`` from passwd in every login.
     assert args["cmd"] == [
         "ssh",
         "-t",
         "prod",
-        "cd /srv/app; exec ${SHELL:-/bin/sh} -il",
+        'cd /srv/app; exec "$SHELL" -il',
     ]
     # ``auto_close=False`` so an unexpected shell exit (dotfile error,
     # missing remote root, SSH drop) keeps the pane visible long enough
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 08ec2fd..7db91a9 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sessions-sublime"
-version = "0.7.41"
+version = "0.7.42"
 source = { virtual = "." }
 
 [package.dev-dependencies]