diff --git a/crates/clawhdf5/tests/header_validation_interop.rs b/crates/clawhdf5/tests/header_validation_interop.rs
index 23509e1..14dc9d7 100644
--- a/crates/clawhdf5/tests/header_validation_interop.rs
+++ b/crates/clawhdf5/tests/header_validation_interop.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ fn clawhdf5_reads(path: &Path) -> Result<(), String> {
     let ds = file.dataset("d").map_err(|e| format!("dataset: {e}"))?;
     ds.dtype().map_err(|e| format!("dtype: {e}"))?;
     ds.shape().map_err(|e| format!("shape: {e}"))?;
-    ds.read_i32().map(|_| ()).map_err(|e| format!("read: {e}"))
+    file.read_multi(&["d"])
+        .map(|_| ())
+        .map_err(|e| format!("read: {e}"))
 }
 
 /// h5py's verdict for each file must be `expected`, and clawhdf5 must read
@@ -198,3 +200,72 @@ for libver in ("earliest", "latest"):
         assert!(err.to_string().contains("truncated file"), "{name}: {err}");
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn header_and_datatype_damage_libhdf5_refuses_is_refused() {
+    skip_if_no_python!();
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    // Each case damages one field of a valid file h5py wrote (libver
+    // earliest, so version-1 object headers); all of these read before.
+    let verdicts = h5py_verdicts(
+        dir.path(),
+        r#"
+def write(name, make):
+    path = os.path.join(d, name + ".h5")
+    with h5py.File(path, "w", libver="earliest") as f:
+        make(f)
+    return bytearray(open(path, "rb").read())
+
+def save(name, data):
+    open(os.path.join(d, name + ".h5"), "wb").write(data)
+
+# A layout message (type 8, 24 bytes, v1 header) flagged shareable.
+data = write("layout_good", lambda f: f.create_dataset("d", data=np.arange(4, dtype="<i4")))
+at = data.find(bytes([8, 0, 24, 0]))
+assert at > 0
+bad = bytearray(data); bad[at + 4] |= 0x40
+save("layout_shareable", bad)
+# A message size that is not a multiple of 8 in a v1 header.
+bad = bytearray(data); bad[at + 2] = 23
+save("layout_unaligned", bad)
+
+# A compound whose second field repeats the first's name, or overlaps it.
+dt = np.dtype([("aa", "<i4"), ("bb", "<i4")])
+data = write("compound_good", lambda f: f.create_dataset("d", data=np.zeros(2, dt)))
+at = data.find(b"bb\0")
+bad = bytearray(data); bad[at:at + 2] = b"aa"
+save("compound_duplicate", bad)
+bad = bytearray(data); bad[at + 8:at + 12] = struct.pack("<I", 2)
+save("compound_overlap", bad)
+
+# An enum member with an empty name.
+et = h5py.enum_dtype({"RED": 0, "GREEN": 1}, basetype="i4")
+data = write("enum_good", lambda f: f.create_dataset("d", data=np.zeros(2, "<i4"), dtype=et))
+at = data.find(b"RED\0")
+bad = bytearray(data); bad[at:at + 3] = b"\0\0\0"
+save("enum_empty_name", bad)
+
+# A float whose exponent overlaps its mantissa (exponent at bit 20).
+data = write("float_good", lambda f: f.create_dataset("d", data=np.zeros(3, "<f4")))
+at = data.find(bytes([0, 0, 32, 0, 23, 8, 0, 23]))
+bad = bytearray(data); bad[at + 4] = 20
+save("float_overlap", bad)
+"#,
+    );
+    assert_agrees_with_h5py(
+        dir.path(),
+        &verdicts,
+        &[
+            "compound_duplicate ERROR",
+            "compound_good ok",
+            "compound_overlap ERROR",
+            "enum_empty_name ERROR",
+            "enum_good ok",
+            "float_good ok",
+            "float_overlap ERROR",
+            "layout_good ok",
+            "layout_shareable ERROR",
+            "layout_unaligned ERROR",
+        ],
+    );
+}