diff --git a/benchmark/string_decoder/string-decoder.js b/benchmark/string_decoder/string-decoder.js
index 8acb9c15bfd6f3..bcb4eace71b3ae 100644
--- a/benchmark/string_decoder/string-decoder.js
+++ b/benchmark/string_decoder/string-decoder.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common.js');
 const StringDecoder = require('string_decoder').StringDecoder;
+const assert = require('node:assert');
 
 const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
   encoding: ['ascii', 'utf8', 'base64-utf8', 'base64-ascii', 'utf16le'],
-  inLen: [32, 128, 1024, 4096],
-  chunkLen: [16, 64, 256, 1024],
+  inLen: [32, 128, 1024],
+  chunkLen: [16, 256, 1024],
   n: [25e5],
 });
 
@@ -75,10 +76,13 @@ function main({ encoding, inLen, chunkLen, n }) {
 
   const nChunks = chunks.length;
 
+  let avoidDeadCode;
   bench.start();
   for (let i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+    avoidDeadCode = '';
     for (let j = 0; j < nChunks; ++j)
-      sd.write(chunks[j]);
+      avoidDeadCode += sd.write(chunks[j]);
   }
   bench.end(n);
+  assert.ok(avoidDeadCode);
 }
diff --git a/src/inspector_agent.cc b/src/inspector_agent.cc
index 202ed756c98d8a..87addfa8fbbaf3 100644
--- a/src/inspector_agent.cc
+++ b/src/inspector_agent.cc
@@ -123,12 +123,11 @@ static int StartDebugSignalHandler() {
   CHECK_EQ(0, pthread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigmask, &savemask));
   sigmask = savemask;
   pthread_t thread;
-  const int err = pthread_create(&thread, &attr,
-                                 StartIoThreadMain, nullptr);
-  // Restore original mask
-  CHECK_EQ(0, pthread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigmask, nullptr));
+  const int err = pthread_create(&thread, &attr, StartIoThreadMain, nullptr);
   CHECK_EQ(0, pthread_attr_destroy(&attr));
   if (err != 0) {
+    // Restore original mask
+    CHECK_EQ(0, pthread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigmask, nullptr));
     fprintf(stderr, "node[%u]: pthread_create: %s\n",
             uv_os_getpid(), strerror(err));
     fflush(stderr);
@@ -137,6 +136,8 @@ static int StartDebugSignalHandler() {
     return -err;
   }
   RegisterSignalHandler(SIGUSR1, StartIoThreadWakeup);
+  // Restore original mask
+  CHECK_EQ(0, pthread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigmask, nullptr));
   // Unblock SIGUSR1.  A pending SIGUSR1 signal will now be delivered.
   sigemptyset(&sigmask);
   sigaddset(&sigmask, SIGUSR1);
diff --git a/src/node_watchdog.cc b/src/node_watchdog.cc
index 7a493bf460701f..3ea43177a4d75e 100644
--- a/src/node_watchdog.cc
+++ b/src/node_watchdog.cc
@@ -308,7 +308,10 @@ int SigintWatchdogHelper::Start() {
   CHECK_EQ(0, pthread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigmask, &savemask));
   sigmask = savemask;
   int ret = pthread_create(&thread_, nullptr, RunSigintWatchdog, nullptr);
-  CHECK_EQ(0, pthread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigmask, nullptr));
+
+  auto cleanup = OnScopeLeave(
+      [&]() { CHECK_EQ(0, pthread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigmask, nullptr)); });
+
   if (ret != 0) {
     return ret;
   }
diff --git a/tools/lint-readme-lists.mjs b/tools/lint-readme-lists.mjs
index 97992b79b1e32e..6ad74d6edf72fa 100755
--- a/tools/lint-readme-lists.mjs
+++ b/tools/lint-readme-lists.mjs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import assert from 'node:assert';
 import { open } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { argv } from 'node:process';
 
-const ghHandleLine = /^\* \[(.+)\]\(https:\/\/github\.com\/\1\) -$/;
+const ghHandleLine = /^\* \[(.+)\]\(https:\/\/github\.com\/(.+)\) -$/;
 const memberInfoLine = /^ {2}\*\*[^*]+\*\* <<[^@]+@.+\.[a-z]+>>( \(\w+(\/[^)/]+)+\))?( - \[Support me\]\(.+\))?$/;
 
 const lists = {
@@ -59,9 +59,11 @@ for await (const line of readme.readLines()) {
       );
     }
 
-    if (!ghHandleLine.test(line)) {
-      throw new Error(`${currentGithubHandle} is not formatted correctly (README.md:${lineNumber})`);
+    const match = line.match(ghHandleLine);
+    if (!match) {
+      throw new Error(`${line} should match ${ghHandleLine} (README.md:${lineNumber})`);
     }
+    assert.strictEqual(match[1], match[2], `GitHub handle does not match the URL (README.md:${lineNumber})`);
 
     if (
       currentList === 'TSC voting members' ||