diff --git a/worker/src/archive/ranged/rar-ranged.test.ts b/worker/src/archive/ranged/rar-ranged.test.ts
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+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { readVint, detectRarSignature, parseRar5BlockExtent, parseRar4BlockExtent } from "./rar-ranged.js";
+
+describe("readVint", () => {
+  it("reads single-byte and multi-byte values (base-128 LE)", () => {
+    expect(readVint(Buffer.from([0x08]), 0)).toEqual({ value: 8, bytes: 1 });
+    // 0x80,0x01 => 0 | (1<<7) = 128
+    expect(readVint(Buffer.from([0x80, 0x01]), 0)).toEqual({ value: 128, bytes: 2 });
+  });
+});
+
+describe("detectRarSignature", () => {
+  it("detects RAR5 and RAR4", () => {
+    expect(detectRarSignature(Buffer.from([0x52,0x61,0x72,0x21,0x1a,0x07,0x01,0x00]))).toEqual({ version: 5, sigLen: 8 });
+    expect(detectRarSignature(Buffer.from([0x52,0x61,0x72,0x21,0x1a,0x07,0x00]))).toEqual({ version: 4, sigLen: 7 });
+    expect(detectRarSignature(Buffer.alloc(8))).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("parseRar5BlockExtent", () => {
+  it("computes header+data extent and flags end-of-archive", () => {
+    // CRC32(4) | HeaderSize vint=5 | Type vint=2 (file) | Flags vint=2 (data present) | DataSize vint=100 | (pad to headerSize)
+    const b = Buffer.concat([
+      Buffer.from([0,0,0,0]),      // CRC
+      Buffer.from([0x05]),          // HeaderSize = 5 (bytes after this vint)
+      Buffer.from([0x02]),          // Type = 2 (file)
+      Buffer.from([0x02]),          // Flags = 0x02 -> data present
+      Buffer.from([0x64]),          // DataSize = 100
+      Buffer.from([0x00, 0x00]),    // padding to fill HeaderSize(5): Type+Flags+DataSize=3, +2 pad =5
+    ]);
+    const ext = parseRar5BlockExtent(b, 0);
+    // headerBytes = 4 (CRC) + 1 (HeaderSize vint) + 5 (HeaderSize) = 10
+    expect(ext.headerBytes).toBe(10);
+    expect(ext.dataSize).toBe(100);
+    expect(ext.isEnd).toBe(false);
+
+    const endBlk = Buffer.from([0,0,0,0, 0x02, 0x05, 0x00]); // HeaderSize=2, Type=5(end), Flags=0
+    const e2 = parseRar5BlockExtent(endBlk, 0);
+    expect(e2.isEnd).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("parseRar4BlockExtent", () => {
+  it("computes extent with ADD_SIZE when flag 0x8000 is set", () => {
+    // CRC(2) TYPE(1)=0x74 FLAGS(2)=0x8000 HEAD_SIZE(2)=11 ADD_SIZE(4)=200
+    const b = Buffer.alloc(11);
+    b.writeUInt8(0x74, 2);
+    b.writeUInt16LE(0x8000, 3);
+    b.writeUInt16LE(11, 5);
+    b.writeUInt32LE(200, 7);
+    const ext = parseRar4BlockExtent(b, 0);
+    expect(ext.headerBytes).toBe(11);
+    expect(ext.dataSize).toBe(200);
+    expect(ext.isEnd).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/worker/src/archive/ranged/rar-ranged.ts b/worker/src/archive/ranged/rar-ranged.ts
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+const RAR4_SIG = Buffer.from([0x52, 0x61, 0x72, 0x21, 0x1a, 0x07, 0x00]);
+const RAR5_SIG = Buffer.from([0x52, 0x61, 0x72, 0x21, 0x1a, 0x07, 0x01, 0x00]);
+
+export function readVint(buf: Buffer, pos: number): { value: number; bytes: number } {
+  let value = 0, shift = 0, bytes = 0;
+  while (pos + bytes < buf.length) {
+    const b = buf[pos + bytes];
+    value += (b & 0x7f) * Math.pow(2, shift); // Math.pow keeps >32-bit sizes exact up to 2^53
+    bytes++;
+    if ((b & 0x80) === 0) return { value, bytes };
+    shift += 7;
+    if (shift > 63) break;
+  }
+  throw new RangeError("incomplete RAR vint");
+}
+
+export function detectRarSignature(buf: Buffer): { version: 4 | 5; sigLen: number } | null {
+  if (buf.length >= 8 && buf.subarray(0, 8).equals(RAR5_SIG)) return { version: 5, sigLen: 8 };
+  if (buf.length >= 7 && buf.subarray(0, 7).equals(RAR4_SIG)) return { version: 4, sigLen: 7 };
+  return null;
+}
+
+export interface BlockExtent { headerBytes: number; dataSize: number; isEnd: boolean }
+
+// RAR5: CRC32(4) | HeaderSize(vint) | HeaderType(vint) | HeaderFlags(vint)
+//       [ExtraAreaSize(vint) if flags&0x0001] [DataSize(vint) if flags&0x0002] ...
+export function parseRar5BlockExtent(buf: Buffer, pos: number): BlockExtent {
+  let p = pos + 4; // skip CRC32
+  const hs = readVint(buf, p); p += hs.bytes;
+  const headerBytes = 4 + hs.bytes + hs.value; // CRC + HeaderSize-vint + HeaderSize
+  const type = readVint(buf, p); p += type.bytes;
+  const flags = readVint(buf, p); p += flags.bytes;
+  if (flags.value & 0x0001) { const ea = readVint(buf, p); p += ea.bytes; } // extra area size (skip)
+  let dataSize = 0;
+  if (flags.value & 0x0002) { const ds = readVint(buf, p); p += ds.bytes; dataSize = ds.value; }
+  return { headerBytes, dataSize, isEnd: type.value === 5 };
+}
+
+// RAR4: HEAD_CRC(2) | HEAD_TYPE(1) | HEAD_FLAGS(2) | HEAD_SIZE(2) [ADD_SIZE(4) if flags&0x8000]
+export function parseRar4BlockExtent(buf: Buffer, pos: number): BlockExtent {
+  const type = buf.readUInt8(pos + 2);
+  const flags = buf.readUInt16LE(pos + 3);
+  const headSize = buf.readUInt16LE(pos + 5);
+  const dataSize = (flags & 0x8000) ? buf.readUInt32LE(pos + 7) : 0;
+  return { headerBytes: headSize, dataSize, isEnd: type === 0x7b };
+}