diff --git a/compiler/gengo/gengo.go b/compiler/gengo/gengo.go
index 34cc52e..5ba4310 100644
--- a/compiler/gengo/gengo.go
+++ b/compiler/gengo/gengo.go
@@ -1605,13 +1605,13 @@ func (g *Generator) tryEmitInlineRTL(name string, args []ast.Expr) bool {
 	case "LEN":
 		if len(args) == 1 {
 			g.emitExpr(args[0])
-			g.writeln("{ _v := t.Pop2(); if _v.IsString() { t.PushInt(len(_v.AsString())) } else if _v.IsArray() { t.PushInt(len(_v.AsArray().Items)) } else { t.PushInt(0) } }")
+			g.writeln("{ _v := t.Pop2(); if _v.IsString() { t.PushInt(len(_v.AsString())) } else if _v.IsArray() { t.PushInt(len(_v.AsArray().Items)) } else if _v.IsHash() { t.PushInt(len(_v.AsHash().Keys)) } else { t.PushInt(0) } }")
 			return true
 		}
 	case "EMPTY":
 		if len(args) == 1 {
 			g.emitExpr(args[0])
-			g.writeln("{ _v := t.Pop2(); t.PushBool(_v.IsNil() || (_v.IsString() && len(strings.TrimSpace(_v.AsString())) == 0) || (_v.IsNumeric() && _v.AsNumDouble() == 0) || (_v.IsLogical() && !_v.AsBool())) }")
+			g.writeln("{ _v := t.Pop2(); t.PushBool(_v.IsNil() || (_v.IsString() && len(strings.TrimSpace(_v.AsString())) == 0) || (_v.IsNumeric() && _v.AsNumDouble() == 0) || (_v.IsLogical() && !_v.AsBool()) || (_v.IsDate() && _v.AsJulian() == 0)) }")
 			g.imports["strings"] = true
 			return true
 		}
diff --git a/hbrdd/dbf/dbf.go b/hbrdd/dbf/dbf.go
index 84eb615..e593bbe 100644
--- a/hbrdd/dbf/dbf.go
+++ b/hbrdd/dbf/dbf.go
@@ -401,8 +401,9 @@ func (a *DBFArea) GoTo(recNo uint32) error {
 	recLen := int(a.header.RecordLen)
 	if a.mmapData != nil && int(offset)+recLen <= len(a.mmapData) {
 		copy(a.recBuf, a.mmapData[offset:offset+int64(recLen)])
-	} else {
-		a.dataFile.ReadAt(a.recBuf, offset)
+	} else if _, err := a.dataFile.ReadAt(a.recBuf, offset); err != nil {
+		a.FEof = true
+		return fmt.Errorf("read record %d: %w", recNo, err)
 	}
 
 	a.recNo = recNo
diff --git a/hbrdd/ntx/ntx.go b/hbrdd/ntx/ntx.go
index 6e38d4d..a4d5639 100644
--- a/hbrdd/ntx/ntx.go
+++ b/hbrdd/ntx/ntx.go
@@ -108,13 +108,11 @@ type Page struct {
 	changed  bool
 }
 
-// pagePool reuses Page structs to reduce GC pressure.
-var pagePool [8]Page
-var pagePoolIdx int
-
-func acquirePage() *Page {
-	p := &pagePool[pagePoolIdx%len(pagePool)]
-	pagePoolIdx++
+// acquirePage returns a reusable Page from the per-Index pool.
+// Pool is per-Index (not global) to avoid data races across goroutines.
+func (idx *Index) acquirePage() *Page {
+	p := &idx.pagePool[idx.pagePoolIdx%len(idx.pagePool)]
+	idx.pagePoolIdx++
 	return p
 }
 
@@ -131,7 +129,7 @@ func LoadPage(f *os.File, offset int64) (*Page, error) {
 // cachedLoadPage — BoltDB-style zero-copy: returns slice into mmap.
 // No 1024-byte copy. Page.data points directly into mmap memory.
 func (idx *Index) cachedLoadPage(offset int64) (*Page, error) {
-	p := acquirePage()
+	p := idx.acquirePage()
 	p.offset = offset
 
 	if idx.mmapData != nil && offset >= 0 && int(offset)+BlockSize <= len(idx.mmapData) {
@@ -224,6 +222,10 @@ type Index struct {
 	ascendKey  bool
 	uniqueKey  bool
 	keyType    byte // 'C', 'N', 'D', 'L'
+
+	// Per-index page pool (avoids global state / data race)
+	pagePool    [8]Page
+	pagePoolIdx int
 }
 
 // OpenIndex opens an existing NTX index file.
@@ -275,11 +277,16 @@ func (idx *Index) mmapFile() {
 }
 
 // remapFile re-maps after file size changed (e.g., after insert/split).
+// Also invalidates page pool (data slices pointed into old mmap).
 func (idx *Index) remapFile() {
 	if idx.mmapData != nil {
 		syscall.Munmap(idx.mmapData)
 		idx.mmapData = nil
 	}
+	// Invalidate page pool — data slices pointed into old mmap
+	for i := range idx.pagePool {
+		idx.pagePool[i].data = nil
+	}
 	idx.mmapFile()
 }
 
diff --git a/hbrt/thread.go b/hbrt/thread.go
index b1ac8cf..3eb5e9d 100644
--- a/hbrt/thread.go
+++ b/hbrt/thread.go
@@ -123,9 +123,12 @@ func (t *Thread) push(v Value) {
 }
 
 func (t *Thread) pop() Value {
+	if t.sp <= 0 {
+		panic(t.runtimeError("stack underflow"))
+	}
 	t.sp--
 	v := t.stack[t.sp]
-	t.stack[t.sp] = cachedNil // help GC (no alloc)
+	t.stack[t.sp] = cachedNil
 	return v
 }
 
diff --git a/hbrt/value.go b/hbrt/value.go
index 8b62dcc..679723e 100644
--- a/hbrt/value.go
+++ b/hbrt/value.go
@@ -392,6 +392,9 @@ func intExpLen(v int64) int {
 	n := 0
 	if v < 0 {
 		n = 1
+		if v == math.MinInt64 {
+			return 20 // "-9223372036854775808"
+		}
 		v = -v
 	}
 	for v > 0 {