diff --git a/src/find-all.ts b/src/find-all.ts
index d752dbc..d8881f6 100644
--- a/src/find-all.ts
+++ b/src/find-all.ts
@@ -22,13 +22,21 @@ async function* findTSConfig(
 	visited: Set<string> = new Set<string>()
 ): AsyncGenerator<string> {
 	if (!visited.has(dir)) {
-		const dirents = await fs.readdir(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
-		for (const dirent of dirents) {
-			if (dirent.isDirectory() && (!options?.skip || !options.skip(dirent.name))) {
-				yield* findTSConfig(path.resolve(dir, dirent.name), options, visited);
-			} else if (dirent.isFile() && dirent.name === 'tsconfig.json') {
-				yield path.resolve(dir, dirent.name);
+		visited.add(dir);
+		try {
+			const dirents = await fs.readdir(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
+			for (const dirent of dirents) {
+				if (dirent.isDirectory() && (!options?.skip || !options.skip(dirent.name))) {
+					yield* findTSConfig(path.resolve(dir, dirent.name), options, visited);
+				} else if (dirent.isFile() && dirent.name === 'tsconfig.json') {
+					yield path.resolve(dir, dirent.name);
+				}
 			}
+		} catch (e) {
+			if (e.code === 'EACCES' || e.code === 'ENOENT') {
+				return; // directory inaccessible or deleted
+			}
+			throw e;
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/find-all.ts b/tests/find-all.ts
index 10eba00..aba8f31 100644
--- a/tests/find-all.ts
+++ b/tests/find-all.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { suite } from 'uvu';
 import * as assert from 'uvu/assert';
 import path from 'path';
 import { findAll } from '../src/find-all.js';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
 import glob from 'tiny-glob';
 const test = suite('findAll');
 
@@ -52,13 +53,14 @@ test('should find tsconfig in child directory', async () => {
 });
 
 test('should find multiple tsconfig in child directories', async () => {
-	const expected = (await glob('tests/fixtures/**/tsconfig.json')).map((file) =>
+	const expected = (await glob('tests/fixtures/find-all/multiple/**/tsconfig.json')).map((file) =>
 		path.resolve(file)
 	);
 	expected.sort();
-	const found = await findAll(path.join('tests', 'fixtures'));
+
+	const found = await findAll(path.join('tests', 'fixtures', 'find-all', 'multiple'));
 	found.sort();
-	assert.equal(found, expected, 'found all tsconfig in test/fixtures');
+	assert.equal(found, expected, 'found all tsconfig in test/fixtures/find-all/multiple');
 });
 
 test('should handle directories with recursive symlinks', async () => {
@@ -71,7 +73,6 @@ test('should handle directories with recursive symlinks', async () => {
 	found.sort();
 	assert.equal(found, expected, 'found all tsconfig in test/fixtures/find-all/recursive-symlink');
 });
-test.run();
 
 test('should exclude skipped directories', async () => {
 	const expected = [
@@ -88,4 +89,29 @@ test('should exclude skipped directories', async () => {
 		'found filtered tsconfig in test/fixtures/find-all/recursive-symlink'
 	);
 });
+
+test('should handle directories with inaccessible children', async () => {
+	const inaccessible = path.resolve(
+		'tests',
+		'fixtures',
+		'find-all',
+		'inaccessible-dir',
+		'_inaccessible'
+	);
+	try {
+		if (fs.existsSync(inaccessible)) {
+			fs.chmodSync(inaccessible, 0o000);
+		}
+	} catch (e) {
+		assert.unreachable(`failed to set inaccessible-child permissions: ${e}`);
+	}
+	const expected = [
+		path.resolve('tests', 'fixtures', 'find-all', 'inaccessible-dir', 'tsconfig.json')
+	];
+	expected.sort();
+	const found = await findAll(path.join('tests', 'fixtures', 'find-all', 'inaccessible-dir'));
+	found.sort();
+	assert.equal(found, expected, 'found all tsconfig in test/fixtures/find-all/inaccessible-dir');
+});
+
 test.run();
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/find-all/inaccessible-dir/_inaccessible/.gitkeep b/tests/fixtures/find-all/inaccessible-dir/_inaccessible/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/find-all/inaccessible-dir/tsconfig.json b/tests/fixtures/find-all/inaccessible-dir/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/find-all/multiple/a/tsconfig.json b/tests/fixtures/find-all/multiple/a/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/find-all/multiple/b/tsconfig.json b/tests/fixtures/find-all/multiple/b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/find-all/multiple/c/d/tsconfig.json b/tests/fixtures/find-all/multiple/c/d/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/find-all/multiple/tsconfig.json b/tests/fixtures/find-all/multiple/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29