diff --git a/vortex-file/src/writer.rs b/vortex-file/src/writer.rs
index 6c0d01dfa05..874d08be306 100644
--- a/vortex-file/src/writer.rs
+++ b/vortex-file/src/writer.rs
@@ -391,16 +391,25 @@ fn new_array_context(session: &VortexSession, enforce_editions: bool) -> ArrayCo
     // serialised array order is deterministic. The serialisation of arrays are done
     // parallel and with an empty context they can register their encodings to the context
     // in different order, changing the written bytes from run to run.
-    //
-    // The seeded IDs are also what the writer may emit: callers read them back with
-    // `ArrayContext::to_ids` to restrict compression to the same set.
+
+    // The registry keys are exactly the serialized IDs that can be produced by the plugins
+    // registered in the session. Intersected with the serialized IDs the enabled editions permit,
+    // this is the set of IDs that can be written. Only seed the array context with these IDs, and
+    // only allow compressor schemes that produce arrays with serialized IDs within this set.
+    let registered: HashSet<ArrayId> = session
+        .arrays()
+        .registry()
+        .read(|registry| registry.keys().copied().collect());
     let serialized_ids: Vec<ArrayId> = if enforce_editions {
-        session.enabled_component_ids(ComponentKind::Array)
-    } else {
+        // Must filter by the set of serialized IDs supported by registered plugins. Otherwise,
+        // we could enable an ID that will never be written.
         session
-            .arrays()
-            .registry()
-            .read(|registry| registry.keys().copied().collect())
+            .enabled_component_ids(ComponentKind::Array)
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter(|id| registered.contains(id))
+            .collect()
+    } else {
+        registered.into_iter().collect()
     };
     let array_ctx = ArrayContext::new(serialized_ids.iter().copied().sorted().collect());
     if enforce_editions {
@@ -764,6 +773,7 @@ mod tests {
     use vortex_edition::EditionMember;
     use vortex_edition::EditionSession;
     use vortex_edition::EditionSessionExt;
+    use vortex_session::registry::CachedId;
 
     use super::*;
 
@@ -788,6 +798,33 @@ mod tests {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// An edition may enable an encoding whose plugin is not registered on the session. Nothing
+    /// could serialize it, so it is neither seeded into the table nor offered to the compressor.
+    #[test]
+    fn array_context_skips_enabled_but_unregistered_encodings() -> VortexResult<()> {
+        const EDITION: EditionId = EditionId::new("test", 2026, 9, 0);
+        static DECLARATION: EditionDeclaration = EditionDeclaration {
+            edition: Edition {
+                id: EDITION,
+                min_library_version: None,
+            },
+            added: &[
+                EditionMember::array(&"vortex.primitive"),
+                EditionMember::array(&"vortex.alp"),
+            ],
+        };
+
+        let session = array_session().with::<EditionSession>();
+        session.register_edition(&DECLARATION)?;
+        session.enable_edition(EDITION)?;
+
+        let ctx = new_array_context(&session, true);
+        assert_eq!(ctx.to_ids(), [Primitive.id()]);
+        static ALP: CachedId = CachedId::new("vortex.alp");
+        assert!(ctx.intern(&ALP).is_none());
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn disabling_editions_allows_all_registered_array_ids() {
         let session = array_session();