diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/resource/src/volume/share_fs_volume.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/resource/src/volume/share_fs_volume.rs
index 0a570a3c74..a4e768ffe6 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/resource/src/volume/share_fs_volume.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/resource/src/volume/share_fs_volume.rs
@@ -160,10 +160,29 @@ impl FsWatcher {
         let inotify = self.inotify.clone();
         let monitor_config = self.config.clone();
 
+        // Perform a full sync before starting monitoring to ensure that files which exist before monitoring starts are also synced.
+        let agent_sync = agent.clone();
+        let src_sync = src.clone();
+        let dst_sync = dst.clone();
+
         tokio::spawn(async move {
             let mut buffer = [0u8; 4096];
             let mut last_event_time = None;
 
+            // Initial sync: ensure existing contents in the directory are synchronized
+            {
+                info!(
+                    sl!(),
+                    "Initial sync from {:?} to {:?}", &src_sync, &dst_sync
+                );
+                if let Err(e) =
+                    copy_dir_recursively(&src_sync, &dst_sync.display().to_string(), &agent_sync)
+                        .await
+                {
+                    error!(sl!(), "Initial sync failed: {:?}", e);
+                }
+            }
+
             loop {
                 // use cloned inotify instance
                 match inotify.lock().await.read_events(&mut buffer) {
@@ -174,7 +193,8 @@ impl FsWatcher {
                                     | EventMask::MODIFY
                                     | EventMask::DELETE
                                     | EventMask::MOVED_FROM
-                                    | EventMask::MOVED_TO,
+                                    | EventMask::MOVED_TO
+                                    | EventMask::CLOSE_WRITE,
                             ) {
                                 continue;
                             }