diff --git a/doc/idle-voice-inbound-cleanup.md b/doc/idle-voice-inbound-cleanup.md
index a0830f19912..8f657190966 100644
--- a/doc/idle-voice-inbound-cleanup.md
+++ b/doc/idle-voice-inbound-cleanup.md
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ index covers unconfirmed admission identities; startup inventory is paged.
 
 ## Deadlines and quiet state
 
+Rejection returns after its decision transaction commits. Its notification wakes
+the registered cleanup worker; the HTTP request does not wait for provider account
+verification, inspection, or hangup. The saved denial immediately rejects further
+unauthorized call input while physical termination remains tracked separately.
+
 Pending unbound admissions retain their original two-minute approval or ten-minute
 guest-intake expiry. Rejection is immediately due. A cleanup claim saves a
 30-second retry before provider I/O. An unconfirmed end receipt keeps that retry;
diff --git a/doc/plans/2026-10-25-voice-inbound-cleanup-sleep-audit.md b/doc/plans/2026-10-25-voice-inbound-cleanup-sleep-audit.md
index 5f1a1779168..2bed1a020eb 100644
--- a/doc/plans/2026-10-25-voice-inbound-cleanup-sleep-audit.md
+++ b/doc/plans/2026-10-25-voice-inbound-cleanup-sleep-audit.md
@@ -218,3 +218,30 @@ Database typecheck and migration numbering/safety checks also pass. Local logs:
 `/tmp/sleep23-migrator-before.log`, `/tmp/sleep23-migrator-after.log`, and
 `/tmp/sleep23-migrator-types.log`. Fresh remote checks remain required; the
 original CI failure is not classified as a flake.
+
+## Denial request latency review repair
+
+Review finding 4370459974 correctly identified that denial awaited account
+verification, provider inspection and endSession, despite already committing the
+rejection and its cleanup notification. The request now returns the saved denial;
+the registered worker owns physical termination and persists its retry. No detached
+promise or second dispatch path is added. Per-attempt account verification stays
+with the provider boundary, protecting rotated credentials from a different
+account. This patch does not cache provider authority indefinitely.
+
+A new real-producer regression holds verifyAgent unresolved, proves the committed
+denial returns, checks that cleanup is still unconfirmed with a saved retry, then
+releases the provider and verifies confirmed termination. It failed before the
+fix (`/tmp/sleep23-denial-before.log`) and passed after
+(`/tmp/sleep23-denial-after.log`). Existing explicit one-shot tests now invoke
+that one-shot path rather than relying on the HTTP decision to do cleanup.
+All 130 full voice and app wiring cases pass on a fresh migrated PostgreSQL DB;
+production server typecheck passes. Logs: `/tmp/sleep23-denial-acceptance.log`
+and `/tmp/sleep23-denial-types.log`.
+
+Finding 4370459800 about company deletion remains separately unresolved. Missing
+credentials and account mismatch retain cleanup debt. There is a tested recovery
+path through restoring the original account, but a permanently unavailable
+provider needs a deliberate ownership/product policy. A retry cap, elapsed time,
+or ambiguous 404 is not evidence that a billable call ended. Do not manufacture
+cleanup confirmation or silently discard the obligation to unblock deletion.
diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/voice-session-store.integration.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/voice-session-store.integration.test.ts
index d15679ada8c..c1979204a3e 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/voice-session-store.integration.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/voice-session-store.integration.test.ts
@@ -138,8 +138,10 @@ const support = external ? { supported: true } : await getEmbeddedPostgresTestSu
         const ended = f.sign({ type: "call.status", call_id: f.call.providerSessionId, status: "ended" });
         await f.service.inbound.lifecycle(f.endpoint.publicId, ended.body, ended.headers);
       } else {
+        await f.service.inbound.registerCleanupWork(coordinator, () => true).ready;
         await f.service.inbound.decide(f.companyId, f.endpointId, f.call.id, f.input.caller,
           { approve: false, approvalCode: f.call.approvalCode });
+        await settle();
         expect(f.transport.endSession).toHaveBeenCalledWith(f.call.providerSessionId);
       }
       await settle();
@@ -153,6 +155,39 @@ const support = external ? { supported: true } : await getEmbeddedPostgresTestSu
     } finally { await coordinator.stop(); vi.useRealTimers(); }
   });
 
+  it("returns a committed denial while provider cleanup is still waiting", async () => {
+    const f = await inboundFixture();
+    let release!: () => void;
+    const pendingProvider = new Promise<void>(resolve => { release = resolve; });
+    f.transport.verifyAgent.mockImplementation(async () => {
+      await pendingProvider;
+      return { id: "agent_test", organizationId: `org_${f.companyId}`, name: "Test voice" };
+    });
+    const onError = vi.fn(), coordinator = createDeliveryWorkCoordinator({ owner: db, canRun: () => true, onError });
+    let denial: ReturnType<typeof f.service.inbound.decide> | undefined;
+    try {
+      await f.service.inbound.registerCleanupWork(coordinator, () => true).ready;
+      let returned = false;
+      denial = f.service.inbound.decide(f.companyId, f.endpointId, f.call.id, f.input.caller,
+        { approve: false, approvalCode: f.call.approvalCode }).then(result => { returned = true; return result; });
+      await vi.waitFor(() => expect(returned).toBe(true), { timeout: 2000 });
+      expect(await denial).toMatchObject({ state: "denied" });
+      await vi.waitFor(() => expect(f.transport.verifyAgent).toHaveBeenCalled(), { timeout: 5000 });
+      expect(f.transport.endSession).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      const [pending] = await db.select().from(chatVoiceInboundCalls).where(eq(chatVoiceInboundCalls.id, f.call.id));
+      expect(pending.cleanupConfirmedAt).toBeNull();
+      expect(pending.cleanupNextAttemptAt).not.toBeNull();
+      release();
+      await vi.waitFor(async () => {
+        const [settled] = await db.select().from(chatVoiceInboundCalls).where(eq(chatVoiceInboundCalls.id, f.call.id));
+        expect(settled.cleanupConfirmedAt).not.toBeNull();
+      }, { timeout: 5000 });
+      expect(f.transport.endSession).toHaveBeenCalledOnce(); expect(onError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    } finally {
+      release(); await denial; await coordinator.stop();
+    }
+  });
+
   it("wakes inbound cleanup from a real signed pre-call and retains an unconfirmed end", async () => {
     const f = await inboundFixture();
     const ended = f.sign({ type: "call.status", call_id: f.call.providerSessionId, status: "ended" });
@@ -201,6 +236,7 @@ const support = external ? { supported: true } : await getEmbeddedPostgresTestSu
     const result = await f.service.inbound.decide(f.companyId, f.endpointId, f.call.id, f.input.caller,
       { approve: false, approvalCode: f.call.approvalCode });
     expect(result.state).toBe("ended");
+    await f.service.inbound.reconcile(1000);
     const [pending] = await db.select().from(chatVoiceInboundCalls).where(eq(chatVoiceInboundCalls.id, f.call.id));
     expect(pending.cleanupConfirmedAt).toBeNull(); expect(pending.cleanupNextAttemptAt).not.toBeNull();
     await db.update(chatVoiceInboundCalls).set({ expiresAt: new Date(0), updatedAt: new Date(0) }).where(eq(chatVoiceInboundCalls.id, f.call.id));
@@ -225,6 +261,7 @@ const support = external ? { supported: true } : await getEmbeddedPostgresTestSu
     f.transport.verifyAgent.mockResolvedValue({ id: "other-agent", organizationId: "another-account", name: "Other voice" });
     await f.service.inbound.decide(f.companyId, f.endpointId, f.call.id, f.input.caller,
       { approve: false, approvalCode: f.call.approvalCode });
+    await f.service.inbound.reconcile(1000);
     expect(f.transport.inspectSession).not.toHaveBeenCalled(); expect(f.transport.endSession).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     const [pending] = await db.select().from(chatVoiceInboundCalls).where(eq(chatVoiceInboundCalls.id, f.call.id));
     expect(pending.cleanupConfirmedAt).toBeNull(); expect(pending.cleanupNextAttemptAt).not.toBeNull();
@@ -1511,6 +1548,7 @@ const support = external ? { supported: true } : await getEmbeddedPostgresTestSu
   it("denies expired and rejected calls and closes the existing provider leg without creating work", async () => {
     const f = await inboundFixture();
     expect(await f.service.inbound.decide(f.companyId, f.endpointId, f.call.id, f.input.caller, {approve: false, approvalCode: f.call.approvalCode})).toMatchObject({state: "denied"});
+    await f.service.inbound.reconcile(1000);
     expect(f.transport.endSession).toHaveBeenCalledWith(f.event.session_id);
     expect(await f.tool("submit_request", {text: "Try again"})).toMatchObject({authorization: "denied", requestAccepted: false});
     const expired = await inboundFixture();
diff --git a/server/src/services/voice/voice-inbound-service.ts b/server/src/services/voice/voice-inbound-service.ts
index 87eecd773fa..5c781d5a21b 100644
--- a/server/src/services/voice/voice-inbound-service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/voice/voice-inbound-service.ts
@@ -249,9 +249,9 @@ export function voiceInboundService(db: Db, options: {
     });
     if (admission.state === "approved") return projection(admission);
     if (!input.approve) {
-      // Bound calls have already been handed to live-session recovery. Unbound
-      // rejection uses the same durable claim as scheduled cleanup.
-      await cleanup.check(admission.id).catch(error => logger.warn({ err: error, callId: admission.id }, "Incoming call termination remains pending"));
+      // The committed admission signal owns cleanup. Return the saved denial
+      // without waiting for provider account verification or physical hangup.
+      // Bound calls have already been handed to live-session recovery.
       return projection(admission);
     }
     const row = await endpoint(companyId, endpointId), credentials = await options.credentials(row, admission.credentialFingerprint);