diff --git a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/runtime-host.test.ts b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/runtime-host.test.ts
index a5dc058412..7d8c3741e0 100644
--- a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/runtime-host.test.ts
+++ b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/runtime-host.test.ts
@@ -1395,6 +1395,34 @@ describe("ACPX runtime host", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("keeps host shutdown independent of a concurrent managed turn cancellation", async () => {
+    const fixture = await hostFixture();
+    const raw = runtimeTurn(); // Native cancel acknowledges, but never resolves result.
+    const runtime = runtimePort({ startTurn: () => raw });
+    const host = await AcpxRuntimeHost.open(
+      {
+        ...fixture.options,
+        agent: "codex",
+        model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
+        permissionMode: "approve-reads",
+        environment: { PAPERCLIP_ACPX_CODEX_AUTH_JSON_SECRET: "{}" },
+      },
+      fixture.dependencies({ openRuntime: async () => runtime }),
+    );
+    const managed = host.startTurn({ text: "Work", requestId: "turn-1" });
+    // The host retains raw.cancel, so its shutdown cannot wait on the managed
+    // cancellation which falls back to that same host's close promise.
+    const closed = host.close({ reason: "controller shutdown" });
+    const cancelled = managed.cancel({ reason: "operator stop" });
+    await expect(Promise.all([closed, cancelled])).resolves.toEqual([undefined, undefined]);
+    await expect(managed.result).resolves.toEqual({
+      status: "cancelled", stopReason: "cancelled_after_runtime_close",
+    });
+    expect(host.isClosed()).toBe(true);
+    expect(runtime.close).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith({ reason: "controller shutdown" });
+    expect(fixture.commandClose).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
   it("clones ephemeral capabilities and fences steering controls to an acknowledged active turn", async () => {
     const fixture = await hostFixture();
     const turn = runtimeTurn();
diff --git a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/turn-cancellation.test.ts b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/turn-cancellation.test.ts
index 52201e5bab..4db3a55e14 100644
--- a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/turn-cancellation.test.ts
+++ b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/turn-cancellation.test.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,29 @@ it("never publishes cancellation when owned provider cleanup fails", async () =>
   await Promise.all([result, next, stopped]);
 });
 
+it.each(["completed", "failed"] as const)("waits after clean EOF for %s owned cleanup", async outcome => {
+  vi.useFakeTimers(); const f = fixture();
+  const next = f.turn.events[Symbol.asyncIterator]().next();
+  const stopped = f.turn.cancel();
+  const nextOutcome = next.then(() => "ended", () => "failed");
+  let streamSettled = false;
+  void nextOutcome.then(() => { streamSettled = true; });
+  const result = outcome === "failed"
+    ? expect(f.turn.result).rejects.toThrow("cleanup failed")
+    : expect(f.turn.result).resolves.toMatchObject({ status: "cancelled" });
+  const cancellation = outcome === "failed"
+    ? expect(stopped).rejects.toThrow("cleanup failed")
+    : expect(stopped).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+  f.stream.resolve({ done: true, value: undefined });
+  await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(20);
+  expect(f.close).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  expect(streamSettled).toBe(false);
+  if (outcome === "failed") f.cleanup.reject(new Error("cleanup failed"));
+  else f.cleanup.resolve();
+  await Promise.all([result, cancellation]);
+  await expect(nextOutcome).resolves.toBe(outcome === "failed" ? "failed" : "ended");
+});
+
 it.each(["completed", "cancelled", "failed"] as const)("settles a racing provider %s terminal without waiting for the run timeout", async status => {
   const f = fixture();
   const stopped = f.turn.cancel();
diff --git a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/turn-cancellation.ts b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/turn-cancellation.ts
index c5dc8f67c0..971a280043 100644
--- a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/turn-cancellation.ts
+++ b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/turn-cancellation.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,13 @@ export function withAcpxTurnCancellation(
             await cancellation;
             return { kind: "retired" as const };
           });
-          if (next.kind === "retired" || next.value.done) return;
+          if (next.kind === "retired") return;
+          if (next.value.done) {
+            // Clean EOF is no stronger than a transport error: when Stop owns
+            // settlement, keep the stream open until terminal/cleanup proof.
+            if (cancellation) await cancellation;
+            return;
+          }
           yield next.value.value;
         }
       } finally {