diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-naming-generation.test.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-naming-generation.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..acbd4653976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-naming-generation.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { ClaudeStreamJsonConnection } from './claude-stream-json-connection'
+import { createClaudeNamingGeneration } from './claude-naming-generation'
+
+describe('createClaudeNamingGeneration', () => {
+  it("passes a close's options through to the connection it watches", async () => {
+    const close = vi.fn(async () => true)
+    // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: attach and the close wrapper read only close and exitVerdict.
+    const connection = {
+      close,
+      exitVerdict: { root: 'exited' }
+    } as unknown as ClaudeStreamJsonConnection
+    createClaudeNamingGeneration('chat', undefined, 'native', () => {}).attach(connection)
+
+    await connection.close({ grace: 'brief' })
+
+    expect(close).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ grace: 'brief' })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-naming-generation.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-naming-generation.ts
index 8cf86ae5260..2edde684fd4 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/claude-naming-generation.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-naming-generation.ts
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ export function createClaudeNamingGeneration(
         generation.phase = 'initializing'
       }
       const close = connection.close
-      connection.close = () => {
+      connection.close = (...args) => {
         generation.phase = 'closing'
-        const done = close.call(connection)
+        const done = close.apply(connection, args)
         generation.closing = done
         notify()
         return done.finally(() => {
diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-stream-json-connection.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-stream-json-connection.ts
index b2654e1e03f..07ea066980f 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/claude-stream-json-connection.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-stream-json-connection.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import type { ClaudeStructuredSdkOptions } from './structured/launch/claude-stru
 import { withProviderSpawnAbsence } from '../provider-process/provider-executable-missing'
 import { claudeStreamJsonExitError } from './claude-stream-json-exit-error'
 import { withObservedProviderExit } from '../native-chat/agent-session-wire/startup/structured-agent-session-failure-text'
+import type { ProviderProcessCloseOptions } from '../provider-process/provider-process-close'
 
 export { ClaudeControlRequestError }
 
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ export type ClaudeStreamJsonConnection = ClaudeControlSurface & {
   resumeReading?: () => void
   send: (message: Record<string, unknown>, beforeDispatch?: () => Promise<void>) => Promise<void>
   /** Resolves true after processless settlement, or root exit plus observed tree exit. */
-  close: () => Promise<boolean>
+  close: (options?: ProviderProcessCloseOptions) => Promise<boolean>
 }
 
 export async function openClaudeStreamJsonConnection(
@@ -270,14 +271,14 @@ export async function openClaudeStreamJsonConnection(
     return inbox.push(message as unknown as SDKUserMessage, beforeDispatch)
   }
 
-  const close = (): Promise<boolean> => {
+  const close = (options?: ProviderProcessCloseOptions): Promise<boolean> => {
     closePromise ??= (async () => {
       closing = true
       resumeReading()
       // Capture before stopping: exited roots can leave reparented descendants undiscoverable.
       await (tree.refresh?.() ?? tree.capture())
       inbox.end()
-      const result = await managed.closeWriter(tree)
+      const result = await managed.closeWriter(tree, options)
       const proven = claudeChildCloseProven(result) || result.killDelivered === true
       inbox.fail(new Error('claude stream-json connection closed'))
       if (!proven) {
diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-supervised-stop.integration.test.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-supervised-stop.integration.test.ts
index 5386723cf0d..82e6d20fd65 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/claude-supervised-stop.integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-supervised-stop.integration.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   PROVIDER_STDIN_END_GRACE_MS,
   PROVIDER_SUPERVISOR_MAX_STOP_MS
 } from '../provider-process/provider-process-supervisor'
-import { proveClaudeChildExit } from './claude-agent-sdk-exit-proof'
+import { createClaudeChildTreeReaper, proveClaudeChildExit } from './claude-agent-sdk-exit-proof'
 import { createClaudeCodeProcessSpawn } from './claude-agent-sdk-process-spawn'
 
 // EOF leaves the turn running; SIGTERM reaps a detached tool but preserves a double-forked daemon.
@@ -195,6 +195,26 @@ describe.runIf(process.platform !== 'win32')('Claude under the POSIX provider su
     expect(alive(pids.claude)).toBe(false)
   })
 
+  it('forces a Claude that ignores SIGTERM soon after a brief close, with its exit proven', async () => {
+    const { managed, exit, pids } = await spawnClaude({ ORCA_TEST_CLAUDE_IGNORES_SIGTERM: '1' })
+    const tree = createClaudeChildTreeReaper(managed.child, {
+      exited: () => managed.rootVerdict === 'exited'
+    })
+
+    // ast-grep-ignore: test-no-wall-clock -- the brief grace is the behaviour under test
+    const startedAt = Date.now()
+    await expect(managed.close(tree, { grace: 'brief' })).resolves.toEqual({
+      root: 'exited',
+      tree: 'exited'
+    })
+
+    // ast-grep-ignore: test-no-wall-clock -- the full SIGTERM grace is 3 s; a brief close must not wait it out
+    expect(Date.now() - startedAt).toBeLessThan(2_500)
+    await expect(exit).resolves.toEqual({ code: null, signal: 'SIGTERM', processless: false })
+    expect(alive(pids.claude)).toBe(false)
+    expect(alive(pids.tool)).toBe(false)
+  })
+
   it("stops Claude and its tool when Orca's main dies, and leaves a daemon that left its tree alone", async () => {
     const specs: ProcessSpec[] = []
     createClaudeCodeProcessSpawn((spec) => {
diff --git a/src/main/claude/structured/claude-structured-acquisition-release.ts b/src/main/claude/structured/claude-structured-acquisition-release.ts
index b501b571264..6f5c32a838b 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/structured/claude-structured-acquisition-release.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/structured/claude-structured-acquisition-release.ts
@@ -10,19 +10,23 @@ import type {
   ClaudeSessionExit,
   ClaudeStructuredSessionAdapterDeps
 } from './claude-structured-session-state'
+import type { ProviderProcessCloseOptions } from '../../provider-process/provider-process-close'
+
+export type ClaudeReleaseRequest = { sessionId: string; closeOptions?: ProviderProcessCloseOptions }
 
 /** An observed exit still requires connection cleanup; absence alone cannot prove release. */
-export async function releaseClaudeAcquisition(input: {
-  sessionId: string
-  sessions: Map<string, ClaudeSession>
-  acquisitions: ClaudeAcquisitionRegistry
-  exits: Map<string, ClaudeSessionExit>
-  onExitProven?: (sessionId: string, exit: ClaudeSessionExit) => Promise<void>
-  persistHandle?: ClaudeStructuredSessionAdapterDeps['persistHandle']
-  onEvent?: ClaudeStructuredSessionAdapterDeps['onEvent']
-  logger?: ClaudeStructuredSessionAdapterDeps['logger']
-  settledExitErrors?: Map<string, Error>
-}): Promise<boolean> {
+export async function releaseClaudeAcquisition(
+  input: ClaudeReleaseRequest & {
+    sessions: Map<string, ClaudeSession>
+    acquisitions: ClaudeAcquisitionRegistry
+    exits: Map<string, ClaudeSessionExit>
+    onExitProven?: (sessionId: string, exit: ClaudeSessionExit) => Promise<void>
+    persistHandle?: ClaudeStructuredSessionAdapterDeps['persistHandle']
+    onEvent?: ClaudeStructuredSessionAdapterDeps['onEvent']
+    logger?: ClaudeStructuredSessionAdapterDeps['logger']
+    settledExitErrors?: Map<string, Error>
+  }
+): Promise<boolean> {
   const exit = input.exits.get(input.sessionId)
   if (!exit || input.sessions.has(input.sessionId) || input.acquisitions.get(input.sessionId)) {
     return closeClaudeSession(input)
diff --git a/src/main/claude/structured/claude-structured-session-adapter.ts b/src/main/claude/structured/claude-structured-session-adapter.ts
index 506eadfc65c..c72b025529e 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/structured/claude-structured-session-adapter.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/structured/claude-structured-session-adapter.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ import type {
 } from '../../native-chat/agent-session-wire/providers/structured-agent-session-adapter'
 import { stopCurrentClaudeBackgroundTasks } from './claude-structured-control-actions'
 import { claudeHeldSends, claudeHoldsDispatch } from '../claude-command-lifecycle'
-import { releaseClaudeAcquisition } from './claude-structured-acquisition-release'
+import {
+  releaseClaudeAcquisition,
+  type ClaudeReleaseRequest
+} from './claude-structured-acquisition-release'
 import { acquireClaudeSession } from './claude-structured-session-acquisition'
 import { supportsClaudeStructuredLocation } from './launch/claude-structured-location-support'
 import * as claudeOptions from './launch/claude-structured-options'
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ export class ClaudeStructuredSessionAdapter implements StructuredAgentSessionAda
           finishClaudeCloseAfterExit({
             sessions: this.sessions,
             exits: this.exits,
-            closeExit: this.releaseProviderSession,
+            closeExit: (sessionId) => this.releaseProviderSession({ sessionId }),
             sessionId,
             connection: attempt.connection,
             deps: { ...this.deps, settledExitErrors: this.settledExitErrors },
@@ -227,9 +230,9 @@ export class ClaudeStructuredSessionAdapter implements StructuredAgentSessionAda
     })
   readOptions = (input: { sessionId: string; fence: number }) =>
     readClaudeStructuredSessionOptions(this.session(input.sessionId))
-  releaseAcquisition = (input: { sessionId: string }): Promise<boolean> => {
+  releaseAcquisition = (input: ClaudeReleaseRequest): Promise<boolean> => {
     this.endings.retire(input.sessionId)
-    return this.afterClose(input.sessionId, () => this.releaseProviderSession(input.sessionId))
+    return this.afterClose(input.sessionId, () => this.releaseProviderSession(input))
   }
   acknowledgeSessionRelease = (sessionId: string): void => {
     this.settledExitErrors.delete(sessionId)
@@ -260,9 +263,9 @@ export class ClaudeStructuredSessionAdapter implements StructuredAgentSessionAda
     }
   }
 
-  private releaseProviderSession = (sessionId: string): Promise<boolean> =>
+  private releaseProviderSession = (request: ClaudeReleaseRequest): Promise<boolean> =>
     releaseClaudeAcquisition({
-      sessionId,
+      ...request,
       sessions: this.sessions,
       acquisitions: this.acquisitions,
       exits: this.exits,
@@ -272,8 +275,12 @@ export class ClaudeStructuredSessionAdapter implements StructuredAgentSessionAda
       ...this.deps
     })
 
-  closeSession = (sessionId: string): Promise<boolean> =>
-    this.releaseAcquisition({ sessionId }).finally(() => {
+  closeSession: NonNullable<StructuredAgentSessionAdapter['closeSession']> = (
+    sessionId,
+    _,
+    options
+  ) =>
+    this.releaseAcquisition({ sessionId, closeOptions: options }).finally(() => {
       const receipt = this.settledExitErrors.get(sessionId)
       if (
         !(
diff --git a/src/main/claude/structured/claude-structured-session-close.ts b/src/main/claude/structured/claude-structured-session-close.ts
index 524867ed56a..4eb98131f6d 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/structured/claude-structured-session-close.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/structured/claude-structured-session-close.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { claudeHeldSends } from '../claude-command-lifecycle'
 import { settledClaudeTurnEndLeaf } from './claude-structured-resume-point'
 import { settleClaudeTurnEndWaiters } from '../claude-request-end-wait'
 import type { StructuredAgentSessionLogger } from '../../native-chat/agent-session-wire/host/structured-agent-session-logger'
+import type { ProviderProcessCloseOptions } from '../../provider-process/provider-process-close'
 
 /** Root exit releases the lease even with unverified descendants; a failed spawn proves no exit. */
 export function claudeRootExitObserved(
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ type CloseClaudePublishedSessionInput = {
   onEvent?: (event: ClaudeStructuredSessionEvent) => void
   logger?: StructuredAgentSessionLogger
   settledExitErrors?: Map<string, Error>
+  closeOptions?: ProviderProcessCloseOptions
 }
 
 async function finalizeClaudePublishedSession(
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ async function finalizeClaudePublishedSession(
   for (const prompt of session.prompts.clear()) {
     prompt.settle(null)
   }
-  const connectionClosed = await session.connection.close()
+  const connectionClosed = await session.connection.close(input.closeOptions)
   session.unbindReadingControl?.()
   const rootExitVerdict = claudeCloseReport(
     session.connection,
diff --git a/src/main/codex/structured/session-lifecycle/codex-structured-session-adapter.ts b/src/main/codex/structured/session-lifecycle/codex-structured-session-adapter.ts
index ee7d10934a6..54f6f9c7e86 100644
--- a/src/main/codex/structured/session-lifecycle/codex-structured-session-adapter.ts
+++ b/src/main/codex/structured/session-lifecycle/codex-structured-session-adapter.ts
@@ -330,8 +330,8 @@ export class CodexStructuredSessionAdapter implements SessionAdapter {
   projectOptions = (sessionId: string, options: Readonly<Record<string, string>>) =>
     projectCodexSessionOptions(this.sessions.get(sessionId), options)
 
-  closeSession: NonNullable<SessionAdapter['closeSession']> = (...args) =>
-    this.teardown.close(...args)
+  closeSession: NonNullable<SessionAdapter['closeSession']> = (sessionId, observeClose) =>
+    this.teardown.close(sessionId, observeClose)
   forceCloseSession = (sessionId: string): Promise<boolean> => this.teardown.forceClose(sessionId)
   disposeSession: NonNullable<SessionAdapter['disposeSession']> = this.closeSession
   closeAll = (): Promise<void> => this.teardown.closeAll()
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/host/testing/structured-conversation-command.test.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/host/testing/structured-conversation-command.test.ts
index 0caee9c3dc9..0ca17eca0c0 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/host/testing/structured-conversation-command.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/host/testing/structured-conversation-command.test.ts
@@ -175,4 +175,11 @@ describe('same-conversation clear', () => {
       store.getOperationRow(caller.callerKey, params.envelope.clientOperationId)?.outcome.status
     ).toBe('succeeded')
   })
+
+  it('stops the old agent with a brief grace, since the divider waits on that stop', async () => {
+    await clearCommits()
+    expect(adapter.closeSession).toHaveBeenCalledWith(HOST_TEST_SESSION, undefined, {
+      grace: 'brief'
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/providers/structured-agent-session-adapter-router.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/providers/structured-agent-session-adapter-router.ts
index 1715f58ba09..3427d6bf0c6 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/providers/structured-agent-session-adapter-router.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/providers/structured-agent-session-adapter-router.ts
@@ -231,17 +231,17 @@ export class StructuredAgentSessionAdapterRouter implements Adapter {
     return adapter.copyConversation(input)
   }
 
-  closeSession: NonNullable<Adapter['closeSession']> = (sessionId, observeClose) =>
-    this.stopSession(sessionId, (adapter) => adapter.closeSession?.(sessionId, observeClose))
+  closeSession: NonNullable<Adapter['closeSession']> = (...args) =>
+    this.stopSession(args[0], (adapter) => adapter.closeSession?.(...args))
 
   forceCloseSession = (sessionId: string): Promise<boolean> =>
     this.stopSession(sessionId, (adapter) =>
       (adapter.forceCloseSession ?? adapter.closeSession)?.call(adapter, sessionId)
     )
 
-  disposeSession: NonNullable<Adapter['disposeSession']> = (sessionId, observeClose) =>
-    this.stopSession(sessionId, (adapter) =>
-      (adapter.disposeSession ?? adapter.closeSession)?.call(adapter, sessionId, observeClose)
+  disposeSession: NonNullable<Adapter['disposeSession']> = (...args) =>
+    this.stopSession(args[0], (adapter) =>
+      (adapter.disposeSession ?? adapter.closeSession)?.call(adapter, ...args)
     )
 
   private async stopSession(
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/providers/structured-agent-session-adapter.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/providers/structured-agent-session-adapter.ts
index 6b5e43543df..8c897fb5c3d 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/providers/structured-agent-session-adapter.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/providers/structured-agent-session-adapter.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { PrepareStructuredRewind } from './structured-agent-session-rewind-contract'
+import type { ProviderProcessCloseOptions } from '../../../provider-process/provider-process-close'
 import type { NativeCopyCoverage } from '../../agent-session-journal/context-epochs/journal-history-origin'
 import type { StructuredAgentSessionConversationCopyInput } from './structured-agent-session-conversation-copy-input'
 import type { CodexAccountUsageRead } from '../../../rate-limits/codex-rpc-rate-limit-mapper'
@@ -347,11 +348,19 @@ export type StructuredAgentSessionAdapter = StructuredAgentSessionAdapterStop &
   }): Promise<void> | undefined
   stopProviderNaming?(): void
   /** True proves child exit; root/processless verdicts throw only after finalization (stopAgentSessionProviderRoot). */
-  closeSession?(sessionId: string, observeClose?: AgentSessionCloseObserver): Promise<boolean>
+  closeSession?(
+    sessionId: string,
+    observeClose?: AgentSessionCloseObserver,
+    options?: ProviderProcessCloseOptions
+  ): Promise<boolean>
   /** Sink-failure shutdown leaves exit recovery unexpected. */
   forceCloseSession?(sessionId: string): Promise<boolean>
   /** Teardown without requiring a future-resume cursor. */
-  disposeSession?(sessionId: string, observeClose?: AgentSessionCloseObserver): Promise<boolean>
+  disposeSession?(
+    sessionId: string,
+    observeClose?: AgentSessionCloseObserver,
+    options?: ProviderProcessCloseOptions
+  ): Promise<boolean>
   /** Acknowledge only after dead-child, lease and journal ownership release. */
   acknowledgeSessionRelease?(sessionId: string, acquisition?: AcquisitionReceipt): void
 }
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/termination/structured-agent-session-child-close.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/termination/structured-agent-session-child-close.ts
index e928ffa32d0..13a933687c5 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/termination/structured-agent-session-child-close.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/termination/structured-agent-session-child-close.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export async function joinStructuredAgentSessionChildClose(
 ): Promise<StructuredAgentSessionChildCloseVerdict> {
   // Capture startup state before provider release loses that evidence.
   const unanswered = child.phase === 'starting'
-  const closed = await closeProviderRoot(context, sessionId, observeClose)
+  const closed = await closeProviderRoot(context, sessionId, child, observeClose)
   if (!closed) {
     return 'unverifiable'
   }
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export async function joinClosingStructuredAgentSessionChild(
     return { ok: true }
   }
   const unanswered = child.phase === 'starting'
-  const closing = closeProviderRoot(context, sessionId)
+  const closing = closeProviderRoot(context, sessionId, child)
   const closed = await (lock ? lock.wait(closing) : closing)
   if (closed) {
     const end = () =>
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ export async function joinClosingStructuredAgentSessionChild(
 function closeProviderRoot(
   context: StructuredAgentSessionLifetimeContext,
   sessionId: string,
+  child: StructuredAgentSessionProviderChild,
   observeClose?: AgentSessionCloseObserver
 ): Promise<boolean | 'kill-delivered'> {
   const { adapter, logger } = context.deps
@@ -107,7 +108,12 @@ function closeProviderRoot(
   return stopAgentSessionProviderRoot(
     async () => {
       const close = adapter.disposeSession ?? adapter.closeSession
-      return (await close?.call(adapter, sessionId, observeClose)) === true
+      // The clear's divider waits on this stop, so the old agent gets only a brief grace.
+      const closing =
+        child.close?.cause === 'context-clear'
+          ? close?.call(adapter, sessionId, observeClose, { grace: 'brief' })
+          : close?.call(adapter, sessionId, observeClose)
+      return (await closing) === true
     },
     // Proven exit stands; descendant/follow-up failures are log-only.
     (error) =>
diff --git a/src/main/provider-process/managed-provider-process.ts b/src/main/provider-process/managed-provider-process.ts
index 218efc485b2..3abd330609f 100644
--- a/src/main/provider-process/managed-provider-process.ts
+++ b/src/main/provider-process/managed-provider-process.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { spawnProcess } from '@orca/process-host'
 import { RetryableProcessExitProof } from '@orca/process-host/retryable-process-exit-proof'
 import type { ProviderProcessLaunch } from './provider-process-launch'
 import {
+  PROVIDER_BRIEF_SIGTERM_GRACE_MS,
   PROVIDER_SUPERVISOR_MAX_STOP_MS,
   createProviderSpawnSpec,
   type ProviderSupervisorLifetime
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   acceptProviderWriterClose,
   closeProviderProcess,
   rootOnlyProviderClosePolicy,
+  type ProviderProcessCloseOptions,
   type ProviderProcessClosePolicy,
   type ProviderProcessCloseResult,
   type ProviderProcessTree
@@ -72,9 +74,16 @@ export type ManagedProviderProcess = {
   stderrTail(): string
   onExit(listener: (exit: ProviderProcessExit) => void): void
   terminateTree(): Promise<ProviderProcessTeardownVerdict>
-  close(tree?: ProviderProcessTree): Promise<ProviderProcessCloseResult>
+  /** A close joining one already in flight shares that close's grace. */
+  close(
+    tree?: ProviderProcessTree,
+    options?: ProviderProcessCloseOptions
+  ): Promise<ProviderProcessCloseResult>
   /** Writer retirement can finish while explicitly stricter tree cleanup remains retryable. */
-  closeWriter(tree: ProviderProcessTree): Promise<ProviderProcessCloseResult>
+  closeWriter(
+    tree: ProviderProcessTree,
+    options?: ProviderProcessCloseOptions
+  ): Promise<ProviderProcessCloseResult>
 }
 
 export function spawnManagedProviderProcess(
@@ -199,7 +208,10 @@ export function spawnManagedProviderProcess(
     return lastCloseResult?.killDelivered ? lastCloseResult : null
   }
 
-  const close = (tree?: ProviderProcessTree): Promise<ProviderProcessCloseResult> =>
+  const close = (
+    tree?: ProviderProcessTree,
+    closeOptions?: ProviderProcessCloseOptions
+  ): Promise<ProviderProcessCloseResult> =>
     exitProof.run(async () => {
       const known = knownWriterClose(tree)
       if (known && !options.acceptClose) {
@@ -217,7 +229,10 @@ export function spawnManagedProviderProcess(
         supervised: spec.supervised,
         policy,
         tree,
-        terminateTree
+        terminateTree,
+        ...(closeOptions?.grace === 'brief'
+          ? { briefGraceMs: PROVIDER_BRIEF_SIGTERM_GRACE_MS }
+          : {})
       })
       lastCloseResult = {
         ...result,
@@ -261,9 +276,9 @@ export function spawnManagedProviderProcess(
     },
     terminateTree,
     close,
-    closeWriter(tree) {
+    closeWriter(tree, closeOptions) {
       const known = knownWriterClose(tree)
-      return known ? Promise.resolve(known) : close(tree)
+      return known ? Promise.resolve(known) : close(tree, closeOptions)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/provider-process/provider-process-close.ts b/src/main/provider-process/provider-process-close.ts
index 839351239e2..f8f2dd21b8d 100644
--- a/src/main/provider-process/provider-process-close.ts
+++ b/src/main/provider-process/provider-process-close.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import type { SpawnedProcess } from '@orca/process-host/process-spec'
 import type { DescendantTreeVerdict } from '../pty/process-retirement/pty-descendant-exit-verification'
 import { waitForProcessExitUntil } from './provider-process-exit-deadline'
-import { PROVIDER_SUPERVISOR_MAX_STOP_MS } from './provider-process-supervisor'
+import {
+  PROVIDER_SUPERVISOR_MAX_STOP_MS,
+  PROVIDER_SUPERVISOR_REAP_NOW_SIGNAL
+} from './provider-process-supervisor'
 import type { ProviderProcessTeardownVerdict } from './provider-process-teardown'
 
 export type ProviderProcessTree = {
@@ -30,8 +33,13 @@ export type ProviderProcessCloseInput = {
   policy: ProviderProcessClosePolicy
   tree?: ProviderProcessTree
   terminateTree: () => Promise<ProviderProcessTeardownVerdict>
+  /** Time after stdin end/SIGTERM before a supervisor is asked to reap now, or an unsupervised root is forced. */
+  briefGraceMs?: number
 }
 
+/** 'brief' is for a stop the user is waiting on; providers without a SIGTERM ladder may ignore it. */
+export type ProviderProcessCloseOptions = { grace?: 'brief' }
+
 export type ProviderProcessCloseResult = {
   root: DescendantTreeVerdict
   /** Null when this close made no observation of the descendants. */
@@ -56,6 +64,25 @@ export function acceptProviderWriterClose(result: ProviderProcessCloseResult): b
   return result.root === 'exited' || result.killDelivered === true
 }
 
+// A supervised close without its SIGTERM has no ladder to shorten, so it keeps the full wait.
+async function waitForGracefulExit(
+  input: ProviderProcessCloseInput,
+  signalled: boolean
+): Promise<void> {
+  const { gracefulExitMs } = input.policy
+  if (input.briefGraceMs === undefined || (input.supervised && !signalled)) {
+    return waitForProcessExitUntil(input.exitPromise, gracefulExitMs)
+  }
+  const briefMs = Math.min(input.briefGraceMs, gracefulExitMs)
+  await waitForProcessExitUntil(input.exitPromise, briefMs)
+  if (!signalled || input.rootVerdict() === 'exited') {
+    return
+  }
+  // The supervisor still owns the reap: asked now, it SIGKILLs its group instead of waiting out the grace.
+  input.child.kill(PROVIDER_SUPERVISOR_REAP_NOW_SIGNAL)
+  await waitForProcessExitUntil(input.exitPromise, gracefulExitMs - briefMs)
+}
+
 /** The supervisor owns the POSIX signal ladder; its wrapper must outlive that ladder. */
 export async function closeProviderProcess(
   input: ProviderProcessCloseInput
@@ -69,14 +96,18 @@ export async function closeProviderProcess(
   } catch {
     // A broken pipe still owes the reap.
   }
-  if (input.supervised && policy.signalSupervisorOnClose && input.rootVerdict() !== 'exited') {
+  const signalled =
+    input.supervised === true &&
+    policy.signalSupervisorOnClose === true &&
+    input.rootVerdict() !== 'exited'
+  if (signalled) {
     child.kill('SIGTERM')
   }
   let reaped = false
   let fallbackTree: DescendantTreeVerdict | null = null
   let killDelivered = false
   if (input.rootVerdict() !== 'exited') {
-    await waitForProcessExitUntil(input.exitPromise, policy.gracefulExitMs)
+    await waitForGracefulExit(input, signalled)
     if (input.rootVerdict() !== 'exited') {
       reaped = true
       await tree?.refresh?.()
diff --git a/src/main/provider-process/provider-process-supervisor.integration.test.ts b/src/main/provider-process/provider-process-supervisor.integration.test.ts
index e1b42641f63..5dceaea779c 100644
--- a/src/main/provider-process/provider-process-supervisor.integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/provider-process/provider-process-supervisor.integration.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import {
   PROVIDER_STDIN_END_GRACE_MS,
   PROVIDER_SUPERVISOR_MAX_STOP_MS,
+  PROVIDER_SUPERVISOR_REAP_NOW_SIGNAL,
   supervisedPosixLaunch,
   type ProviderSupervisorOptions
 } from './provider-process-supervisor'
@@ -14,7 +15,9 @@ import { supervisedProviderSpawnFailure } from './provider-spawn-failure-report'
 // The provider leads its own group; its grandchild shares that group and ignores SIGTERM.
 const PROVIDER = String.raw`
   const { spawn } = require('node:child_process')
-  if (process.env.ORCA_TEST_PROVIDER_IGNORES_SIGTERM) process.on('SIGTERM', () => {})
+  if (process.env.ORCA_TEST_PROVIDER_IGNORES_SIGTERM) {
+    process.on('SIGTERM', () => console.log(JSON.stringify({ sigterm: process.pid })))
+  }
   if (process.env.ORCA_TEST_PROVIDER_SIGNAL_FILE) {
     process.on('SIGTERM', () => {
       require('node:fs').writeFileSync(process.env.ORCA_TEST_PROVIDER_SIGNAL_FILE, 'SIGTERM')
@@ -267,6 +270,25 @@ describe.runIf(process.platform !== 'win32')('POSIX provider supervisor processe
     expect(alive(grandchild)).toBe(false)
   })
 
+  it('reaps the group at once when a stopping supervisor is asked to', async () => {
+    const { supervisor, exit } = launchSupervisor({}, { ORCA_TEST_PROVIDER_IGNORES_SIGTERM: '1' })
+    const { provider, grandchild } = await readPids(supervisor, ['provider', 'grandchild'])
+
+    // ast-grep-ignore: test-no-wall-clock -- the cut SIGTERM grace is the behaviour under test
+    const startedAt = Date.now()
+    supervisor.kill('SIGTERM')
+    // Repeat only once the first stop reached the group, so the two signals cannot coalesce.
+    await readPids(supervisor, ['sigterm'])
+    expect(alive(-provider)).toBe(true)
+    supervisor.kill(PROVIDER_SUPERVISOR_REAP_NOW_SIGNAL)
+
+    await expect(exit).resolves.toEqual({ code: null, signal: 'SIGTERM' })
+    // ast-grep-ignore: test-no-wall-clock -- the full grace is 3 s; a reap-now request must not wait it out
+    expect(Date.now() - startedAt).toBeLessThan(1_500)
+    expect(alive(provider)).toBe(false)
+    expect(alive(grandchild)).toBe(false)
+  })
+
   it('lets a session provider group finish its SIGTERM cleanup after the provider exits', async () => {
     const cleanupFile = join(tempDir(), 'grandchild-cleaned-up')
     const { supervisor, exit } = launchSupervisor(
diff --git a/src/main/provider-process/provider-process-supervisor.ts b/src/main/provider-process/provider-process-supervisor.ts
index f664769aa9a..eb505b1c34b 100644
--- a/src/main/provider-process/provider-process-supervisor.ts
+++ b/src/main/provider-process/provider-process-supervisor.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ import { PROVIDER_SPAWN_FAILURE_MARKER } from './provider-spawn-failure-report'
 export const PROVIDER_STDIN_END_GRACE_MS = 1_000
 /** Time the provider group gets to flush and exit after SIGTERM, before SIGKILL. */
 export const PROVIDER_SIGTERM_GRACE_MS = 3_000
+/** A stop the user waits on (context clear) asks the supervisor to reap its group after this;
+ * Claude itself usually exits within it, so only a straggler in its group gets killed. */
+export const PROVIDER_BRIEF_SIGTERM_GRACE_MS = 1_000
+/** Asks a stopping supervisor to reap its group now; a repeated SIGTERM stays a plain stop. */
+export const PROVIDER_SUPERVISOR_REAP_NOW_SIGNAL = 'SIGUSR2'
 /** Bound kernel kill completion; a process stuck on a hung drive must not hang close/recovery forever. */
 export const PROVIDER_GROUP_REAP_TIMEOUT_MS = 1_500
 /** Longest a supervisor waits, after its provider exits, to relay output still in the pipes. */
@@ -24,6 +29,10 @@ const [providerCommand, ...providerArgs] = process.argv.slice(1)
 const ownerGone = () => process.ppid !== spec.ownerPid
 // Registered before the spawn, so a stop that lands while the provider starts still reaps it.
 for (const signal of ['SIGTERM', 'SIGINT', 'SIGHUP']) process.on(signal, () => stopProviderGroup(signal))
+process.on(${JSON.stringify(PROVIDER_SUPERVISOR_REAP_NOW_SIGNAL)}, () => {
+  sigtermGraceCut = true
+  stopProviderGroup('SIGTERM')
+})
 // Orca can die before this runs; spawning then would start a provider nothing watches.
 if (ownerGone()) process.exit(1)
 const childEnv = { ...process.env, ...spec.nodeEnv }
@@ -63,6 +72,7 @@ if (reports) {
 let timer
 let ownerShutdownTimer
 let settling = false
+let sigtermGraceCut = false
 let providerExited = false
 const providerGroupExists = () => {
   if (!child.pid) return false
@@ -73,10 +83,10 @@ const providerGroupExists = () => {
     return Boolean(error && error.code !== 'ESRCH')
   }
 }
-const waitForProviderGroupExit = async (timeoutMs, untilProviderExits = false) => {
+const waitForProviderGroupExit = async (timeoutMs, stopWaiting = () => false) => {
   const deadline = Date.now() + timeoutMs
   while (providerGroupExists()) {
-    if (Date.now() >= deadline || (untilProviderExits && providerExited)) return false
+    if (Date.now() >= deadline || stopWaiting()) return false
     await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 25))
   }
   return true
@@ -94,8 +104,8 @@ const finishWithProviderOutcome = (code, signal) => {
   process.removeAllListeners(signal)
   process.kill(process.pid, signal)
 }
-// Every stop is the same: SIGTERM the group, SIGKILL it after its grace, and exit only once it is
-// gone. Whoever stops this pid judges the provider by it, so a dead supervisor means a dead group.
+// Every stop is the same: SIGTERM the group, SIGKILL it after its grace (or once asked to reap now), and exit
+// only once it is gone. Whoever stops this pid judges the provider by it, so a dead supervisor means a dead group.
 const stopProviderGroup = (receivedSignal) => {
   if (settling) return
   settling = true
@@ -103,7 +113,8 @@ const stopProviderGroup = (receivedSignal) => {
   if (ownerShutdownTimer) clearTimeout(ownerShutdownTimer)
   try { process.kill(-child.pid, 'SIGTERM') } catch {}
   // A one-shot's helpers die with it once it has exited; a session's keep the grace to clean up.
-  void waitForProviderGroupExit(spec.sigtermGraceMs, spec.lifetime === 'one-shot')
+  const graceOver = () => sigtermGraceCut || (spec.lifetime === 'one-shot' && providerExited)
+  void waitForProviderGroupExit(spec.sigtermGraceMs, graceOver)
     .then((exited) => exited || reapOwnedProviderGroup())
     .then((reaped) => {
       if (!reaped) return process.exit(1)