diff --git a/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/kill-legacy-relay-bridged.test.ts b/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/kill-legacy-relay-bridged.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aae166cacc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/kill-legacy-relay-bridged.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { toAppSshPtyId } from '../../../../shared/ssh-pty-id'
+import type { SshRemotePtyLease } from '../../../../shared/ssh-types'
+import { installLegacyRelayBridge } from '../../../ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-bridge-registry'
+import type { PtyRuntimeControllerDeps } from './controller-deps'
+import { killPtyFromRuntimeController } from './kill'
+
+const TARGET = 'ssh-box'
+const lease: SshRemotePtyLease = {
+  targetId: TARGET,
+  ptyId: 'pty2:epoch:1',
+  tabId: 'tab-1',
+  state: 'detached',
+  createdAt: 1,
+  updatedAt: 1
+}
+
+describe('a generic kill of a terminal an older relay still runs', () => {
+  it('leaves its lease to the bridge instead of tombstoning a shell it never stopped', () => {
+    const retireLease = vi.fn()
+    installLegacyRelayBridge({
+      leases: () => [lease],
+      retireLease,
+      // Disconnected: the bridge can only record the stop for the next connect.
+      connection: () => null,
+      onPanesChanged: () => {},
+      onData: () => {},
+      onReplay: () => {},
+      onExit: () => {},
+      report: () => {}
+    })
+    const finishPtyShutdown = vi.fn()
+    const deps = {
+      runtime: null,
+      store: null,
+      getLocalPtyProviderStartupPromise: () => null,
+      shutdownProviderAndDetectExit: vi.fn(),
+      finishPtyShutdown,
+      retiredRejectedPtyIds: new Set<string>()
+    }
+    const accepted = killPtyFromRuntimeController(
+      // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: the bridged branch returns before reading any other dep.
+      deps as unknown as PtyRuntimeControllerDeps,
+      toAppSshPtyId(TARGET, lease.ptyId)
+    )
+    expect(accepted).toBe(true)
+    expect(finishPtyShutdown).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(deps.shutdownProviderAndDetectExit).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(retireLease).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    installLegacyRelayBridge(null)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/kill.ts b/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/kill.ts
index 8d8015d9811..2f66f4a4aea 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/kill.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/kill.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ import {
 import { isPtyAlreadyGoneError, delay, verifyPtyStopped } from '../provider/liveness'
 import type { PtyRuntimeControllerDeps } from './controller-deps'
 import { errorMessage } from '../../../../shared/error-message'
+import {
+  closeLegacyRelayPane,
+  isLegacyRelayBridgedPty
+} from '../../../ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-bridge-registry'
 
 // Bounds the wait for an observed exit to reach the runtime record when the caller set no deadline.
 const OBSERVED_EXIT_RECORD_WAIT_MS = 10_000
@@ -38,6 +42,12 @@ export function killPtyFromRuntimeController(
   } = deps
   runtime?.markPtyStopRequested?.(ptyId)
   const connectionId = getPtySshConnectionId(ptyId)
+  // COMPAT(legacy-relay-bridge, revisit 2027-01-15): an older relay's shell stops through the
+  // bridge, which retires its lease only on the relay's proof; tombstoning it here would orphan it.
+  if (connectionId && isLegacyRelayBridgedPty(ptyId)) {
+    void closeLegacyRelayPane(ptyId)
+    return true
+  }
   // Why: close runtime tails without clearing provider ownership, so
   // a retry can still target a PTY that survived the failed shutdown.
   const reportStopFailure = (err: unknown): void => {
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-bridge-ipc.ts b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-bridge-ipc.ts
index 033d9049a0b..0462aaae4e3 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-bridge-ipc.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-bridge-ipc.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { knownSshHostPlatform } from '../ssh-host-platform-memo'
 import { hostProps } from '../ssh-host-server-telemetry'
 import {
   attachLegacyRelayPane,
+  closeLegacyRelayPane,
   detachLegacyRelayPane,
   installLegacyRelayBridge,
   legacyRelayBridgedPanes,
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ export function registerLegacyRelayBridgeIpc(args: {
   })
   ipcMain.removeHandler(CHANNELS.listPanes)
   ipcMain.removeHandler(CHANNELS.attach)
+  ipcMain.removeHandler(CHANNELS.close)
   for (const channel of [
     CHANNELS.write,
     CHANNELS.resize,
@@ -87,6 +89,10 @@ export function registerLegacyRelayBridgeIpc(args: {
     const args = PaneArgsSchema.safeParse(payload)
     return args.success ? attachLegacyRelayPane(args.data.ptyId) : { status: 'not-bridged' }
   })
+  ipcMain.handle(CHANNELS.close, async (_event, payload: unknown) => {
+    const args = PaneArgsSchema.safeParse(payload)
+    return args.success ? closeLegacyRelayPane(args.data.ptyId) : { status: 'not-bridged' }
+  })
   ipcMain.on(CHANNELS.write, (_event, payload: unknown) => {
     const args = WriteArgsSchema.safeParse(payload)
     if (args.success) {
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-bridge-leases.ts b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-bridge-leases.ts
index 48594ce705b..12fa0178fc8 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-bridge-leases.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-bridge-leases.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * Which relay-era leases the bridge may serve.
  * COMPAT(legacy-relay-bridge): revisit 2027-01-15.
  */
+import { toAppSshPtyId } from '../../../shared/ssh-pty-id'
 import type { SshRemotePtyLease } from '../../../shared/ssh-types'
 import type { LegacyRelayBridgedPane } from '../../../shared/legacy-relay-bridge-contract'
 import { parsePaneKey } from '../../../shared/stable-pane-id'
@@ -35,6 +36,14 @@ export function bridgeableLeasesByRelayId(
   return new Map(leases.filter(isBridgeableLease).map((lease) => [lease.ptyId, lease]))
 }
 
+export function leasedAppPtyIds(targetId: string, leases: SshRemotePtyLease[]): Set<string> {
+  return new Set(
+    [...bridgeableLeasesByRelayId(leases).keys()].map((relayPtyId) =>
+      toAppSshPtyId(targetId, relayPtyId)
+    )
+  )
+}
+
 /** One leased pane the bridge tracks, and the relay endpoint that listed it. */
 export type Pane = {
   lease: SshRemotePtyLease
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-bridge-registry.ts b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-bridge-registry.ts
index b53700109a6..5ce0415b0e7 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-bridge-registry.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-bridge-registry.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import type { EventProps } from '../../../shared/telemetry-events'
 import type {
   LegacyRelayBridgeAttachResult,
+  LegacyRelayBridgeCloseResult,
   LegacyRelayBridgedPane
 } from '../../../shared/legacy-relay-bridge-contract'
 import { parseAppSshPtyId } from '../../../shared/ssh-pty-id'
@@ -19,7 +20,12 @@ import { createLegacyRelayCliServer } from './legacy-relay-cli-server'
 import { listLegacyRelayEndpoints, type LegacyRelayEndpoint } from './legacy-relay-endpoints'
 import { LegacyRelayTargetBridge } from './legacy-relay-target-bridge'
 import { LegacyRelayHiddenOutput } from './legacy-relay-hidden-output'
-import { bridgeableLeasesByRelayId, isBridgeableLease } from './legacy-relay-bridge-leases'
+import { LegacyRelayPaneStops } from './legacy-relay-pane-stops'
+import {
+  bridgeableLeasesByRelayId,
+  isBridgeableLease,
+  leasedAppPtyIds
+} from './legacy-relay-bridge-leases'
 
 /** How long a connect waits for the first look at its relays before publishing the host. */
 const START_BUDGET_MS = 20_000
@@ -53,6 +59,7 @@ const bridges = new Map<string, LegacyRelayTargetBridge>()
  * or the leases go: a hang-up is loss of contact, not exit (docs/reference/ssh-execution-boundary.md).
  */
 const heldPanes = new Map<string, LegacyRelayBridgedPane[]>()
+const paneStops = new Map<string, LegacyRelayPaneStops>()
 
 export function installLegacyRelayBridge(next: LegacyRelayBridgeHost | null): void {
   for (const bridge of bridges.values()) {
@@ -60,6 +67,8 @@ export function installLegacyRelayBridge(next: LegacyRelayBridgeHost | null): vo
   }
   bridges.clear()
   heldPanes.clear()
+  paneStops.forEach((stops) => stops.dispose())
+  paneStops.clear()
   host = next
   hiddenOutput = next
     ? new LegacyRelayHiddenOutput({
@@ -135,6 +144,7 @@ function bridgeFor(targetId: string): LegacyRelayTargetBridge | null {
       // A running bridge's own listing answers for its target; a disposed one's does not.
       if (bridges.get(targetId) === bridge) {
         heldPanes.delete(targetId)
+        stopsFor(targetId).flush(bridge)
       }
       installed.onPanesChanged(legacyRelayBridgedPanes())
     },
@@ -149,6 +159,16 @@ function bridgeFor(targetId: string): LegacyRelayTargetBridge | null {
   return bridge
 }
 
+function stopsFor(targetId: string): LegacyRelayPaneStops {
+  const existing = paneStops.get(targetId)
+  if (existing) {
+    return existing
+  }
+  const created = new LegacyRelayPaneStops(targetId, () => host?.leases(targetId) ?? [])
+  paneStops.set(targetId, created)
+  return created
+}
+
 /** A dead socket is the one failed open that proves its relay gone; Windows pipes never are. */
 async function posixEndpointExited(
   conn: SshConnection,
@@ -213,6 +233,8 @@ export function stopLegacyRelayBridge(targetId: string): void {
 export function forgetLegacyRelayTarget(targetId: string): void {
   stopLegacyRelayBridge(targetId)
   releaseHeldPanes(targetId)
+  paneStops.get(targetId)?.dispose()
+  paneStops.delete(targetId)
 }
 
 function releaseHeldPanes(targetId: string): void {
@@ -290,6 +312,22 @@ export function setLegacyRelayPaneOutputPaused(ptyId: string, paused: boolean):
   hiddenOutput?.setPaused(ptyId, paused)
 }
 
+/** Whether this PTY is an older relay's terminal the bridge serves, so only the bridge stops it. */
+export function isLegacyRelayBridgedPty(ptyId: string): boolean {
+  const targetId = parseAppSshPtyId(ptyId)?.connectionId
+  return Boolean(targetId && host && leasedAppPtyIds(targetId, host.leases(targetId)).has(ptyId))
+}
+
+/** Its tab closed: the relay stops the shell, or is asked once it can be reached. */
+export async function closeLegacyRelayPane(ptyId: string): Promise<LegacyRelayBridgeCloseResult> {
+  const targetId = parseAppSshPtyId(ptyId)?.connectionId
+  if (!targetId || !host || !hasBridgeableLeases(targetId)) {
+    return { status: 'not-bridged' }
+  }
+  // Disconnected: recorded now, and the target's next connect lists the relay and sends the stop.
+  return stopsFor(targetId).stop(ptyId, host.connection(targetId) ? bridgeFor(targetId) : null)
+}
+
 export function detachLegacyRelayPane(ptyId: string): void {
   bridgeForPty(ptyId)?.detach(ptyId)
 }
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-client.test.ts b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-client.test.ts
index ade6bdfc519..e164f9b0bd1 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-client.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-client.test.ts
@@ -243,6 +243,21 @@ describe('the legacy relay client', () => {
     expect(postOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith(params, expect.any(AbortSignal))
   })
 
+  it('stops a terminal with the old relay’s own pty.shutdown request', async () => {
+    const client = await open()
+    fake.respond = () => undefined
+    await client.shutdown('pty-1')
+    expect(fake.requests.at(-1)).toEqual({
+      method: 'pty.shutdown',
+      params: { id: 'pty-1', immediate: false, keepHistory: false }
+    })
+    await client.shutdown('pty-1', 'inc-1')
+    expect(fake.requests.at(-1)).toEqual({
+      method: 'pty.shutdown',
+      params: { id: 'pty-1', immediate: false, keepHistory: false, expectedIncarnationId: 'inc-1' }
+    })
+  })
+
   it('hangs up only itself on close', async () => {
     const client = await open()
     const closed = vi.fn()
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-client.ts b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-client.ts
index 1ee0d2b427a..e63b8fa5b4a 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-client.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-client.ts
@@ -212,6 +212,23 @@ export class LegacyRelayClient {
     this.mux.notify('pty.resize', { id: relayPtyId, cols, rows })
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The old relay's own stop: it kills the shell and reports `pty.exit` (v1.4.2xx wire shape).
+   * The incarnation fence is omitted, never sent undefined, for relays that predate it.
+   */
+  async shutdown(relayPtyId: string, expectedIncarnationId?: string): Promise<void> {
+    await this.mux.request(
+      'pty.shutdown',
+      {
+        id: relayPtyId,
+        immediate: false,
+        keepHistory: false,
+        ...(expectedIncarnationId ? { expectedIncarnationId } : {})
+      },
+      { timeoutMs: REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS }
+    )
+  }
+
   onData(listener: DataListener): () => void {
     this.dataListeners.add(listener)
     return () => this.dataListeners.delete(listener)
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-pane-stops.ts b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-pane-stops.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..77d15a3169b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-pane-stops.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/**
+ * One target's stops for bridged panes whose tab closed, sent with the old relay's own
+ * `pty.shutdown`. COMPAT(legacy-relay-bridge): revisit 2027-01-15.
+ *
+ * Held outside the bridge, so a reconnect's new bridge still sends them. A stop is pending until
+ * the relay reports the exit or a listing proves the terminal gone; while the relay can't be asked
+ * the answer is `unverifiable` and the stop goes out once it can. Loss of contact is never exit.
+ */
+import type { SshRemotePtyLease } from '../../../shared/ssh-types'
+import type { LegacyRelayBridgeCloseResult } from '../../../shared/legacy-relay-bridge-contract'
+import { leasedAppPtyIds } from './legacy-relay-bridge-leases'
+import { LegacyRelayRetry } from './legacy-relay-bridge-timers'
+import type { LegacyRelayClient } from './legacy-relay-client'
+import type { LegacyRelayTargetBridge } from './legacy-relay-target-bridge'
+
+type StopTarget = Pick<
+  LegacyRelayTargetBridge,
+  'snapshot' | 'liveRoute' | 'listedIncarnation' | 'refresh'
+>
+
+/**
+ * Who the closed tab's process was: the relay's incarnation when it reports one, else the live
+ * connection that showed it. Neither, for a stop recorded while the relay couldn't be asked.
+ */
+type PendingStop = { incarnationId?: string; client?: LegacyRelayClient }
+
+export class LegacyRelayPaneStops {
+  private readonly closing = new Map<string, PendingStop>()
+  private bridge: StopTarget | null = null
+  private readonly relist = new LegacyRelayRetry(() => void this.bridge?.refresh())
+
+  constructor(
+    private readonly targetId: string,
+    private readonly leases: () => SshRemotePtyLease[]
+  ) {}
+
+  /** `bridge` is null while the target is disconnected; its next listing sends the stop. */
+  async stop(ptyId: string, bridge: StopTarget | null): Promise<LegacyRelayBridgeCloseResult> {
+    const pane = bridge?.snapshot().find((entry) => entry.ptyId === ptyId)
+    if (!pane && !leasedAppPtyIds(this.targetId, this.leases()).has(ptyId)) {
+      return { status: 'exited' }
+    }
+    // A repeated close while the relay can't be asked keeps the identity the first one saw.
+    const earlier = this.closing.get(ptyId)
+    const incarnationId = bridge?.listedIncarnation(ptyId) ?? earlier?.incarnationId
+    const client = bridge?.liveRoute(ptyId)?.client ?? earlier?.client
+    this.closing.set(ptyId, {
+      ...(incarnationId ? { incarnationId } : {}),
+      ...(client ? { client } : {})
+    })
+    if (!bridge || pane?.state !== 'live') {
+      return { status: 'unverifiable' }
+    }
+    const sent = await this.send(ptyId, bridge)
+    // Only the relay's exit report or a listing without the terminal proves the stop.
+    void bridge.refresh()
+    return sent ? { status: 'requested' } : { status: 'unverifiable' }
+  }
+
+  /** Runs after each listing: re-sends pending stops, re-listing on backoff while one still runs. */
+  flush(bridge: StopTarget): void {
+    this.bridge = bridge
+    const panes = new Map(bridge.snapshot().map((pane) => [pane.ptyId, pane]))
+    const leased = leasedAppPtyIds(this.targetId, this.leases())
+    let pending = false
+    for (const ptyId of this.closing.keys()) {
+      const pane = panes.get(ptyId)
+      if (!pane) {
+        if (!leased.has(ptyId)) {
+          this.closing.delete(ptyId)
+        }
+        continue
+      }
+      pending = true
+      if (pane.state === 'live') {
+        void this.send(ptyId, bridge)
+      }
+    }
+    if (pending) {
+      this.relist.schedule()
+    } else {
+      this.relist.reset()
+    }
+  }
+
+  dispose(): void {
+    this.relist.cancel()
+    this.closing.clear()
+  }
+
+  get size(): number {
+    return this.closing.size
+  }
+
+  /** The old relay's own stop, fenced to the process the tab ran; false when it can't be asked. */
+  private async send(ptyId: string, bridge: StopTarget): Promise<boolean> {
+    const route = bridge.liveRoute(ptyId)
+    const pending = this.closing.get(ptyId)
+    if (!route || !pending) {
+      return false
+    }
+    const listed = bridge.listedIncarnation(ptyId)
+    // Only positive identity sends a stop: a legacy `pty-N` id restarts at 1 with its relay, and an
+    // older relay ignores the incarnation fence. A `pty2:` id carries its relay's start epoch.
+    const sameProcess = route.client === pending.client || route.relayPtyId.startsWith('pty2:')
+    const proven = pending.incarnationId
+      ? listed === pending.incarnationId || (listed === undefined && sameProcess)
+      : sameProcess
+    if (!proven) {
+      this.closing.delete(ptyId)
+      return false
+    }
+    try {
+      await route.client.shutdown(route.relayPtyId, pending.incarnationId)
+      return true
+    } catch (error) {
+      // The relay's own fence refused it: that id now runs another process.
+      if (/incarnation mismatch/i.test(error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error))) {
+        this.closing.delete(ptyId)
+      }
+      return false
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-target-bridge.test.ts b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-target-bridge.test.ts
index 248a5ac772e..b71851295eb 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-target-bridge.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-target-bridge.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { SshRemotePtyLease } from '../../../shared/ssh-types'
 import { getRemoteHostPlatform } from '../ssh-remote-platform'
 import type { LegacyRelayClient } from './legacy-relay-client'
 import type { LegacyRelayEndpoint, LegacyRelayEndpointListing } from './legacy-relay-endpoints'
+import { LegacyRelayPaneStops } from './legacy-relay-pane-stops'
 import {
   LegacyRelayTargetBridge,
   type LegacyRelayTargetBridgeDeps
@@ -17,6 +18,12 @@ type FakeRelay = {
   attachError: Error | null
   clients: FakeClient[]
   openError: Error | null
+  shutdowns: string[]
+  shutdownError: Error | null
+  /** The process identity each listed PTY reports, when the relay reports one. */
+  incarnations: Map<string, string>
+  /** Whether a stop reports `pty.exit` (the relay's normal answer). */
+  exitOnShutdown: boolean
 }
 
 type FakeClient = LegacyRelayClient & {
@@ -43,13 +50,27 @@ function fakeClient(relay: FakeRelay): FakeClient {
     get closed() {
       return closed
     },
-    list: async () => [...relay.ptys].map((relayPtyId) => ({ relayPtyId })),
+    list: async () =>
+      [...relay.ptys].map((relayPtyId) => {
+        const incarnationId = relay.incarnations.get(relayPtyId)
+        return incarnationId ? { relayPtyId, incarnationId } : { relayPtyId }
+      }),
     attach: async () => {
       if (relay.attachError) {
         throw relay.attachError
       }
       return { replay: 'SCREEN' }
     },
+    shutdown: async (id: string, expectedIncarnationId?: string) => {
+      if (relay.shutdownError) {
+        throw relay.shutdownError
+      }
+      relay.shutdowns.push(expectedIncarnationId ? `${id}#${expectedIncarnationId}` : id)
+      relay.ptys.delete(id)
+      if (relay.exitOnShutdown) {
+        exits.forEach((listener) => listener(id, 0))
+      }
+    },
     write: (_id: string, chunk: string) => writes.push(chunk),
     resize: () => {},
     onData: (listener: (id: string, data: string) => void) => {
@@ -99,10 +120,11 @@ let relay: FakeRelay
 let leases: SshRemotePtyLease[]
 let listing: LegacyRelayEndpointListing
 let endpointExited: boolean
+let stops: LegacyRelayPaneStops
 let events: { data: string[]; exits: string[]; exitedTelemetry: number; panesChanged: number }
 
 function bridge(overrides: Partial<LegacyRelayTargetBridgeDeps> = {}): LegacyRelayTargetBridge {
-  return new LegacyRelayTargetBridge({
+  const subject: LegacyRelayTargetBridge = new LegacyRelayTargetBridge({
     targetId: TARGET,
     leases: () => leases.filter((row) => row.state !== 'terminated'),
     retireLease: (relayPtyId) => {
@@ -122,6 +144,7 @@ function bridge(overrides: Partial<LegacyRelayTargetBridgeDeps> = {}): LegacyRel
     endpointExited: async () => endpointExited,
     onPanesChanged: () => {
       events.panesChanged += 1
+      stops.flush(subject)
     },
     onData: (_id, chunk) => events.data.push(chunk),
     onExit: (id) => events.exits.push(id),
@@ -130,11 +153,22 @@ function bridge(overrides: Partial<LegacyRelayTargetBridgeDeps> = {}): LegacyRel
     },
     ...overrides
   })
+  return subject
 }
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   vi.useFakeTimers()
-  relay = { ptys: new Set(['pty-1']), attachError: null, clients: [], openError: null }
+  relay = {
+    ptys: new Set(['pty-1']),
+    attachError: null,
+    clients: [],
+    openError: null,
+    shutdowns: [],
+    shutdownError: null,
+    incarnations: new Map(),
+    exitOnShutdown: true
+  }
+  stops = new LegacyRelayPaneStops(TARGET, () => leases.filter((row) => row.state !== 'terminated'))
   leases = [lease()]
   listing = { kind: 'listed', endpoints: [ENDPOINT], exhaustive: true }
   endpointExited = false
@@ -297,6 +331,117 @@ describe('one target’s legacy relay bridge', () => {
     expect(relay.clients).toEqual([])
   })
 
+  it('stops a closed tab’s shell through the relay and retires it on the relay’s exit report', async () => {
+    const subject = bridge()
+    await subject.refresh()
+    await expect(stops.stop(PTY, subject)).resolves.toEqual({ status: 'requested' })
+    expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual(['pty-1'])
+    expect(events.exits).toEqual([PTY])
+    expect(leases[0].state).toBe('terminated')
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(30_000)
+    expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual(['pty-1'])
+  })
+
+  it('retires a stopped shell once a listing proves it gone, without an exit report', async () => {
+    relay.exitOnShutdown = false
+    const subject = bridge()
+    await subject.refresh()
+    await stops.stop(PTY, subject)
+    expect(leases[0].state).toBe('detached')
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(2_000)
+    expect(leases[0].state).toBe('terminated')
+    expect(stops.size).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  it('holds a close for an unreachable relay as unverifiable and sends it once the relay answers', async () => {
+    relay.incarnations.set('pty-1', 'inc-1')
+    const subject = bridge()
+    await subject.refresh()
+    relay.openError = new Error('ssh down')
+    relay.clients[0].drop()
+    await expect(stops.stop(PTY, subject)).resolves.toEqual({ status: 'unverifiable' })
+    expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual([])
+    // Loss of contact is never exit.
+    expect(leases[0].state).toBe('detached')
+    expect(events.exits).toEqual([])
+    relay.openError = null
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(2_000)
+    // Fenced to the process the tab ran.
+    expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual(['pty-1#inc-1'])
+    expect(leases[0].state).toBe('terminated')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the identity a first close saw when the tab’s close repeats while unreachable', async () => {
+    relay.incarnations.set('pty-1', 'inc-1')
+    const subject = bridge()
+    await subject.refresh()
+    relay.openError = new Error('ssh down')
+    relay.clients[0].drop()
+    await stops.stop(PTY, subject)
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(2_000)
+    await stops.stop(PTY, subject)
+    relay.openError = null
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(10_000)
+    expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual(['pty-1#inc-1'])
+  })
+
+  it('never stops a different process that took a closed tab’s recycled relay id', async () => {
+    relay.incarnations.set('pty-1', 'inc-1')
+    const subject = bridge()
+    await subject.refresh()
+    relay.openError = new Error('ssh down')
+    relay.clients[0].drop()
+    await stops.stop(PTY, subject)
+    relay.incarnations.set('pty-1', 'inc-2')
+    relay.openError = null
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(10_000)
+    expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual([])
+    expect(stops.size).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  it('sends a close recorded while disconnected once the next bridge lists the pane', async () => {
+    const epochPty = toAppSshPtyId(TARGET, 'pty2:epoch:1')
+    leases = [lease({ ptyId: 'pty2:epoch:1' })]
+    relay.ptys = new Set(['pty2:epoch:1'])
+    await expect(stops.stop(epochPty, null)).resolves.toEqual({ status: 'unverifiable' })
+    expect(leases[0].state).toBe('detached')
+    await bridge().refresh()
+    expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual(['pty2:epoch:1'])
+  })
+
+  it('never replays a blind close for a legacy id that could name another shell', async () => {
+    await stops.stop(PTY, null)
+    await bridge().refresh()
+    expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual([])
+    expect(leases[0].state).toBe('detached')
+  })
+
+  it('never replays a fenced legacy stop to a relay that no longer reports the incarnation', async () => {
+    relay.incarnations.set('pty-1', 'inc-1')
+    const subject = bridge()
+    await subject.refresh()
+    relay.openError = new Error('ssh down')
+    relay.clients[0].drop()
+    await stops.stop(PTY, subject)
+    // A restarted or downgraded relay lists the same id with no identity, and may ignore the fence.
+    relay.incarnations.clear()
+    relay.openError = null
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(10_000)
+    expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('never replays an unfenced legacy stop on a later connection, which may be a new relay', async () => {
+    const subject = bridge()
+    await subject.refresh()
+    relay.shutdownError = new Error('timed out')
+    await expect(stops.stop(PTY, subject)).resolves.toEqual({ status: 'unverifiable' })
+    relay.shutdownError = null
+    relay.clients[0].drop()
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(10_000)
+    expect(relay.clients.length).toBeGreaterThan(1)
+    expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual([])
+  })
+
   it('hangs up every connection on dispose and leaves the relays to their own grace', async () => {
     const subject = bridge()
     await subject.refresh()
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-target-bridge.ts b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-target-bridge.ts
index cdd9bfe788c..efcfeab01b3 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-target-bridge.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay-bridge/legacy-relay-target-bridge.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   ATTACH_WAIT_MS,
   bridgeableLeasesByRelayId,
   findLivePane,
+  leasedAppPtyIds,
   type LegacyRelayPty,
   PROVEN_EXITED,
   toBridgedPane,
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ export class LegacyRelayTargetBridge {
   private readonly endpoints = new Map<string, EndpointState>()
   private readonly panes = new Map<string, Pane>()
   readonly livePaneForKey = (paneKey: string) => findLivePane(this.panes, paneKey)
+  /** The process identity the relay listed for a pane, which fences a stop against a recycled id. */
+  readonly listedIncarnation = (ptyId: string) => this.panes.get(ptyId)?.listed?.incarnationId
   private readonly attached = new Map<string, number>()
   private readonly waiters = new LegacyRelayWaiters()
   private readonly retry = new LegacyRelayRetry(() => void this.refresh())
@@ -101,9 +104,7 @@ export class LegacyRelayTargetBridge {
       pane = this.panes.get(ptyId)
     }
     if (!pane) {
-      const leased = [...bridgeableLeasesByRelayId(this.deps.leases()).keys()].some(
-        (relayPtyId) => toAppSshPtyId(this.deps.targetId, relayPtyId) === ptyId
-      )
+      const leased = leasedAppPtyIds(this.deps.targetId, this.deps.leases()).has(ptyId)
       return leased ? { status: 'unverifiable' } : { status: 'exited' }
     }
     const client = pane.endpoint ? this.endpoints.get(pane.endpoint)?.client : null
@@ -318,7 +319,8 @@ export class LegacyRelayTargetBridge {
     }
   }
 
-  private liveRoute(ptyId: string): { client: LegacyRelayClient; relayPtyId: string } | null {
+  /** The connection that carries a live pane, or null while its relay can't be asked. */
+  liveRoute(ptyId: string): { client: LegacyRelayClient; relayPtyId: string } | null {
     const pane = this.panes.get(ptyId)
     const client = pane?.endpoint ? this.endpoints.get(pane.endpoint)?.client : null
     return pane?.state === 'live' && client ? { client, relayPtyId: pane.relayPtyId } : null
diff --git a/src/preload/api/legacy-relay-bridge-api.ts b/src/preload/api/legacy-relay-bridge-api.ts
index cad3f2ed201..06da01dda33 100644
--- a/src/preload/api/legacy-relay-bridge-api.ts
+++ b/src/preload/api/legacy-relay-bridge-api.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { ipcRenderer, type IpcRendererEvent } from 'electron'
 import {
   LEGACY_RELAY_BRIDGE_CHANNELS as CHANNELS,
   type LegacyRelayBridgeAttachResult,
+  type LegacyRelayBridgeCloseResult,
   type LegacyRelayBridgedPane
 } from '../../shared/legacy-relay-bridge-contract'
 
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ export type LegacyRelayBridgeApi = {
   write: (args: { ptyId: string; data: string }) => void
   resize: (args: { ptyId: string; cols: number; rows: number }) => void
   detach: (args: { ptyId: string }) => void
+  /** Stops the shell its closed tab ran. */
+  close: (args: { ptyId: string }) => Promise<LegacyRelayBridgeCloseResult>
   setOutputPaused: (args: { ptyId: string; paused: boolean }) => void
   onPanes: (callback: (panes: LegacyRelayBridgedPane[]) => void) => () => void
   onData: (callback: (event: { ptyId: string; data: string }) => void) => () => void
@@ -36,6 +39,7 @@ export const legacyRelayBridgeApi: LegacyRelayBridgeApi = {
   write: (args) => ipcRenderer.send(CHANNELS.write, args),
   resize: (args) => ipcRenderer.send(CHANNELS.resize, args),
   detach: (args) => ipcRenderer.send(CHANNELS.detach, args),
+  close: (args) => ipcRenderer.invoke(CHANNELS.close, args),
   setOutputPaused: (args) => ipcRenderer.send(CHANNELS.setOutputPaused, args),
   onPanes: (callback) => subscribe(CHANNELS.panes, callback),
   onData: (callback) => subscribe(CHANNELS.data, callback),
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/legacy-relay-bridge-panes.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/legacy-relay-bridge-panes.ts
index 19eda58d377..4802d16098a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/legacy-relay-bridge-panes.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/legacy-relay-bridge-panes.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const listeners = new Set<() => void>()
 /** Which pane (tab and leaf) holds each bridged PTY; a second pane never drives the same shell. */
 const claims = new Map<string, string>()
 let subscribed = false
+let firstListing: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve()
 
 function ensureSubscribed(): void {
   const api = typeof window === 'undefined' ? undefined : window.api?.legacyRelayBridge
@@ -31,7 +32,13 @@ function ensureSubscribed(): void {
     listeners.forEach((listener) => listener())
   }
   api.onPanes(apply)
-  void api.listPanes().then(apply, () => {})
+  firstListing = api.listPanes().then(apply, () => {})
+}
+
+/** Settles once main's first pane list arrived, so a close never reads the empty initial cache. */
+export function legacyRelayBridgedPanesListed(): Promise<void> {
+  ensureSubscribed()
+  return firstListing
 }
 
 ensureSubscribed()
@@ -87,6 +94,26 @@ export function hasLegacyRelayBridgedPane(tabId: string): boolean {
   return bridgedPanesInTab(tabId, null).inTab.length > 0
 }
 
+/**
+ * The bridged PTYs a closing tab runs: the panes main lists for its relay-era tab (only the named
+ * leaf for a `tab::leaf` mirror), plus any bridged PTY the tab itself was bound to.
+ */
+export function legacyRelayBridgedPtyIdsForClosingTab(
+  tabId: string,
+  boundPtyIds: readonly string[]
+): string[] {
+  const { inTab, leaf } = bridgedPanesInTab(tabId, null)
+  const named =
+    leaf === null ? inTab : [bridgedPaneFor(tabId, null)].filter((pane) => pane !== undefined)
+  const ids = new Set(named.map((pane) => pane.ptyId))
+  for (const ptyId of boundPtyIds) {
+    if (panes.some((pane) => pane.ptyId === ptyId)) {
+      ids.add(ptyId)
+    }
+  }
+  return [...ids]
+}
+
 /**
  * The relay-era PTY a runtime pane should reattach through the bridge: one main reports serving
  * for this tab and leaf, or the `ssh:` id the pane itself still names from an earlier bridging.
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/legacy-relay-bridge-transport.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/legacy-relay-bridge-transport.test.ts
index 4720495cc73..11ca8a4de42 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/legacy-relay-bridge-transport.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/legacy-relay-bridge-transport.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const bridge = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   write: vi.fn(),
   resize: vi.fn(),
   detach: vi.fn(),
+  close: vi.fn(async () => ({ status: 'requested' })),
   setOutputPaused: vi.fn(),
   listPanes: vi.fn(async (): Promise<LegacyRelayBridgedPane[]> => []),
   panes: new Set<(panes: LegacyRelayBridgedPane[]) => void>(),
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ vi.stubGlobal('window', {
       write: bridge.write,
       resize: bridge.resize,
       detach: bridge.detach,
+      close: bridge.close,
       setOutputPaused: bridge.setOutputPaused,
       onPanes: (listener: (panes: LegacyRelayBridgedPane[]) => void) => {
         bridge.panes.add(listener)
@@ -48,7 +50,8 @@ vi.stubGlobal('window', {
 
 const { createLegacyRelayBridgeTransport: createTransport } =
   await import('./legacy-relay-bridge-transport')
-const { legacyRelayBridgePtyIdForPane } = await import('./legacy-relay-bridge-panes')
+const { legacyRelayBridgePtyIdForPane, legacyRelayBridgedPtyIdsForClosingTab } =
+  await import('./legacy-relay-bridge-panes')
 
 const created: PtyTransport[] = []
 function createLegacyRelayBridgeTransport(ptyId: string, inner: PtyTransport): PtyTransport {
@@ -280,6 +283,40 @@ describe('a runtime pane bridged to an older relay’s terminal', () => {
     await vi.waitFor(() => expect(cb.onExit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(-1))
   })
 
+  it('stops the old shell when its pane is closed, and never when it is only detached', async () => {
+    bridge.attach.mockResolvedValue({ status: 'attached', replay: '' })
+    const detached = createLegacyRelayBridgeTransport(PTY, innerTransport())
+    await detached.connect({ url: '', sessionId: PTY, callbacks: callbacks() })
+    detached.detach?.()
+    expect(bridge.close).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    const closed = createLegacyRelayBridgeTransport(PTY, innerTransport())
+    await closed.connect({ url: '', sessionId: PTY, callbacks: callbacks() })
+    closed.destroy?.()
+    expect(bridge.close).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ ptyId: PTY })
+  })
+
+  it('names the bridged shells a closing tab runs, or only its leaf for a split mirror', () => {
+    const second = 'ssh:ssh-box@@pty-2'
+    publishPanes([
+      { ptyId: PTY, targetId: 'ssh-box', tabId: 'tab-1', leafId: 'leaf-1', state: 'live' },
+      {
+        ptyId: second,
+        targetId: 'ssh-box',
+        tabId: 'tab-1',
+        leafId: 'leaf-2',
+        state: 'unverifiable'
+      },
+      { ptyId: 'ssh:ssh-box@@pty-3', targetId: 'ssh-box', tabId: 'tab-2', state: 'live' }
+    ])
+    expect(legacyRelayBridgedPtyIdsForClosingTab('web-terminal-tab-1', [])).toEqual([PTY, second])
+    const leaf = `web-terminal-${encodeURIComponent('tab-1::leaf-2')}`
+    expect(legacyRelayBridgedPtyIdsForClosingTab(leaf, [])).toEqual([second])
+    // A tab still bound to a bridged shell names it even under another id; others are ignored.
+    expect(
+      legacyRelayBridgedPtyIdsForClosingTab('local-tab', ['ssh:ssh-box@@pty-3', 'pty-local'])
+    ).toEqual(['ssh:ssh-box@@pty-3'])
+  })
+
   it('hands any other connect straight to the managed server’s transport', async () => {
     const inner = innerTransport()
     const transport = createLegacyRelayBridgeTransport(PTY, inner)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/legacy-relay-bridge-transport.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/legacy-relay-bridge-transport.ts
index e90a00c90a7..6fe6cfaed78 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/legacy-relay-bridge-transport.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/legacy-relay-bridge-transport.ts
@@ -278,6 +278,10 @@ export function createLegacyRelayBridgeTransport(ptyId: string, inner: PtyTransp
       inner.detach?.(options)
     },
     destroy: (options) => {
+      if (bridged()) {
+        // An explicit pane close: stop the shell, as the other transports' destroy does.
+        void api?.close({ ptyId }).catch(() => {})
+      }
       if (bridged() || mode === 'pending') {
         release()
         mode = 'pending'
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/terminals/legacy-relay-bridged-tab-close.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/terminals/legacy-relay-bridged-tab-close.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2ebee87edff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/terminals/legacy-relay-bridged-tab-close.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { TerminalTabRetirementPlan } from '../slices/terminal-tab-retirement'
+
+const PTY = 'ssh:ssh-box@@pty-1'
+const TAB = 'web-terminal-tab-1'
+
+const api = vi.hoisted(() => {
+  let release: () => void = () => {}
+  const listed = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    release = resolve
+  })
+  return {
+    close: vi.fn(async () => ({ status: 'requested' })),
+    // Main answers the first listing late, after the close already started.
+    listPanes: vi.fn(async () => {
+      await listed
+      return [{ ptyId: 'ssh:ssh-box@@pty-1', targetId: 'ssh-box', tabId: 'tab-1', state: 'live' }]
+    }),
+    release: () => release()
+  }
+})
+
+vi.stubGlobal('window', {
+  api: {
+    legacyRelayBridge: { listPanes: api.listPanes, close: api.close, onPanes: () => () => {} }
+  }
+})
+
+const { stopLegacyRelayBridgedShellsForTab } = await import('./legacy-relay-bridged-tab-close')
+
+function plan(overrides: Partial<TerminalTabRetirementPlan> = {}): TerminalTabRetirementPlan {
+  return {
+    tabId: TAB,
+    worktreeId: 'wt-1',
+    ptyIds: [],
+    localOrSshPtyIds: [],
+    runtimeTerminals: [],
+    cleanupOnlyPtyIds: [],
+    sharedPtyIds: [],
+    unroutablePtyIds: [],
+    ...overrides
+  }
+}
+
+function state(otherTabPtyId: string | null = null) {
+  return {
+    tabsByWorktree: {
+      'wt-1': [
+        { id: TAB, ptyId: PTY },
+        ...(otherTabPtyId ? [{ id: 'moved-to', ptyId: otherTabPtyId }] : [])
+      ]
+    },
+    unifiedTabsByWorktree: {},
+    ptyIdsByTabId: {},
+    terminalLayoutsByTabId: {},
+    lastKnownRelayPtyIdByTabId: {},
+    deferredSshSessionIdsByTabId: {},
+    pendingReconnectPtyIdByTabId: {}
+  }
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  api.close.mockClear()
+})
+
+describe('closing a tab whose shell an older relay still runs', () => {
+  it('stops that shell, waiting for main’s first pane list rather than reading it empty', async () => {
+    // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: the close reads only the tab and pty maps this fixture fills.
+    const closing = stopLegacyRelayBridgedShellsForTab(state() as never, TAB, plan())
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5))
+    expect(api.close).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    api.release()
+    await closing
+    expect(api.close).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ ptyId: PTY })
+  })
+
+  it('never stops a shell another tab now shows, or one the plan says is shared', async () => {
+    // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: as above.
+    await stopLegacyRelayBridgedShellsForTab(state(PTY) as never, TAB, plan())
+    // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: as above.
+    await stopLegacyRelayBridgedShellsForTab(state() as never, TAB, plan({ sharedPtyIds: [PTY] }))
+    expect(api.close).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/terminals/legacy-relay-bridged-tab-close.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/terminals/legacy-relay-bridged-tab-close.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a168f0a9f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/terminals/legacy-relay-bridged-tab-close.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/**
+ * A closed tab stops the shells an older Orca's relay still runs for it, as closing any other
+ * terminal tab ends its shell. COMPAT(legacy-relay-bridge): revisit 2027-01-15.
+ */
+import {
+  collectPtyIdsForTab,
+  type TerminalTabRetirementPlan,
+  type TerminalTabRetirementState
+} from '../slices/terminal-tab-retirement'
+
+/** `state` is read before the close prunes the tab, so its own PTYs are still listed. */
+export async function stopLegacyRelayBridgedShellsForTab(
+  state: TerminalTabRetirementState,
+  tabId: string,
+  plan: TerminalTabRetirementPlan
+): Promise<void> {
+  const api = window.api?.legacyRelayBridge
+  if (!api) {
+    return
+  }
+  // Loaded lazily: the module subscribes to main's pane list on import.
+  const { legacyRelayBridgedPanesListed, legacyRelayBridgedPtyIdsForClosingTab } =
+    await import('@/components/terminal-pane/legacy-relay-bridge-panes')
+  await legacyRelayBridgedPanesListed()
+  // Why: a pane moved to another tab keeps its shell, and main's lease list can lag the move.
+  const keep = new Set(plan.sharedPtyIds)
+  for (const tabs of Object.values(state.tabsByWorktree)) {
+    for (const tab of tabs) {
+      if (tab.id !== tabId) {
+        collectPtyIdsForTab(state, tab.id, tab.ptyId).forEach((ptyId) => keep.add(ptyId))
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  const ptyIds = legacyRelayBridgedPtyIdsForClosingTab(tabId, plan.ptyIds).filter(
+    (ptyId) => !keep.has(ptyId)
+  )
+  await Promise.allSettled(ptyIds.map((ptyId) => api.close({ ptyId })))
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/terminals/terminal-tab-close.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/terminals/terminal-tab-close.ts
index c1daffc0b74..4bd16af3d46 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/terminals/terminal-tab-close.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/terminals/terminal-tab-close.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from '../slices/terminal-tab-retirement'
 import type { TerminalSlice, TerminalStoreGet, TerminalStoreSet } from './terminal-state'
 import { startTerminalTabProviderRetirement } from './terminal-tab-close-providers'
+import { stopLegacyRelayBridgedShellsForTab } from './legacy-relay-bridged-tab-close'
 import { commitTerminalSurfaceClose } from './terminal-surface-close-intent'
 import { recordTerminalTabCloseThroughLayoutOwner } from './terminal-tab-close-layout-owner'
 import { ORCA_LAYOUT_OWNER_IS_MAIN } from '../../../../shared/layout-owner-switch'
@@ -51,6 +52,10 @@ export function createTerminalTabCloseActions(
           state: get(),
           tabId
         })
+        if (opts?.localPtyTeardownOwnedExternally !== true) {
+          // Why regardless of a host-owned close: the managed server never ran a relay-era shell.
+          void stopLegacyRelayBridgedShellsForTab(get(), tabId, retirementPlan)
+        }
       }
       settleAttentionRemovedBy(set, get, () =>
         set((s) => {
diff --git a/src/shared/legacy-relay-bridge-contract.ts b/src/shared/legacy-relay-bridge-contract.ts
index 4c5fb0d3976..995c7aed0f6 100644
--- a/src/shared/legacy-relay-bridge-contract.ts
+++ b/src/shared/legacy-relay-bridge-contract.ts
@@ -20,12 +20,22 @@ export type LegacyRelayBridgeAttachResult =
   /** The relay holding it can't be reached right now; the pane stays bound and waits. */
   | { status: 'unverifiable' }
 
+export type LegacyRelayBridgeCloseResult =
+  /** The relay accepted the stop; its own exit report retires the pane. */
+  | { status: 'requested' }
+  /** No relay for the host can be holding it. */
+  | { status: 'exited' }
+  | { status: 'not-bridged' }
+  /** The relay can't be asked now; the stop is sent once it can. Never read as exited. */
+  | { status: 'unverifiable' }
+
 export const LEGACY_RELAY_BRIDGE_CHANNELS = {
   listPanes: 'legacyRelayBridge:listPanes',
   attach: 'legacyRelayBridge:attach',
   write: 'legacyRelayBridge:write',
   resize: 'legacyRelayBridge:resize',
   detach: 'legacyRelayBridge:detach',
+  close: 'legacyRelayBridge:close',
   setOutputPaused: 'legacyRelayBridge:setOutputPaused',
   panes: 'legacyRelayBridge:panes',
   data: 'legacyRelayBridge:data',