diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/exec.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/exec.rs
index da113ae42d..ae075d35c0 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/exec.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/exec.rs
@@ -556,23 +556,52 @@ async fn exec(
     consume_truncated_output(child, expiration, stdout_stream).await
 }
 
+struct GroupTerminator {
+    child: Child,
+    kill_on_drop: bool,
+}
+
+impl GroupTerminator {
+    fn new(child: Child) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            child,
+            kill_on_drop: true,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn disarm(&mut self) {
+        self.kill_on_drop = false;
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for GroupTerminator {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        if self.kill_on_drop {
+            let _ = kill_child_process_group(&mut self.child);
+            let _ = self.child.start_kill();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Consumes the output of a child process, truncating it so it is suitable for
 /// use as the output of a `shell` tool call. Also enforces specified timeout.
+/// If the future is dropped early (e.g., on interrupt), the process group is killed.
 async fn consume_truncated_output(
-    mut child: Child,
+    child: Child,
     expiration: ExecExpiration,
     stdout_stream: Option<StdoutStream>,
 ) -> Result<RawExecToolCallOutput> {
+    let mut terminator = GroupTerminator::new(child);
     // Both stdout and stderr were configured with `Stdio::piped()`
     // above, therefore `take()` should normally return `Some`.  If it doesn't
     // we treat it as an exceptional I/O error
 
-    let stdout_reader = child.stdout.take().ok_or_else(|| {
+    let stdout_reader = terminator.child.stdout.take().ok_or_else(|| {
         CodexErr::Io(io::Error::other(
             "stdout pipe was unexpectedly not available",
         ))
     })?;
-    let stderr_reader = child.stderr.take().ok_or_else(|| {
+    let stderr_reader = terminator.child.stderr.take().ok_or_else(|| {
         CodexErr::Io(io::Error::other(
             "stderr pipe was unexpectedly not available",
         ))
@@ -594,18 +623,21 @@ async fn consume_truncated_output(
     ));
 
     let (exit_status, timed_out) = tokio::select! {
-        status_result = child.wait() => {
+        status_result = terminator.child.wait() => {
             let exit_status = status_result?;
+            terminator.disarm();
             (exit_status, false)
         }
         _ = expiration.wait() => {
-            kill_child_process_group(&mut child)?;
-            child.start_kill()?;
+            kill_child_process_group(&mut terminator.child)?;
+            terminator.child.start_kill()?;
+            terminator.disarm();
             (synthetic_exit_status(EXIT_CODE_SIGNAL_BASE + TIMEOUT_CODE), true)
         }
         _ = tokio::signal::ctrl_c() => {
-            kill_child_process_group(&mut child)?;
-            child.start_kill()?;
+            kill_child_process_group(&mut terminator.child)?;
+            terminator.child.start_kill()?;
+            terminator.disarm();
             (synthetic_exit_status(EXIT_CODE_SIGNAL_BASE + SIGKILL_CODE), false)
         }
     };
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/tasks/mod.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/tasks/mod.rs
index fa5433ef5e..226aa29507 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/tasks/mod.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/tasks/mod.rs
@@ -199,11 +199,19 @@ impl Session {
     async fn handle_task_abort(self: &Arc<Self>, task: RunningTask, reason: TurnAbortReason) {
         let sub_id = task.turn_context.sub_id.clone();
         if task.cancellation_token.is_cancelled() {
+            self.services
+                .unified_exec_manager
+                .terminate_sessions_for_turn(&sub_id)
+                .await;
             return;
         }
 
         trace!(task_kind = ?task.kind, sub_id, "aborting running task");
         task.cancellation_token.cancel();
+        self.services
+            .unified_exec_manager
+            .terminate_sessions_for_turn(&sub_id)
+            .await;
         let session_task = task.task;
 
         select! {
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/session_manager.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/session_manager.rs
index 4b24c574ac..5c2bad3099 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/session_manager.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/unified_exec/session_manager.rs
@@ -643,6 +643,25 @@ impl UnifiedExecSessionManager {
             entry.session.terminate();
         }
     }
+
+    pub(crate) async fn terminate_sessions_for_turn(&self, sub_id: &str) {
+        let entries: Vec<SessionEntry> = {
+            let mut sessions = self.session_store.lock().await;
+            let ids: Vec<String> = sessions
+                .sessions
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|(_, entry)| entry.turn_ref.sub_id == sub_id)
+                .map(|(id, _)| id.clone())
+                .collect();
+            ids.into_iter()
+                .filter_map(|id| sessions.remove(&id))
+                .collect()
+        };
+
+        for entry in entries {
+            entry.session.terminate();
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 enum SessionStatus {