diff --git a/api/cache/getLogStores.js b/api/cache/getLogStores.js
index 70eb681e53..45a6a69994 100644
--- a/api/cache/getLogStores.js
+++ b/api/cache/getLogStores.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const {
   sessionCache,
   standardCache,
   violationCache,
+  registerShutdownTask,
 } = require('@librechat/api');
 
 const namespaces = {
@@ -195,23 +196,16 @@ if (!cacheConfig.USE_REDIS && !cacheConfig.CI) {
     cleanupIntervals.add(monitor);
   }
 
-  const dispose = () => {
+  // Register cleanup with the centralized graceful-shutdown coordinator
+  // (see packages/api/src/app/shutdown.ts) rather than attaching a direct
+  // signal handler — multiple competing handlers race the HTTP drain.
+  registerShutdownTask('cache cleanup', async () => {
     cacheConfig.DEBUG_MEMORY_CACHE && console.log('[Cache] Cleaning up and shutting down...');
     cleanupIntervals.forEach((interval) => clearInterval(interval));
     cleanupIntervals.clear();
-
-    // One final cleanup before exit
-    clearAllExpiredFromCache().then(() => {
-      cacheConfig.DEBUG_MEMORY_CACHE && console.log('[Cache] Final cleanup completed');
-      process.exit(0);
-    });
-  };
-
-  // Handle various termination signals
-  process.on('SIGTERM', dispose);
-  process.on('SIGINT', dispose);
-  process.on('SIGQUIT', dispose);
-  process.on('SIGHUP', dispose);
+    await clearAllExpiredFromCache();
+    cacheConfig.DEBUG_MEMORY_CACHE && console.log('[Cache] Final cleanup completed');
+  });
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/api/server/index.js b/api/server/index.js
index 60b1a96b3d..e7ce041fa4 100644
--- a/api/server/index.js
+++ b/api/server/index.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const {
   createStreamServices,
   initializeFileStorage,
   preAuthTenantMiddleware,
+  setupGracefulShutdown,
   updateInterfacePermissions,
 } = require('@librechat/api');
 const { connectDb, indexSync } = require('~/db');
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ const startServer = async () => {
   /** Error handler (must be last - Express identifies error middleware by its 4-arg signature) */
   app.use(ErrorController);
 
-  app.listen(port, host, async (err) => {
+  const server = app.listen(port, host, async (err) => {
     if (err) {
       logger.error('Failed to start server:', err);
       process.exit(1);
@@ -283,6 +284,8 @@ const startServer = async () => {
       process.exit(1);
     }
   });
+
+  setupGracefulShutdown(server);
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/api/src/app/index.ts b/packages/api/src/app/index.ts
index 3bb619ab13..a2eef88ae1 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/app/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/app/index.ts
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ export * from './permissions';
 export * from './cdn';
 export * from './checks';
 export * from './resolve';
+export * from './shutdown';
diff --git a/packages/api/src/app/shutdown.spec.ts b/packages/api/src/app/shutdown.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..baabd8aa8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/app/shutdown.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+/// <reference types="jest" />
+import http from 'http';
+import {
+  setupGracefulShutdown,
+  registerShutdownTask,
+  __resetShutdownStateForTests,
+} from './shutdown';
+
+jest.mock('@librechat/data-schemas', () => ({
+  logger: { info: jest.fn(), warn: jest.fn(), error: jest.fn() },
+}));
+
+const triggerSignal = (signal: NodeJS.Signals): void => {
+  const listeners = process.listeners(signal) as NodeJS.SignalsListener[];
+  listeners.forEach((listener) => listener(signal));
+};
+
+const flush = (): Promise<void> => new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+
+describe('setupGracefulShutdown', () => {
+  let server: http.Server;
+  let exitSpy: jest.SpyInstance;
+  let originalSigterm: NodeJS.SignalsListener[];
+  let originalSigint: NodeJS.SignalsListener[];
+  let originalSigquit: NodeJS.SignalsListener[];
+  let originalSighup: NodeJS.SignalsListener[];
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    server = http.createServer();
+    // Most tests exercise the close path, so we fake `listening` to true.
+    // Tests that want to exercise the not-listening short-circuit override
+    // this back to false.
+    Object.defineProperty(server, 'listening', { value: true, configurable: true });
+    exitSpy = jest.spyOn(process, 'exit').mockImplementation((() => undefined) as never);
+    originalSigterm = process.listeners('SIGTERM').slice() as NodeJS.SignalsListener[];
+    originalSigint = process.listeners('SIGINT').slice() as NodeJS.SignalsListener[];
+    originalSigquit = process.listeners('SIGQUIT').slice() as NodeJS.SignalsListener[];
+    originalSighup = process.listeners('SIGHUP').slice() as NodeJS.SignalsListener[];
+    process.removeAllListeners('SIGTERM');
+    process.removeAllListeners('SIGINT');
+    process.removeAllListeners('SIGQUIT');
+    process.removeAllListeners('SIGHUP');
+    __resetShutdownStateForTests();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    process.removeAllListeners('SIGTERM');
+    process.removeAllListeners('SIGINT');
+    process.removeAllListeners('SIGQUIT');
+    process.removeAllListeners('SIGHUP');
+    originalSigterm.forEach((listener) => process.on('SIGTERM', listener));
+    originalSigint.forEach((listener) => process.on('SIGINT', listener));
+    originalSigquit.forEach((listener) => process.on('SIGQUIT', listener));
+    originalSighup.forEach((listener) => process.on('SIGHUP', listener));
+    exitSpy.mockRestore();
+    if (server.listening) {
+      server.close();
+    }
+    __resetShutdownStateForTests();
+    jest.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
+  it('registers handlers for SIGTERM, SIGINT, SIGQUIT, and SIGHUP', () => {
+    for (const signal of ['SIGTERM', 'SIGINT', 'SIGQUIT', 'SIGHUP'] as NodeJS.Signals[]) {
+      expect(process.listenerCount(signal)).toBe(0);
+    }
+    setupGracefulShutdown(server);
+    for (const signal of ['SIGTERM', 'SIGINT', 'SIGQUIT', 'SIGHUP'] as NodeJS.Signals[]) {
+      expect(process.listenerCount(signal)).toBe(1);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('closes the server and exits 0 on SIGTERM', async () => {
+    const closeSpy = jest.spyOn(server, 'close').mockImplementation((cb?: (err?: Error) => void) => {
+      if (cb) {
+        setImmediate(() => cb());
+      }
+      return server;
+    });
+    setupGracefulShutdown(server);
+    triggerSignal('SIGTERM');
+    await flush();
+    await flush();
+    expect(closeSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(exitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0);
+  });
+
+  it('closes the server and exits 0 on SIGINT', async () => {
+    const closeSpy = jest.spyOn(server, 'close').mockImplementation((cb?: (err?: Error) => void) => {
+      if (cb) {
+        setImmediate(() => cb());
+      }
+      return server;
+    });
+    setupGracefulShutdown(server);
+    triggerSignal('SIGINT');
+    await flush();
+    await flush();
+    expect(closeSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(exitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0);
+  });
+
+  it('exits 1 if server.close yields an error', async () => {
+    const closeErr = new Error('close failed');
+    jest.spyOn(server, 'close').mockImplementation((cb?: (err?: Error) => void) => {
+      if (cb) {
+        setImmediate(() => cb(closeErr));
+      }
+      return server;
+    });
+    setupGracefulShutdown(server);
+    triggerSignal('SIGTERM');
+    await flush();
+    await flush();
+    expect(exitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1);
+  });
+
+  it('treats ERR_SERVER_NOT_RUNNING from close() as a successful shutdown', async () => {
+    const notRunning: NodeJS.ErrnoException = Object.assign(new Error('Server is not running.'), {
+      code: 'ERR_SERVER_NOT_RUNNING',
+    });
+    // Force listening=true so the pre-check doesn't short-circuit;
+    // we want to exercise the post-check that ignores ERR_SERVER_NOT_RUNNING.
+    Object.defineProperty(server, 'listening', { value: true, configurable: true });
+    jest.spyOn(server, 'close').mockImplementation((cb?: (err?: Error) => void) => {
+      if (cb) {
+        setImmediate(() => cb(notRunning));
+      }
+      return server;
+    });
+    setupGracefulShutdown(server);
+    triggerSignal('SIGTERM');
+    await flush();
+    await flush();
+    expect(exitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0);
+  });
+
+  it('skips close() entirely when the server is not listening yet', async () => {
+    // SIGTERM during the startup window (before app.listen finishes binding
+    // the socket) must not be treated as a failed shutdown.
+    Object.defineProperty(server, 'listening', { value: false, configurable: true });
+    const closeSpy = jest.spyOn(server, 'close');
+    setupGracefulShutdown(server);
+    triggerSignal('SIGTERM');
+    await flush();
+    expect(closeSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(exitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0);
+  });
+
+  it('is idempotent — a second signal does not trigger another shutdown', async () => {
+    const closeSpy = jest.spyOn(server, 'close');
+    setupGracefulShutdown(server);
+    triggerSignal('SIGTERM');
+    triggerSignal('SIGTERM');
+    await flush();
+    expect(closeSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('force-exits with code 1 if shutdown exceeds the timeout', () => {
+    jest.useFakeTimers();
+    jest.spyOn(server, 'close').mockImplementation(() => server);
+    setupGracefulShutdown(server);
+    triggerSignal('SIGTERM');
+    jest.advanceTimersByTime(60_000);
+    expect(exitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1);
+  });
+
+  it('runs registered tasks after server.close and before exit', async () => {
+    const calls: string[] = [];
+    jest.spyOn(server, 'close').mockImplementation((cb?: (err?: Error) => void) => {
+      calls.push('server.close');
+      if (cb) {
+        setImmediate(() => cb());
+      }
+      return server;
+    });
+    registerShutdownTask('task-a', () => {
+      calls.push('task-a');
+    });
+    registerShutdownTask('task-b', () => {
+      calls.push('task-b');
+    });
+    setupGracefulShutdown(server);
+    triggerSignal('SIGTERM');
+    await flush();
+    await flush();
+    expect(calls).toEqual(['server.close', 'task-a', 'task-b']);
+    expect(exitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0);
+  });
+
+  it('runs tasks in registration order', async () => {
+    const order: string[] = [];
+    jest.spyOn(server, 'close').mockImplementation((cb?: (err?: Error) => void) => {
+      if (cb) {
+        setImmediate(() => cb());
+      }
+      return server;
+    });
+    ['first', 'second', 'third'].forEach((name) => {
+      registerShutdownTask(name, () => {
+        order.push(name);
+      });
+    });
+    setupGracefulShutdown(server);
+    triggerSignal('SIGTERM');
+    await flush();
+    await flush();
+    expect(order).toEqual(['first', 'second', 'third']);
+  });
+
+  it('continues subsequent tasks and still exits if one task throws', async () => {
+    const calls: string[] = [];
+    jest.spyOn(server, 'close').mockImplementation((cb?: (err?: Error) => void) => {
+      if (cb) {
+        setImmediate(() => cb());
+      }
+      return server;
+    });
+    registerShutdownTask('ok-before', () => {
+      calls.push('ok-before');
+    });
+    registerShutdownTask('throws', () => {
+      calls.push('throws');
+      throw new Error('boom');
+    });
+    registerShutdownTask('ok-after', () => {
+      calls.push('ok-after');
+    });
+    setupGracefulShutdown(server);
+    triggerSignal('SIGTERM');
+    await flush();
+    await flush();
+    expect(calls).toEqual(['ok-before', 'throws', 'ok-after']);
+    expect(exitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0);
+  });
+
+  it('awaits async tasks before exiting', async () => {
+    const calls: string[] = [];
+    jest.spyOn(server, 'close').mockImplementation((cb?: (err?: Error) => void) => {
+      if (cb) {
+        setImmediate(() => cb());
+      }
+      return server;
+    });
+    registerShutdownTask('async-task', async () => {
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+      calls.push('async-done');
+    });
+    setupGracefulShutdown(server);
+    triggerSignal('SIGTERM');
+    await flush();
+    await flush();
+    await flush();
+    expect(calls).toEqual(['async-done']);
+    expect(exitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/api/src/app/shutdown.ts b/packages/api/src/app/shutdown.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3fc0a9d105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/app/shutdown.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+import { logger } from '@librechat/data-schemas';
+import type { Server } from 'http';
+
+const SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;
+const SIGNALS: NodeJS.Signals[] = ['SIGTERM', 'SIGINT', 'SIGQUIT', 'SIGHUP'];
+
+type ShutdownTask = {
+  name: string;
+  fn: () => void | Promise<void>;
+};
+
+const tasks: ShutdownTask[] = [];
+let isShuttingDown = false;
+let httpServer: Server | null = null;
+
+/**
+ * Register a cleanup task to run after the HTTP server has closed.
+ * Tasks run in registration order; if one throws, subsequent tasks
+ * and the final exit are not blocked. Use this instead of attaching
+ * `process.on('SIGTERM', ...)` handlers directly — multiple competing
+ * signal handlers race with the HTTP drain because Node dispatches
+ * listeners in registration order and any one of them can call
+ * `process.exit` before the HTTP server has finished closing.
+ */
+export function registerShutdownTask(
+  name: string,
+  fn: () => void | Promise<void>,
+): void {
+  tasks.push({ name, fn });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Wires SIGTERM, SIGINT, SIGQUIT, and SIGHUP to a graceful shutdown
+ * sequence: close the HTTP server (stop accepting new connections, let
+ * in-flight requests finish), run any tasks registered via
+ * `registerShutdownTask`, then `process.exit(0)`. After
+ * SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT_MS the process is force-exited with code 1 — a
+ * safety net for long-lived connections such as SSE streams that may
+ * not finish in time.
+ */
+export function setupGracefulShutdown(server: Server): void {
+  httpServer = server;
+  for (const signal of SIGNALS) {
+    process.on(signal, () => {
+      void shutdown(signal);
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @internal Reset module state for tests. Not part of the public API.
+ */
+export function __resetShutdownStateForTests(): void {
+  tasks.length = 0;
+  isShuttingDown = false;
+  httpServer = null;
+}
+
+async function shutdown(signal: NodeJS.Signals): Promise<void> {
+  if (isShuttingDown) {
+    return;
+  }
+  isShuttingDown = true;
+  logger.info(`Received ${signal}, draining HTTP server...`);
+
+  const forceExit = setTimeout(() => {
+    logger.warn(`Graceful shutdown exceeded ${SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT_MS}ms, forcing exit`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }, SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT_MS);
+  forceExit.unref();
+
+  let exitCode = 0;
+
+  try {
+    await closeHttpServer();
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.error('Error closing HTTP server during graceful shutdown:', err);
+    exitCode = 1;
+  }
+
+  for (const task of tasks) {
+    try {
+      logger.info(`Running shutdown task: ${task.name}`);
+      await task.fn();
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.error(`Shutdown task "${task.name}" failed:`, err);
+    }
+  }
+
+  clearTimeout(forceExit);
+  logger.info('Graceful shutdown complete, exiting');
+  process.exit(exitCode);
+}
+
+function closeHttpServer(): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    if (!httpServer || !httpServer.listening) {
+      // SIGTERM can arrive during startup before the listen socket is open,
+      // in which case there is nothing to drain. Node also surfaces this as
+      // an ERR_SERVER_NOT_RUNNING error in the close callback — treated
+      // below as a successful close so a routine shutdown doesn't trip
+      // orchestrator restart/backoff with exit code 1.
+      resolve();
+      return;
+    }
+    httpServer.close((err) => {
+      if (!err || (err as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === 'ERR_SERVER_NOT_RUNNING') {
+        resolve();
+        return;
+      }
+      reject(err);
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/flow/manager.ts b/packages/api/src/flow/manager.ts
index 544cba9560..f775222282 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/flow/manager.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/flow/manager.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Keyv } from 'keyv';
 import { logger } from '@librechat/data-schemas';
 import type { StoredDataNoRaw } from 'keyv';
 import type { FlowState, FlowMetadata, FlowManagerOptions } from './types';
+import { registerShutdownTask } from '../app/shutdown';
 
 export const PENDING_STALE_MS = 2 * 60 * 1000;
 
@@ -40,17 +41,14 @@ export class FlowStateManager<T = unknown> {
   }
 
   private setupCleanupHandlers() {
-    const cleanup = () => {
+    // Register cleanup with the centralized graceful-shutdown coordinator
+    // (see ../app/shutdown.ts) rather than attaching direct signal
+    // handlers — multiple competing handlers race the HTTP drain.
+    registerShutdownTask('flow manager cleanup', () => {
       logger.info('Cleaning up FlowStateManager intervals...');
       this.intervals.forEach((interval) => clearInterval(interval));
       this.intervals.clear();
-      process.exit(0);
-    };
-
-    process.on('SIGTERM', cleanup);
-    process.on('SIGINT', cleanup);
-    process.on('SIGQUIT', cleanup);
-    process.on('SIGHUP', cleanup);
+    });
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/api/src/telemetry/sdk.spec.ts b/packages/api/src/telemetry/sdk.spec.ts
index 951b1d91ef..32b33cb566 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/telemetry/sdk.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/telemetry/sdk.spec.ts
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ jest.mock(
   { virtual: true },
 );
 
-async function flushSignalShutdown(): Promise<void> {
-  await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
-}
+jest.mock('../app/shutdown', () => ({
+  registerShutdownTask: jest.fn(),
+}));
 
 describe('telemetry SDK lifecycle', () => {
   let emitWarningSpy: jest.SpyInstance;
@@ -494,56 +494,27 @@ describe('telemetry SDK lifecycle', () => {
     expect(controller.status).toBe('stopped');
   });
 
-  it.each<NodeJS.Signals>(['SIGTERM', 'SIGINT'])(
-    'does not force process exit when another %s handler is registered',
-    async (signal) => {
-      const otherHandler = jest.fn();
-      const killSpy = jest.spyOn(process, 'kill').mockImplementation(() => true);
-      initializeTelemetry({ OTEL_TRACING_ENABLED: 'true' });
-      process.once(signal, otherHandler);
-
-      process.emit(signal, signal);
-      await flushSignalShutdown();
-
-      expect(mockShutdown).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      expect(otherHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      expect(killSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-
-      killSpy.mockRestore();
-    },
-  );
-
-  it.each<NodeJS.Signals>(['SIGTERM', 'SIGINT'])(
-    'reraises the shutdown %s signal when telemetry is the only signal handler',
-    async (signal) => {
-      const killSpy = jest.spyOn(process, 'kill').mockImplementation(() => true);
-      initializeTelemetry({ OTEL_TRACING_ENABLED: 'true' });
-
-      process.emit(signal, signal);
-      await flushSignalShutdown();
-
-      expect(mockShutdown).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      expect(killSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(process.pid, signal);
-
-      killSpy.mockRestore();
-    },
-  );
-
-  it('warns and reraises the signal when shutdown rejects', async () => {
-    mockShutdown.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('signal shutdown failed'));
-    const killSpy = jest.spyOn(process, 'kill').mockImplementation(() => true);
+  it('registers a shutdown task with the coordinator when initialized', async () => {
+    const { registerShutdownTask } = await import('../app/shutdown');
     initializeTelemetry({ OTEL_TRACING_ENABLED: 'true' });
 
-    process.emit('SIGTERM', 'SIGTERM');
-    await flushSignalShutdown();
+    expect(registerShutdownTask).toHaveBeenCalledWith('telemetry', expect.any(Function));
+  });
+
+  it('the registered shutdown task warns when telemetry shutdown rejects', async () => {
+    const { registerShutdownTask } = await import('../app/shutdown');
+    mockShutdown.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('flush failed'));
+    initializeTelemetry({ OTEL_TRACING_ENABLED: 'true' });
+
+    const taskFn = (registerShutdownTask as jest.Mock).mock.calls.at(-1)?.[1] as
+      | (() => Promise<void>)
+      | undefined;
+    expect(taskFn).toBeDefined();
+    await taskFn?.();
 
-    expect(mockShutdown).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(emitWarningSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      'OpenTelemetry shutdown failed: signal shutdown failed',
+      'OpenTelemetry shutdown failed: flush failed',
       { code: 'LIBRECHAT_OTEL' },
     );
-    expect(killSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(process.pid, 'SIGTERM');
-
-    killSpy.mockRestore();
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/api/src/telemetry/sdk.ts b/packages/api/src/telemetry/sdk.ts
index 90c3b1977c..ea5e0a3de2 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/telemetry/sdk.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/telemetry/sdk.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import type { Span, Attributes } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import type { RequestOptions } from 'node:http';
 import type { TelemetryConfig, TelemetryStatus } from './config';
 import { getTelemetryConfig } from './config';
+import { registerShutdownTask } from '../app/shutdown';
 
 export interface TelemetryController {
   readonly enabled: boolean;
@@ -24,11 +25,6 @@ const WARNING_CODE = 'LIBRECHAT_OTEL';
 const REDACTED_QUERY_VALUE = '[REDACTED]';
 const SIGNAL_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT_MS = 5_000;
 
-interface RegisteredSignal {
-  signal: NodeJS.Signals;
-  listener: NodeJS.SignalsListener;
-}
-
 interface RequestUrlParts {
   href?: string;
   search?: string;
@@ -49,7 +45,7 @@ let pendingSdk: NodeSDK | undefined;
 let startPromise: Promise<void> | undefined;
 let shutdownPromise: Promise<void> | undefined;
 let status: TelemetryStatus = 'stopped';
-let registeredSignals: RegisteredSignal[] = [];
+let shutdownTaskRegistered = false;
 let requestSpans = new WeakMap<IncomingMessage, Span>();
 
 function isBunRuntime(): boolean {
@@ -370,35 +366,22 @@ function makeController(): TelemetryController {
   };
 }
 
-function unregisterShutdownHandlers(): void {
-  for (const { signal, listener } of registeredSignals) {
-    process.removeListener(signal, listener);
-  }
-  registeredSignals = [];
-}
-
-function registerShutdownHandlers(): void {
-  if (registeredSignals.length > 0) {
+function ensureShutdownTaskRegistered(): void {
+  if (shutdownTaskRegistered) {
     return;
   }
-
-  const signals: NodeJS.Signals[] = ['SIGTERM', 'SIGINT'];
-  registeredSignals = signals.map((signal) => {
-    const listener: NodeJS.SignalsListener = () => {
-      const shouldReraiseSignal = process.listenerCount(signal) === 0;
-      withTimeout(shutdownTelemetry(), SIGNAL_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT_MS)
-        .catch((error) => {
-          emitWarning(`OpenTelemetry shutdown failed: ${getErrorMessage(error)}`);
-        })
-        .finally(() => {
-          if (shouldReraiseSignal) {
-            process.kill(process.pid, signal);
-          }
-        });
-    };
-    process.once(signal, listener);
-    return { signal, listener };
-  });
+  shutdownTaskRegistered = true;
+  // Register with the centralized graceful-shutdown coordinator
+  // (see ../app/shutdown.ts) rather than attaching SIGTERM/SIGINT
+  // listeners directly — signal listener return values are ignored
+  // by Node, so a separate signal handler can let the coordinator
+  // exit before the async OpenTelemetry flush completes, dropping
+  // final spans during pod shutdowns.
+  registerShutdownTask('telemetry', () =>
+    withTimeout(shutdownTelemetry(), SIGNAL_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT_MS).catch((error) => {
+      emitWarning(`OpenTelemetry shutdown failed: ${getErrorMessage(error)}`);
+    }),
+  );
 }
 
 function withTimeout<T>(promise: Promise<T>, timeoutMs: number): Promise<T> {
@@ -440,7 +423,7 @@ export function initializeTelemetry(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env): Telem
             pendingSdk = undefined;
             activeSdk = sdk;
             status = 'started';
-            registerShutdownHandlers();
+            ensureShutdownTaskRegistered();
           }
         })
         .catch((error) => {
@@ -461,7 +444,7 @@ export function initializeTelemetry(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env): Telem
 
     activeSdk = sdk;
     status = 'started';
-    registerShutdownHandlers();
+    ensureShutdownTaskRegistered();
     return makeController();
   } catch (error) {
     status = 'failed';
@@ -485,7 +468,6 @@ async function performShutdownTelemetry(): Promise<void> {
     await sdk.shutdown();
     activeSdk = undefined;
     status = 'stopped';
-    unregisterShutdownHandlers();
   } catch (error) {
     status = 'started';
     throw error;
@@ -520,6 +502,6 @@ export async function resetTelemetryForTests(): Promise<void> {
     shutdownPromise = undefined;
     status = 'stopped';
     requestSpans = new WeakMap<IncomingMessage, Span>();
-    unregisterShutdownHandlers();
+    shutdownTaskRegistered = false;
   }
 }