diff --git a/packages/bcode-laminar/src/plugin.ts b/packages/bcode-laminar/src/plugin.ts
index f6db1656b..967aaa1da 100644
--- a/packages/bcode-laminar/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/bcode-laminar/src/plugin.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,21 @@ export const LaminarPlugin: Plugin = ({ client }) => {
   sdk.start()
   log("info", `Laminar tracing initialized → ${otlpEndpoint ?? baseUrl}`)
 
+  // Track forceFlush() Promises kicked off by bus event handlers
+  // (session.idle, session.deleted). Each is fire-started by the handler
+  // but the host doesn't await them — they're orphan microtasks. If
+  // `process.exit()` fires before they resolve, in-flight OTLP HTTP
+  // requests die and the span is dropped server-side.
+  //
+  // The sync shutdown hook awaits this set before returning so the host's
+  // `Promise.race([hooks, 3s])` race can let the export actually finish.
+  const pendingFlushes = new Set<Promise<void>>()
+  const trackFlush = (p: Promise<void> | undefined): void => {
+    if (!p) return
+    const wrapped = p.catch(() => {}).finally(() => pendingFlushes.delete(wrapped))
+    pendingFlushes.add(wrapped)
+  }
+
   return Promise.resolve({
     config: async (config) => {
       if (!config.experimental?.openTelemetry) {
@@ -82,22 +97,24 @@ export const LaminarPlugin: Plugin = ({ client }) => {
     // this hook from its top-level finally before forceFlush, so span.end()
     // here gets its export drained by the host's existing forceFlush race.
     shutdown: async () => {
-      // End any still-open turn spans synchronously, then drain the inner
-      // BatchSpanProcessor. The host awaits this Promise with a bounded
-      // race so a wedged exporter cannot hang `process.exit()`.
+      // End any still-open turn spans, then drain. Awaits both an explicit
+      // forceFlush AND any pendingFlushes kicked off by the bus event
+      // handlers (session.idle, session.deleted) that the host doesn't
+      // otherwise wait for. The host's `Promise.race([hooks, 3000ms])`
+      // bounds this so a wedged exporter cannot hang `process.exit()`.
       //
-      // This runs AFTER the Effect runtime has torn down. The bus-based
-      // session.idle / server.instance.disposed handlers may have already
-      // emptied `sessionCurrentTurnSpan` and unregistered the global
-      // TracerProvider via `sdk.shutdown()`. Either way, the BSP itself
-      // still has its queue intact and can drain — we hold a direct ref
-      // to `processor` via closure.
+      // The pendingFlushes set is the critical fix: session.idle's await
+      // on processor.forceFlush() is an orphan microtask from the host's
+      // perspective — it kicks off the OTLP HTTP export but `process.exit()`
+      // would kill the request mid-flight without us tracking it here.
       //
       // stderr writes go to v4-worker's bcode-output-<runId>.log so cloud
       // verification can see whether this path executed. Temporary, will
       // be removed once headless V4 telemetry is settled.
       const sessionIds = Object.keys(sessionCurrentTurnSpan)
-      process.stderr.write(`[bcode-laminar] shutdown: ending ${sessionIds.length} open turn span(s)\n`)
+      process.stderr.write(
+        `[bcode-laminar] shutdown: ending ${sessionIds.length} open turn span(s), waiting on ${pendingFlushes.size} pending flush(es)\n`,
+      )
       for (const sessionId of sessionIds) {
         const span = sessionCurrentTurnSpan[sessionId]
         if (!span) continue
@@ -110,14 +127,17 @@ export const LaminarPlugin: Plugin = ({ client }) => {
         }
         delete sessionCurrentTurnSpan[sessionId]
       }
-      process.stderr.write(`[bcode-laminar] shutdown: forceFlush start\n`)
       const start = Date.now()
+      // Kick a final flush AND wait for any in-flight ones from bus handlers.
+      trackFlush(processor.forceFlush())
       try {
-        await processor.forceFlush()
-        process.stderr.write(`[bcode-laminar] shutdown: forceFlush done in ${Date.now() - start}ms\n`)
+        await Promise.all(Array.from(pendingFlushes))
+        process.stderr.write(
+          `[bcode-laminar] shutdown: all flushes done in ${Date.now() - start}ms\n`,
+        )
       } catch (err) {
         process.stderr.write(
-          `[bcode-laminar] shutdown: forceFlush threw after ${Date.now() - start}ms: ${(err as Error).message}\n`,
+          `[bcode-laminar] shutdown: flush threw after ${Date.now() - start}ms: ${(err as Error).message}\n`,
         )
       }
     },
@@ -128,22 +148,19 @@ export const LaminarPlugin: Plugin = ({ client }) => {
           const span = sessionCurrentTurnSpan[sessionId]
           if (span) {
             const sid = span.spanContext().spanId
-            process.stderr.write(`[bcode-laminar] session.idle: ending turn span ${sid} session=${sessionId}\n`)
+            process.stderr.write(
+              `[bcode-laminar] session.idle: ending turn span ${sid} session=${sessionId}\n`,
+            )
             span.end()
             delete sessionCurrentTurnSpan[sessionId]
-            const start = Date.now()
-            try {
-              await processor.forceFlush()
-              process.stderr.write(`[bcode-laminar] session.idle: forceFlush done in ${Date.now() - start}ms\n`)
-            } catch (err) {
-              process.stderr.write(
-                `[bcode-laminar] session.idle: forceFlush threw after ${Date.now() - start}ms: ${(err as Error).message}\n`,
-              )
-            }
           } else {
-            process.stderr.write(`[bcode-laminar] session.idle: no turn span for session=${sessionId}\n`)
-            await processor.forceFlush()
+            process.stderr.write(
+              `[bcode-laminar] session.idle: no turn span for session=${sessionId}\n`,
+            )
           }
+          // Track the flush Promise so the sync shutdown hook can await it
+          // before process.exit. Fire-and-forget from this fiber's POV.
+          trackFlush(processor.forceFlush())
           break
         }
         case "server.instance.disposed": {
@@ -182,7 +199,7 @@ export const LaminarPlugin: Plugin = ({ client }) => {
           }
           delete subagentSessionIds[sessionId]
           for (const children of Object.values(subagentSessionIds)) children.delete(sessionId)
-          await processor.forceFlush()
+          trackFlush(processor.forceFlush())
           break
         }
       }