diff --git a/packages/cli/src/acp-integration/acpAgent.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/acp-integration/acpAgent.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07473e97d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/acp-integration/acpAgent.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2025 Qwen Team
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+
+// Mock cleanup module before importing anything else
+const { mockRunExitCleanup } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  mockRunExitCleanup: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+}));
+vi.mock('../utils/cleanup.js', () => ({
+  runExitCleanup: mockRunExitCleanup,
+}));
+
+// Mock the ACP SDK
+const { mockConnectionState } = vi.hoisted(() => {
+  const state = {
+    resolve: () => {},
+    promise: null as unknown as Promise<void>,
+    reset() {
+      state.promise = new Promise<void>((r) => {
+        state.resolve = r;
+      });
+    },
+  };
+  state.reset();
+  return { mockConnectionState: state };
+});
+
+vi.mock('@agentclientprotocol/sdk', () => ({
+  AgentSideConnection: vi.fn().mockImplementation(() => ({
+    get closed() {
+      return mockConnectionState.promise;
+    },
+  })),
+  ndJsonStream: vi.fn().mockReturnValue({}),
+  RequestError: class RequestError extends Error {},
+  PROTOCOL_VERSION: '1.0.0',
+}));
+
+// Mock stream conversion
+vi.mock('node:stream', async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import('node:stream')>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    Writable: { ...actual.Writable, toWeb: vi.fn().mockReturnValue({}) },
+    Readable: { ...actual.Readable, toWeb: vi.fn().mockReturnValue({}) },
+  };
+});
+
+// Mock core dependencies
+vi.mock('@qwen-code/qwen-code-core', () => ({
+  createDebugLogger: () => ({
+    debug: vi.fn(),
+    error: vi.fn(),
+    warn: vi.fn(),
+  }),
+  APPROVAL_MODE_INFO: {},
+  APPROVAL_MODES: [],
+  AuthType: {},
+  clearCachedCredentialFile: vi.fn(),
+  QwenOAuth2Event: {},
+  qwenOAuth2Events: { on: vi.fn(), off: vi.fn() },
+  MCPServerConfig: {},
+  SessionService: vi.fn(),
+  tokenLimit: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('./authMethods.js', () => ({ buildAuthMethods: vi.fn() }));
+vi.mock('./service/filesystem.js', () => ({
+  AcpFileSystemService: vi.fn(),
+}));
+vi.mock('../config/settings.js', () => ({ SettingScope: {} }));
+vi.mock('../config/config.js', () => ({ loadCliConfig: vi.fn() }));
+vi.mock('./session/Session.js', () => ({ Session: vi.fn() }));
+vi.mock('../utils/acpModelUtils.js', () => ({
+  formatAcpModelId: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+import { runAcpAgent } from './acpAgent.js';
+import type { Config } from '@qwen-code/qwen-code-core';
+import type { LoadedSettings } from '../config/settings.js';
+import type { CliArgs } from '../config/config.js';
+
+describe('runAcpAgent shutdown cleanup', () => {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  let processExitSpy: any;
+  let sigTermListeners: NodeJS.SignalsListener[];
+  let sigIntListeners: NodeJS.SignalsListener[];
+
+  const mockConfig = {} as Config;
+  const mockSettings = { merged: {} } as LoadedSettings;
+  const mockArgv = {} as CliArgs;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    mockRunExitCleanup.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    mockConnectionState.reset();
+    sigTermListeners = [];
+    sigIntListeners = [];
+
+    // Intercept signal handler registration
+    vi.spyOn(process, 'on').mockImplementation(((
+      event: string,
+      listener: (...args: unknown[]) => void,
+    ) => {
+      if (event === 'SIGTERM')
+        sigTermListeners.push(listener as NodeJS.SignalsListener);
+      if (event === 'SIGINT')
+        sigIntListeners.push(listener as NodeJS.SignalsListener);
+      return process;
+    }) as typeof process.on);
+
+    vi.spyOn(process, 'off').mockImplementation(
+      (() => process) as typeof process.off,
+    );
+
+    // Mock process.exit to prevent actually exiting
+    processExitSpy = vi
+      .spyOn(process, 'exit')
+      .mockImplementation((() => undefined) as unknown as typeof process.exit);
+
+    // Mock stdin/stdout destroy
+    vi.spyOn(process.stdin, 'destroy').mockImplementation(() => process.stdin);
+    vi.spyOn(process.stdout, 'destroy').mockImplementation(
+      () => process.stdout,
+    );
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    processExitSpy.mockRestore();
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('calls runExitCleanup and process.exit on SIGTERM', async () => {
+    // Start runAcpAgent (it will await connection.closed)
+    const agentPromise = runAcpAgent(mockConfig, mockSettings, mockArgv);
+
+    // Simulate SIGTERM from IDE
+    expect(sigTermListeners.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    sigTermListeners[0]('SIGTERM');
+
+    // runExitCleanup is async, wait for it
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(mockRunExitCleanup).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(processExitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0);
+    });
+
+    // Resolve connection.closed so the promise settles
+    mockConnectionState.resolve();
+    await agentPromise;
+  });
+
+  it('calls runExitCleanup and process.exit on SIGINT', async () => {
+    const agentPromise = runAcpAgent(mockConfig, mockSettings, mockArgv);
+
+    expect(sigIntListeners.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    sigIntListeners[0]('SIGINT');
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(mockRunExitCleanup).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(processExitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0);
+    });
+
+    mockConnectionState.resolve();
+    await agentPromise;
+  });
+
+  it('only runs shutdown once even if multiple signals arrive', async () => {
+    const agentPromise = runAcpAgent(mockConfig, mockSettings, mockArgv);
+
+    // Send SIGTERM twice
+    sigTermListeners[0]('SIGTERM');
+    sigTermListeners[0]('SIGTERM');
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(mockRunExitCleanup).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    mockConnectionState.resolve();
+    await agentPromise;
+  });
+
+  it('still exits even if runExitCleanup throws', async () => {
+    mockRunExitCleanup.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('cleanup failed'));
+
+    const agentPromise = runAcpAgent(mockConfig, mockSettings, mockArgv);
+
+    sigTermListeners[0]('SIGTERM');
+
+    // process.exit should still be called via .finally()
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(processExitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0);
+    });
+
+    mockConnectionState.resolve();
+    await agentPromise;
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/acp-integration/acpAgent.ts b/packages/cli/src/acp-integration/acpAgent.ts
index b78a8a0d6..fc1dceef1 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/acp-integration/acpAgent.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/acp-integration/acpAgent.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import { loadCliConfig } from '../config/config.js';
 import { Session } from './session/Session.js';
 import { formatAcpModelId } from '../utils/acpModelUtils.js';
 import { runWithAcpRuntimeOutputDir } from './runtimeOutputDirContext.js';
+import { runExitCleanup } from '../utils/cleanup.js';
 
 const debugLogger = createDebugLogger('ACP_AGENT');
 
@@ -107,6 +108,16 @@ export async function runAcpAgent(
     } catch {
       // stdout may already be closed
     }
+    // Clean up child processes (MCP servers, etc.) and force exit.
+    // Without this, orphan subprocesses keep the Node.js event loop alive
+    // and the CLI process never terminates after the IDE disconnects.
+    runExitCleanup()
+      .catch((err) => {
+        debugLogger.error('[ACP] Cleanup error:', err);
+      })
+      .finally(() => {
+        process.exit(0);
+      });
   };
   process.on('SIGTERM', shutdownHandler);
   process.on('SIGINT', shutdownHandler);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx b/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
index aebb67993..897310729 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
@@ -407,7 +407,10 @@ export async function main() {
     const initializationResult = await initializeApp(config, settings);
 
     if (config.getExperimentalZedIntegration()) {
-      return runAcpAgent(config, settings, argv);
+      await runAcpAgent(config, settings, argv);
+      // Clean up child processes and force exit, matching other non-interactive modes
+      await runExitCleanup();
+      process.exit(0);
     }
 
     let input = config.getQuestion();
diff --git a/packages/vscode-ide-companion/src/webview/providers/WebViewProvider.ts b/packages/vscode-ide-companion/src/webview/providers/WebViewProvider.ts
index 182025917..b1cebfe4c 100644
--- a/packages/vscode-ide-companion/src/webview/providers/WebViewProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode-ide-companion/src/webview/providers/WebViewProvider.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ export class WebViewProvider {
         this.pendingAskUserQuestionResolve = null;
         this.pendingAskUserQuestionRequest = null;
       }
+      // Disconnect the ACP agent process to prevent orphan processes
+      this.agentManager.disconnect();
       this.disposables.forEach((d) => d.dispose());
     });
     this.messageHandler = new MessageHandler(
@@ -578,6 +580,8 @@ export class WebViewProvider {
     // Clean up when the view is disposed
     webviewView.onDidDispose(() => {
       this.attachedWebview = null;
+      // Disconnect the ACP agent process to prevent orphan processes
+      this.agentManager.disconnect();
       this.disposables.forEach((d) => d.dispose());
     });