diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/tools/github-cache.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/tools/github-cache.ts
index 62a41bb0f..76cd0b59d 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/tools/github-cache.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/tools/github-cache.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import * as os from "node:os";
 import * as path from "node:path";
 import { getGithubCacheDbPath, logger } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-utils";
 import type { Settings } from "../config/settings";
+import { ToolAbortError } from "./tool-errors";
 
 // ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 // Storage layer
@@ -619,6 +620,7 @@ export async function getOrFetchView<T>(options: CacheLookupOptions<T>): Promise
 				storeResult(authKey, options.repo, options.kind, options.number, options.includeComments, fresh, fetchedAt);
 				return { ...fresh, status: "refreshed", fetchedAt };
 			} catch (err) {
+				if (err instanceof ToolAbortError) throw err;
 				logger.debug("github cache: synchronous refresh failed; returning stale view", {
 					err: String(err),
 					repo: options.repo,
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/tools/github-cache.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/tools/github-cache.test.ts
index e6a904a82..c800e25c6 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/tools/github-cache.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/tools/github-cache.test.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
 	putCached,
 	resetForTests as resetCacheForTests,
 } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/tools/github-cache";
+import { ToolAbortError, throwIfAborted } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/tools/tool-errors";
 import * as git from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/utils/git";
 
 const TEST_REPO = "owner/example";
@@ -372,6 +373,43 @@ describe("getOrFetchView (TTL semantics)", () => {
 		expect(result.rendered).toBe("old");
 		expect(fetchFresh).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
 	});
+	it("propagates aborts during a soft-expired synchronous refresh", async () => {
+		const settings = Settings.isolated({
+			"github.cache.softTtlSec": 60,
+			"github.cache.hardTtlSec": 86400,
+		});
+		const controller = new AbortController();
+		controller.abort();
+		const fetchFresh = vi.fn(async () => {
+			throwIfAborted(controller.signal);
+			return {
+				rendered: "never",
+				sourceUrl: undefined,
+				payload: { number: 53 },
+			};
+		});
+		putCached({
+			repo: TEST_REPO,
+			kind: "issue",
+			number: 53,
+			includeComments: true,
+			payload: { number: 53 },
+			rendered: "stale-after-abort",
+			fetchedAt: Date.now() - 5 * 60_000,
+		});
+
+		await expect(
+			getOrFetchView({
+				repo: TEST_REPO,
+				kind: "issue",
+				number: 53,
+				includeComments: true,
+				fetchFresh,
+				settings,
+			}),
+		).rejects.toThrow(ToolAbortError);
+		expect(fetchFresh).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+	});
 
 	it("keeps PR diff rows stale-first past soft TTL", async () => {
 		const settings = Settings.isolated({