diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/sdk.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/sdk.ts
index f322caaa4..eba9fead8 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/sdk.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/sdk.ts
@@ -2576,6 +2576,9 @@ export async function createAgentSession(options: CreateAgentSessionOptions = {}
 		if (watchdogFiles && watchdogFiles.length > 0) {
 			advisorWatchdogPrompt = watchdogFiles.join("\n\n");
 		}
+		// Owned only when this session created the manager; subagents receive a
+		// parent's manager via `options.mcpManager` and MUST NOT disconnect it.
+		const ownedMcpManager = options.mcpManager ? undefined : mcpManager;
 		session = new AgentSession({
 			advisorWatchdogPrompt,
 			agent,
@@ -2621,6 +2624,7 @@ export async function createAgentSession(options: CreateAgentSessionOptions = {}
 						return out;
 					}
 				: undefined,
+			disconnectOwnedMcpManager: ownedMcpManager ? () => ownedMcpManager.disconnectAll() : undefined,
 			mcpDiscoveryEnabled,
 			initialSelectedMCPToolNames,
 			defaultSelectedMCPToolNames,
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/session/agent-session.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/session/agent-session.ts
index 8d9abd94f..3ea6c23f3 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/session/agent-session.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/session/agent-session.ts
@@ -487,6 +487,13 @@ export interface AgentSessionConfig {
 	advisorReadOnlyTools?: AgentTool[];
 	/** Preloaded watchdog prompt content for the advisor. */
 	advisorWatchdogPrompt?: string;
+	/**
+	 * Disconnect this session's OWNED MCP manager on dispose. Provided only when
+	 * the session created the manager (top-level sessions); subagents reuse a
+	 * parent's manager via `options.mcpManager` and omit this so a child's
+	 * teardown never tears down the shared servers.
+	 */
+	disconnectOwnedMcpManager?: () => Promise<void>;
 }
 
 /** Options for AgentSession.prompt() */
@@ -1154,6 +1161,7 @@ export class AgentSession {
 		| undefined;
 	#getMcpServerInstructions: (() => Map<string, string> | undefined) | undefined;
 	#reloadSshTool: (() => Promise<AgentTool | null>) | undefined;
+	#disconnectOwnedMcpManager: (() => Promise<void>) | undefined;
 	#requestedToolNames: ReadonlySet<string> | undefined;
 	#baseSystemPrompt: string[];
 	/**
@@ -1515,6 +1523,7 @@ export class AgentSession {
 		this.#rebuildSystemPrompt = config.rebuildSystemPrompt;
 		this.#getMcpServerInstructions = config.getMcpServerInstructions;
 		this.#reloadSshTool = config.reloadSshTool;
+		this.#disconnectOwnedMcpManager = config.disconnectOwnedMcpManager;
 		this.#baseSystemPrompt = this.agent.state.systemPrompt;
 		this.#promptModelKey = this.#currentPromptModelKey();
 		this.#mcpDiscoveryEnabled = config.mcpDiscoveryEnabled ?? false;
@@ -3824,6 +3833,18 @@ export class AgentSession {
 		this.#releasePowerAssertion();
 		await this.sessionManager.close();
 		this.#closeAllProviderSessions("dispose");
+		// Disconnect the MCP manager this session OWNS so its stdio servers are
+		// not orphaned at exit. Best-effort: a failure here must never throw out
+		// of dispose. Only owning (top-level) sessions provide this callback;
+		// subagents reuse a parent's manager and must not tear it down. Idempotent
+		// with the deferred-discovery disconnect in `createAgentSession`.
+		if (this.#disconnectOwnedMcpManager) {
+			try {
+				await this.#disconnectOwnedMcpManager();
+			} catch (error) {
+				logger.warn("Failed to disconnect owned MCP manager during dispose", { error: String(error) });
+			}
+		}
 		// Flush the retain queue BEFORE clearing the session's pointer so
 		// `HindsightRetainQueue.#doFlush` still sees `session.getHindsightSessionState() === state`.
 		// Reversed, the spliced batch survives just long enough to fail the
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/sdk-mcp-auto-discovery.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/sdk-mcp-auto-discovery.test.ts
index d60856fbe..654125252 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/sdk-mcp-auto-discovery.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/sdk-mcp-auto-discovery.test.ts
@@ -151,4 +151,62 @@ describe("createAgentSession deferred MCP auto discovery", () => {
 		expect(session.getActiveToolNames()).not.toContain("search_tool_bm25");
 		expect(session.isMCPDiscoveryEnabled()).toBe(false);
 	}, 40_000);
+
+	it("disconnects the owned MCP manager when a top-level session disposes", async () => {
+		writeMcpConfig();
+		const { session, mcpManager } = await createAgentSession({
+			...baseOptions(),
+			toolNames: ["read", "edit", "bash"],
+		});
+		expect(mcpManager).toBeDefined();
+		if (!mcpManager) throw new Error("expected owning session to create an MCPManager");
+		try {
+			// Let the deferred connect FINISH first, so a later disconnectAll can
+			// only originate from dispose() itself — not the mid-connect disposal
+			// path (covered by the test above). Genuine integration wait: discovery
+			// connects a real subprocess fire-and-forget with no awaitable signal,
+			// and fake timers cannot drive a child process; poll the live session
+			// with a generous ceiling, exiting the instant discovery flips on.
+			const deadline = Date.now() + 30_000;
+			while (!session.isMCPDiscoveryEnabled() && Date.now() < deadline) {
+				await Bun.sleep(50);
+			}
+			expect(session.isMCPDiscoveryEnabled()).toBe(true);
+			expect(mcpManager.getConnectedServers()).toContain("many");
+
+			const disconnectSpy = spyOn(mcpManager, "disconnectAll");
+			await session.dispose();
+			expect(disconnectSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+		} finally {
+			// dispose() already tore it down; this is idempotent belt-and-braces.
+			await mcpManager.disconnectAll();
+		}
+	}, 40_000);
+
+	it("does not disconnect a reused parent MCP manager when a child session disposes", async () => {
+		writeMcpConfig();
+		const parent = await createAgentSession({
+			...baseOptions(),
+			toolNames: ["read", "edit", "bash"],
+		});
+		expect(parent.mcpManager).toBeDefined();
+		if (!parent.mcpManager) throw new Error("expected parent session to create an MCPManager");
+		const parentManager = parent.mcpManager;
+		try {
+			// A subagent-style session reuses the parent's manager via
+			// `mcpManager` and therefore does NOT own it.
+			const child = await createAgentSession({
+				...baseOptions(),
+				hasUI: false,
+				toolNames: ["read"],
+				mcpManager: parentManager,
+			});
+			const disconnectSpy = spyOn(parentManager, "disconnectAll");
+			await child.session.dispose();
+			expect(disconnectSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+		} finally {
+			await parent.session.dispose();
+			await parentManager.disconnectAll();
+		}
+	}, 40_000);
 });