diff --git a/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/tui/app.py b/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/tui/app.py
index 67051df62..631f6c526 100644
--- a/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/tui/app.py
+++ b/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/tui/app.py
@@ -355,6 +355,13 @@ class DeerFlowTUI(App):
 
     def _handle_builtin(self, name: str, args: str) -> None:
         if name == "quit":
+            # Mirror action_interrupt (Ctrl+C): an active run must be interrupted
+            # before we tear the app down. Otherwise the worker thread is left
+            # running against an app that no longer exists — its next
+            # call_from_thread fails silently and the in-flight turn (plus any
+            # post-run persistence, e.g. thread title) is quietly abandoned.
+            if self._streaming:
+                self._interrupt_run()
             self.exit()
         elif name == "help":
             self._dispatch(SystemMessage(_HELP_TEXT))
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_tui_app.py b/backend/tests/test_tui_app.py
index 5ec02717f..ab52f32d2 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_tui_app.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_tui_app.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ loop: keypress -> submit -> worker thread -> stream_actions -> reducer -> state.
 """
 
 import asyncio
+import threading
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -120,6 +121,89 @@ async def test_escape_interrupts_an_active_run():
     assert any(r.kind == "system" and "Interrupt" in r.text for r in app.state.rows)
 
 
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# /quit vs. Ctrl+C during an active stream
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+
+class _BlockedClient(_FakeClient):
+    """A client whose stream() blocks mid-run until the test releases it.
+
+    Unlike ``_FakeClient``, which finishes a turn synchronously, this lets a
+    test catch the app while a real worker thread is genuinely stuck inside
+    the streaming generator — the same shape as a live agent turn — instead
+    of only flipping the ``_streaming`` flag by hand.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.release = threading.Event()
+
+    def stream(self, message, *, thread_id=None, **kwargs):
+        self.release.wait(timeout=5)
+        yield StreamEvent(type="messages-tuple", data={"type": "ai", "content": "done", "id": "m1"})
+        yield StreamEvent(type="end", data={"usage": {"total_tokens": 1}})
+
+
+class _BlockedSession(_FakeSession):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.client = _BlockedClient()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_quit_interrupts_an_active_stream_before_exiting():
+    """/quit during a run must interrupt first, mirroring Ctrl+C.
+
+    Regression test: ``_handle_builtin``'s "quit" branch used to call
+    ``self.exit()`` unconditionally, unlike ``action_interrupt`` (Ctrl+C),
+    which checks ``self._streaming`` and interrupts before any teardown.
+    Left unfixed, the worker thread survives the app's exit; its next
+    ``call_from_thread`` call then fails silently and the in-flight turn is
+    abandoned without a trace.
+    """
+    session = _BlockedSession()
+    app = DeerFlowTUI(session, LaunchPlan(mode="tui"))
+    async with app.run_test() as pilot:
+        await pilot.pause()
+        await pilot.press("h", "i")
+        await pilot.press("enter")
+        await _wait_until(lambda: app._streaming, pilot)
+
+        for ch in "/quit":
+            await pilot.press(ch)
+        await pilot.press("enter")
+        await pilot.pause()
+
+        # The run must be interrupted (state cleaned up, message surfaced)
+        # before the app is allowed to exit — /quit still quits, but safely.
+        assert app._streaming is False
+        assert any(r.kind == "system" and "Interrupt" in r.text for r in app.state.rows)
+        assert app._exit is True
+
+    # Unblock the worker thread so it doesn't leak past the test.
+    session.client.release.set()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_ctrl_c_interrupts_an_active_stream_without_exiting():
+    """Contrast/control: Ctrl+C on a real blocked worker interrupts but stays open."""
+    session = _BlockedSession()
+    app = DeerFlowTUI(session, LaunchPlan(mode="tui"))
+    async with app.run_test() as pilot:
+        await pilot.pause()
+        await pilot.press("h", "i")
+        await pilot.press("enter")
+        await _wait_until(lambda: app._streaming, pilot)
+
+        await pilot.press("ctrl+c")
+        await pilot.pause()
+
+        assert app._streaming is False
+        assert any(r.kind == "system" and "Interrupt" in r.text for r in app.state.rows)
+        assert app._exit is False
+
+    session.client.release.set()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_tab_keeps_focus_on_composer_when_palette_closed():
     app = DeerFlowTUI(_FakeSession(), LaunchPlan(mode="tui"))