diff --git a/src/app_core.ts b/src/app_core.ts
index 36c1604..a92d134 100644
--- a/src/app_core.ts
+++ b/src/app_core.ts
@@ -2858,12 +2858,17 @@ export function createAppCore(cfg: Config, opts: CreateAppCoreOptions): App {
     }
   };
 
-  const close = () => {
+  const close = async () => {
     closing = true;
-    touch.stop();
+    // Await the worker-thread pools so their threads are fully gone before we
+    // return. The host process (e.g. @prisma/dev) frees other native resources
+    // -- PGlite's WebAssembly JIT pages -- right after this resolves; a worker
+    // thread still tearing down at that moment races V8's process-global JIT
+    // bookkeeping and can abort the process on Linux.
+    await touch.stop();
+    await segmenter.stop(true);
     uploader.stop(true);
     indexer?.stop();
-    segmenter.stop(true);
     metricsEmitter.stop();
     expirySweeper.stop();
     streamSizeReconciler.stop();
diff --git a/src/local/server.ts b/src/local/server.ts
index db5dc1b..7210ebf 100644
--- a/src/local/server.ts
+++ b/src/local/server.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export async function startLocalDurableStreamsServer(opts: {
           if (http) await http.close();
         } finally {
           try {
-            app?.close();
+            await app?.close();
           } finally {
             await releaseLock();
           }
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export async function startLocalDurableStreamsServer(opts: {
       // ignore
     }
     try {
-      app?.close();
+      await app?.close();
     } catch {
       // ignore
     }
diff --git a/src/segment/segmenter_workers.ts b/src/segment/segmenter_workers.ts
index d3d272f..0cf3df3 100644
--- a/src/segment/segmenter_workers.ts
+++ b/src/segment/segmenter_workers.ts
@@ -39,19 +39,25 @@ export class SegmenterWorkerPool implements SegmenterController {
     }
   }
 
-  stop(_hard?: boolean): void {
+  async stop(_hard?: boolean): Promise<void> {
     if (!this.started) return;
     this.started = false;
-    for (const w of this.workers) {
-      try {
-        w.postMessage({ type: "stop" });
-      } catch {
-        // ignore
-      }
-      void w.terminate();
-    }
+    const workers = this.workers.slice();
     this.workers.length = 0;
     this.workerMemory.clear();
+    // Await termination so the worker threads are gone before stop() resolves;
+    // see the note in TouchProcessorWorkerPool.stop -- a lingering worker thread
+    // racing the host process's WASM teardown can abort the process on Linux.
+    await Promise.all(
+      workers.map((w) => {
+        try {
+          w.postMessage({ type: "stop" });
+        } catch {
+          // ignore
+        }
+        return w.terminate();
+      }),
+    );
   }
 
   getMemoryStats(): SegmenterMemoryStats {
diff --git a/src/server.ts b/src/server.ts
index 78f2b54..1cb07ae 100644
--- a/src/server.ts
+++ b/src/server.ts
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ statsReporter?.start();
 histReporter?.start();
 
 let shuttingDown = false;
-const shutdown = (signal: NodeJS.Signals) => {
+const shutdown = async (signal: NodeJS.Signals) => {
   if (shuttingDown) return;
   shuttingDown = true;
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ const shutdown = (signal: NodeJS.Signals) => {
     console.error("failed to stop HTTP server cleanly", err);
   }
   try {
-    app.close();
+    await app.close();
   } catch (err) {
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
     console.error("failed to close application cleanly", err);
diff --git a/src/touch/manager.ts b/src/touch/manager.ts
index ee083e6..8906b00 100644
--- a/src/touch/manager.ts
+++ b/src/touch/manager.ts
@@ -198,11 +198,11 @@ export class TouchProcessorManager {
     }
   }
 
-  stop(): void {
+  async stop(): Promise<void> {
     this.stopping = true;
     if (this.timer) clearInterval(this.timer);
     this.timer = null;
-    this.pool.stop();
+    await this.pool.stop();
     this.liveMetrics.stop();
     for (const j of this.journals.values()) j.stop();
     this.journals.clear();
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ export class TouchProcessorManager {
       if (this.restartWorkerPoolRequested) {
         this.restartWorkerPoolRequested = false;
         try {
-          this.pool.restart();
+          await this.pool.restart();
           this.lastWorkerPoolRestartAtMs = Date.now();
         } catch (e) {
           // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
diff --git a/src/touch/worker_pool.ts b/src/touch/worker_pool.ts
index fccc7e8..78373d4 100644
--- a/src/touch/worker_pool.ts
+++ b/src/touch/worker_pool.ts
@@ -38,28 +38,36 @@ export class TouchProcessorWorkerPool {
     for (let i = 0; i < this.workerCount; i++) this.spawnWorker(i, generation);
   }
 
-  stop(): void {
+  async stop(): Promise<void> {
     if (!this.started) return;
     this.started = false;
     this.generation += 1;
-    for (const w of this.workers) {
-      try {
-        w.worker.postMessage({ type: "stop" });
-      } catch {
-        // ignore
-      }
-      void w.worker.terminate();
-    }
+    const workers = this.workers.slice();
     this.workers.length = 0;
     this.queue.length = 0;
     for (const [id, p] of this.pending.entries()) {
       p.resolve(Result.err({ kind: "worker_pool_failure", message: "worker pool stopped" }));
       this.pending.delete(id);
     }
+    // Await termination so the worker threads are actually gone before stop()
+    // resolves. Callers (the local server's close path) rely on this: a worker
+    // thread still tearing down while the host process frees other native
+    // resources -- e.g. PGlite's WebAssembly JIT pages in @prisma/dev -- races
+    // V8's process-global JIT bookkeeping and can abort the process on Linux.
+    await Promise.all(
+      workers.map((w) => {
+        try {
+          w.worker.postMessage({ type: "stop" });
+        } catch {
+          // ignore
+        }
+        return w.worker.terminate();
+      }),
+    );
   }
 
-  restart(): void {
-    this.stop();
+  async restart(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.stop();
     this.start();
   }