diff --git a/src/main/mobile/cloudflared-tunnel.ts b/src/main/mobile/cloudflared-tunnel.ts
index 5066faf6d..36744ff3f 100644
--- a/src/main/mobile/cloudflared-tunnel.ts
+++ b/src/main/mobile/cloudflared-tunnel.ts
@@ -184,6 +184,29 @@ export interface CloudflareTunnelInstance extends InternetTunnelInstance {
   provider: 'cloudflare'
 }
 
+/**
+ * Stop a spawned child with a SIGTERM grace period, escalating to SIGKILL
+ * only while the process is still running. `ChildProcess.killed` becomes true
+ * as soon as kill() is *called* — it reports intent, not liveness — so an
+ * escalation guarded by `!child.killed` is dead code and a cloudflared that
+ * ignores SIGTERM would survive every cleanup. Exit status (`exitCode`/
+ * `signalCode`) is the liveness signal Node actually maintains.
+ */
+export function terminateChildProcess(
+  child: {
+    exitCode: number | null
+    signalCode: NodeJS.Signals | null
+    kill(signal: NodeJS.Signals): boolean
+  },
+  graceMs = 2000
+): void {
+  if (child.exitCode !== null || child.signalCode !== null) return
+  child.kill('SIGTERM')
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    if (child.exitCode === null && child.signalCode === null) child.kill('SIGKILL')
+  }, graceMs).unref?.()
+}
+
 export async function startCloudflareQuickTunnel(options: {
   port: number
   binaryPath: string
@@ -246,12 +269,7 @@ export async function startCloudflareQuickTunnel(options: {
 
     const cleanup = () => {
       try {
-        if (!child.killed) {
-          child.kill('SIGTERM')
-          setTimeout(() => {
-            if (!child.killed) child.kill('SIGKILL')
-          }, 2000).unref?.()
-        }
+        terminateChildProcess(child)
       } catch {}
     }
   })
diff --git a/test/lan-mobile-tunnel.test.ts b/test/lan-mobile-tunnel.test.ts
index be912db48..90de6d627 100644
--- a/test/lan-mobile-tunnel.test.ts
+++ b/test/lan-mobile-tunnel.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ import {
   ensureCloudflaredBinary,
   extractTryCloudflareUrl,
   resolveCurrentAssetSpec,
-  sha256OfFile
+  sha256OfFile,
+  terminateChildProcess
 } from '../src/main/mobile/cloudflared-tunnel'
 import {
   startTunnelWithFallback,
@@ -64,6 +65,56 @@ describe('Cloudflare Quick Tunnel utilities', () => {
 
     expect(CLOUDFLARED_VERSION).toBeTruthy()
   })
+
+  describe('terminateChildProcess escalation', () => {
+    interface FakeChild {
+      exitCode: number | null
+      signalCode: NodeJS.Signals | null
+      killed: boolean
+      kill: (signal: NodeJS.Signals) => boolean
+    }
+
+    function fakeChild(): FakeChild {
+      const child = {
+        exitCode: null,
+        signalCode: null,
+        killed: false,
+        kill: vi.fn((signal: NodeJS.Signals) => {
+          child.killed = true
+          return true
+        })
+      }
+      return child
+    }
+
+    it('escalates to SIGKILL when SIGTERM did not stop the child', async () => {
+      const child = fakeChild()
+      terminateChildProcess(child, 10)
+      expect(child.kill).toHaveBeenCalledWith('SIGTERM')
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 40))
+      expect(child.kill).toHaveBeenCalledWith('SIGKILL')
+    })
+
+    it('never escalates once the child has exited after SIGTERM', async () => {
+      const child = fakeChild()
+      vi.mocked(child.kill).mockImplementationOnce(() => {
+        child.killed = true
+        child.exitCode = 143
+        return true
+      })
+      terminateChildProcess(child, 10)
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 40))
+      expect(child.kill).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      expect(child.kill).toHaveBeenCalledWith('SIGTERM')
+    })
+
+    it('leaves an already-exited child untouched', () => {
+      const child = fakeChild()
+      child.exitCode = 0
+      terminateChildProcess(child, 10)
+      expect(child.kill).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+  })
 })
 
 describe('Pinggy Tunnel utilities', () => {