diff --git a/app/server.test.ts b/app/server.test.ts
index 5477679..6db7155 100644
--- a/app/server.test.ts
+++ b/app/server.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { RequestListener } from "node:http";
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { ChannelsControl } from "@copilotkit/runtime/v2";
 import {
+  installUnhandledRejectionBackstop,
   startOpenTagServer,
   type HttpServerLike,
   type RuntimeListener,
@@ -134,6 +135,34 @@ describe("startOpenTagServer", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("installUnhandledRejectionBackstop", () => {
+  it("logs every leaked rejection, including a non-Error reason", () => {
+    const target = new EventEmitter();
+    const consoleError = vi
+      .spyOn(console, "error")
+      .mockImplementation(() => undefined);
+    const leaked = new TypeError("terminated");
+
+    installUnhandledRejectionBackstop(target);
+    target.emit("unhandledRejection", leaked);
+    target.emit("unhandledRejection", "second");
+
+    expect(consoleError).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(consoleError.mock.calls[0]?.[1]).toBe(leaked);
+    expect(consoleError.mock.calls[1]?.[1]).toBe("second");
+    consoleError.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it("subscribes the live process by default, which is what the entrypoint relies on", () => {
+    const on = vi.spyOn(process, "on").mockReturnValue(process);
+
+    installUnhandledRejectionBackstop();
+
+    expect(on).toHaveBeenCalledWith("unhandledRejection", expect.any(Function));
+    on.mockRestore();
+  });
+});
+
 describe("createOpenTagApplication", () => {
   it("declares one adapter-free managed Channel", () => {
     const environment: AppEnvironment = {
diff --git a/server.ts b/server.ts
index 0d019e5..797f18e 100644
--- a/server.ts
+++ b/server.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ export interface SignalTarget {
   off(signal: NodeJS.Signals, listener: () => void): unknown;
 }
 
+export interface RejectionTarget {
+  on(
+    event: "unhandledRejection",
+    listener: (reason: unknown) => void,
+  ): unknown;
+}
+
 export interface RunningOpenTagServer {
   server: HttpServerLike;
   shutdown(): Promise<void>;
@@ -156,6 +163,22 @@ export async function startOpenTagServer(
   return { server: startedServer, shutdown };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Node terminates the process on an unhandled rejection. When a fetch to the
+ * agent fails, the transport leaks one *in addition to* rejecting the promise
+ * the caller awaits. Every call site already catches that awaited rejection, so
+ * no application-level try/catch can reach the leaked copy, and a transient
+ * agent hiccup takes the whole runtime down with it. Logging the leak keeps the
+ * Channel session alive.
+ */
+export function installUnhandledRejectionBackstop(
+  target: RejectionTarget = process,
+): void {
+  target.on("unhandledRejection", (reason) => {
+    console.error("[opentag] unhandled rejection; runtime kept alive", reason);
+  });
+}
+
 export async function main(): Promise<RunningOpenTagServer> {
   const application = createOpenTagApplication();
   const running = await startOpenTagServer({
@@ -177,6 +200,7 @@ const isMain =
   import.meta.url === pathToFileURL(process.argv[1]).href;
 
 if (isMain) {
+  installUnhandledRejectionBackstop();
   try {
     const { Agent, setGlobalDispatcher } = await import("undici");
     setGlobalDispatcher(