diff --git a/src/api/controllers/instance.controller.ts b/src/api/controllers/instance.controller.ts
index 6a6910688..5379d4f80 100644
--- a/src/api/controllers/instance.controller.ts
+++ b/src/api/controllers/instance.controller.ts
@@ -456,7 +456,21 @@ export class InstanceController {
       if (this.configService.get<Chatwoot>('CHATWOOT').ENABLED) waInstances?.clearCacheChatwoot();
 
       if (instance.state === 'connecting' || instance.state === 'open') {
-        await this.logout({ instanceName });
+        try {
+          await this.logout({ instanceName });
+        } catch (error) {
+          // logout can throw "Connection Closed" when the underlying Baileys
+          // socket is already dead but waInstances[name] still exists. We
+          // must continue to the remove.instance emit below — that is the
+          // only path that purges the in-memory entry and runs cleaningUp().
+          // Without this catch, the stale entry persists until the entire
+          // process restarts.
+          this.logger.warn({
+            message: 'logout failed during deleteInstance — proceeding with cleanup',
+            instanceName,
+            error,
+          });
+        }
       }
 
       try {