diff --git a/src/praisonai-desktop/engine/server.py b/src/praisonai-desktop/engine/server.py
index f422a0ebb..5ea0b0bf0 100644
--- a/src/praisonai-desktop/engine/server.py
+++ b/src/praisonai-desktop/engine/server.py
@@ -2029,7 +2029,21 @@ def main():
     print(f"praisonai runtime listening on 127.0.0.1:{port}", flush=True)
     write_lock(port)
     atexit.register(clear_lock)
-    register_exit_signals(lambda *_: sys.exit(0))
+
+    def _stop_everything(*_):
+        # The trainer runs in its own session (start_new_session=True), so a
+        # signal aimed at the engine's process group never reaches it. If the
+        # engine simply exits, the fine-tune is reparented to init and keeps
+        # the GPU with nothing left that can find or stop it. Trainer.stop()
+        # terminates the trainer's own group first, so quit takes it down too.
+        if _TRAINER is not None:
+            try:
+                _TRAINER.stop()
+            except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 - never block the quit
+                pass
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    register_exit_signals(_stop_everything)
     try:
         server.serve_forever()
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
diff --git a/src/praisonai-desktop/engine/test_train_routes.py b/src/praisonai-desktop/engine/test_train_routes.py
index 8845943d5..85ae021e6 100644
--- a/src/praisonai-desktop/engine/test_train_routes.py
+++ b/src/praisonai-desktop/engine/test_train_routes.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import pathlib
 import shlex
 import shutil
+import signal
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
@@ -448,5 +449,64 @@ def test_a_json_array_does_not_drop_projects_or_search(self):
         self.assertEqual(status, 200, body)
 
 
+@unittest.skipIf(os.name == "nt", "POSIX orphaning; Windows uses taskkill /T")
+class QuitStopsTheTrainer(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Quitting the engine must take the fine-tune down with it.
+
+    The trainer is spawned in its own session, so a signal aimed at the
+    engine's process group never reaches it. If the engine exits without
+    calling Trainer.stop(), the run is reparented to init (ppid 1) and keeps
+    the GPU with nothing left that can find it -- the exact failure this
+    guards against.
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        # A stub trainer that records its pid, then sleeps well past the test.
+        self.pidfile = os.path.join(
+            tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="praison-trainer-pid-"), "pid")
+        body = (
+            "import os, time\n"
+            f"open({self.pidfile!r}, 'w').write(str(os.getpid()))\n"
+            "print('training', flush=True)\n"
+            "time.sleep(300)\n")
+        self.engine = EngineProcess(_python(body))
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.engine.close()
+        shutil.rmtree(os.path.dirname(self.pidfile), ignore_errors=True)
+
+    def _trainer_pid(self):
+        if not os.path.exists(self.pidfile):
+            return None
+        text = pathlib.Path(self.pidfile).read_text().strip()
+        return int(text) if text else None
+
+    def _alive(self, pid):
+        try:
+            os.kill(pid, 0)
+            return True
+        except ProcessLookupError:
+            return False
+        except PermissionError:
+            return True
+
+    def test_quitting_the_engine_kills_the_running_trainer(self):
+        status, body = self.engine.request("/train/start", {"config": CONFIG})
+        self.assertEqual(status, 200, body)
+        self.assertTrue(_wait(
+            lambda: (self.engine.request("/train/status")[1].get("run") or {})
+            .get("state") == "running"))
+        self.assertTrue(_wait(lambda: self._trainer_pid() is not None),
+                        "the stub trainer never recorded its pid")
+        pid = self._trainer_pid()
+
+        # Quit exactly as the Tauri shell does: one SIGTERM to the engine.
+        self.engine.proc.send_signal(signal.SIGTERM)
+        self.engine.proc.wait(timeout=15)
+
+        self.assertTrue(_wait(lambda: not self._alive(pid), 10),
+                        f"the trainer (pid {pid}) outlived the engine quit")
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main(verbosity=2)