diff --git a/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/Chart.yaml b/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/Chart.yaml
index 52aeb35da..26b2bd45f 100644
--- a/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/Chart.yaml
+++ b/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/Chart.yaml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ type: application
 # The chart's own semver version. Bumped on every chart release; treated as
 # independent of the server image version (appVersion). Breaking-change rules
 # for this version live in docs/UPGRADING.md alongside the chart.
-version: 1.1.0
+version: 1.2.0
 # The immutable native Durable Workflow Server this chart release packages.
 # The onboarding default in values.yaml and appVersion are generated from the
 # checked-in source release record (helm_chart.app_version).
-appVersion: "3.3.2"
+appVersion: "3.4.0"
 kubeVersion: ">=1.27.0-0"
 home: https://durable-workflow.github.io/docs/2.0/deployment
 sources:
@@ -30,18 +30,12 @@ annotations:
   # exact commit that most recently changed the packaged chart.
   org.opencontainers.image.source: https://github.com/durable-workflow/server
   dev.durable-workflow.source-revision: "unreleased"
-  dev.durable-workflow.image-reference: "docker.io/durableworkflow/server:3.3.2"
+  dev.durable-workflow.image-reference: "docker.io/durableworkflow/server:3.4.0"
   artifacthub.io/license: MIT
   artifacthub.io/category: integration-delivery
   # Free-form changelog for the current chart release shown by Artifact Hub.
   artifacthub.io/changes: |
-    - kind: changed
-      description: Default image changes from native Server 3.0.5 to 3.3.2. No template, values contract or values schema change.
-    - kind: changed
-      description: "Upgrading an existing install needs an explicit native schema upgrade: Server 3.3.2 moves MySQL, MariaDB and PostgreSQL from native schema 8 (3.0.x) to 11 and refuses a version 8 database with native_schema_upgrade_required. Scale the Server to zero, back up the database, then run schema-upgrade with native.schemaUpgrade.enabled=true during helm upgrade or with the manual Job in the chart README. On PostgreSQL the version 11 index is built with a plain CREATE INDEX that blocks writes to workflow_tasks until it finishes. There is no downgrade: going back to 3.0.x means restoring the backup. See docs/UPGRADING.md."
-    - kind: added
-      description: "Server 3.1.0: every worker answer carries protocol_version and server_capabilities; cluster info serves client_compatibility and supported_sdk_versions; start_child_workflow may set await started (child_workflow_start_turn); JSON doubles keep every digit (server#1001, server#1005, server#966, server#1010)."
     - kind: added
-      description: "Server 3.3.0: an open_condition_wait command can opt in to one wall deadline per condition-wait occurrence (condition_wait_occurrence_deadline). sdk-php 3.10.0 does not send it; SDK support ships in a later sdk-php release (sdk-php#269)."
+      description: "Native pods sleep native.preStopSleepSeconds (default 5, 0 disables) in a preStop hook before SIGTERM, so a rolling update drops no requests (server#608). native.terminationGracePeriodSeconds now defaults to 70 so worker polls still drain after the sleep; the chart refuses a grace period at or below the sleep plus DW_WORKER_POLL_TIMEOUT."
     - kind: changed
-      description: "Servers 3.3.0 to 3.3.2 answer empty non-waiting query polls from one read snapshot without the transition lock, read claim candidates in bounded ranges, issue fewer statements per workflow transition, batch local activity records and read a workflow description from one snapshot. Answers are unchanged; no speedup is claimed. https://github.com/durable-workflow/server/releases/tag/3.3.2"
+      description: "Default image changes from native Server 3.3.2 to 3.4.0, which adds opt-in activity/workflow continuations. No schema upgrade from 3.3.x: MySQL, MariaDB and PostgreSQL stay at native schema 11. https://github.com/durable-workflow/server/releases/tag/3.4.0"
diff --git a/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/README.md b/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/README.md
index 250bd1ff2..7354cbeb4 100644
--- a/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/README.md
+++ b/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/README.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ helm install durable-workflow ./k8s/helm/durable-workflow \
 
 ```yaml
 image:
-  tag: "3.3.2"
+  tag: "3.4.0"
   # Pin a digest in production:
   # digest: "sha256:abc123..."
 
@@ -143,9 +143,12 @@ Driver, or any GitOps secret bridge that produces a Kubernetes `Secret`.
   single pod would block every node drain.
 * On `SIGTERM` the native Server holds open worker polls until they end. A
   poll waits `DW_WORKER_POLL_TIMEOUT` (30 seconds by default) unless it asks
-  for up to 60. `native.terminationGracePeriodSeconds` defaults to 65 so a
-  rollout drains every allowed poll. The chart refuses a grace period at or
-  below a `DW_WORKER_POLL_TIMEOUT` set in `config.extraEnv`.
+  for up to 60. A terminating pod first sleeps `native.preStopSleepSeconds`
+  (5 by default, 0 disables it) in a `preStop` hook, so Services stop routing
+  to it before the listener closes. `native.terminationGracePeriodSeconds`
+  defaults to 70 so a rollout drains every allowed poll after that sleep. The
+  chart refuses a grace period at or below the sleep plus a
+  `DW_WORKER_POLL_TIMEOUT` set in `config.extraEnv`.
 * Native liveness probes the listener (`native.livenessProbe`, a TCP check on
   the `http` port), not `/api/health`. `/api/health` reports database
   liveness, so probing it would restart every pod during a database outage,
diff --git a/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/docs/UPGRADING.md b/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/docs/UPGRADING.md
index 904063c7c..52b9385da 100644
--- a/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/docs/UPGRADING.md
+++ b/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/docs/UPGRADING.md
@@ -69,6 +69,26 @@ chart MINOR bump and an entry below.
 
 ## Per-version migration notes
 
+### Chart 1.2.0 / Server 3.4.0 (native)
+
+No schema upgrade from Server 3.3.x: MySQL, MariaDB and PostgreSQL stay at
+native schema 11, so a plain `helm upgrade` is enough. From Server 3.2.x or
+earlier, follow the Chart 1.1.0 / Server 3.3.2 steps below first (backup and
+explicit `schema-upgrade`).
+
+* The default image is native Server 3.4.0, which adds opt-in
+  activity/workflow continuations. Existing workers are unaffected. See the
+  [3.4.0 release notes](https://github.com/durable-workflow/server/releases/tag/3.4.0).
+
+* Native server pods now run a `preStop` hook that sleeps
+  `native.preStopSleepSeconds` (default 5) before `SIGTERM`, so Services stop
+  routing to a terminating pod before its listener closes (server#608). Set
+  it to `0` to remove the hook.
+* `native.terminationGracePeriodSeconds` now defaults to 70 (was 65), so a
+  60-second worker poll still drains after the sleep. If you set the grace
+  period yourself, keep it above `preStopSleepSeconds` plus any
+  `DW_WORKER_POLL_TIMEOUT`; the chart refuses a smaller value at render time.
+
 ### Chart 1.1.0 / Server 3.3.2 (native)
 
 The default image changes from native Server 3.0.5 to 3.3.2
diff --git a/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/templates/_helpers.tpl b/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 25083b262..bf4ee1aa8 100644
--- a/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -733,10 +733,11 @@ behavior it mirrors.
 {{- if and (not (get (default (dict) (get $native "storage")) "existingClaim")) (or .Values.server.autoscaling.enabled (gt (int (include "durable-workflow.serverReplicas" .)) 1)) -}}
 {{- fail "More than one native Server replica (server.replicaCount above 1 or server.autoscaling.enabled) needs native.storage.existingClaim: native keeps external payload objects on pod-local disk, so one pod cannot read an upload another pod accepted. Set a ReadWriteMany claim, or run one replica." -}}
 {{- end -}}
-{{- $grace := int (default 65 (get $native "terminationGracePeriodSeconds")) -}}
+{{- $grace := int (default 70 (get $native "terminationGracePeriodSeconds")) -}}
+{{- $preStop := int (default 0 (get $native "preStopSleepSeconds")) -}}
 {{- $poll := get (default (dict) .Values.config.extraEnv) "DW_WORKER_POLL_TIMEOUT" -}}
-{{- if and $poll (le $grace (int $poll)) -}}
-{{- fail (printf "native.terminationGracePeriodSeconds (%d) must exceed DW_WORKER_POLL_TIMEOUT (%v): the native Server holds open worker polls for up to that long while it drains on SIGTERM." $grace $poll) -}}
+{{- if and $poll (le $grace (add $preStop (int $poll))) -}}
+{{- fail (printf "native.terminationGracePeriodSeconds (%d) must exceed native.preStopSleepSeconds (%d) plus DW_WORKER_POLL_TIMEOUT (%v): the native Server holds open worker polls for up to that long while it drains on SIGTERM." $grace $preStop $poll) -}}
 {{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
diff --git a/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/templates/native-server-deployment.yaml b/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/templates/native-server-deployment.yaml
index 4e3066f0a..53e4f31a1 100644
--- a/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/templates/native-server-deployment.yaml
+++ b/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/templates/native-server-deployment.yaml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ spec:
       {{- /* On SIGTERM native stops accepting work and holds open worker
       polls until they end. A poll may ask for up to 60 seconds, so the grace
       period must outlast that. */}}
-      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: {{ default 65 (get $native "terminationGracePeriodSeconds") }}
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: {{ default 70 (get $native "terminationGracePeriodSeconds") }}
       containers:
         - name: server
           image: {{ include "durable-workflow.image" . | quote }}
@@ -94,6 +94,15 @@ spec:
           startupProbe:
             {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
           {{- end }}
+          {{- /* Endpoints are removed asynchronously; sleeping before SIGTERM
+          keeps the listener open until routing has moved off this pod. */}}
+          {{- $preStop := int (default 0 (get $native "preStopSleepSeconds")) }}
+          {{- if gt $preStop 0 }}
+          lifecycle:
+            preStop:
+              exec:
+                command: ["/bin/sleep", {{ $preStop | quote }}]
+          {{- end }}
           resources:
             {{- $resources | nindent 12 }}
           {{- with .Values.server.containerSecurityContext }}
diff --git a/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/values.schema.json b/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/values.schema.json
index bc4797e8a..473b6e2ad 100644
--- a/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/values.schema.json
+++ b/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/values.schema.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {
         "terminationGracePeriodSeconds": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 1 },
+        "preStopSleepSeconds": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0 },
         "livenessProbe": { "type": "object" },
         "automountServiceAccountToken": { "type": "boolean" },
         "ephemeralStorage": {
diff --git a/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/values.yaml b/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/values.yaml
index 053d35ecd..be43af34b 100644
--- a/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/values.yaml
+++ b/k8s/helm/durable-workflow/values.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ image:
   # scripts/ci/sync-source-release.mjs. Do not edit this default.
   # A tag must match the runtime: 3.x (or latest) for native, 2.x for php.
   # The chart refuses a mismatch at render time.
-  tag: "3.3.2"
+  tag: "3.4.0"
   # Optional digest pin. When set, takes precedence over tag for change control.
   # Example: "sha256:abc123..."
   # The chart cannot see which runtime a digest names. Pin a native digest
@@ -214,10 +214,15 @@ native:
 
   # On SIGTERM the native Server holds open worker polls until they end. A
   # poll waits DW_WORKER_POLL_TIMEOUT (30 seconds) unless it asks for up to 60,
-  # so keep this above 60 for a rollout to drain polls instead of cutting them
-  # off. The chart refuses a value at or below a DW_WORKER_POLL_TIMEOUT set in
-  # config.extraEnv.
-  terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 65
+  # so keep this above preStopSleepSeconds plus 60 for a rollout to drain polls
+  # instead of cutting them off. The chart refuses a value at or below
+  # preStopSleepSeconds plus a DW_WORKER_POLL_TIMEOUT set in config.extraEnv.
+  terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 70
+
+  # Seconds a terminating pod keeps serving before it receives SIGTERM, so
+  # Services and load balancers stop routing to it first and a rolling update
+  # drops no requests. 0 removes the preStop hook.
+  preStopSleepSeconds: 5
 
   # Liveness for native pods. /api/health reports database liveness, so
   # probing it would restart every pod during a database outage while the
diff --git a/resources/release/source-release.json b/resources/release/source-release.json
index 64fd65829..7f308fb67 100644
--- a/resources/release/source-release.json
+++ b/resources/release/source-release.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "version": "2.11.8"
   },
   "helm_chart": {
-    "version": "1.1.0",
-    "app_version": "3.3.2"
+    "version": "1.2.0",
+    "app_version": "3.4.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/ci/test_helm_runtime_modes.py b/scripts/ci/test_helm_runtime_modes.py
index b577200e8..22f6a034f 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/test_helm_runtime_modes.py
+++ b/scripts/ci/test_helm_runtime_modes.py
@@ -100,8 +100,10 @@ def test_default_install_renders_one_native_server_and_nothing_php(self):
         self.assertEqual(container["livenessProbe"]["tcpSocket"], {"port": "http"})
         self.assertNotIn("httpGet", container["livenessProbe"])
         self.assertEqual(container["readinessProbe"]["httpGet"]["path"], "/api/ready")
-        # A worker poll may ask to be held for up to 60 seconds.
-        self.assertEqual(pod["terminationGracePeriodSeconds"], 65)
+        # A worker poll may ask to be held for up to 60 seconds, after a
+        # preStop sleep that lets routing move off the pod first (Server #608).
+        self.assertEqual(pod["terminationGracePeriodSeconds"], 70)
+        self.assertEqual(container["lifecycle"], {"preStop": {"exec": {"command": ["/bin/sleep", "5"]}}})
         self.assertEqual(pod["securityContext"]["runAsUser"], 1000)
         self.assertEqual(pod["securityContext"]["fsGroup"], 1000)
         self.assertIn({"name": "server-storage", "mountPath": "/app/storage"}, container["volumeMounts"])
@@ -165,8 +167,8 @@ def test_render_time_refusals_match_native_startup_refusals(self):
             "auth.authToken is required in native mode": ["--set-string", "auth.authToken="],
             "auth.principalTokens is not supported": ["--set-string", "auth.principalTokens=[]"],
             'config.auth.driver "none" is not supported': ["--set-string", "config.auth.driver=none"],
-            "must exceed DW_WORKER_POLL_TIMEOUT": [
-                "--set-string", "config.extraEnv.DW_WORKER_POLL_TIMEOUT=70",
+            "must exceed native.preStopSleepSeconds (5) plus DW_WORKER_POLL_TIMEOUT": [
+                "--set-string", "config.extraEnv.DW_WORKER_POLL_TIMEOUT=66",
             ],
             "More than one native Server replica": ["--set", "server.replicaCount=2"],
             "native.storage.existingClaim: native keeps external payload objects": [
@@ -190,10 +192,13 @@ def test_render_time_refusals_match_native_startup_refusals(self):
 
         accepted = render(
             "--set-string", "config.extraEnv.DW_WORKER_POLL_TIMEOUT=70",
-            "--set", "native.terminationGracePeriodSeconds=75",
+            "--set", "native.terminationGracePeriodSeconds=76",
         )
         server = named(accepted, "Deployment", "-server")
-        self.assertEqual(server["spec"]["template"]["spec"]["terminationGracePeriodSeconds"], 75)
+        self.assertEqual(server["spec"]["template"]["spec"]["terminationGracePeriodSeconds"], 76)
+        without_sleep = render("--set", "native.preStopSleepSeconds=0")
+        container = named(without_sleep, "Deployment", "-server")["spec"]["template"]["spec"]["containers"][0]
+        self.assertNotIn("lifecycle", container)
 
     def test_a_shared_payload_claim_allows_more_than_one_replica(self):
         resources = render(