diff --git a/src/lib/shutdown-manager.test.ts b/src/lib/shutdown-manager.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b108d12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/shutdown-manager.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { shutdownExitCode } from "./shutdown-manager";
+
+describe("shutdownExitCode (#465)", () => {
+  test("a crash-driven shutdown exits non-zero so Restart=on-failure restarts the service", () => {
+    expect(shutdownExitCode("UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION")).toBe(1);
+    expect(shutdownExitCode("UNHANDLED_REJECTION")).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  test("a signal-driven stop is a clean exit", () => {
+    expect(shutdownExitCode("SIGTERM")).toBe(0);
+    expect(shutdownExitCode("SIGINT")).toBe(0);
+    expect(shutdownExitCode("SIGHUP")).toBe(0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/shutdown-manager.ts b/src/lib/shutdown-manager.ts
index f96d196..46313e8 100644
--- a/src/lib/shutdown-manager.ts
+++ b/src/lib/shutdown-manager.ts
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ async function executeShutdownCallbacks(): Promise<void> {
 /**
  * Perform graceful shutdown of the application
  */
+/** Exit status for a completed shutdown: 1 after a crash, 0 after a signal. */
+export function shutdownExitCode(signal: string): number {
+  return signal === 'UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION' || signal === 'UNHANDLED_REJECTION' ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
 export async function gracefulShutdown(signal: string = 'UNKNOWN'): Promise<void> {
   if (shutdownInProgress) {
     console.log('⚠️  Shutdown already in progress, ignoring additional signal');
@@ -187,8 +192,10 @@ export async function gracefulShutdown(signal: string = 'UNKNOWN'): Promise<void
       shutdownTimeout = null;
     }
 
-    // Exit with success code
-    process.exit(0);
+    // A shutdown forced by a crash exits non-zero so a supervisor with
+    // Restart=on-failure (the Proxmox script's unit) starts the service
+    // again; a signal-driven stop is a clean exit (#465).
+    process.exit(shutdownExitCode(signal));
 
   } catch (error) {
     console.error('\n❌ Error during graceful shutdown:', error);
diff --git a/src/pages/api/events/index.test.ts b/src/pages/api/events/index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2103125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/api/events/index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/**
+ * Regression test for #465: a client disconnect took the whole server down.
+ *
+ * The node adapter cancels the stream reader when the socket closes and then
+ * fires the request's abort signal. On Bun 1.4 the cancel has already closed
+ * the stream, so an unguarded controller.close() in the abort listener throws
+ * ERR_INVALID_STATE as an uncaught exception, and the uncaught-exception
+ * handler shut the process down. Both SSE routes are covered.
+ *
+ * The routes import @/lib/auth-guards and @/lib/events, replaced here with
+ * mock.module, which is process wide in bun, so the suite runs in an isolated
+ * child process (same harness as the other route tests).
+ */
+
+import { describe, expect, mock, test } from "bun:test";
+
+const CHILD_FLAG = "GM_SSE_ROUTES_ISOLATED";
+const isChild = !!process.env[CHILD_FLAG];
+
+if (!isChild) {
+  test("SSE routes - isolated child suite", () => {
+    const res = Bun.spawnSync({
+      cmd: [process.execPath, "test", import.meta.path],
+      env: { ...process.env, [CHILD_FLAG]: "1" },
+      stdout: "pipe",
+      stderr: "pipe",
+    });
+    if (res.exitCode !== 0) {
+      console.error(res.stdout.toString());
+      console.error(res.stderr.toString());
+    }
+    expect(res.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  }, 60_000);
+}
+
+if (isChild) {
+  mock.module("@/lib/auth-guards", () => ({
+    requireAuthenticatedUserId: async () => ({ userId: "user-1" }),
+  }));
+  mock.module("@/lib/events", () => ({
+    getNewEvents: async () => [],
+  }));
+}
+
+const routes = isChild
+  ? {
+      events: (await import("./index")).GET,
+      sse: (await import("../sse/index")).GET,
+    }
+  : ({} as Record<string, any>);
+
+/**
+ * Opens the stream, then closes it the way the node adapter does on a
+ * disconnect: the reader is cancelled first, the abort signal fires second.
+ */
+async function disconnect(route: any) {
+  const abort = new AbortController();
+  const request = new Request("http://localhost/api/x", { signal: abort.signal });
+  const response = await route({ request, locals: {} });
+  const reader = response.body.getReader();
+  const first = await reader.read();
+  expect(new TextDecoder().decode(first.value)).toContain(": connected");
+
+  const uncaught: unknown[] = [];
+  const record = (error: unknown) => uncaught.push(error);
+  process.on("uncaughtException", record);
+  try {
+    await reader.cancel();
+    abort.abort();
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
+  } finally {
+    process.off("uncaughtException", record);
+  }
+  return uncaught;
+}
+
+describe.skipIf(!isChild)("SSE routes survive a client disconnect (#465)", () => {
+  test("/api/events", async () => {
+    expect(await disconnect(routes.events)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  test("/api/sse", async () => {
+    expect(await disconnect(routes.sse)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/pages/api/events/index.ts b/src/pages/api/events/index.ts
index 781cd5a..c08fc0c 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/events/index.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/events/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export const GET: APIRoute = async ({ request, locals }) => {
   const userId = authResult.userId;
 
   // Create a new ReadableStream for SSE
+  let cancelStream: (() => void) | undefined;
   const stream = new ReadableStream({
     start(controller) {
       const encoder = new TextEncoder();
@@ -47,12 +48,30 @@ export const GET: APIRoute = async ({ request, locals }) => {
         }
       }, 30000);
 
-      // Cleanup on close
-      request.signal.addEventListener("abort", () => {
+      // Cleanup on close. When the client disconnects, the node adapter
+      // cancels the stream reader and then fires this abort; on Bun 1.4 the
+      // cancel has already closed the stream, so close() throws
+      // ERR_INVALID_STATE inside an event listener, an uncaught exception
+      // that took the whole process down (#465).
+      let closed = false;
+      const stop = () => {
+        if (closed) return;
+        closed = true;
         clearInterval(pollInterval);
         clearInterval(heartbeatInterval);
-        controller.close();
+      };
+      request.signal.addEventListener("abort", () => {
+        stop();
+        try {
+          controller.close();
+        } catch {
+          // Already closed by the reader cancel.
+        }
       });
+      cancelStream = stop;
+    },
+    cancel() {
+      cancelStream?.();
     },
   });
 
diff --git a/src/pages/api/sse/index.ts b/src/pages/api/sse/index.ts
index 11ccbed..4bcef94 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/sse/index.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/sse/index.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export const GET: APIRoute = async ({ request, locals }) => {
   let isClosed = false;
   const POLL_INTERVAL = 5000; // Poll every 5 seconds (reduced from 2 seconds for low-traffic usage)
 
+  let cancelStream: (() => void) | undefined;
   const stream = new ReadableStream({
     start(controller) {
       const encoder = new TextEncoder();
@@ -73,20 +74,30 @@ export const GET: APIRoute = async ({ request, locals }) => {
         }
       }, 30000);
 
-      // Handle client disconnection
+      // Handle client disconnection. The reader cancel runs first on Bun 1.4
+      // and closes the stream, so close() can throw ERR_INVALID_STATE here;
+      // inside an event listener that is an uncaught exception (#465).
       request.signal?.addEventListener("abort", () => {
         if (!isClosed) {
           isClosed = true;
           if (pollIntervalId) {
             clearInterval(pollIntervalId);
           }
-          controller.close();
+          try {
+            controller.close();
+          } catch {
+            // Already closed by the reader cancel.
+          }
         }
       });
+      cancelStream = () => {
+        isClosed = true;
+        if (pollIntervalId) clearInterval(pollIntervalId);
+        clearInterval(heartbeatInterval);
+      };
     },
     cancel() {
-      // Extra safety in case cancel is triggered
-      isClosed = true;
+      cancelStream?.();
     },
   });