diff --git a/src/tui/README.md b/src/tui/README.md
index b78b74980..6b353f06f 100644
--- a/src/tui/README.md
+++ b/src/tui/README.md
@@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ the e2e harness drives a real run, and `tuiProgramFlow(programId)` returns the
 program's flow steps, for walking a flow in tests.
 
 `runTui` and `runTuiTool` resolve an exit code and never exit: the CLI applies
-it. A screen ends the run with `store.requestExit(code)`: `runTui` resolves it
-as is, and `runTuiTool` resolves it once the tool's analytics events flush. A
-decided failure ends it through `abortOnScreens`, or through `wizardAbort` with
+it. A screen ends the run with `store.requestExit(code)`: `runTui` unmounts,
+reports the run's end to analytics within two seconds and resolves it, and
+`runTuiTool` resolves it once the tool's analytics events flush. A decided
+failure ends it through `abortOnScreens`, or through `wizardAbort` with
 `printAbortOutro` before the TUI mounts; Ctrl+C or a signal ends it 130 or 143.
 
 A flow id names a program or a tool. The core finds its flow, screens and deck
diff --git a/src/tui/__tests__/run.test.ts b/src/tui/__tests__/run.test.ts
index f841db9ca..dde4962e0 100644
--- a/src/tui/__tests__/run.test.ts
+++ b/src/tui/__tests__/run.test.ts
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ it.each([
   },
 );
 
-it("resolves a screen's exit request with its code and starts no end shutdown", async () => {
+it("resolves a screen's exit request with its code and starts no stream shutdown", async () => {
   const { store, unmount } = mountedStore();
   vi.mocked(runProgram).mockResolvedValue({
     outcome: RunOutcome.Success,
@@ -210,7 +210,49 @@ it("resolves a screen's exit request with its code and starts no end shutdown",
   await expect(exited).resolves.toBe(0);
   await flush();
   expect(streamShutdown).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-  expect(unmount).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  expect(unmount).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+});
+
+it.each([
+  [0, 'cancelled'],
+  [1, 'error'],
+] as const)(
+  'ends a screen exit request %i before the run with a %s shutdown, delivered before the exit',
+  async (code, status) => {
+    const { store, unmount } = mountedStore();
+    // The intro never settles: the user leaves from its menu.
+    vi.spyOn(store, 'getGate').mockReturnValue(new Promise(() => undefined));
+    let delivered = false;
+    vi.mocked(analytics.flush).mockImplementation(async () => {
+      // The screen is gone before the wait, so it takes no more input.
+      expect(unmount).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+      await flush();
+      delivered = true;
+    });
+    const exited = runTui(posthogIntegration, launch('/tmp/intro-exit-test'));
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(store.getGate).toHaveBeenCalled());
+    store.requestExit(code);
+    await expect(exited).resolves.toBe(code);
+    expect(delivered).toBe(true);
+    expect(analytics.shutdown).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(status);
+    expect(runProgram).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  },
+);
+
+it('exits on a screen exit request within the report budget when analytics hang', async () => {
+  vi.useFakeTimers({ toFake: ['setTimeout'] });
+  try {
+    const { store } = mountedStore();
+    vi.spyOn(store, 'getGate').mockReturnValue(new Promise(() => undefined));
+    vi.mocked(analytics.shutdown).mockReturnValue(new Promise(() => undefined));
+    const exited = runTui(posthogIntegration, launch('/tmp/hung-exit-test'));
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(store.getGate).toHaveBeenCalled());
+    store.requestExit(0);
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(2000);
+    await expect(exited).resolves.toBe(0);
+  } finally {
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+  }
 });
 
 it('resolves an abort with its code once its outro is dismissed', async () => {
diff --git a/src/tui/run.ts b/src/tui/run.ts
index 79289770f..2221c36c7 100644
--- a/src/tui/run.ts
+++ b/src/tui/run.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ import type { WizardStore } from './store.js';
 import type { TuiLaunch } from './launch.js';
 import { tuiWorkflow } from './workflow.js';
 
+/** How long a screen's exit request waits for analytics before it exits anyway. */
+const EXIT_REPORT_BUDGET_MS = 2000;
+
 /**
  * Run `config` in the TUI. Resolves with the exit code: the run's, a screen's
  * exit request, a decided failure's through `wizardAbort`, or 130 or 143 on a signal.
@@ -118,9 +121,25 @@ export async function runTui(
     tui = startTUI(VERSION, config.id, () => onSignal('SIGINT'));
     const activeTui = tui;
     const { store } = activeTui;
-    // A screen's exit request ends the run with no shutdown; start-tui's exit listener unmounts.
+    // A screen's exit request unmounts, reports the run's end within a bounded wait, then exits with no stream shutdown.
     store.subscribe(() => {
-      if (store.exitRequest !== null && !handedOff) exit.end(store.exitRequest);
+      const code = store.exitRequest;
+      if (code === null || handedOff || exitInProgress || signalled) return;
+      exitInProgress = true;
+      launch.signal.removeEventListener('abort', onAbort);
+      activeTui.unmount();
+      const report = async (): Promise<void> => {
+        try {
+          await analytics.shutdown(code === 0 ? 'cancelled' : 'error');
+        } catch {
+          logToFile('[run-wizard] exit request shutdown failed');
+        }
+        await flushAnalytics();
+      };
+      void Promise.race([
+        report(),
+        new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, EXIT_REPORT_BUDGET_MS)),
+      ]).then(() => exit.end(code));
     });
 
     const session = buildSession(launch.session);
@@ -244,7 +263,7 @@ export async function runTui(
     await activeStream.finishRun(runFailed ? 'failed' : 'completed');
     await store.waitUntil((s) => s.mintHandoff === 'exit' || s.skillsComplete);
     // A screen already ended the run (KeepSkills after a success): start no flush it would cut off.
-    if (exit.ended) return;
+    if (exit.ended || exitInProgress) return;
 
     exitInProgress = true;
     await activeStream.shutdown(2000);