diff --git a/crates/weft-appd/src/main.rs b/crates/weft-appd/src/main.rs
index c533c7d..897654e 100644
--- a/crates/weft-appd/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/weft-appd/src/main.rs
@@ -599,6 +599,55 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    #[tokio::test(flavor = "current_thread")]
+    async fn supervisor_abort_during_startup_broadcasts_stopped() {
+        use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+
+        let script =
+            std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("weft_test_sleep_{}.sh", std::process::id()));
+        std::fs::write(&script, "#!/bin/sh\nsleep 60\n").unwrap();
+        std::fs::set_permissions(&script, std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o755)).unwrap();
+
+        let prior = std::env::var("WEFT_RUNTIME_BIN").ok();
+        unsafe { std::env::set_var("WEFT_RUNTIME_BIN", &script) };
+
+        let registry: Registry = Arc::new(Mutex::new(SessionRegistry::default()));
+        let mut rx = registry.lock().await.subscribe();
+        let session_id = registry.lock().await.launch("test.abort.startup");
+        let abort_rx = registry.lock().await.register_abort(session_id);
+
+        registry.lock().await.terminate(session_id);
+
+        runtime::supervise(
+            session_id,
+            "test.abort.startup",
+            Arc::clone(&registry),
+            abort_rx,
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+        assert!(matches!(
+            registry.lock().await.state(session_id),
+            AppStateKind::NotFound
+        ));
+
+        let broadcast = rx.try_recv();
+        assert!(matches!(
+            broadcast,
+            Ok(Response::AppState { session_id: sid, state: AppStateKind::Stopped }) if sid == session_id
+        ));
+
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&script);
+        unsafe {
+            match prior {
+                Some(v) => std::env::set_var("WEFT_RUNTIME_BIN", v),
+                None => std::env::remove_var("WEFT_RUNTIME_BIN"),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     #[cfg(unix)]
     #[tokio::test(flavor = "current_thread")]
     async fn supervisor_spawn_failure_broadcasts_stopped() {
diff --git a/crates/weft-appd/src/runtime.rs b/crates/weft-appd/src/runtime.rs
index 5269123..91330bc 100644
--- a/crates/weft-appd/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/crates/weft-appd/src/runtime.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn supervise(
     registry: Registry,
     abort_rx: tokio::sync::oneshot::Receiver<()>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let mut abort_rx = abort_rx;
     let bin = match std::env::var("WEFT_RUNTIME_BIN") {
         Ok(b) => b,
         Err(_) => {
@@ -45,10 +46,13 @@ pub(crate) async fn supervise(
     let stdout = child.stdout.take().expect("stdout piped");
     let stderr = child.stderr.take().expect("stderr piped");
 
-    let ready_result = tokio::time::timeout(READY_TIMEOUT, wait_for_ready(stdout)).await;
+    let ready_result = tokio::select! {
+        r = tokio::time::timeout(READY_TIMEOUT, wait_for_ready(stdout)) => Some(r),
+        _ = &mut abort_rx => None,
+    };
 
     match ready_result {
-        Ok(Ok(remaining_stdout)) => {
+        Some(Ok(Ok(remaining_stdout))) => {
             registry
                 .lock()
                 .await
@@ -60,10 +64,10 @@ pub(crate) async fn supervise(
             tracing::info!(session_id, %app_id, "app ready");
             tokio::spawn(drain_stdout(remaining_stdout, session_id));
         }
-        Ok(Err(e)) => {
+        Some(Ok(Err(e))) => {
             tracing::warn!(session_id, %app_id, error = %e, "stdout read error before READY");
         }
-        Err(_elapsed) => {
+        Some(Err(_elapsed)) => {
             tracing::warn!(session_id, %app_id, "READY timeout after 30s; killing process");
             let _ = child.kill().await;
             let mut reg = registry.lock().await;
@@ -74,6 +78,17 @@ pub(crate) async fn supervise(
             });
             return Ok(());
         }
+        None => {
+            tracing::info!(session_id, %app_id, "abort during startup; killing process");
+            let _ = child.kill().await;
+            let mut reg = registry.lock().await;
+            reg.set_state(session_id, AppStateKind::Stopped);
+            let _ = reg.broadcast().send(Response::AppState {
+                session_id,
+                state: AppStateKind::Stopped,
+            });
+            return Ok(());
+        }
     }
 
     tokio::spawn(drain_stderr(stderr, session_id));