diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index dadd79b..53538e4 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ checksum = "c41e0c4fef86961ac6d6f8a82609f55f31b05e4fce149ac5710e439df7619ba4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mangalord"
-version = "0.87.15"
+version = "0.87.16"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "argon2",
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index b9e82eb..5852227 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "mangalord"
-version = "0.87.15"
+version = "0.87.16"
 edition = "2021"
 default-run = "mangalord"
 
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 38f0608..de1c74d 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mangalord-frontend",
-  "version": "0.87.15",
+  "version": "0.87.16",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks.server.test.ts b/frontend/src/hooks.server.test.ts
index 685fcfd..226da79 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks.server.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks.server.test.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ function makeEvent(path: string, init?: RequestInit) {
     return { url, request } as Parameters<typeof handle>[0]['event'];
 }
 
+/** Like {@link makeEvent} but lets a test inject a specific `signal`
+ *  on the underlying Request — the path SvelteKit uses to surface the
+ *  client-disconnect signal. Used by the abort-chain tests. */
+function makeEventWithSignal(path: string, signal: AbortSignal) {
+    const url = new URL(`http://app.example.com${path}`);
+    const request = new Request(url, { signal });
+    return { url, request } as Parameters<typeof handle>[0]['event'];
+}
+
 describe('hooks.server proxy', () => {
     let fetchSpy: MockInstance<typeof globalThis.fetch>;
 
@@ -191,6 +200,52 @@ describe('hooks.server proxy', () => {
         // presence is the contract this test is pinning.
         expect(init.signal?.aborted).toBe(false);
     });
+
+    // T2 — client-disconnect abort chain (0.87.9). Closing an admin tab
+    // must propagate into the upstream fetch so the backend's SSE
+    // broadcast::Receiver + spawned task tear down immediately. Before
+    // 0.87.9 the upstream fetch kept running until the proxy wall-clock
+    // timeout fired.
+    it('chains an already-aborted client signal into the upstream signal immediately', async () => {
+        // Capture the signal the proxy hands fetch; resolve when called.
+        let upstream: AbortSignal | undefined;
+        fetchSpy.mockImplementation(async (_url, init) => {
+            upstream = (init as RequestInit).signal ?? undefined;
+            return new Response('[]', { status: 200 });
+        });
+        const resolve = vi.fn();
+        // Build an event with an ALREADY-aborted request signal — the
+        // shape SvelteKit hands us after a client disconnect that has
+        // already settled.
+        const ctrl = new AbortController();
+        ctrl.abort();
+        const event = makeEventWithSignal('/api/v1/health', ctrl.signal);
+        await handle({ event, resolve });
+        expect(upstream).toBeInstanceOf(AbortSignal);
+        expect(upstream?.aborted).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('chains a mid-flight client-disconnect into the upstream signal', async () => {
+        // The mid-flight shape: request.signal is live when the handler
+        // starts, then aborts while the upstream fetch is in progress.
+        const clientCtrl = new AbortController();
+        let upstream: AbortSignal | undefined;
+        fetchSpy.mockImplementation(async (_url, init) => {
+            upstream = (init as RequestInit).signal ?? undefined;
+            // Let the handler's chaining listener attach, then trip the
+            // client signal — the upstream signal should reflect.
+            await Promise.resolve();
+            clientCtrl.abort();
+            // Tick once so the listener observes the abort before we
+            // check.
+            await Promise.resolve();
+            return new Response('[]', { status: 200 });
+        });
+        const resolve = vi.fn();
+        const event = makeEventWithSignal('/api/v1/health', clientCtrl.signal);
+        await handle({ event, resolve });
+        expect(upstream?.aborted).toBe(true);
+    });
 });
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/api/admin.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/api/admin.test.ts
index 0571508..c8320a3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/api/admin.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/api/admin.test.ts
@@ -713,6 +713,48 @@ describe('admin crawler api client', () => {
         expect(url).toContain('offset=50');
     });
 
+    it('getAnalysisMangaCoverage forwards the AbortSignal to fetch', async () => {
+        // The dashboard's debounce-race fix (0.87.9) relies on this knob
+        // landing on `init.signal`. Without it, a slow first request
+        // can still overwrite a faster second one because `request()`
+        // builds a fresh fetch with no cancellation hook.
+        fetchSpy.mockResolvedValueOnce(
+            ok({ items: [], page: { limit: 50, offset: 0, total: 0 } })
+        );
+        const ctrl = new AbortController();
+        await getAnalysisMangaCoverage(
+            { limit: 50 },
+            { signal: ctrl.signal }
+        );
+        const init = fetchSpy.mock.calls[0][1] as RequestInit;
+        expect(init.signal).toBe(ctrl.signal);
+    });
+
+    it('getAnalysisMangaCoverage propagates an abort rejection', async () => {
+        // Mid-flight abort: caller flips the AbortController, the fetch
+        // promise rejects, and the api client lets the rejection
+        // surface to its caller (the debounce-race handler treats
+        // AbortError as silent cancellation rather than an error toast).
+        const ctrl = new AbortController();
+        fetchSpy.mockImplementationOnce(
+            (_url, init) =>
+                new Promise((_resolve, reject) => {
+                    const signal = (init as RequestInit).signal;
+                    signal?.addEventListener(
+                        'abort',
+                        () => reject(new DOMException('aborted', 'AbortError')),
+                        { once: true }
+                    );
+                })
+        );
+        const inflight = getAnalysisMangaCoverage(
+            { limit: 25 },
+            { signal: ctrl.signal }
+        );
+        ctrl.abort();
+        await expect(inflight).rejects.toMatchObject({ name: 'AbortError' });
+    });
+
     it('getAnalysisChapterCoverage unwraps items', async () => {
         fetchSpy.mockResolvedValueOnce(
             ok({ items: [{ chapter_id: 'c1', number: 1, title: null, total_pages: 2, analyzed_pages: 1 }] })