diff --git a/bot/bot.py b/bot/bot.py
index 1c90610..f032c38 100644
--- a/bot/bot.py
+++ b/bot/bot.py
@@ -874,10 +874,82 @@ def save_autonomous_state():
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(f"Failed to save autonomous context on shutdown: {e}")
 
-# Register shutdown handlers
+async def graceful_shutdown():
+    """
+    Perform a full async cleanup before the bot exits.
+
+    Shutdown sequence:
+      1. End active voice sessions (disconnect, release GPU locks)
+      2. Save autonomous engine state
+      3. Stop the APScheduler
+      4. Cancel all tracked background tasks
+      5. Close the Discord gateway connection
+    """
+    logger.warning("🛑 Graceful shutdown initiated...")
+
+    # 1. End active voice session (cleans up audio, STT, GPU locks, etc.)
+    try:
+        from utils.voice_manager import VoiceSessionManager
+        session_mgr = VoiceSessionManager()
+        if session_mgr.active_session:
+            logger.info("🎙️ Ending active voice session...")
+            await session_mgr.end_session()
+            logger.info("✓ Voice session ended")
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error ending voice session during shutdown: {e}")
+
+    # 2. Persist autonomous engine state
+    save_autonomous_state()
+
+    # 3. Shut down the APScheduler
+    try:
+        if globals.scheduler.running:
+            globals.scheduler.shutdown(wait=False)
+            logger.info("✓ Scheduler stopped")
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error stopping scheduler: {e}")
+
+    # 4. Cancel all tracked background tasks
+    try:
+        from utils.task_tracker import _active_tasks
+        pending = [t for t in _active_tasks if not t.done()]
+        if pending:
+            logger.info(f"Cancelling {len(pending)} background tasks...")
+            for t in pending:
+                t.cancel()
+            await asyncio.gather(*pending, return_exceptions=True)
+            logger.info("✓ Background tasks cancelled")
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error cancelling background tasks: {e}")
+
+    # 5. Close the Discord gateway connection
+    try:
+        if not globals.client.is_closed():
+            await globals.client.close()
+            logger.info("✓ Discord client closed")
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error closing Discord client: {e}")
+
+    logger.warning("🛑 Graceful shutdown complete")
+
+def _handle_shutdown_signal(sig, _frame):
+    """Schedule the async shutdown from a sync signal handler."""
+    sig_name = signal.Signals(sig).name
+    logger.warning(f"Received {sig_name}, scheduling graceful shutdown...")
+    # Schedule the coroutine on the running event loop
+    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+    if loop.is_running():
+        loop.create_task(graceful_shutdown())
+    else:
+        # Fallback: just save state synchronously
+        save_autonomous_state()
+
+# Register signal handlers (async-aware)
+signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, _handle_shutdown_signal)
+signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, _handle_shutdown_signal)
+
+# Keep atexit as a last-resort sync fallback
 atexit.register(save_autonomous_state)
-signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, lambda s, f: save_autonomous_state())
-signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, lambda s, f: save_autonomous_state())
 
 threading.Thread(target=start_api, daemon=True).start()
 globals.client.run(globals.DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN)