diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/monitor.gateway.ts b/extensions/discord/src/monitor.gateway.ts
index d8e83a12a1e..8c89cf14567 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/monitor.gateway.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/monitor.gateway.ts
@@ -33,10 +33,12 @@ export async function waitForDiscordGatewayStop(
         return;
       }
       settled = true;
-      cleanup();
       try {
         gateway?.disconnect?.();
       } finally {
+        // remove listeners after disconnect so late "error" events emitted
+        // during disconnect are still handled instead of becoming uncaught
+        cleanup();
         resolve();
       }
     };
@@ -45,10 +47,10 @@ export async function waitForDiscordGatewayStop(
         return;
       }
       settled = true;
-      cleanup();
       try {
         gateway?.disconnect?.();
       } finally {
+        cleanup();
         reject(err);
       }
     };
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.lifecycle.ts b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.lifecycle.ts
index 884a0bded57..0ba9cd568e9 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.lifecycle.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.lifecycle.ts
@@ -420,6 +420,13 @@ export async function runDiscordGatewayLifecycle(params: {
     }
   } finally {
     lifecycleStopping = true;
+    // attach a safety listener before releasing other listeners so that late
+    // "error" events emitted by Carbon during teardown do not become uncaught
+    // exceptions and crash the entire gateway process.
+    const suppressLateError = (err: unknown) => {
+      params.runtime.error?.(danger(`discord: suppressed late gateway error: ${String(err)}`));
+    };
+    gatewayEmitter?.on("error", suppressLateError);
     params.releaseEarlyGatewayErrorGuard?.();
     unregisterGateway(params.accountId);
     stopGatewayLogging();