diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 545f60c0e6e..d45c97dc82c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 ### Fixes
 
 - Gateway/diagnostics: include a bounded redacted startup error message in stability bundles, so crash-loop reports identify the failing plugin or contract without exposing secrets. Refs #75797. Thanks @ymebosma.
+- Gateway/pricing: abort in-flight model pricing catalog fetches when Gateway shutdown stops the refresh loop, and avoid post-stop cache writes or refresh timers. Fixes #72208. Thanks @rzcq.
 - Control UI/Talk: allow the OpenAI Realtime WebRTC offer endpoint through the Control UI CSP, configure browser sessions with explicit VAD/transcription input settings, and surface OpenAI realtime error/lifecycle events instead of leaving Talk stuck as live with no diagnostic. Fixes #73427.
 - Plugins: clarify config-selected duplicate plugin override diagnostics and document manifest schema updates for bundled-plugin forks. Fixes #8582. Thanks @sachah.
 - Providers/OpenAI: resolve `keychain:<service>:<account>` `OPENAI_API_KEY` refs before creating OpenAI Realtime browser sessions or voice bridges, with a bounded cached Keychain lookup. Fixes #72120. Thanks @ctbritt.
diff --git a/src/gateway/model-pricing-cache.test.ts b/src/gateway/model-pricing-cache.test.ts
index 3010e71181e..1334d51e178 100644
--- a/src/gateway/model-pricing-cache.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/model-pricing-cache.test.ts
@@ -834,6 +834,54 @@ describe("model-pricing-cache", () => {
     stop();
   });
 
+  it("aborts in-flight bootstrap pricing fetches after stop", async () => {
+    const config = {
+      agents: {
+        defaults: {
+          model: { primary: "anthropic/claude-opus-4-6" },
+        },
+      },
+    } as unknown as OpenClawConfig;
+    const abortedUrls: string[] = [];
+    const setTimeoutSpy = vi.spyOn(globalThis, "setTimeout");
+    const fetchImpl = withFetchPreconnect(
+      vi.fn(
+        (input: RequestInfo | URL, init?: RequestInit) =>
+          new Promise<Response>((_resolve, reject) => {
+            const url =
+              typeof input === "string" ? input : input instanceof URL ? input.href : input.url;
+            const signal = init?.signal;
+            expect(signal).toBeDefined();
+            signal?.addEventListener(
+              "abort",
+              () => {
+                abortedUrls.push(url);
+                reject(signal.reason);
+              },
+              { once: true },
+            );
+          }),
+      ),
+    );
+
+    try {
+      const stop = startGatewayModelPricingRefresh({ config, fetchImpl });
+
+      await vi.dynamicImportSettled();
+      expect(fetchImpl).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+      stop();
+      await vi.waitFor(() => expect(abortedUrls).toHaveLength(2));
+      await vi.dynamicImportSettled();
+
+      expect(setTimeoutSpy.mock.calls.some(([, delay]) => delay === 24 * 60 * 60_000)).toBe(false);
+      expect(
+        getCachedGatewayModelPricing({ provider: "anthropic", model: "claude-opus-4-6" }),
+      ).toBeUndefined();
+    } finally {
+      setTimeoutSpy.mockRestore();
+    }
+  });
+
   it("does not bootstrap remote pricing when pricing is disabled", async () => {
     const config = {
       agents: {
diff --git a/src/gateway/model-pricing-cache.ts b/src/gateway/model-pricing-cache.ts
index fb56723c115..47f84b12165 100644
--- a/src/gateway/model-pricing-cache.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/model-pricing-cache.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ type OpenRouterModelPayload = {
   pricing?: unknown;
 };
 
+type GatewayModelPricingRefreshParams = {
+  config: OpenClawConfig;
+  env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+  fetchImpl?: typeof fetch;
+  workspaceDir?: string;
+  pluginMetadataSnapshot?: PluginMetadataRegistryView;
+  pluginLookUpTable?: PluginMetadataRegistryView;
+  manifestRegistry?: PluginManifestRegistry;
+  signal?: AbortSignal;
+};
+
 type ExternalPricingPolicy = {
   external: boolean;
   openRouter?: ExternalPricingSourcePolicy;
@@ -143,6 +154,11 @@ function isTimeoutError(error: unknown): boolean {
   return /\bTimeoutError\b/u.test(String(error));
 }
 
+function createPricingFetchSignal(signal: AbortSignal | undefined): AbortSignal {
+  const timeoutSignal = AbortSignal.timeout(FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS);
+  return signal ? AbortSignal.any([signal, timeoutSignal]) : timeoutSignal;
+}
+
 function formatPricingFetchFailure(source: "LiteLLM" | "OpenRouter", error: unknown): string {
   if (isTimeoutError(error)) {
     return `${source} pricing fetch failed (timeout ${formatTimeoutSeconds(FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS)}): ${String(error)}`;
@@ -326,10 +342,13 @@ function parseLiteLLMPricing(entry: LiteLLMModelEntry): CachedModelPricing | nul
 
 type LiteLLMPricingCatalog = Map<string, CachedModelPricing>;
 
-async function fetchLiteLLMPricingCatalog(fetchImpl: typeof fetch): Promise<LiteLLMPricingCatalog> {
+async function fetchLiteLLMPricingCatalog(
+  fetchImpl: typeof fetch,
+  signal?: AbortSignal,
+): Promise<LiteLLMPricingCatalog> {
   const response = await fetchImpl(LITELLM_PRICING_URL, {
     headers: { Accept: "application/json" },
-    signal: AbortSignal.timeout(FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS),
+    signal: createPricingFetchSignal(signal),
   });
   if (!response.ok) {
     throw new Error(`LiteLLM pricing fetch failed: HTTP ${response.status}`);
@@ -982,10 +1001,11 @@ export function collectConfiguredModelPricingRefs(
 
 async function fetchOpenRouterPricingCatalog(
   fetchImpl: typeof fetch,
+  signal?: AbortSignal,
 ): Promise<Map<string, OpenRouterPricingEntry>> {
   const response = await fetchImpl(OPENROUTER_MODELS_URL, {
     headers: { Accept: "application/json" },
-    signal: AbortSignal.timeout(FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS),
+    signal: createPricingFetchSignal(signal),
   });
   if (!response.ok) {
     throw new Error(`OpenRouter /models failed: HTTP ${response.status}`);
@@ -1064,14 +1084,23 @@ function resolveLiteLLMPricingForRef(params: {
   return undefined;
 }
 
-function scheduleRefresh(params: { config: OpenClawConfig; fetchImpl: typeof fetch }): void {
+function scheduleRefresh(
+  params: GatewayModelPricingRefreshParams & { fetchImpl: typeof fetch },
+): void {
   clearRefreshTimer();
+  if (params.signal?.aborted) {
+    return;
+  }
   refreshTimer = setTimeout(() => {
     refreshTimer = null;
+    if (params.signal?.aborted) {
+      return;
+    }
     void refreshGatewayModelPricingCache(params).catch((error: unknown) => {
       log.warn(`pricing refresh failed: ${String(error)}`);
     });
   }, CACHE_TTL_MS);
+  refreshTimer.unref?.();
 }
 
 function collectSeededPricing(params: {
@@ -1100,19 +1129,16 @@ function collectSeededPricing(params: {
   return seeded;
 }
 
-export async function refreshGatewayModelPricingCache(params: {
-  config: OpenClawConfig;
-  env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
-  fetchImpl?: typeof fetch;
-  workspaceDir?: string;
-  pluginMetadataSnapshot?: PluginMetadataRegistryView;
-  pluginLookUpTable?: PluginMetadataRegistryView;
-  manifestRegistry?: PluginManifestRegistry;
-}): Promise<void> {
+export async function refreshGatewayModelPricingCache(
+  params: GatewayModelPricingRefreshParams,
+): Promise<void> {
   if (!isGatewayModelPricingEnabled(params.config)) {
     clearRefreshTimer();
     return;
   }
+  if (params.signal?.aborted) {
+    return;
+  }
   if (inFlightRefresh) {
     return await inFlightRefresh;
   }
@@ -1147,6 +1173,9 @@ export async function refreshGatewayModelPricingCache(params: {
       allowPluginNormalization: normalizationOptions.allowPluginNormalization,
     });
     if (refs.length === 0) {
+      if (params.signal?.aborted) {
+        return;
+      }
       replaceGatewayModelPricingCache(seededPricing);
       clearRefreshTimer();
       return;
@@ -1157,18 +1186,22 @@ export async function refreshGatewayModelPricingCache(params: {
     let openRouterFailed = false;
     let litellmFailed = false;
     const [catalogById, litellmCatalog] = await Promise.all([
-      fetchOpenRouterPricingCatalog(fetchImpl).catch((error: unknown) => {
+      fetchOpenRouterPricingCatalog(fetchImpl, params.signal).catch((error: unknown) => {
         log.warn(formatPricingFetchFailure("OpenRouter", error));
         openRouterFailed = true;
         return new Map<string, OpenRouterPricingEntry>();
       }),
-      fetchLiteLLMPricingCatalog(fetchImpl).catch((error: unknown) => {
+      fetchLiteLLMPricingCatalog(fetchImpl, params.signal).catch((error: unknown) => {
         log.warn(formatPricingFetchFailure("LiteLLM", error));
         litellmFailed = true;
         return new Map<string, CachedModelPricing>() as LiteLLMPricingCatalog;
       }),
     ]);
 
+    if (params.signal?.aborted) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     const catalogByNormalizedId = new Map<string, OpenRouterPricingEntry>();
     for (const entry of catalogById.values()) {
       const normalizedId = canonicalizeOpenRouterLookupId(entry.id, normalizationOptions);
@@ -1226,7 +1259,7 @@ export async function refreshGatewayModelPricingCache(params: {
       if (nextPricing.size === 0 && existingMeta.size > 0) {
         // Both sources failed — retain the entire existing cache.
         log.warn("Both pricing sources returned empty data — retaining existing cache");
-        scheduleRefresh({ config: params.config, fetchImpl });
+        scheduleRefresh({ ...params, fetchImpl });
         return;
       }
       // Partial failure — back-fill missing models from the existing cache.
@@ -1244,8 +1277,11 @@ export async function refreshGatewayModelPricingCache(params: {
       }
     }
 
+    if (params.signal?.aborted) {
+      return;
+    }
     replaceGatewayModelPricingCache(nextPricing);
-    scheduleRefresh({ config: params.config, fetchImpl });
+    scheduleRefresh({ ...params, fetchImpl });
   })();
 
   try {
@@ -1255,30 +1291,28 @@ export async function refreshGatewayModelPricingCache(params: {
   }
 }
 
-export function startGatewayModelPricingRefresh(params: {
-  config: OpenClawConfig;
-  env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
-  fetchImpl?: typeof fetch;
-  workspaceDir?: string;
-  pluginMetadataSnapshot?: PluginMetadataRegistryView;
-  pluginLookUpTable?: PluginMetadataRegistryView;
-  manifestRegistry?: PluginManifestRegistry;
-}): () => void {
+export function startGatewayModelPricingRefresh(
+  params: GatewayModelPricingRefreshParams,
+): () => void {
   if (!isGatewayModelPricingEnabled(params.config)) {
     clearRefreshTimer();
     return () => {};
   }
   let stopped = false;
+  const abortController = new AbortController();
   queueMicrotask(() => {
     if (stopped) {
       return;
     }
-    void refreshGatewayModelPricingCache(params).catch((error: unknown) => {
-      log.warn(`pricing bootstrap failed: ${String(error)}`);
-    });
+    void refreshGatewayModelPricingCache({ ...params, signal: abortController.signal }).catch(
+      (error: unknown) => {
+        log.warn(`pricing bootstrap failed: ${String(error)}`);
+      },
+    );
   });
   return () => {
     stopped = true;
+    abortController.abort();
     clearRefreshTimer();
   };
 }