diff --git a/src/services/tools/bash.test.ts b/src/services/tools/bash.test.ts
index d46478e5a..c663ad148 100644
--- a/src/services/tools/bash.test.ts
+++ b/src/services/tools/bash.test.ts
@@ -1151,6 +1151,66 @@ fi
 
     expect(remainingProcesses).toBe(0);
   });
+
+  it("should abort quickly when command produces continuous output", async () => {
+    using testEnv = createTestBashTool();
+    const tool = testEnv.tool;
+
+    // Create AbortController to simulate user interruption
+    const abortController = new AbortController();
+
+    // Command that produces slow, continuous output
+    // The key is it keeps running, so the abort happens while reader.read() is waiting
+    const args: BashToolArgs = {
+      script: `
+        # Produce continuous output slowly (prevents hitting truncation limits)
+        for i in {1..1000}; do
+          echo "Output line $i"
+          sleep 0.1
+        done
+      `,
+      timeout_secs: 120,
+    };
+
+    // Start the command
+    const resultPromise = tool.execute!(args, {
+      ...mockToolCallOptions,
+      abortSignal: abortController.signal,
+    }) as Promise<BashToolResult>;
+
+    // Wait for output to start (give it time to produce a few lines)
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 250));
+
+    // Abort the operation while it's still producing output
+    const abortTime = Date.now();
+    abortController.abort();
+
+    // Wait for the result with a timeout to detect hangs
+    const timeoutPromise = new Promise((_, reject) =>
+      setTimeout(() => reject(new Error("Test timeout - tool did not abort quickly")), 5000)
+    );
+
+    const result = (await Promise.race([resultPromise, timeoutPromise])) as BashToolResult;
+    const duration = Date.now() - abortTime;
+
+    // Command should be aborted
+    expect(result.success).toBe(false);
+    if (!result.success) {
+      // Error should mention abort or indicate the process was killed
+      const errorText = result.error.toLowerCase();
+      expect(
+        errorText.includes("abort") ||
+          errorText.includes("killed") ||
+          errorText.includes("signal") ||
+          result.exitCode === -1
+      ).toBe(true);
+    }
+
+    // CRITICAL: Tool should return quickly after abort (< 2s)
+    // This is the regression test - without checking abort signal in consumeStream(),
+    // the tool hangs until the streams close (which can take a long time)
+    expect(duration).toBeLessThan(2000);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("SSH runtime redundant cd detection", () => {
diff --git a/src/services/tools/bash.ts b/src/services/tools/bash.ts
index 1ca6bae80..45a626e4f 100644
--- a/src/services/tools/bash.ts
+++ b/src/services/tools/bash.ts
@@ -300,6 +300,16 @@ export const createBashTool: ToolFactory = (config: ToolConfiguration) => {
         const reader = stream.getReader();
         const decoder = new TextDecoder("utf-8");
         let carry = "";
+
+        // Set up abort handler to cancel reader when abort signal fires
+        // This interrupts reader.read() if it's blocked, preventing hangs
+        const abortHandler = () => {
+          reader.cancel().catch(() => {
+            /* ignore - reader may already be closed */
+          });
+        };
+        abortSignal?.addEventListener("abort", abortHandler);
+
         try {
           while (true) {
             if (truncationState.fileTruncated) {
@@ -336,6 +346,9 @@ export const createBashTool: ToolFactory = (config: ToolConfiguration) => {
             if (truncationState.fileTruncated) break;
           }
         } finally {
+          // Clean up abort listener
+          abortSignal?.removeEventListener("abort", abortHandler);
+
           // Flush decoder for any trailing bytes and emit the last line (if any)
           try {
             const tail = decoder.decode();
@@ -358,6 +371,15 @@ export const createBashTool: ToolFactory = (config: ToolConfiguration) => {
       try {
         [exitCode] = await Promise.all([execStream.exitCode, consumeStdout, consumeStderr]);
       } catch (err: unknown) {
+        // Check if this was an abort
+        if (abortSignal?.aborted) {
+          return {
+            success: false,
+            error: "Command execution was aborted",
+            exitCode: -1,
+            wall_duration_ms: Math.round(performance.now() - startTime),
+          };
+        }
         return {
           success: false,
           error: `Failed to execute command: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`,
@@ -366,6 +388,17 @@ export const createBashTool: ToolFactory = (config: ToolConfiguration) => {
         };
       }
 
+      // Check if command was aborted (exitCode will be EXIT_CODE_ABORTED = -997)
+      // This can happen if abort signal fired after Promise.all resolved but before we check
+      if (abortSignal?.aborted) {
+        return {
+          success: false,
+          error: "Command execution was aborted",
+          exitCode: -1,
+          wall_duration_ms: Math.round(performance.now() - startTime),
+        };
+      }
+
       // Round to integer to preserve tokens
       const wall_duration_ms = Math.round(performance.now() - startTime);