diff --git a/tests/tui_gateway/test_prompt_accept_logging.py b/tests/tui_gateway/test_prompt_accept_logging.py
index 4a482dc81b..c1ffcda592 100644
--- a/tests/tui_gateway/test_prompt_accept_logging.py
+++ b/tests/tui_gateway/test_prompt_accept_logging.py
@@ -107,8 +107,10 @@ def test_accepted_and_finished_records_on_success(turn_env, caplog):
 
 
 def test_turn_settles_before_post_turn_trim(monkeypatch, caplog):
-    """A blocked post-turn trim must not hold the session running or its bookend (#131740)."""
+    """A blocked post-turn trim must not hold the session running or its bookend (#131740);
+    turn audio still ends BEFORE settlement, so a next turn admitted during the trim keeps its own."""
     import hermes_cli.mem_trim as mem_trim
+    import tools.voice_mode as voice_mode
 
     entered, release = threading.Event(), threading.Event()
 
@@ -122,6 +124,10 @@ def test_turn_settles_before_post_turn_trim(monkeypatch, caplog):
     monkeypatch.setattr(server, "_sync_agent_model_with_config", lambda sid, session: None)
     monkeypatch.setattr(server, "_tts_stream_begin", lambda: None)
     monkeypatch.setattr(server, "_get_usage", lambda agent: {})
+    audio_end = []  # (event, session running at that moment)
+    tts = types.SimpleNamespace(put=lambda x: x is None and audio_end.append(("tts", session["running"])))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(server, "_start_turn_voice", lambda: (tts, True))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(voice_mode, "stop_thinking_sound", lambda: audio_end.append(("thinking", session["running"])))
     agent = types.SimpleNamespace(
         session_id="agent-sid-1", run_conversation=lambda *a, **k: {"final_response": "done"},
         clear_interrupt=lambda: None)
@@ -133,6 +139,7 @@ def test_turn_settles_before_post_turn_trim(monkeypatch, caplog):
             assert entered.wait(timeout=5)
             assert session["running"] is False
             assert len(_records(caplog, "tui turn finished")) == 1
+            assert audio_end == [("thinking", True), ("tts", True)]
     finally:
         release.set()
         session["_run_thread"].join(timeout=5)
diff --git a/tui_gateway/prompt_turn.py b/tui_gateway/prompt_turn.py
index 90d4290b9f..7ded53b405 100644
--- a/tui_gateway/prompt_turn.py
+++ b/tui_gateway/prompt_turn.py
@@ -1028,13 +1028,19 @@ def _recover_turn_exception(sid: str, session: dict, st: _TurnRun, e: BaseExcept
 
 
 def _release_turn_scopes(sid: str, session: dict, st: _TurnRun) -> None:
-    """Finally-path, before settlement: drop snapshots, undo a one-turn model, reset scopes (home stays bound)."""
+    """Finally-path, before settlement: drop snapshots, end turn audio, undo a one-turn model, reset scopes (not home)."""
     # Drop both pre-turn history snapshots before asking glibc to return pages (a test
     # inspects these two locals by name).
     history, run_kwargs = st.history, st.run_kwargs
     history.clear()
     if isinstance(run_kwargs, dict):
         run_kwargs.clear()
+    if st.thinking_started:
+        with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
+            from tools.voice_mode import stop_thinking_sound
+            stop_thinking_sound()
+    if st.tts_queue is not None:
+        st.tts_queue.put(None)  # end-of-text sentinel — flush + finish speaking
     if st.one_turn_restore:
         try:
             _restore_agent_model_runtime(st.agent, st.one_turn_restore)
@@ -1057,7 +1063,7 @@ def _release_turn_scopes(sid: str, session: dict, st: _TurnRun) -> None:
 
 
 def _post_turn_housekeeping(sid: str, session: dict, st: _TurnRun) -> None:
-    """Best-effort tail AFTER the turn settled: a slow trim/TTS flush must not hold the bookend (#131740)."""
+    """Best-effort tail AFTER the turn settled: a slow trim must not hold the bookend (#131740)."""
     try:  # while the profile HERMES_HOME override is still active (session's own config)
         from hermes_cli.mem_trim import trim_memory
         # Every OTHER session must be idle (#58576).
@@ -1065,12 +1071,6 @@ def _post_turn_housekeeping(sid: str, session: dict, st: _TurnRun) -> None:
             trim_memory(reason="tui turn completion")
     except Exception:
         logger.debug("post-turn memory trim failed", exc_info=True)
-    if st.thinking_started:
-        with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
-            from tools.voice_mode import stop_thinking_sound
-            stop_thinking_sound()
-    if st.tts_queue is not None:
-        st.tts_queue.put(None)  # end-of-text sentinel — flush + finish speaking
     if st.scopes.home is not None:
         reset_hermes_home_override(st.scopes.home)