diff --git a/agent/auxiliary_client.py b/agent/auxiliary_client.py
index 075249783e..32005c53a2 100644
--- a/agent/auxiliary_client.py
+++ b/agent/auxiliary_client.py
@@ -3297,14 +3297,20 @@ def _should_skip_same_provider_retry(task: Optional[str], exc: Exception) -> boo
 
 
 def _evict_cached_clients(provider: str) -> None:
-    """Drop cached auxiliary clients for a provider so fresh creds are used."""
+    """Drop this profile's cached auxiliary clients for a provider so fresh creds are used.
+
+    Scoped to the calling profile (``hermes_home_key()`` is the first key slot): a rotation in
+    one profile must not drop another profile's client for the same provider in a multiplexing
+    gateway, since that profile's credentials did not change. Entries are popped, not closed:
+    a concurrent caller may be mid-request on the shared client (closing it raises ReadError /
+    "client has been closed" for them); the dropped client is retired by GC like the FIFO
+    overflow path in ``_get_cached_client``.
+    """
     normalized = _normalize_aux_provider(provider)
+    home = hermes_home_key()
     with _client_cache_lock:
-        # Cache keys begin with the profile home; the provider is the second component.
-        for key in [key for key in _client_cache if _normalize_aux_provider(str(key[1])) == normalized]:
-            client = _client_cache.get(key, (None, None, None))[0]
-            if client is not None:
-                _close_cached_client(client)
+        for key in [key for key in _client_cache
+                    if key[0] == home and _normalize_aux_provider(str(key[1])) == normalized]:
             _client_cache.pop(key, None)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/agent/test_auxiliary_client_cache_eviction.py b/tests/agent/test_auxiliary_client_cache_eviction.py
index d945c75025..1bb98761ee 100644
--- a/tests/agent/test_auxiliary_client_cache_eviction.py
+++ b/tests/agent/test_auxiliary_client_cache_eviction.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from types import SimpleNamespace
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 import agent.auxiliary_client as aux
+from hermes_constants import reset_hermes_home_override, set_hermes_home_override
 
 
 def _cache_entry() -> tuple[MagicMock, str, None]:
@@ -29,11 +30,38 @@ def test_evict_cached_clients_matches_provider_after_profile_home_key(monkeypatc
     assert sync_key not in aux._client_cache
     assert async_key not in aux._client_cache
     assert other_key in aux._client_cache
-    anthropic_sync[0].close.assert_called_once()
-    anthropic_async[0].close.assert_called_once()
     other_provider[0].close.assert_not_called()
 
 
+def test_evict_cached_clients_is_scoped_to_the_calling_profile(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    """A rotation in profile A must not drop profile B's client for the same provider."""
+    key_a = aux._client_cache_key("anthropic", async_mode=False)
+    token = set_hermes_home_override(tmp_path / "profiles" / "b")
+    try:
+        key_b = aux._client_cache_key("anthropic", async_mode=False)
+    finally:
+        reset_hermes_home_override(token)
+    assert key_a[0] != key_b[0]
+    monkeypatch.setattr(aux, "_client_cache", {key_a: _cache_entry(), key_b: _cache_entry()})
+
+    aux._evict_cached_clients("anthropic")
+
+    assert key_a not in aux._client_cache
+    assert key_b in aux._client_cache
+
+
+def test_evict_cached_clients_does_not_close_possibly_in_flight_client(monkeypatch):
+    """Eviction pops the entry; a concurrent caller mid-request must not get a closed client."""
+    entry = _cache_entry()
+    key = aux._client_cache_key("anthropic", async_mode=False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(aux, "_client_cache", {key: entry})
+
+    aux._evict_cached_clients("anthropic")
+
+    assert key not in aux._client_cache
+    entry[0].close.assert_not_called()
+
+
 def test_pool_rotation_evicts_client_built_with_revoked_credential(monkeypatch):
     """A 401 pool rotation drops the old provider client before retry/fallback."""
     stale_entry = _cache_entry()
@@ -51,5 +79,4 @@ def test_pool_rotation_evicts_client_built_with_revoked_credential(monkeypatch):
         assert aux._recover_provider_pool("anthropic", auth_error, failed_api_key="revoked-token") is True
 
     assert stale_key not in aux._client_cache
-    stale_entry[0].close.assert_called_once()
     pool.mark_exhausted_and_rotate.assert_called_once()