diff --git a/internal/llminternal/base_flow.go b/internal/llminternal/base_flow.go
index a987d0cbe..66600c45b 100644
--- a/internal/llminternal/base_flow.go
+++ b/internal/llminternal/base_flow.go
@@ -370,6 +370,9 @@ func (f *Flow) RunLive(ctx agent.InvocationContext) (agent.LiveSession, iter.Seq
 			}
 
 			eventsChan := make(chan *session.Event)
+			// Producers must guard sends with connCtx: once a reconnect (or any
+			// teardown) abandons this unbuffered channel, cleanup's cancelConn is
+			// what unblocks them (issue #1152).
 			errChan := make(chan error)
 
 			// Send preprocessed content directly to model if any exists after early preprocessing
@@ -386,7 +389,10 @@ func (f *Flow) RunLive(ctx agent.InvocationContext) (agent.LiveSession, iter.Seq
 				for {
 					resp, err := liveConn.Recv(connCtx)
 					if err != nil {
-						errChan <- err
+						select {
+						case errChan <- err:
+						case <-connCtx.Done():
+						}
 						return
 					}
 					if resp != nil {
@@ -427,7 +433,10 @@ func (f *Flow) RunLive(ctx agent.InvocationContext) (agent.LiveSession, iter.Seq
 						}
 						if req.Content != nil {
 							if err := liveConn.SendContent(connCtx, req.Content); err != nil {
-								errChan <- err
+								select {
+								case errChan <- err:
+								case <-connCtx.Done():
+								}
 								return
 							}
 						}
@@ -436,7 +445,10 @@ func (f *Flow) RunLive(ctx agent.InvocationContext) (agent.LiveSession, iter.Seq
 								sess.audioMgr.CacheInput(ctx, blob.Data, blob.MIMEType)
 							}
 							if err := liveConn.SendRealtime(connCtx, req.RealtimeInput); err != nil {
-								errChan <- err
+								select {
+								case errChan <- err:
+								case <-connCtx.Done():
+								}
 								return
 							}
 						}
diff --git a/internal/llminternal/base_flow_live_test.go b/internal/llminternal/base_flow_live_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09e7fccde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/llminternal/base_flow_live_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,322 @@
+// Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package llminternal
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"iter"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
+	"google.golang.org/genai"
+
+	"google.golang.org/adk/v2/agent"
+	"google.golang.org/adk/v2/internal/agent/runconfig"
+	icontext "google.golang.org/adk/v2/internal/context"
+	"google.golang.org/adk/v2/model"
+	"google.golang.org/adk/v2/session"
+)
+
+// fakeLiveModel implements model.LLM plus the Client() accessor RunLive
+// type-asserts on, backed by a genai client pointed at a fake websocket server.
+type fakeLiveModel struct {
+	client *genai.Client
+}
+
+func (m *fakeLiveModel) Name() string { return "test-live-model" }
+
+func (m *fakeLiveModel) GenerateContent(ctx context.Context, req *model.LLMRequest, stream bool) iter.Seq2[*model.LLMResponse, error] {
+	return func(yield func(*model.LLMResponse, error) bool) {}
+}
+
+func (m *fakeLiveModel) Client() *genai.Client { return m.client }
+
+const serverContentPong = `{"serverContent":{"modelTurn":{"parts":[{"text":"pong"}],"role":"model"},"turnComplete":true}}`
+
+// startFakeLiveServer runs a Gemini Live wire-protocol fake: it upgrades the
+// websocket, consumes the client's setup frame, replies {"setupComplete":{}},
+// then hands the connection to serveConn with a 1-based connection number.
+// When serveConn returns, the connection is hard-closed (no close handshake).
+func startFakeLiveServer(t *testing.T, serveConn func(connNum int, conn *websocket.Conn)) (*genai.Client, *atomic.Int32) {
+	t.Helper()
+	var upgrader websocket.Upgrader
+	var connCount atomic.Int32
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		conn, err := upgrader.Upgrade(w, r, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("websocket upgrade failed: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		defer func() { _ = conn.Close() }()
+		// Count before the setup exchange: a client that saw setupComplete is
+		// then guaranteed to observe this connection in the count.
+		connNum := int(connCount.Add(1))
+		if _, _, err := conn.ReadMessage(); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("reading setup frame failed: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		if err := conn.WriteMessage(websocket.TextMessage, []byte(`{"setupComplete":{}}`)); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("writing setupComplete failed: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		serveConn(connNum, conn)
+	}))
+	t.Cleanup(ts.Close)
+
+	client, err := genai.NewClient(t.Context(), &genai.ClientConfig{
+		Backend:     genai.BackendGeminiAPI,
+		APIKey:      "test-api-key",
+		HTTPOptions: genai.HTTPOptions{BaseURL: strings.Replace(ts.URL, "http", "ws", 1)},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("NewClient failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	return client, &connCount
+}
+
+// blockUntilClientCloses parks the fake connection until the client tears it
+// down, so an idle server never triggers a spurious reconnect.
+func blockUntilClientCloses(conn *websocket.Conn) {
+	for {
+		if _, _, err := conn.ReadMessage(); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// runLiveStacks returns the goroutine stacks still parked inside RunLive's
+// producer/consumer closures, and their count.
+func runLiveStacks() (int, string) {
+	buf := make([]byte, 1<<20)
+	n := runtime.Stack(buf, true)
+	var leaked []string
+	for g := range strings.SplitSeq(string(buf[:n]), "\n\n") {
+		if strings.Contains(g, "llminternal.(*Flow).RunLive") {
+			leaked = append(leaked, g)
+		}
+	}
+	return len(leaked), strings.Join(leaked, "\n\n")
+}
+
+// assertNoRunLiveLeak fails if this test left more RunLive goroutines behind
+// than existed at its start. The baseline keeps a leak (a permanently blocked
+// goroutine) in one subtest from failing every subsequent subtest too.
+func assertNoRunLiveLeak(t *testing.T, baseline int) {
+	t.Helper()
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(5 * time.Second)
+	var count int
+	var stacks string
+	for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
+		count, stacks = runLiveStacks()
+		if count <= baseline {
+			return
+		}
+		time.Sleep(20 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+	t.Fatalf("leaked %d RunLive goroutines (baseline %d):\n%s", count-baseline, baseline, stacks)
+}
+
+func newLiveInvocationContext(t *testing.T) (agent.InvocationContext, context.CancelFunc) {
+	t.Helper()
+	testAgent, err := agent.New(agent.Config{Name: "test-live-agent"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("agent.New failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	baseCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(t.Context())
+	ctx := icontext.NewInvocationContext(
+		runconfig.ToContext(baseCtx, &runconfig.RunConfig{
+			StreamingMode: runconfig.StreamingModeBidi,
+			Live:          &agent.LiveRunConfig{},
+		}),
+		icontext.InvocationContextParams{Agent: testAgent},
+	)
+	return ctx, cancel
+}
+
+// liveConfigProcessor is the minimal request processor RunLive needs: it
+// populates req.Config, which RunLive dereferences to build the connect config.
+func liveConfigProcessor(ctx agent.InvocationContext, req *model.LLMRequest, f *Flow) iter.Seq2[*session.Event, error] {
+	req.Config = &genai.GenerateContentConfig{}
+	return func(yield func(*session.Event, error) bool) {}
+}
+
+func TestRunLiveNoGoroutineLeak(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		// serveConn scripts the fake server per connection (post setup-complete).
+		serveConn func(connNum int, conn *websocket.Conn)
+		// drive consumes the event iterator and steers the session; it must
+		// return only when the iterator is exhausted.
+		drive     func(t *testing.T, sess agent.LiveSession, seq iter.Seq2[*session.Event, error], cancel context.CancelFunc)
+		wantConns int32
+	}{
+		{
+			// Connection 1 dies with an abrupt close (a resumable error).
+			// RunLive must reconnect, serve a turn on connection 2, and tear
+			// down without stranding either connection's producer goroutines.
+			name: "reader resumable error reconnects without leak",
+			serveConn: func(connNum int, conn *websocket.Conn) {
+				if connNum == 1 {
+					return // hard close right after setup => resumable 1006 on the client
+				}
+				if err := conn.WriteMessage(websocket.TextMessage, []byte(serverContentPong)); err != nil {
+					return
+				}
+				blockUntilClientCloses(conn)
+			},
+			drive: func(t *testing.T, sess agent.LiveSession, seq iter.Seq2[*session.Event, error], cancel context.CancelFunc) {
+				sawTurn := false
+				for ev, err := range seq {
+					if err != nil {
+						continue // the post-cancel context.Canceled error is expected
+					}
+					if ev != nil && ev.LLMResponse.Content != nil {
+						sawTurn = true
+						cancel() // got the post-reconnect turn; tear the session down
+					}
+				}
+				if !sawTurn {
+					t.Error("never received the post-reconnect model turn")
+				}
+			},
+			wantConns: 2,
+		},
+		{
+			// Connection 1 dies before the client sends anything. The sender
+			// goroutine that picks up the queued Send may hit a dead
+			// connection; its error must be discarded, not strand the sender,
+			// and a retried Send must succeed on connection 2.
+			name: "sender error after connection loss does not leak",
+			serveConn: func(connNum int, conn *websocket.Conn) {
+				if connNum == 1 {
+					return
+				}
+				for {
+					if _, _, err := conn.ReadMessage(); err != nil {
+						return
+					}
+					if err := conn.WriteMessage(websocket.TextMessage, []byte(serverContentPong)); err != nil {
+						return
+					}
+				}
+			},
+			drive: func(t *testing.T, sess agent.LiveSession, seq iter.Seq2[*session.Event, error], cancel context.CancelFunc) {
+				stop := make(chan struct{})
+				go func() {
+					for range 200 {
+						select {
+						case <-stop:
+							return
+						default:
+						}
+						if err := sess.Send(agent.LiveRequest{Content: genai.NewContentFromText("ping", "user")}); err != nil {
+							return
+						}
+						time.Sleep(5 * time.Millisecond)
+					}
+				}()
+				sawTurn := false
+				for ev, err := range seq {
+					if err != nil {
+						continue
+					}
+					if ev != nil && ev.LLMResponse.Content != nil && !sawTurn {
+						sawTurn = true
+						close(stop)
+						cancel()
+					}
+				}
+				if !sawTurn {
+					t.Error("never received a model turn for the retried send")
+				}
+			},
+			wantConns: 2,
+		},
+		{
+			// A close frame with a non-resumable code must surface as an error
+			// to the caller and terminate the flow after a single connection.
+			name: "non-resumable error terminates",
+			serveConn: func(connNum int, conn *websocket.Conn) {
+				deadline := time.Now().Add(time.Second)
+				_ = conn.WriteControl(websocket.CloseMessage,
+					websocket.FormatCloseMessage(websocket.CloseProtocolError, "fatal"), deadline)
+			},
+			drive: func(t *testing.T, sess agent.LiveSession, seq iter.Seq2[*session.Event, error], cancel context.CancelFunc) {
+				sawErr := false
+				for _, err := range seq {
+					if err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "1002") {
+						sawErr = true
+					}
+				}
+				if !sawErr {
+					t.Error("expected the close-1002 error to surface through the iterator")
+				}
+			},
+			wantConns: 1,
+		},
+		{
+			// Cancelling the invocation context while the reader is blocked in
+			// Recv is the everyday teardown path: cleanup closes the
+			// connection, the reader's Recv fails, and its error send must not
+			// block forever on the abandoned channel.
+			name: "parent ctx cancel exits cleanly",
+			serveConn: func(connNum int, conn *websocket.Conn) {
+				blockUntilClientCloses(conn)
+			},
+			drive: func(t *testing.T, sess agent.LiveSession, seq iter.Seq2[*session.Event, error], cancel context.CancelFunc) {
+				// Cancel only after the first event (the setup-complete
+				// acknowledgement) so the reader is parked in Recv when
+				// cleanup tears the connection down.
+				first := true
+				for range seq {
+					if first {
+						first = false
+						cancel()
+					}
+				}
+			},
+			wantConns: 1,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			baseline, _ := runLiveStacks()
+			client, connCount := startFakeLiveServer(t, tc.serveConn)
+			f := &Flow{
+				Model:             &fakeLiveModel{client: client},
+				RequestProcessors: []func(ctx agent.InvocationContext, req *model.LLMRequest, f *Flow) iter.Seq2[*session.Event, error]{liveConfigProcessor},
+			}
+			ctx, cancel := newLiveInvocationContext(t)
+			defer cancel()
+
+			sess, seq, err := f.RunLive(ctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("RunLive failed: %v", err)
+			}
+			tc.drive(t, sess, seq, cancel)
+
+			if got := connCount.Load(); got != tc.wantConns {
+				t.Errorf("connection count = %d, want %d", got, tc.wantConns)
+			}
+			assertNoRunLiveLeak(t, baseline)
+		})
+	}
+}