diff --git a/archreview/plans/R2-09-driver-fleet-batch-plan.md.tasks.json b/archreview/plans/R2-09-driver-fleet-batch-plan.md.tasks.json
index 4ffe46a8..85f144c0 100644
--- a/archreview/plans/R2-09-driver-fleet-batch-plan.md.tasks.json
+++ b/archreview/plans/R2-09-driver-fleet-batch-plan.md.tasks.json
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
     {
       "id": "B6.5",
       "subject": "B6: RecycleClientAsync takes the probe ct (no CancellationToken.None gate wait) + in-catch OCE wrap, tests FAIL->PASS \u2014 STAB-12 compounded part",
-      "status": "pending",
+      "status": "completed",
       "blockedBy": [
         "B6.4"
       ]
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
     {
       "id": "B6.6",
       "subject": "B6: full TwinCAT suite green (fake-client authoritative, no TC3 fixture); merge PR 6",
-      "status": "pending",
+      "status": "completed",
       "blockedBy": [
         "B6.5"
       ]
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.TwinCAT/TwinCATDriver.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.TwinCAT/TwinCATDriver.cs
index fdb77852..7420e6a7 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.TwinCAT/TwinCATDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.TwinCAT/TwinCATDriver.cs
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ public sealed class TwinCATDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery
                 // this the IsConnected fast-path would keep handing back the dead client forever
                 // (the compounding bug — native pushes would never recover).
                 if (!success)
-                    await RecycleClientAsync(state).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await RecycleClientAsync(state, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 else
                     // 05/STAB-16: on a healthy tick, re-register any notifications whose replay
                     // failed (a transient AddNotification blip) so they recover without a client swap.
@@ -700,8 +700,10 @@ public sealed class TwinCATDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery
             {
                 // Probe threw — the connect-failure path clears the client only when the CONNECT
                 // failed; a throw from ProbeAsync on an already-connected client would leave it in
-                // place, so force a recycle to guarantee the next tick rebuilds + replays.
-                await RecycleClientAsync(state).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                // place, so force a recycle to guarantee the next tick rebuilds + replays. A shutdown
+                // racing this recycle cancels the gate wait (STAB-12) — exit the loop cleanly.
+                try { await RecycleClientAsync(state, ct).ConfigureAwait(false); }
+                catch (OperationCanceledException) when (ct.IsCancellationRequested) { break; }
             }
 
             TransitionDeviceState(state, success ? HostState.Running : HostState.Stopped);
@@ -981,9 +983,12 @@ public sealed class TwinCATDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery
     ///     liveness, so without this forced recycle a wire-dead-but-port-open client would keep
     ///     being reused and native pushes would never recover.
     /// </summary>
-    private async Task RecycleClientAsync(DeviceState device)
+    private async Task RecycleClientAsync(DeviceState device, CancellationToken ct)
     {
-        await device.ConnectGate.WaitAsync(CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        // 05/STAB-12 (compounded part): honor the probe token so a connect wedged under the gate
+        // (TwinCAT's blocking SDK Connect — the un-fixed root, carried) can't hang the probe loop
+        // beyond cancellation. Was CancellationToken.None.
+        await device.ConnectGate.WaitAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
         try
         {
             if (device.Client is { } c)
diff --git a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.TwinCAT.Tests/TwinCATReconnectReplayTests.cs b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.TwinCAT.Tests/TwinCATReconnectReplayTests.cs
index 0d3f2c4f..c22c60de 100644
--- a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.TwinCAT.Tests/TwinCATReconnectReplayTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.TwinCAT.Tests/TwinCATReconnectReplayTests.cs
@@ -328,6 +328,42 @@ public sealed class TwinCATReconnectReplayTests
         factory.Clients[1].Notifications.ShouldBeEmpty("the fresh handle must be disposed — no orphan ADS notification");
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     STAB-12 (compounded part): <c>RecycleClientAsync</c> must honor cancellation — it must
+    ///     take the probe token into <c>ConnectGate.WaitAsync(ct)</c> rather than
+    ///     <c>CancellationToken.None</c>, so a shutdown mid-recycle (or a connect wedged under the
+    ///     gate) can't hang the probe loop uncancellably. Verified white-box: with the gate held and
+    ///     a cancelled token, the call must throw promptly rather than block forever.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RecycleClient_HonorsCancellation()
+    {
+        var (drv, _) = NewNativeDriver(
+            tags: new TwinCATTagDefinition("X", Host, "MAIN.X", TwinCATDataType.DInt));
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        // Reach the single configured device + wedge its ConnectGate so a recycle must wait on it.
+        var devicesField = typeof(TwinCATDriver).GetField("_devices",
+            System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance)!;
+        var devicesObj = devicesField.GetValue(drv)!;
+        var values = (System.Collections.IEnumerable)devicesObj.GetType().GetProperty("Values")!.GetValue(devicesObj)!;
+        var device = (TwinCATDriver.DeviceState)values.Cast<object>().First();
+        await device.ConnectGate.WaitAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var recycle = typeof(TwinCATDriver).GetMethod("RecycleClientAsync",
+            System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance)!;
+
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        await cts.CancelAsync();
+        var task = (Task)recycle.Invoke(drv, [device, cts.Token])!;
+
+        // Must throw promptly (cancelled token), NOT hang on the held gate. The 2 s bound turns an
+        // uncancellable-wait regression into a failure rather than a hung suite.
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<OperationCanceledException>(async () => await task.WaitAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2)));
+
+        device.ConnectGate.Release();
+    }
+
     private static async Task WaitForAsync(Func<bool> condition, TimeSpan timeout)
     {
         var deadline = DateTime.UtcNow + timeout;