diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 074b0330..3cbc7072 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Repo: https://github.com/openclaw/acpx
 ### Fixes
 
 - Flows: coalesce heartbeat writes while storage is busy so slow filesystems do not accumulate overlapping writes and stall running steps.
+- Flows: keep the host alive when a shell action closes stdin before consuming its input. Thanks @SebTardif.
 
 ## 2026.8.28 (v0.13.2)
 
diff --git a/src/flows/executors/shell.ts b/src/flows/executors/shell.ts
index f4d322f7..2f91936e 100644
--- a/src/flows/executors/shell.ts
+++ b/src/flows/executors/shell.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,23 @@
-import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
+import { spawn, type ChildProcess } from "node:child_process";
 import { TimeoutError } from "../../async-control.js";
 import type { ShellActionExecution, ShellActionResult } from "../runtime.js";
 
+function writeShellStdin(child: ChildProcess, stdin: string | undefined): void {
+  const stream = child.stdin;
+  if (!stream) {
+    return;
+  }
+  stream.on("error", () => {
+    // A child may close its input early; its exit status remains authoritative.
+  });
+  if (stdin != null && stream.writable && !stream.writableEnded) {
+    stream.write(stdin);
+  }
+  if (stream.writable && !stream.writableEnded) {
+    stream.end();
+  }
+}
+
 export function formatShellActionSummary(spec: ShellActionExecution): string {
   return `shell: ${renderShellCommand(spec.command, spec.args ?? [])}`;
 }
@@ -94,10 +110,7 @@ export async function runShellAction(spec: ShellActionExecution): Promise<ShellA
     });
   });
 
-  if (spec.stdin != null) {
-    child.stdin.write(spec.stdin);
-  }
-  child.stdin.end();
+  writeShellStdin(child, spec.stdin);
 
   if (spec.timeoutMs != null && spec.timeoutMs > 0) {
     timeout = setTimeout(() => {
diff --git a/test/flows-shell.test.ts b/test/flows-shell.test.ts
index 485eef48..3761874b 100644
--- a/test/flows-shell.test.ts
+++ b/test/flows-shell.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
 import test from "node:test";
 import { TimeoutError } from "../src/async-control.js";
 import {
@@ -7,6 +8,32 @@ import {
   runShellAction,
 } from "../src/flows/executors/shell.js";
 
+function runHostScript(script: string): Promise<{
+  exitCode: number | null;
+  stdout: string;
+  stderr: string;
+}> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const child = spawn(process.execPath, ["--input-type=module", "-e", script], {
+      stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
+    });
+    let stdout = "";
+    let stderr = "";
+    child.stdout.setEncoding("utf8");
+    child.stderr.setEncoding("utf8");
+    child.stdout.on("data", (chunk: string) => {
+      stdout += chunk;
+    });
+    child.stderr.on("data", (chunk: string) => {
+      stderr += chunk;
+    });
+    child.once("error", reject);
+    child.once("close", (exitCode) => {
+      resolve({ exitCode, stdout, stderr });
+    });
+  });
+}
+
 test("renderShellCommand quotes arguments consistently", () => {
   assert.equal(renderShellCommand("echo", ["hello", "two words"]), 'echo "hello" "two words"');
 });
@@ -77,3 +104,26 @@ test("runShellAction rejects commands terminated by signal", async () => {
     /signal SIGTERM/,
   );
 });
+
+test("runShellAction does not crash the host when the child exits before reading stdin", async () => {
+  const moduleUrl = new URL("../src/flows/executors/shell.js", import.meta.url).href;
+  const host = await runHostScript(`
+    import { runShellAction } from ${JSON.stringify(moduleUrl)};
+    const result = await runShellAction({
+      command: process.execPath,
+      args: ["-e", "setImmediate(() => process.exit(0))"],
+      stdin: "x".repeat(1024 * 1024),
+      allowNonZeroExit: true,
+    });
+    process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({
+      exitCode: result.exitCode,
+      signal: result.signal,
+    }));
+  `);
+
+  assert.equal(host.exitCode, 0, host.stderr);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(host.stderr, /EPIPE|uncaughtException|Unhandled/);
+  const payload = JSON.parse(host.stdout) as { exitCode: number | null; signal: string | null };
+  assert.equal(payload.exitCode, 0);
+  assert.equal(payload.signal, null);
+});