diff --git a/crates/tracedecay-runtime-core/src/shard_runtime/registry/close.rs b/crates/tracedecay-runtime-core/src/shard_runtime/registry/close.rs
index 81e4e108f0..29533ff949 100644
--- a/crates/tracedecay-runtime-core/src/shard_runtime/registry/close.rs
+++ b/crates/tracedecay-runtime-core/src/shard_runtime/registry/close.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ impl StoreRuntimeRegistry {
     /// no destructor closes these attachments otherwise. In-flight opens are
     /// cancelled and joined first, so none publishes or keeps a physical
     /// handle after the scan. Held runtimes stay mounted and are logged with
-    /// their blockers. Returns the number of runtimes closed.
+    /// their blockers. Each reserved runtime owns its own writer and readers,
+    /// so they close concurrently and the shutdown waits for the slowest
+    /// checkpoint rather than their sum. Returns the number of runtimes
+    /// closed.
     #[hotpath::measure(label = "runtime_core.registry.close_idle_for_shutdown", future = true)]
     pub async fn close_idle_for_shutdown(&self) -> Result<usize, StoreRuntimeRegistryFailure> {
         self.cancel_and_join_opens_for_shutdown().await;
@@ -104,22 +107,26 @@ impl StoreRuntimeRegistry {
             }
             (reservations, reserve_failure)
         };
-        let registry = self.clone();
-        tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
-            let closed = reservations.len();
-            let mut first_failure = reserve_failure;
-            for reservation in reservations {
-                if let Err(failure) = registry.complete_eviction(reservation) {
-                    first_failure.get_or_insert(failure);
-                }
+        let closes = reservations
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|reservation| {
+                let registry = self.clone();
+                tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || registry.complete_eviction(reservation))
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let closed = closes.len();
+        let mut first_failure = reserve_failure;
+        for close in closes {
+            if let Err(failure) = close.await.unwrap_or_else(|error| {
+                Err(StoreRuntimeRegistryFailure::PhysicalRuntimeFailed {
+                    operation: "join shutdown close of idle registered runtimes",
+                    message: error.to_string(),
+                })
+            }) {
+                first_failure.get_or_insert(failure);
             }
-            first_failure.map_or(Ok(closed), Err)
-        })
-        .await
-        .map_err(|error| StoreRuntimeRegistryFailure::PhysicalRuntimeFailed {
-            operation: "join shutdown close of idle registered runtimes",
-            message: error.to_string(),
-        })?
+        }
+        first_failure.map_or(Ok(closed), Err)
     }
 
     #[hotpath::measure(label = "runtime_core.registry.close_path")]
diff --git a/crates/tracedecay-runtime-core/src/shard_runtime/registry/tests/attachment.rs b/crates/tracedecay-runtime-core/src/shard_runtime/registry/tests/attachment.rs
index a48691dedb..f4e163d963 100644
--- a/crates/tracedecay-runtime-core/src/shard_runtime/registry/tests/attachment.rs
+++ b/crates/tracedecay-runtime-core/src/shard_runtime/registry/tests/attachment.rs
@@ -451,3 +451,57 @@ async fn failed_blocking_drain_restores_fault_and_wakes_reserved_open_joiners()
         StoreRuntimeLookup::Evicting { .. }
     ));
 }
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+async fn shutdown_close_drains_every_idle_runtime_concurrently() {
+    let publisher = Arc::new(AttachmentPublisher::default());
+    let registry = StoreRuntimeRegistry::with_config(
+        Arc::new(TestResolver::default()),
+        publisher.clone(),
+        StoreRuntimeRegistryConfig::new(2).unwrap(),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let pin = profile_pin(&registry).await;
+    let first = open_published(&registry, code_request("worktree.shutdown-first", &pin)).await;
+    let second = open_published(&registry, code_request("worktree.shutdown-second", &pin)).await;
+    let bindings = [first.binding().clone(), second.binding().clone()];
+    let controls = [publisher.control(1), publisher.control(2)];
+    drop((first, second));
+    for control in &controls {
+        control.drain_gate.block();
+    }
+
+    let closing = registry.clone();
+    let close = tokio::spawn(async move { closing.close_idle_for_shutdown().await });
+    // A close that ran one runtime at a time would hold the second runtime's
+    // drain behind the first, which stays blocked until both have entered.
+    let entered = || {
+        controls
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|control| control.drain_gate.entered.load(Ordering::SeqCst))
+            .count()
+    };
+    let _ = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(2), async {
+        while entered() < controls.len() {
+            tokio::task::yield_now().await;
+        }
+    })
+    .await;
+    let concurrent_drains = entered();
+    for control in &controls {
+        control.drain_gate.release();
+    }
+
+    assert_eq!(close.await.unwrap().unwrap(), 2);
+    assert_eq!(
+        concurrent_drains, 2,
+        "every idle runtime drains while the others are still draining"
+    );
+    for (binding, control) in bindings.iter().zip(&controls) {
+        assert_eq!(control.close_calls.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
+        assert!(matches!(
+            registry.lookup(binding),
+            StoreRuntimeLookup::Missing { .. }
+        ));
+    }
+}