diff --git a/packages/react-aria-components/test/Dialog.test.js b/packages/react-aria-components/test/Dialog.test.js
index 3c28c938367..a4b730c7194 100644
--- a/packages/react-aria-components/test/Dialog.test.js
+++ b/packages/react-aria-components/test/Dialog.test.js
@@ -525,6 +525,25 @@ describe('Dialog', () => {
       expect(overlay).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     });
 
+    it('unmounts when the exit animation is cancelled', async () => {
+      let {getByRole, getByTestId} = render(<TestModal />);
+
+      await user.click(getByRole('button'));
+      let overlay = getByTestId('overlay');
+
+      let reject;
+      let finished = new Promise((_, r) => (reject = r));
+      Element.prototype.getAnimations = () => [{playState: 'running', finished}];
+
+      await user.click(getByRole('button', {name: 'Close'}));
+      expect(overlay).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(overlay).toHaveAttribute('data-exiting');
+
+      // Cancelling an animation rejects its finished promise.
+      await act(async () => reject(new DOMException('The animation was cancelled', 'AbortError')));
+      expect(overlay).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
     it('calls the latest onEnter and onExit callbacks', async () => {
       let enterPromise = deferred();
       let exitPromise = deferred();
diff --git a/packages/react-aria/src/utils/animation.ts b/packages/react-aria/src/utils/animation.ts
index 174c105a0ed..2439ab1d7dc 100644
--- a/packages/react-aria/src/utils/animation.ts
+++ b/packages/react-aria/src/utils/animation.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ function useAnimation(
   onEnd: () => void
 ): void {
   let isActiveRef = useRef<boolean | null>(null);
+  let currentRun = useRef<object | null>(null);
   let start = useEffectEvent(onStart);
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
     if (isActive && ref.current && isActiveRef.current !== isActive) {
@@ -135,15 +136,25 @@ function useAnimation(
         return;
       }
 
-      Promise.all([startPromise, ...animations.map(a => a.finished)])
-        .then(() => {
+      // Cancelled animations reject their finished promise, so wait for every promise to settle
+      // rather than resolve. Otherwise onEnd never runs and an exiting overlay never unmounts.
+      // Ignore a run that was interrupted (e.g. an overlay reopened while exiting) so it can't end a
+      // later one. This can't be an effect cleanup: StrictMode re-runs the effect on mount, and the
+      // isActiveRef guard above would skip restarting it.
+      let run = {};
+      currentRun.current = run;
+      Promise.allSettled([startPromise, ...animations.map(a => a.finished)]).then(() => {
+        if (currentRun.current === run) {
           flushSync(() => {
             onEnd();
           });
-        })
-        .catch(() => {});
+        }
+      });
     }
 
+    if (!isActive) {
+      currentRun.current = null;
+    }
     isActiveRef.current = isActive;
   }, [ref, isActive, onEnd]);
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-aria/test/utils/animation.test.tsx b/packages/react-aria/test/utils/animation.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bfe49cf6ade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-aria/test/utils/animation.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Adobe. All rights reserved.
+ * This file is licensed to you 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 REPRESENTATIONS
+ * OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language
+ * governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import {act, render} from '@react-spectrum/test-utils-internal';
+import React, {StrictMode, useRef} from 'react';
+import {render as renderWithoutWrapper} from '@testing-library/react';
+import {useEnterAnimation, useExitAnimation} from '../../src/utils/animation';
+
+function deferred() {
+  let resolve!: () => void;
+  let promise = new Promise<void>(r => (resolve = r));
+  return {promise, resolve};
+}
+
+describe('animation', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    // jsdom skips animations unless getAnimations is implemented.
+    Element.prototype.getAnimations = () => [];
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    // @ts-expect-error
+    delete Element.prototype.getAnimations;
+  });
+
+  it('finishes an enter animation that starts on mount in StrictMode', async () => {
+    let enter = deferred();
+    let onEnter = jest.fn(() => enter.promise);
+    function Test() {
+      let ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+      let isEntering = useEnterAnimation(ref, true, onEnter);
+      return <div ref={ref} data-testid="el" data-entering={isEntering || undefined} />;
+    }
+
+    // StrictMode only re-runs effects on mount when it is the root element, which the
+    // STRICT_MODE wrapper used by render is not.
+    let {getByTestId} = renderWithoutWrapper(
+      <StrictMode>
+        <Test />
+      </StrictMode>
+    );
+    let el = getByTestId('el');
+    expect(onEnter).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(el).toHaveAttribute('data-entering');
+
+    await act(async () => enter.resolve());
+    expect(el).not.toHaveAttribute('data-entering');
+  });
+
+  it('ignores an interrupted exit animation that settles during a later exit', async () => {
+    let first = deferred();
+    let second = deferred();
+    let onExit = jest.fn().mockReturnValueOnce(first.promise).mockReturnValueOnce(second.promise);
+    function Test({isOpen}: {isOpen: boolean}) {
+      let ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+      let isExiting = useExitAnimation(ref, isOpen, onExit);
+      if (!isOpen && !isExiting) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      return <div ref={ref} data-testid="el" data-exiting={isExiting || undefined} />;
+    }
+
+    let {getByTestId, rerender} = render(<Test isOpen />);
+    let el = getByTestId('el');
+
+    rerender(<Test isOpen={false} />);
+    rerender(<Test isOpen />);
+    rerender(<Test isOpen={false} />);
+    expect(onExit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+
+    await act(async () => first.resolve());
+    expect(el).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(el).toHaveAttribute('data-exiting');
+
+    await act(async () => second.resolve());
+    expect(el).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});