diff --git a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/aiohttp_transport.py b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/aiohttp_transport.py
index adac6a1b276e..7f2c286882b9 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/aiohttp_transport.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/aiohttp_transport.py
@@ -185,17 +185,7 @@ def _get_valid_client_session(self) -> ClientSession:
 
             # If session is from a different or closed loop, recreate it
             if session_loop is None or session_loop != current_loop or session_loop.is_closed():
-                # Close old session to prevent leaks
-                old_session = self.client
-                try:
-                    if not old_session.closed:
-                        try:
-                            asyncio.create_task(old_session.close())
-                        except RuntimeError:
-                            # Different event loop - can't schedule task, rely on GC
-                            verbose_logger.debug("Old session from different loop, relying on GC")
-                except Exception as e:
-                    verbose_logger.debug(f"Error closing old session: {e}")
+                self._dispose_stale_session(self.client, session_loop)
 
                 # Create a new session in the current event loop
                 if hasattr(self, "_client_factory") and callable(self._client_factory):
@@ -212,6 +202,45 @@ def _get_valid_client_session(self) -> ClientSession:
 
         return self.client
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _dispose_stale_session(session: ClientSession, session_loop: Optional[asyncio.AbstractEventLoop]) -> None:
+        """
+        Release a session that belongs to a different event loop before dropping it.
+
+        A ClientSession must be closed on the loop that created it. Scheduling its
+        async close() on the current loop (or relying on GC) leaves the session
+        marked open and its connector's sockets unreleased, which surfaces as
+        aiohttp's "Unclosed client session" warning and leaks file descriptors.
+
+        When the owning loop is still running we schedule close() on that loop.
+        When it is gone (None) or already closed, its selector and sockets are
+        already torn down, so we detach the connector synchronously to mark the
+        session closed and drop the dangling reference without touching the dead loop.
+        """
+        if session.closed:
+            return
+
+        if session_loop is not None and not session_loop.is_closed():
+            try:
+                session_loop.call_soon_threadsafe(lambda: asyncio.ensure_future(session.close(), loop=session_loop))
+                return
+            except RuntimeError as e:
+                verbose_logger.debug(f"Could not schedule close on owning loop, detaching instead: {e}")
+
+        detach = getattr(session, "detach", None)
+        if callable(detach):
+            detach()
+        else:  # pragma: no cover - defensive for older aiohttp without detach()
+            connector = getattr(session, "_connector", None)
+            if connector is not None:
+                connector_close = getattr(connector, "_close", None) or getattr(connector, "close", None)
+                if callable(connector_close):
+                    try:
+                        connector_close()
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        verbose_logger.debug(f"Error closing stale connector: {e}")
+            setattr(session, "_connector", None)
+
     async def _make_aiohttp_request(
         self,
         client_session: ClientSession,
diff --git a/tests/autofix/test_aiohttp_transport_session_leak.py b/tests/autofix/test_aiohttp_transport_session_leak.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a07137de4834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/autofix/test_aiohttp_transport_session_leak.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import asyncio
+import gc
+import os
+import sys
+import warnings
+
+import aiohttp
+import pytest
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("../../.."))
+
+from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.aiohttp_transport import LiteLLMAiohttpTransport
+
+
+def _create_session_on_separate_closed_loop() -> aiohttp.ClientSession:
+    loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+    asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
+
+    async def _mk() -> aiohttp.ClientSession:
+        return aiohttp.ClientSession()
+
+    session = loop.run_until_complete(_mk())
+    loop.close()
+    return session
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_stale_loop_session_is_closed_not_leaked():
+    """
+    Regression: "Unclosed client session".
+
+    When _get_valid_client_session finds that the cached session belongs to a
+    different (here: closed) event loop, it recreates the session for the
+    current loop. The previous session must be released synchronously; the old
+    behavior scheduled a fire-and-forget close on the wrong loop (or relied on
+    GC), leaving the session marked open, which is exactly what triggers
+    aiohttp's "Unclosed client session" warning and leaks its sockets.
+    """
+    stale_session = _create_session_on_separate_closed_loop()
+    assert not stale_session.closed
+
+    transport = LiteLLMAiohttpTransport(client=lambda: aiohttp.ClientSession())
+    transport.client = stale_session
+
+    with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as caught:
+        warnings.simplefilter("always")
+        new_session = transport._get_valid_client_session()
+
+        assert new_session is not stale_session, "expected a fresh session for the running loop"
+        assert stale_session.closed, "stale session from the old loop leaked (was not closed)"
+
+        del stale_session
+        gc.collect()
+        unclosed = [w for w in caught if "Unclosed client session" in str(w.message)]
+        assert not unclosed, f"aiohttp emitted an unclosed-session warning: {[str(w.message) for w in unclosed]}"
+
+    if not new_session.closed:
+        await new_session.close()