diff --git a/src/application/binary/AnalysisClientCleanup.test.ts b/src/application/binary/AnalysisClientCleanup.test.ts
index 23944836c3..4dff023c8d 100644
--- a/src/application/binary/AnalysisClientCleanup.test.ts
+++ b/src/application/binary/AnalysisClientCleanup.test.ts
@@ -88,3 +88,56 @@ it("preserves the original explanation and collected output alongside cleanup un
     errors: [primary, cleanup],
   });
 });
+
+it.each(["return", "reject"] as const)(
+  "reports a nested owner's failure once when close also %ss it",
+  async (outcome) => {
+    const failure = new ProviderCleanupError("fixture", ["owned-process"], {});
+    const notifications: unknown[] = [];
+    const child: AnalysisClient = {
+      execute: clientClosingWith(failure).execute,
+      close: (options) => {
+        options?.onCleanupFailure?.(failure);
+        return outcome === "return"
+          ? Promise.resolve(err(failure))
+          : Promise.reject(failure);
+      },
+    };
+    const parent: AnalysisClient = {
+      execute: child.execute,
+      close: (options) => closeAnalysisClient(child, "fixture", options),
+    };
+
+    const closed = await closeAnalysisClient(parent, "composite", {
+      onCleanupFailure: (error) => notifications.push(error),
+    });
+
+    expect(closed).toEqual(err(failure));
+    expect(notifications).toEqual([failure]);
+  },
+);
+
+it("reports distinct failures during final cleanup and reports again on retry", async () => {
+  const first = new ProviderCleanupError("first", ["first-resource"], {});
+  const final = new ProviderCleanupError("second", ["second-resource"], {});
+  const notifications: unknown[] = [];
+  const client: AnalysisClient = {
+    execute: clientClosingWith(first).execute,
+    close: (options) => {
+      options?.onCleanupFailure?.(first);
+      return Promise.resolve(err(final));
+    },
+  };
+  const options = {
+    onCleanupFailure: (error: unknown) => notifications.push(error),
+  };
+
+  expect(await closeAnalysisClient(client, "composite", options)).toEqual(
+    err(final),
+  );
+  expect(notifications).toEqual([first, final]);
+  expect(await closeAnalysisClient(client, "composite", options)).toEqual(
+    err(final),
+  );
+  expect(notifications).toEqual([first, final, first, final]);
+});
diff --git a/src/application/binary/CompositeProvider.test.ts b/src/application/binary/CompositeProvider.test.ts
index b0e7a37a6b..b35aec68af 100644
--- a/src/application/binary/CompositeProvider.test.ts
+++ b/src/application/binary/CompositeProvider.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import { ProviderCleanupError } from "../../domain/providerCleanupError.js";
 import { projectAnalysisError } from "../../domain/analysisErrorProjection.js";
 import { err, ok } from "../../domain/result.js";
 import { CompositeProvider } from "./CompositeProvider.js";
+import { closeAnalysisClient } from "../../providers/AnalysisClientCleanup.js";
+import type { AnalysisError } from "../../domain/analysisErrorBase.js";
 
 const identity = (id: string): ProviderIdentity => ({
   id,
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ const failingProvider = (
     },
     { remediationAction: `Resolve ${resource} before retrying ${id}.` },
   );
-  const close = vi.fn(async () => err(cleanupError));
+  const close = vi.fn<AnalysisClient["close"]>(async () => err(cleanupError));
   const provider: AnalysisProvider = {
     identity: () => providerIdentity,
     capabilities: () => [operationCapability(providerIdentity, operation)],
@@ -254,3 +256,85 @@ it.each(["busy", "unknown", "idle", undefined] as const)(
     expect((await client.close()).ok).toBe(true);
   },
 );
+
+it.each([1, 2])(
+  "reports early cleanup failures once across a deferred %s-child composite and retries",
+  async (childCount) => {
+    let release!: () => void;
+    const finalization = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      release = resolve;
+    });
+    const children = [
+      failingProvider("provider-left", "address_name", "left-db"),
+      failingProvider("provider-right", "procedure_info", "right-db"),
+    ].slice(0, childCount);
+    for (const child of children) {
+      let attempts = 0;
+      child.close.mockImplementation(async (options) => {
+        attempts += 1;
+        if (attempts > 2) return ok(null);
+        // The resource owner discovers its failure while final cleanup is
+        // still pending, before the composite can return its result.
+        options?.onCleanupFailure?.(child.cleanupError);
+        await finalization;
+        return err(child.cleanupError);
+      });
+    }
+    const client = new CompositeProvider(
+      children.map((child) => child.provider),
+    ).createClient(executableTarget);
+    await client.execute("address_name", {});
+    if (childCount === 2) await client.execute("procedure_info", {});
+    const notifications: AnalysisError[] = [];
+    const options = {
+      onCleanupFailure: (failure: AnalysisError) => notifications.push(failure),
+    };
+    let settled = false;
+    const closing = closeAnalysisClient(client, "composite", options).then(
+      (result) => {
+        settled = true;
+        return result;
+      },
+    );
+    try {
+      await Promise.resolve();
+      expect(settled).toBe(false);
+      expect(notifications).toEqual(
+        children.map((child) => child.cleanupError),
+      );
+    } finally {
+      release();
+    }
+    const first = await closing;
+    expect(first.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (first.ok) throw new Error("Expected retained child cleanup");
+    expect(notifications).toEqual([
+      ...children.map((child) => child.cleanupError),
+      ...(childCount === 2 ? [first.error] : []),
+    ]);
+    expect(first.error.cleanupResources).toEqual(
+      children.flatMap((child) => child.cleanupError.cleanupResources),
+    );
+
+    notifications.length = 0;
+    const retried = await closeAnalysisClient(client, "composite", options);
+    expect(retried.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (retried.ok) throw new Error("Expected failed cleanup retry");
+    expect(notifications).toEqual([
+      ...children.map((child) => child.cleanupError),
+      ...(childCount === 2 ? [retried.error] : []),
+    ]);
+    if (childCount === 2) expect(retried.error).not.toBe(first.error);
+
+    notifications.length = 0;
+    expect(await closeAnalysisClient(client, "composite", options)).toEqual(
+      ok(null),
+    );
+    expect(notifications).toEqual([]);
+    for (const child of children) expect(child.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    expect(await closeAnalysisClient(client, "composite", options)).toEqual(
+      ok(null),
+    );
+    for (const child of children) expect(child.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+  },
+);
diff --git a/src/providers/AnalysisClientCleanup.ts b/src/providers/AnalysisClientCleanup.ts
index 6bb3057687..c80e5cd168 100644
--- a/src/providers/AnalysisClientCleanup.ts
+++ b/src/providers/AnalysisClientCleanup.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,31 @@
 import { ProviderCleanupError } from "../domain/providerCleanupError.js";
 import { err, type Result } from "../domain/result.js";
 import { AnalysisError } from "../domain/analysisErrorBase.js";
-import type {
-  AnalysisClient,
-  ExecutionOptions,
-} from "../application/AnalysisProvider.js";
+import type { AnalysisClient } from "../application/AnalysisProvider.js";
 
 /** Close one provider client and normalize unexpected adapter rejection. */
 export const closeAnalysisClient = async (
   client: AnalysisClient,
   providerId: string,
-  options: Pick<ExecutionOptions, "progress"> & {
-    readonly retainDocument?: boolean;
-    readonly onCleanupFailure?: (failure: AnalysisError) => void;
-  } = {},
+  options: Parameters<AnalysisClient["close"]>[0] = {},
 ): Promise<Result<null, AnalysisError>> => {
+  // Nested/composite clients report failures before their final result settles.
+  // Own notification identity for this close attempt, including the fallback
+  // for clients that only return or reject with their cleanup failure.
+  const reported = new Set<AnalysisError>();
+  const report = (failure: AnalysisError): void => {
+    if (reported.has(failure)) return;
+    reported.add(failure);
+    options.onCleanupFailure?.(failure);
+  };
+  let result: Result<null, AnalysisError>;
   try {
-    const result = await client.close(options);
-    if (!result.ok) options.onCleanupFailure?.(result.error);
-    return result;
+    result = await client.close({
+      ...options,
+      ...(options.onCleanupFailure === undefined
+        ? {}
+        : { onCleanupFailure: report }),
+    });
   } catch (cause: unknown) {
     // A typed cleanup failure already names its leftover resources.
     const failure =
@@ -30,7 +37,8 @@ export const closeAnalysisClient = async (
             { reason: "provider client close rejected unexpectedly" },
             { cause },
           );
-    options.onCleanupFailure?.(failure);
-    return err(failure);
+    result = err(failure);
   }
+  if (!result.ok) report(result.error);
+  return result;
 };