diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/HostConnection.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/HostConnection.swift
index 2771848..ef0f7e1 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/HostConnection.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/HostConnection.swift
@@ -872,6 +872,9 @@ final class HostConnection {
         eventTask?.cancel(); eventTask = nil
         if let client { Task { await client.disconnect() } }
         client = nil
+        // A dropped connection loses the in-flight prefetch's remaining chunks — settle it empty
+        // so RemoteStore's queue isn't left waiting on a completion that will never arrive.
+        finishPrefetch(delivering: false)
     }
 }