diff --git a/agents/src/tts/fallback_adapter.test.ts b/agents/src/tts/fallback_adapter.test.ts
index 8c972acd5..f74e6ad21 100644
--- a/agents/src/tts/fallback_adapter.test.ts
+++ b/agents/src/tts/fallback_adapter.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class MockSynthesizeStream extends SynthesizeStream {
   constructor(
     private mockTts: MockTTS,
     private shouldFail: boolean,
+    private emitAudio: boolean,
     connOptions?: APIConnectOptions,
   ) {
     super(mockTts, connOptions);
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ class MockSynthesizeStream extends SynthesizeStream {
     for await (const data of this.input) {
       if (this.abortController.signal.aborted) break;
       if (data === SynthesizeStream.FLUSH_SENTINEL) continue;
+      if (!this.emitAudio) continue;
       this.queue.put({
         requestId: 'mock-req',
         segmentId: 'mock-seg',
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ class MockChunkedStream extends ChunkedStream {
     private mockTts: MockTTS,
     text: string,
     private shouldFail: boolean,
+    private emitAudio: boolean,
     connOptions?: APIConnectOptions,
   ) {
     super(text, mockTts, connOptions);
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ class MockChunkedStream extends ChunkedStream {
     if (this.shouldFail) {
       throw new APIError('mock TTS failed immediately');
     }
+    if (!this.emitAudio) return;
     this.queue.put({
       requestId: 'mock-req',
       segmentId: 'mock-seg',
@@ -73,6 +77,7 @@ class MockChunkedStream extends ChunkedStream {
 class MockTTS extends TTS {
   label: string;
   shouldFail = false;
+  emitAudio = true;
 
   constructor(label: string, sampleRate: number = SAMPLE_RATE) {
     super(sampleRate, 1, { streaming: true });
@@ -80,11 +85,11 @@ class MockTTS extends TTS {
   }
 
   synthesize(text: string, connOptions?: APIConnectOptions): ChunkedStream {
-    return new MockChunkedStream(this, text, this.shouldFail, connOptions);
+    return new MockChunkedStream(this, text, this.shouldFail, this.emitAudio, connOptions);
   }
 
   stream(options?: { connOptions?: APIConnectOptions }): SynthesizeStream {
-    return new MockSynthesizeStream(this, this.shouldFail, options?.connOptions);
+    return new MockSynthesizeStream(this, this.shouldFail, this.emitAudio, options?.connOptions);
   }
 }
 
@@ -190,6 +195,46 @@ describe('TTS FallbackAdapter', () => {
     await adapter.close();
   });
 
+  it('should not mark the primary unavailable when closed before any audio is received', async () => {
+    // Regression: abort before first audio frame previously raised
+    // APIConnectionError, causing markUnAvailable on the primary.
+    const primary = new MockTTS('primary');
+    primary.emitAudio = false;
+    const secondary = new MockTTS('secondary');
+    secondary.emitAudio = false;
+    const adapter = new FallbackAdapter({
+      ttsInstances: [primary, secondary],
+      maxRetryPerTTS: 0,
+      recoveryDelayMs: 60_000,
+    });
+
+    const stream = adapter.stream();
+    stream.updateInputStream(
+      new ReadableStream<string>({
+        start(controller) {
+          controller.enqueue('hello world');
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const iterate = (async () => {
+      for await (const event of stream) {
+        if (event === SynthesizeStream.END_OF_STREAM) break;
+      }
+    })();
+
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50));
+    stream.close();
+    await iterate;
+    // Allow mainTask to fully unwind both TTS instances.
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 200));
+
+    expect(adapter.status[0]!.available).toBe(true);
+    expect(adapter.status[1]!.available).toBe(true);
+
+    await adapter.close();
+  });
+
   it('should fall back in the non-streaming (synthesize) path with mismatched sample rates', async () => {
     // FallbackChunkedStream has the same phantom-flush vulnerability as
     // FallbackSynthesizeStream: when the primary's sample rate differs from
diff --git a/agents/src/tts/fallback_adapter.ts b/agents/src/tts/fallback_adapter.ts
index e5ec5e0ca..d93f4f84b 100644
--- a/agents/src/tts/fallback_adapter.ts
+++ b/agents/src/tts/fallback_adapter.ts
@@ -565,6 +565,12 @@ class FallbackSynthesizeStream extends SynthesizeStream {
         // Silent failures must trigger fallback. See `sawRawAudio` above for
         // why we don't check `audioPushed` here.
         if (!sawRawAudio) {
+          // Abort before first audio frame is an interruption, not a provider failure.
+          if (this.abortController.signal.aborted) {
+            this.queue.put(SynthesizeStream.END_OF_STREAM);
+            await readInputLLMStream.catch(() => {});
+            return;
+          }
           throw new APIConnectionError({
             message: 'TTS stream completed but no audio was received',
           });