diff --git a/src/dvsim/runtime/backend.py b/src/dvsim/runtime/backend.py
index 1c6f355d..7f22203d 100644
--- a/src/dvsim/runtime/backend.py
+++ b/src/dvsim/runtime/backend.py
@@ -218,11 +218,21 @@ def _prepare_launch(self, job: JobSpec) -> None:
         self._make_job_output_directory(job)
 
     def _finish_job(
-        self, handle: JobHandle, exit_code: int, runtime: float | None
+        self, handle: JobHandle, exit_code: int | None, runtime: float | None
     ) -> tuple[JobStatus, JobStatusInfo | None]:
         """Determine the outcome of a job that ran to completion, and parse extra log info.
 
         Updates the handle with any extracted job runtime & simulation time info.
+
+        Args:
+            handle: The handle to the job that finished.
+            exit_code: The exit code if the job finished gracefully, or None if it was terminated.
+            runtime: The amount of time taken to complete the job, if known.
+
+        Returns:
+            A tuple containing the final job status and optionally an additional context/reason
+            object describing the job completion.
+
         """
         if handle.spec.dry_run:
             return JobStatus.PASSED, None
@@ -241,6 +251,11 @@ def _finish_job(
             handle.simulated_time.set(*simulated_time.get())
 
         # Determine the final status from the logs and exit code.
+        if exit_code is None:
+            return JobStatus.KILLED, JobStatusInfo(
+                message=f"Job timed out after {handle.spec.timeout_mins} minutes"
+            )
+
         status, reason = log_results.get_status_from_logs()
         if status is not None:
             return status, reason
diff --git a/src/dvsim/runtime/local.py b/src/dvsim/runtime/local.py
index 8d7a128f..e01e82fe 100644
--- a/src/dvsim/runtime/local.py
+++ b/src/dvsim/runtime/local.py
@@ -109,19 +109,17 @@ async def _monitor_job(self, handle: LocalJobHandle) -> None:
         ]
         status = JobStatus.KILLED
         reason = None
+        exit_code = None
 
         try:
             exit_code = await asyncio.wait_for(
                 handle.process.wait(), timeout=handle.spec.timeout_secs
             )
-            runtime = time.monotonic() - handle.start_time
-            status, reason = self._finish_job(handle, exit_code, runtime)
         except asyncio.TimeoutError:
             await self._kill_job(handle)
-            status = JobStatus.KILLED
-            timeout_message = f"Job timed out after {handle.spec.timeout_mins} minutes"
-            reason = JobStatusInfo(message=timeout_message)
         finally:
+            runtime = time.monotonic() - handle.start_time
+
             # Explicitly cancel reader tasks and wait for them to finish before closing the log
             # file. We first give them a second to finish naturally to reduce log loss.
             with contextlib.suppress(asyncio.TimeoutError):
@@ -131,6 +129,8 @@ async def _monitor_job(self, handle: LocalJobHandle) -> None:
                     task.cancel()
             await asyncio.gather(*reader_tasks, return_exceptions=True)
 
+            status, reason = self._finish_job(handle, exit_code, runtime)
+
             if handle.log_file:
                 handle.log_file.close()
             if handle.kill_requested:
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ async def _kill_job(self, handle: LocalJobHandle) -> None:
             return
 
         if proc.returncode is None:
-            handle.kill_requested = True
             try:
                 self._send_kill_signal(proc, signal.SIGTERM)
             except ProcessLookupError:
@@ -366,6 +365,7 @@ async def kill_many(self, handles: Iterable[JobHandle]) -> None:
                 msg = f"Local backend expected handle of type LocalJobHandle, not `{type(handle)}`."
                 raise TypeError(msg)
             if handle.process and not handle.kill_requested and handle.process.returncode is None:
+                handle.kill_requested = True
                 tasks.append(asyncio.create_task(self._kill_job(handle)))
 
         if tasks: