diff --git a/aai_cli/core/microphone.py b/aai_cli/core/microphone.py
index 755858f..357ca03 100644
--- a/aai_cli/core/microphone.py
+++ b/aai_cli/core/microphone.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import atexit
+import contextlib
+import signal
 import warnings
 from abc import abstractmethod
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Iterator, Mapping
@@ -54,6 +57,42 @@ def audio_missing_error() -> CLIError:
     )
 
 
+# Process-global once-latch. The default is only observable on the very first install
+# in a fresh process; the suite mutates this flag across tests, so the load-time value
+# can't be asserted in isolation — the check/set in _install_… are what the tests pin.
+_shutdown_interrupt_guard_installed = False  # pragma: no mutate
+
+
+def _ignore_interrupt_during_shutdown() -> None:
+    """Drop SIGINT for the remainder of interpreter shutdown.
+
+    sounddevice registers its own atexit handler that calls ``Pa_Terminate`` to tear
+    down PortAudio. A second Ctrl-C while that runs raises ``KeyboardInterrupt``
+    *inside* the atexit callback, which Python reports as a noisy "Exception ignored in
+    atexit callback" traceback — even though the first Ctrl-C already stopped the
+    session cleanly. There is nothing left to cancel once we're exiting, so ignore the
+    late interrupt.
+    """
+    # signal.signal only works on the main thread; atexit runs there, but a ValueError
+    # is still possible in odd embeddings, so guard it rather than crash the teardown.
+    with contextlib.suppress(ValueError):
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_IGN)
+
+
+def _install_shutdown_interrupt_guard() -> None:
+    """Register ``_ignore_interrupt_during_shutdown`` with atexit exactly once.
+
+    Registered *after* sounddevice imports so atexit's LIFO order runs our guard
+    before sounddevice's PortAudio teardown, neutralizing a second Ctrl-C that would
+    otherwise raise inside that atexit callback.
+    """
+    global _shutdown_interrupt_guard_installed
+    if _shutdown_interrupt_guard_installed:
+        return
+    atexit.register(_ignore_interrupt_during_shutdown)
+    _shutdown_interrupt_guard_installed = True
+
+
 def import_sounddevice() -> ModuleType:
     """Import sounddevice lazily, mapping an ImportError to ``audio_missing_error``.
 
@@ -65,6 +104,7 @@ def import_sounddevice() -> ModuleType:
         import sounddevice
     except ImportError as exc:
         raise audio_missing_error() from exc
+    _install_shutdown_interrupt_guard()
     module: ModuleType = sounddevice
     return module
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6ca42df..e2da9d8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -420,6 +420,8 @@ max-statements = 40
 "aai_cli/core/environments.py" = ["PLW0603"]
 # Verbosity is process-global startup state by design (mirrors environments.py).
 "aai_cli/core/debuglog.py" = ["PLW0603"]
+# The "shutdown SIGINT guard installed" latch is process-global once-only state.
+"aai_cli/core/microphone.py" = ["PLW0603"]
 # BaseHTTPRequestHandler.log_message requires a parameter named `format`.
 "aai_cli/auth/loopback.py" = ["A002"]
 # Template constants include URL path names such as TOKEN_PATH, not credentials.
diff --git a/tests/test_microphone.py b/tests/test_microphone.py
index d215e18..8199176 100644
--- a/tests/test_microphone.py
+++ b/tests/test_microphone.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import signal
 import sys
 import types
 from typing import Any
@@ -11,7 +12,10 @@
     MicrophoneSource,
     _default_mic_stream,
     _device_default_rate,
+    _ignore_interrupt_during_shutdown,
+    _install_shutdown_interrupt_guard,
     _SoundDeviceMic,
+    import_sounddevice,
     resample_pcm16,
 )
 
@@ -286,3 +290,50 @@ def test_default_mic_stream_missing_sounddevice_raises_mic_missing(monkeypatch):
         _default_mic_stream(sample_rate=16000, device=None)
     assert exc.value.error_type == "mic_missing"
     assert exc.value.exit_code == 2
+
+
+def test_ignore_interrupt_during_shutdown_sets_sig_ign():
+    # The guard drops a second Ctrl-C during teardown so it can't raise inside
+    # sounddevice's atexit PortAudio terminate. Save/restore the global disposition.
+    before = signal.getsignal(signal.SIGINT)
+    try:
+        _ignore_interrupt_during_shutdown()
+        assert signal.getsignal(signal.SIGINT) is signal.SIG_IGN
+    finally:
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, before)
+
+
+def test_install_shutdown_interrupt_guard_registers_once(monkeypatch):
+    registered = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(microphone, "_shutdown_interrupt_guard_installed", False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(microphone.atexit, "register", lambda fn: registered.append(fn))
+
+    _install_shutdown_interrupt_guard()
+    _install_shutdown_interrupt_guard()  # idempotent: the flag short-circuits the second call
+
+    assert registered == [_ignore_interrupt_during_shutdown]
+
+
+def test_import_sounddevice_installs_shutdown_guard(monkeypatch):
+    registered = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(microphone, "_shutdown_interrupt_guard_installed", False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(microphone.atexit, "register", lambda fn: registered.append(fn))
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "sounddevice", types.ModuleType("sounddevice"))
+
+    import_sounddevice()
+
+    assert registered == [_ignore_interrupt_during_shutdown]
+
+
+def test_import_sounddevice_missing_does_not_register_guard(monkeypatch):
+    # A broken install raises before the guard is reached, so nothing is registered.
+    registered = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(microphone, "_shutdown_interrupt_guard_installed", False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(microphone.atexit, "register", lambda fn: registered.append(fn))
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "sounddevice", None)  # import -> ImportError
+
+    with pytest.raises(CLIError) as exc:
+        import_sounddevice()
+
+    assert exc.value.error_type == "mic_missing"
+    assert registered == []