diff --git a/packages/experimental/client-ui-forge/src/states.ts b/packages/experimental/client-ui-forge/src/states.ts
index 50ed2f61f6..f752229896 100644
--- a/packages/experimental/client-ui-forge/src/states.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/client-ui-forge/src/states.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ class Reader {
 
   constructor(readonly allowed: (id: SessionId) => boolean, private readonly signal: AbortSignal) {
     signal.addEventListener('abort', this.abort, { once: true })
-    if (signal.aborted) this.end()
   }
 
   push(state: ForgeChangeRequestListState): void {
@@ -207,7 +206,6 @@ class Run {
   }
 
   private bind(id: SessionId, urls: readonly string[]): void {
-    if (this.stopped) return
     const next = new Set(urls)
     const previous = this.urlsOf.get(id) ?? new Set<string>()
     this.urlsOf.set(id, next)
diff --git a/packages/experimental/client-ui-forge/tests/states.host.spec.ts b/packages/experimental/client-ui-forge/tests/states.host.spec.ts
index fa563e7833..18866bd805 100644
--- a/packages/experimental/client-ui-forge/tests/states.host.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/client-ui-forge/tests/states.host.spec.ts
@@ -350,4 +350,21 @@ describe('ChangeRequestStates', () => {
     expect(await reader(f.hub).next()).toEqual({ type: 'baseline', states: [] })
   })
 
+
+  it('keeps other readers live when a reader aborts between frames', async () => {
+    const f = fixture([{ id: S1, urls: [url(7)] }])
+    const aborter = new AbortController()
+    const first = f.hub.stream(() => true, aborter.signal)[Symbol.asyncIterator]()
+    const second = reader(f.hub)
+    await first.next()
+    await second.next()
+    aborter.abort()
+    f.poll(7)
+    expect((await first.next()).done).toBe(true)
+    expect(await second.next()).toEqual({ type: 'changed', states: [state(7)] })
+    expect([...f.watchers.keys()]).toEqual([7])
+    await second.close()
+    expect([...f.watchers.keys()]).toEqual([])
+  })
+
 })