diff --git a/cmd/groundstation/display.go b/cmd/groundstation/display.go
index 13708e2..1c68117 100644
--- a/cmd/groundstation/display.go
+++ b/cmd/groundstation/display.go
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ func (s *displaySupervisor) run(ctx context.Context) {
 // stopDisplayProcess shuts the kiosk down deterministically: the interrupt
 // goes to the whole kiosk process group (runuser plus the kiosk itself,
 // which runuser does not forward signals to), waits for the grace window,
-// then kills the group and reaps the direct child.
+// then kills the group and reaps the direct child. The direct child exiting
+// does not prove the group is empty — a kiosk that ignored the interrupt
+// would outlive an exiting runuser — so the group receives a final SIGKILL
+// sweep; for an already-empty group that is a harmless no-op.
 func stopDisplayProcess(cmd *exec.Cmd, done <-chan error, grace time.Duration) {
 	signalGroup := func(sig syscall.Signal) {
 		_ = syscall.Kill(-cmd.Process.Pid, sig)
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ func stopDisplayProcess(cmd *exec.Cmd, done <-chan error, grace time.Duration) {
 		signalGroup(syscall.SIGKILL)
 		<-done
 	}
+	signalGroup(syscall.SIGKILL)
 }
 
 // startDisplayProcess builds the kiosk launch command. It normally runs as
diff --git a/cmd/groundstation/display_test.go b/cmd/groundstation/display_test.go
index 7f07ce4..01f3a33 100644
--- a/cmd/groundstation/display_test.go
+++ b/cmd/groundstation/display_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"os/signal"
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -273,9 +274,14 @@ func TestStopDisplayProcessEscalatesToKillWhenInterruptIgnored(t *testing.T) {
 	if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
 		t.Skip("procfs-based group check requires Linux")
 	}
+	// Ignored dispositions are inherited by the whole process tree, so the
+	// group ignores SIGINT from birth without a trap-setup race.
+	signal.Ignore(syscall.SIGINT)
+	defer signal.Reset(syscall.SIGINT)
 
-	// The whole group ignores SIGINT, forcing the SIGKILL escalation.
-	cmd := exec.Command("sh", "-c", "echo started; trap '' INT; while :; do :; done")
+	// The group leader ignores SIGINT and never exits, forcing the
+	// SIGKILL escalation.
+	cmd := exec.Command("sh", "-c", "echo started; while :; do :; done")
 	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{Setpgid: true}
 	pipe, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -301,3 +307,35 @@ func TestStopDisplayProcessEscalatesToKillWhenInterruptIgnored(t *testing.T) {
 
 	waitForEmptyGroup(t, cmd.Process.Pid)
 }
+
+func TestStopDisplayProcessKillsGroupSurvivingDirectChildExit(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
+		t.Skip("procfs-based group check requires Linux")
+	}
+	// The tree ignores SIGINT via inheritance, so a group member can
+	// outlive the direct child exactly like a kiosk behind an exiting
+	// runuser; the stop must sweep it instead of trusting the child exit.
+	signal.Ignore(syscall.SIGINT)
+	defer signal.Reset(syscall.SIGINT)
+
+	cmd := exec.Command("sh", "-c", "echo started; sleep 60 & exit 0")
+	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{Setpgid: true}
+	pipe, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	greeting := make([]byte, len("started\n"))
+	if _, err := io.ReadFull(pipe, greeting); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read readiness signal: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	done := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() { done <- cmd.Wait() }()
+
+	stopDisplayProcess(cmd, done, 200*time.Millisecond)
+
+	waitForEmptyGroup(t, cmd.Process.Pid)
+}