diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/Services/JsonRpcExtensionService.cs b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/Services/JsonRpcExtensionService.cs
index 08a317fc98..86398562cc 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/Services/JsonRpcExtensionService.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/Services/JsonRpcExtensionService.cs
@@ -254,6 +254,12 @@ public sealed partial class JsonRpcExtensionService : IExtensionService, IJsExte
             {
                 RaiseProviderAdded(wrapper);
             }
+
+            if (timeoutCts.IsCancellationRequested)
+            {
+                cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+                return false;
+            }
         }
         catch (OperationCanceledException) when (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
         {
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.UnitTests/JsonRpcExtensionServiceReconciliationTests.cs b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.UnitTests/JsonRpcExtensionServiceReconciliationTests.cs
index 51e05a7fd9..b98b362fc4 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.UnitTests/JsonRpcExtensionServiceReconciliationTests.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.UnitTests/JsonRpcExtensionServiceReconciliationTests.cs
@@ -182,6 +182,20 @@ public class JsonRpcExtensionServiceReconciliationTests
         Assert.IsNull(manifest);
     }
 
+    [TestMethod]
+    public async Task RefreshAndAwaitProviderAsync_CallerCancellation_Throws()
+    {
+        using var service = new JsonRpcExtensionService(TaskScheduler.Default);
+        using var cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        cancellationTokenSource.Cancel();
+
+        await Assert.ThrowsExactlyAsync<OperationCanceledException>(() =>
+            service.RefreshAndAwaitProviderAsync(
+                Path.Combine(_root, "missing"),
+                TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1),
+                cancellationTokenSource.Token));
+    }
+
     [TestMethod]
     public void GetExtensionDirectoryForPath_ReturnsOwningTopLevelDirectory()
     {