diff --git a/apps/gateway/src/chat/chat.gateway.ts b/apps/gateway/src/chat/chat.gateway.ts
index 15a36d1..9e5cd29 100644
--- a/apps/gateway/src/chat/chat.gateway.ts
+++ b/apps/gateway/src/chat/chat.gateway.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import type {
   AbortPayload,
 } from '@mosaicstack/types';
 import { AgentService, type ConversationHistoryMessage } from '../agent/agent.service.js';
+import { RuntimeProviderService } from '../agent/runtime-provider-registry.service.js';
 import { AUTH } from '../auth/auth.tokens.js';
 import {
   scopeFromUser,
@@ -128,6 +129,9 @@ export class ChatGateway implements OnGatewayInit, OnGatewayConnection, OnGatewa
     @Optional()
     @Inject(CommandAuthorizationService)
     private readonly commandAuthorization: CommandAuthorizationService | null = null,
+    @Optional()
+    @Inject(RuntimeProviderService)
+    private readonly runtimeRegistry: RuntimeProviderService | null = null,
   ) {}
 
   afterInit(): void {
@@ -678,6 +682,42 @@ export class ChatGateway implements OnGatewayInit, OnGatewayConnection, OnGatewa
     });
   }
 
+  @SubscribeMessage('discord:stop')
+  async handleDiscordStop(
+    @ConnectedSocket() client: Socket,
+    @MessageBody() envelope: DiscordIngressEnvelope,
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    if (!client.data.discordService) return;
+    const ingress = this.resolveDiscordIngress(client, envelope, 'approve');
+    const actionParts = ingress?.content.match(/^\/stop\s+([^\s]+)\s+([^\s]+)\s+([^\s]+)$/i);
+    const serviceUserId = process.env['DISCORD_SERVICE_USER_ID'];
+    if (!ingress || !actionParts || !serviceUserId || !this.runtimeRegistry) return;
+    const binding = resolveDiscordInteractionBinding(
+      parseDiscordInteractionBindings(process.env['DISCORD_INTERACTION_BINDINGS']),
+      ingress.guildId,
+      ingress.channelId,
+      ingress.userId,
+      'approve',
+    );
+    if (!binding) return;
+
+    try {
+      // RuntimeProviderService consumes the durable approval exactly once using this
+      // server-derived context before it invokes the provider termination.
+      await this.runtimeRegistry.terminate(actionParts[1]!, actionParts[2]!, actionParts[3]!, {
+        actorScope: {
+          userId: serviceUserId,
+          tenantId: process.env['DISCORD_SERVICE_TENANT_ID'] ?? serviceUserId,
+        },
+        channelId: ingress.channelId,
+        correlationId: ingress.correlationId,
+      });
+      client.emit('discord:stop', { correlationId: ingress.correlationId, success: true });
+    } catch {
+      client.emit('discord:stop', { correlationId: ingress.correlationId, success: false });
+    }
+  }
+
   private resolveDiscordIngress(
     client: Socket,
     envelope: DiscordIngressEnvelope,
diff --git a/apps/gateway/src/plugin/discord-ingress.security.spec.ts b/apps/gateway/src/plugin/discord-ingress.security.spec.ts
index bebc106..438c52c 100644
--- a/apps/gateway/src/plugin/discord-ingress.security.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/gateway/src/plugin/discord-ingress.security.spec.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,119 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import {
   createDiscordIngressEnvelope,
   verifyDiscordIngressEnvelope,
+  DiscordPlugin,
   type DiscordIngressPayload,
   resolveDiscordInteractionBinding,
 } from '@mosaicstack/discord-plugin';
+import { ChatGateway } from '../chat/chat.gateway.js';
+import { CommandAuthorizationService } from '../commands/command-authorization.service.js';
 import { validateDiscordServiceToken } from '../chat/chat.gateway-auth.js';
 import { DiscordReplayProtector } from './discord-replay-protector.js';
 
 const SERVICE_TOKEN = 'test-service-token';
+const ENV_KEYS = [
+  'DISCORD_SERVICE_TOKEN',
+  'DISCORD_SERVICE_USER_ID',
+  'DISCORD_SERVICE_TENANT_ID',
+  'DISCORD_INTERACTION_BINDINGS',
+  'DISCORD_ALLOWED_GUILD_IDS',
+  'DISCORD_ALLOWED_CHANNEL_IDS',
+  'DISCORD_ALLOWED_USER_IDS',
+  'MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME',
+] as const;
+const savedEnv = new Map<string, string | undefined>();
+
+function configureDiscordEnv(role: 'admin' | 'member' = 'admin'): void {
+  for (const key of ENV_KEYS) savedEnv.set(key, process.env[key]);
+  process.env['DISCORD_SERVICE_TOKEN'] = SERVICE_TOKEN;
+  process.env['DISCORD_SERVICE_USER_ID'] = 'discord-service';
+  process.env['DISCORD_SERVICE_TENANT_ID'] = 'tenant-discord';
+  process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'] = 'Nova';
+  process.env['DISCORD_ALLOWED_GUILD_IDS'] = 'guild-001';
+  process.env['DISCORD_ALLOWED_CHANNEL_IDS'] = 'channel-001';
+  process.env['DISCORD_ALLOWED_USER_IDS'] = 'user-001';
+  process.env['DISCORD_INTERACTION_BINDINGS'] = JSON.stringify([
+    {
+      instanceId: 'Nova',
+      guildId: 'guild-001',
+      channelId: 'channel-001',
+      pairedUsers: { 'user-001': role === 'admin' ? 'admin' : 'operator' },
+    },
+  ]);
+}
+
+afterEach((): void => {
+  for (const key of ENV_KEYS) {
+    const value = savedEnv.get(key);
+    if (value === undefined) delete process.env[key];
+    else process.env[key] = value;
+  }
+  savedEnv.clear();
+});
+
+function commandAuthorization(role: 'admin' | 'member'): CommandAuthorizationService {
+  const entries = new Map<string, string>();
+  const db = {
+    select: () => ({ from: () => ({ where: () => ({ limit: async () => [{ role }] }) }) }),
+  };
+  const redis = {
+    get: async (key: string) => entries.get(key) ?? null,
+    set: async (key: string, value: string) => entries.set(key, value),
+    del: async (key: string) => Number(entries.delete(key)),
+  };
+  return new CommandAuthorizationService(db as never, redis);
+}
+
+function discordGateway(role: 'admin' | 'member'): {
+  gateway: ChatGateway;
+  client: { data: { discordService: boolean }; emit: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn> };
+} {
+  const authorization = commandAuthorization(role);
+  const runtimeRegistry = {
+    terminate: async (
+      providerId: string,
+      sessionId: string,
+      approvalId: string,
+      context: {
+        actorScope: { userId: string; tenantId: string };
+        channelId: string;
+        correlationId: string;
+      },
+    ): Promise<void> => {
+      const approved = await authorization.consumeRuntimeTerminationApproval(approvalId, {
+        providerId,
+        sessionId,
+        actorId: context.actorScope.userId,
+        tenantId: context.actorScope.tenantId,
+        channelId: context.channelId,
+        correlationId: context.correlationId,
+        agentName: 'Nova',
+      });
+      if (!approved) throw new Error('approval denied');
+    },
+  };
+  return {
+    gateway: new ChatGateway(
+      {} as never,
+      {} as never,
+      {} as never,
+      {} as never,
+      {} as never,
+      {} as never,
+      authorization,
+      runtimeRegistry as never,
+    ),
+    client: { data: { discordService: true }, emit: vi.fn() },
+  };
+}
+
+function ingressEnvelope(
+  content: string,
+  messageId: string,
+): ReturnType<typeof createDiscordIngressEnvelope> {
+  return createDiscordIngressEnvelope(createPayload({ content, messageId }), SERVICE_TOKEN);
+}
 
 function createPayload(overrides: Partial<DiscordIngressPayload> = {}): DiscordIngressPayload {
   return {
@@ -106,4 +211,121 @@ describe('Discord ingress security', () => {
     expect(replayProtector.claim('discord-message-003')).toBe(true);
     expect(replayProtector.size).toBe(2);
   });
+
+  it('mints a Discord approval and consumes it for the exact stop action', async () => {
+    configureDiscordEnv();
+    const { gateway, client } = discordGateway('admin');
+    await gateway.handleDiscordApproval(
+      client as never,
+      ingressEnvelope('/approve fleet runtime-1', 'approve-message'),
+    );
+    const approval = client.emit.mock.calls.find(
+      ([event]) => event === 'discord:approval',
+    )?.[1] as {
+      approvalId: string;
+      success: boolean;
+    };
+    expect(approval.success).toBe(true);
+
+    await gateway.handleDiscordStop(
+      client as never,
+      ingressEnvelope(`/stop fleet runtime-1 ${approval.approvalId}`, 'stop-message'),
+    );
+    expect(client.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith('discord:stop', {
+      correlationId: 'correlation-001',
+      success: true,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('rejects unpaired and non-admin Discord users for approval and stop', async () => {
+    configureDiscordEnv();
+    const { gateway, client } = discordGateway('member');
+    await gateway.handleDiscordApproval(
+      client as never,
+      ingressEnvelope('/approve fleet runtime-1', 'member-approve'),
+    );
+    expect(client.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith('discord:approval', {
+      correlationId: 'correlation-001',
+      success: false,
+      approvalId: undefined,
+      expiresAt: undefined,
+    });
+
+    process.env['DISCORD_INTERACTION_BINDINGS'] = JSON.stringify([]);
+    await gateway.handleDiscordStop(
+      client as never,
+      ingressEnvelope('/stop fleet runtime-1 forged', 'unpaired-stop'),
+    );
+    expect(client.emit).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith('discord:stop', expect.anything());
+  });
+
+  it('rejects replaying a Discord-created termination approval', async () => {
+    configureDiscordEnv();
+    const { gateway, client } = discordGateway('admin');
+    await gateway.handleDiscordApproval(
+      client as never,
+      ingressEnvelope('/approve fleet runtime-1', 'replay-approve'),
+    );
+    const approval = client.emit.mock.calls.find(
+      ([event]) => event === 'discord:approval',
+    )?.[1] as {
+      approvalId: string;
+    };
+    await gateway.handleDiscordStop(
+      client as never,
+      ingressEnvelope(`/stop fleet runtime-1 ${approval.approvalId}`, 'replay-stop-one'),
+    );
+    await gateway.handleDiscordStop(
+      client as never,
+      ingressEnvelope(`/stop fleet runtime-1 ${approval.approvalId}`, 'replay-stop-two'),
+    );
+    const stopResults = client.emit.mock.calls.filter(([event]) => event === 'discord:stop');
+    expect(stopResults.map(([, result]) => (result as { success: boolean }).success)).toEqual([
+      true,
+      false,
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('accepts a thread message through its allowed bound parent channel', () => {
+    const emitted = vi.fn();
+    const plugin = new DiscordPlugin({
+      token: 'unused',
+      gatewayUrl: 'http://unused',
+      serviceToken: SERVICE_TOKEN,
+      allowedGuildIds: ['guild-001'],
+      allowedChannelIds: ['channel-001'],
+      allowedUserIds: ['user-001'],
+      interactionBindings: [
+        {
+          instanceId: 'Nova',
+          guildId: 'guild-001',
+          channelId: 'channel-001',
+          pairedUsers: { 'user-001': 'operator' },
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+    const internals = plugin as unknown as {
+      client: { user: { id: string } };
+      socket: { connected: boolean; emit: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn> };
+      handleDiscordMessage(message: unknown): void;
+    };
+    internals.client = { user: { id: 'bot-001' } };
+    internals.socket = { connected: true, emit: emitted };
+    internals.handleDiscordMessage({
+      id: 'thread-message',
+      guildId: 'guild-001',
+      channelId: 'thread-001',
+      author: { id: 'user-001', bot: false },
+      mentions: { has: () => true },
+      content: '<@bot-001> hello from thread',
+      channel: { parentId: 'channel-001' },
+      attachments: new Map(),
+    });
+
+    const [, envelope] = emitted.mock.calls[0] as [
+      string,
+      ReturnType<typeof createDiscordIngressEnvelope>,
+    ];
+    expect(verifyDiscordIngressEnvelope(envelope, SERVICE_TOKEN)?.channelId).toBe('channel-001');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/discord/src/index.ts b/plugins/discord/src/index.ts
index eaf0bd9..28d835d 100644
--- a/plugins/discord/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/discord/src/index.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export interface DiscordPluginConfig {
   interactionBindings?: readonly DiscordInteractionBinding[];
 }
 
-export type DiscordInteractionOperation = 'bind' | 'attach' | 'send' | 'approve';
+export type DiscordInteractionOperation = 'bind' | 'attach' | 'send' | 'approve' | 'stop';
 export type DiscordInteractionRole = 'viewer' | 'operator' | 'admin';
 
 export interface DiscordInteractionBinding {
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const operationRoles: Readonly<
   attach: ['operator', 'admin'],
   send: ['operator', 'admin'],
   approve: ['admin'],
+  stop: ['admin'],
 };
 
 /** Resolves a configuration-owned binding and applies pairing/RBAC before ingress. */
@@ -327,7 +328,14 @@ export class DiscordPlugin {
       },
       this.config.serviceToken,
     );
-    this.socket.emit(content.startsWith('/approve ') ? 'discord:approve' : 'message', envelope);
+    this.socket.emit(
+      content.startsWith('/approve ')
+        ? 'discord:approve'
+        : content.startsWith('/stop ')
+          ? 'discord:stop'
+          : 'message',
+      envelope,
+    );
   }
 
   private isAllowedMessage(message: DiscordMessage): boolean {