diff --git a/skill/scripts/context.mjs b/skill/scripts/context.mjs
index 203bb378e..e94cd562d 100644
--- a/skill/scripts/context.mjs
+++ b/skill/scripts/context.mjs
@@ -1013,6 +1013,16 @@ async function fetchLatestSkillVersion() {
   }
 }
 
+// Destroy fetch's global undici dispatcher before process.exit(): a live
+// keep-alive socket trips a libuv assertion on Windows/Node 24 after a
+// successful boot (nodejs/node#56645, issue #573).
+async function destroyFetchDispatcher() {
+  const dispatcher = globalThis[Symbol.for('undici.globalDispatcher.1')];
+  if (dispatcher && typeof dispatcher.destroy === 'function') {
+    try { await dispatcher.destroy(); } catch { /* exit regardless */ }
+  }
+}
+
 // Two instructions used to sit in one directive: ask, and "if they agree, run
 // it". Nothing gated the second on an answer, and the same sentence said to
 // continue without waiting, so a run that could never establish agreement was
@@ -1160,6 +1170,7 @@ async function cli() {
     appendStalenessDirective(parts, ctx, cliOptions);
     if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
     process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
+    await destroyFetchDispatcher();
     process.exit(0);
   }
   const parts = [`# PRODUCT.md\n\n${ctx.product.trim()}`];
@@ -1207,6 +1218,8 @@ async function cli() {
   }
   if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
   process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
+  await destroyFetchDispatcher();
+  process.exit(0);
 }
 
 function parseCliOptions(args) {
diff --git a/tests/context.test.mjs b/tests/context.test.mjs
index 4c04276b8..bd7d671b1 100644
--- a/tests/context.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/context.test.mjs
@@ -1588,4 +1588,39 @@ describe('context.mjs update check', () => {
     assert.equal(typeof cache.lastCheck, 'number'); // stamped so we don't re-poll every boot
     assert.equal(cache.latestVersion, undefined); // nothing learned
   });
+
+  // Targeted live-fetch boot: the Windows abort in issue #573 fired after
+  // stdout was already complete, so the contract is exit 0 with the full
+  // context still on stdout.
+  it('exits 0 after a targeted live-fetch boot writes full context', async () => {
+    const { srv, host } = await startStub({ skills: '2.0.0' });
+    try {
+      const { skillScript, project, env } = setup({}, { host });
+      fs.writeFileSync(
+        path.join(project, 'package.json'),
+        JSON.stringify({ private: true, workspaces: ['packages/*'] }),
+      );
+      const jervPi = path.join(project, 'packages', 'jerv-pi');
+      fs.mkdirSync(jervPi, { recursive: true });
+      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(jervPi, 'PRODUCT.md'), '# Jerv Pi product\n');
+
+      const result = await new Promise((resolveRun, rejectRun) => {
+        const child = spawn(process.execPath, [skillScript, '--target', 'packages/jerv-pi'], {
+          cwd: project,
+          env,
+        });
+        let stdout = '';
+        child.stdout.on('data', (chunk) => { stdout += chunk; });
+        child.on('error', rejectRun);
+        child.on('close', (status) => resolveRun({ status, stdout }));
+      });
+
+      assert.equal(result.status, 0);
+      assert.match(result.stdout, /RESOLVED_CONTEXT:/);
+      assert.match(result.stdout, /# Jerv Pi product/);
+      assert.match(result.stdout, /UPDATE_AVAILABLE/);
+    } finally {
+      srv.close();
+    }
+  });
 });