diff --git a/changelog.d/243.added.md b/changelog.d/243.added.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa1d52e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/243.added.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+**Every backend can be closed with `aclose()` and used with `async with`.**
+`AsyncRedisCacheBackend.aclose()` closes the redis-py client and the connection
+pool it created, and `MemcachedBackend.aclose()` closes every pooled socket, so
+the lifespan pattern in the backends guide works for all three backends instead
+of raising `AttributeError` on Redis and Memcached. `BaseCacheBackend` gains a
+no-op `aclose()` that custom backends may override, and `__aenter__`/`__aexit__`
+that close the backend when the block ends. Calling `aclose()` twice is safe; a
+Redis `connection_pool=` you pass in is left for you to close.
diff --git a/docs/BACKENDS.md b/docs/BACKENDS.md
index 0663dd6..a5ed325 100644
--- a/docs/BACKENDS.md
+++ b/docs/BACKENDS.md
@@ -39,22 +39,8 @@ BackendProxy.set(backend)
 The cleanup task starts on the event loop of the first cache call. If a later call
 runs on a different loop, for example after the first loop was closed, the task is
 started again there. To stop it on shutdown, `await backend.aclose()` cancels the
-task and waits until it has finished. `stop_cleanup()` only requests cancellation.
-
-```python
-from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
-
-from fastapi import FastAPI
-
-
-@asynccontextmanager
-async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
-    yield
-    await backend.aclose()
-
-
-app = FastAPI(lifespan=lifespan)
-```
+task and waits until it has finished (see [Closing a backend](#closing-a-backend)).
+`stop_cleanup()` only requests cancellation.
 
 `clear_pattern()` matches whole keys case-sensitively on every platform, like Redis.
 The glob syntax is Python's `fnmatch`, which differs from Redis in two places: negate
@@ -171,6 +157,60 @@ was lost), `increment()` a fresh counter of 0. With several servers, a failed on
 taken out of rotation at once and its keys go to the remaining servers until it
 answers again.
 
+## Closing a backend
+
+Every backend has `aclose()`, which releases what it holds open. Call it on
+shutdown, at the end of the FastAPI lifespan:
+
+```python
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+
+from fastapi_cachex import BackendProxy
+from fastapi_cachex.backends import AsyncRedisCacheBackend
+
+
+@asynccontextmanager
+async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
+    backend = AsyncRedisCacheBackend(host="127.0.0.1", port=6379)
+    BackendProxy.set(backend)
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        BackendProxy.set(None)
+        await backend.aclose()
+
+
+app = FastAPI(lifespan=lifespan)
+```
+
+The same lifespan works for every backend. A backend is also an async context
+manager, so `async with MemcachedBackend(servers=[...]) as backend:` closes it
+when the block ends, including when the block raises.
+
+| Backend | `aclose()` |
+|---------|------------|
+| `MemoryBackend` | Cancels the cleanup task and waits until it has finished |
+| `AsyncRedisCacheBackend` | Closes the redis-py client and the connection pool it created |
+| `MemcachedBackend` | Closes every pooled socket to every server, in a worker thread |
+
+- Calling `aclose()` more than once is safe.
+- The backend owns the client it creates, so `aclose()` closes `backend.client`
+  too; close the backend rather than reaching into the client. A Redis
+  connection pool you create yourself and pass as `connection_pool=` is left
+  open, as redis-py does: whoever creates a pool closes it.
+- A closed backend is not locked: the Redis and Memcached clients reconnect on
+  the next call, and `MemoryBackend` restarts its cleanup task, so a backend used
+  after `aclose()` needs another `aclose()`.
+- `BackendProxy.set(None)` only unregisters the backend; it does not close it.
+- A custom backend inherits a no-op `aclose()` from `BaseCacheBackend`; override
+  it when the backend holds connections or tasks.
+- Without `aclose()`, open sockets are closed only by the garbage collector,
+  which may emit `ResourceWarning`s at shutdown. Before 0.3.9 only
+  `MemoryBackend` had `aclose()`, and the Redis and Memcached backends were
+  closed through `backend.client`.
+
 ## Atomic backend primitives
 
 Every backend exposes atomic operations on top of `get`/`set`/`delete`, for
diff --git a/examples/redis_backend.py b/examples/redis_backend.py
index 3fcc8ab..cbf0c9b 100644
--- a/examples/redis_backend.py
+++ b/examples/redis_backend.py
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ async def lifespan(_app: FastAPI) -> AsyncIterator[None]:
         yield
     finally:
         BackendProxy.set(None)
-        # The types-redis stubs predate aclose() (redis-py 5.0.1+).
-        await backend.client.aclose()  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+        await backend.aclose()
 
 
 app = FastAPI(lifespan=lifespan)
diff --git a/fastapi_cachex/backends/base.py b/fastapi_cachex/backends/base.py
index 83c187c..da2d30a 100644
--- a/fastapi_cachex/backends/base.py
+++ b/fastapi_cachex/backends/base.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 from abc import ABC
 from abc import abstractmethod
 from collections.abc import Iterable
+from types import TracebackType
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from typing import Any
 
 from fastapi_cachex.types import CACHE_KEY_SEPARATOR
@@ -11,6 +13,11 @@
 from fastapi_cachex.types import counter_entry
 from fastapi_cachex.types import counter_value
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    # Type-only: typing.Self is 3.11+, and typing_extensions is not a runtime
+    # dependency.
+    from typing_extensions import Self
+
 
 def warn_if_path_shaped(pattern: str, cleared: int) -> None:
     """Warn when a ``clear_pattern`` that cleared nothing was written as a path.
@@ -89,7 +96,33 @@ def validate_delta(delta: int) -> int:
 
 
 class BaseCacheBackend(ABC):
-    """Base class for all cache backends."""
+    """Base class for all cache backends.
+
+    Every backend is an async context manager: ``async with`` returns the
+    backend itself and calls ``aclose()`` on the way out.
+    """
+
+    async def aclose(self) -> None:  # noqa: B027 - a no-op default, not abstract
+        """Release what the backend holds open: connections, background tasks.
+
+        Call it once on shutdown, typically at the end of a FastAPI lifespan.
+        It is safe to call more than once. The base implementation does
+        nothing, for backends with nothing to release; the built-in backends
+        override it.
+        """
+
+    async def __aenter__(self) -> "Self":
+        """Return the backend itself."""
+        return self
+
+    async def __aexit__(
+        self,
+        exc_type: type[BaseException] | None,
+        exc_value: BaseException | None,
+        traceback: TracebackType | None,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Close the backend with ``aclose()``."""
+        await self.aclose()
 
     @abstractmethod
     async def get(self, key: str) -> CacheEntry | None:
diff --git a/fastapi_cachex/backends/memcached.py b/fastapi_cachex/backends/memcached.py
index cfde919..0edc2c3 100644
--- a/fastapi_cachex/backends/memcached.py
+++ b/fastapi_cachex/backends/memcached.py
@@ -126,6 +126,15 @@ def __init__(
         )
         self.key_prefix = key_prefix
 
+    async def aclose(self) -> None:
+        """Close every pooled connection to every server.
+
+        Safe to call more than once. The pymemcache client reconnects on the
+        next call, so a backend used after ``aclose()`` opens new sockets that
+        need another ``aclose()``.
+        """
+        await asyncio.to_thread(self.client.close)
+
     def _make_key(self, key: str) -> str:
         """Namespace a cache key, hashing it when Memcached would refuse it.
 
diff --git a/fastapi_cachex/backends/redis.py b/fastapi_cachex/backends/redis.py
index c15da04..d7f2422 100644
--- a/fastapi_cachex/backends/redis.py
+++ b/fastapi_cachex/backends/redis.py
@@ -203,6 +203,19 @@ def load_from_config(config: RedisConfig) -> "AsyncRedisCacheBackend":
             protocol=config.protocol,
         )
 
+    async def aclose(self) -> None:
+        """Close the Redis client and the connection pool it created.
+
+        Safe to call more than once. redis-py reconnects on the next command,
+        so a backend used after ``aclose()`` needs another ``aclose()``. A
+        pool passed in through ``connection_pool=`` is left open: redis-py
+        leaves a pool it did not create to whoever created it, and so does
+        this backend.
+        """
+        # The types-redis stubs predate aclose() (redis-py 5.0.1+); close()
+        # is its deprecated alias and warns.
+        await self.client.aclose()  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+
     def _make_key(self, key: str) -> str:
         """Add prefix to cache key."""
         return f"{self.key_prefix}{key}"
diff --git a/i18n/zh-TW/docs/BACKENDS.md b/i18n/zh-TW/docs/BACKENDS.md
index b4f0c06..21bad85 100644
--- a/i18n/zh-TW/docs/BACKENDS.md
+++ b/i18n/zh-TW/docs/BACKENDS.md
@@ -28,22 +28,7 @@ BackendProxy.set(backend)
 > [!NOTE]
 > 記憶體快取不適合用於多行程的正式環境。每個行程都各自維護獨立的快取。
 
-清理 task 會在第一次快取呼叫所在的事件迴圈（event loop）上啟動。若之後的呼叫在另一個迴圈上執行（例如第一個迴圈已關閉），task 會在新的迴圈上重新啟動。關閉應用程式時，`await backend.aclose()` 會取消 task 並等待它結束；`stop_cleanup()` 只會要求取消。
-
-```python
-from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
-
-from fastapi import FastAPI
-
-
-@asynccontextmanager
-async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
-    yield
-    await backend.aclose()
-
-
-app = FastAPI(lifespan=lifespan)
-```
+清理 task 會在第一次快取呼叫所在的事件迴圈（event loop）上啟動。若之後的呼叫在另一個迴圈上執行（例如第一個迴圈已關閉），task 會在新的迴圈上重新啟動。關閉應用程式時，`await backend.aclose()` 會取消 task 並等待它結束（參見[關閉後端](#closing-a-backend)）；`stop_cleanup()` 只會要求取消。
 
 `clear_pattern()` 在所有平台上都以區分大小寫的方式比對完整的鍵，與 Redis 相同。萬用字元語法採用 Python 的 `fnmatch`，與 Redis 有兩處不同：否定字元類別要寫 `[!...]`（Redis 為 `[^...]`）；跳脫特殊字元要放進中括號，例如 `[*]`（Redis 另外也接受 `\*`）。`*`、`?` 與 `[abc]` 在兩者上的行為相同。
 
@@ -120,6 +105,48 @@ BackendProxy.set(backend)
 
 伺服器無法連線時，所有要送往它的呼叫都會拋出錯誤，一秒後會再嘗試連線。0.3.8 以前，失敗後一秒內的呼叫會回傳虛構的結果：`get()` 當成未命中、`set()` 沒有任何反應（寫入遺失）、`increment()` 當成新的計數器並回傳 0。設定多台伺服器時，失敗的那台會立即移出輪替，它的鍵會改由其餘伺服器處理，直到它恢復回應。
 
+## 關閉後端 {#closing-a-backend}
+
+每個後端都有 `aclose()`，用來釋放它持有的連線與背景工作。請在關閉應用程式時，於 FastAPI lifespan 的結尾呼叫它：
+
+```python
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+
+from fastapi_cachex import BackendProxy
+from fastapi_cachex.backends import AsyncRedisCacheBackend
+
+
+@asynccontextmanager
+async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
+    backend = AsyncRedisCacheBackend(host="127.0.0.1", port=6379)
+    BackendProxy.set(backend)
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        BackendProxy.set(None)
+        await backend.aclose()
+
+
+app = FastAPI(lifespan=lifespan)
+```
+
+每種後端都適用同一個 lifespan。後端也是非同步 context manager，因此 `async with MemcachedBackend(servers=[...]) as backend:` 會在區塊結束時關閉它，區塊拋出例外時也一樣。
+
+| 後端 | `aclose()` |
+|------|------------|
+| `MemoryBackend` | 取消清理 task 並等待它結束 |
+| `AsyncRedisCacheBackend` | 關閉 redis-py 用戶端，以及它自己建立的連線池 |
+| `MemcachedBackend` | 在工作執行緒中關閉連往每台伺服器的所有連線池 socket |
+
+- 多次呼叫 `aclose()` 是安全的。
+- 後端擁有它自己建立的用戶端，因此 `aclose()` 也會關閉 `backend.client`；請關閉後端，而不要直接操作用戶端。你自行建立並以 `connection_pool=` 傳入的 Redis 連線池不會被關閉，與 redis-py 的做法相同：誰建立連線池，就由誰關閉。
+- 關閉後的後端並不會被鎖住：Redis 與 Memcached 用戶端會在下一次呼叫時重新連線，`MemoryBackend` 也會重新啟動清理 task，因此在 `aclose()` 之後又使用的後端需要再呼叫一次 `aclose()`。
+- `BackendProxy.set(None)` 只會取消註冊後端，不會關閉它。
+- 自訂後端會從 `BaseCacheBackend` 繼承一個什麼都不做的 `aclose()`；若後端持有連線或背景工作，請覆寫它。
+- 若不呼叫 `aclose()`，開啟中的 socket 只會由垃圾回收器關閉，關閉應用程式時可能會產生 `ResourceWarning`。0.3.9 之前只有 `MemoryBackend` 有 `aclose()`，Redis 與 Memcached 後端要透過 `backend.client` 關閉。
+
 ## 後端的原子操作 {#atomic-backend-primitives}
 
 每個後端都在 `get`／`set`／`delete` 之上提供原子操作，供會被許多並行請求讀寫的值使用：
diff --git a/tests/backends/test_base.py b/tests/backends/test_base.py
index f5f7422..4ccacd6 100644
--- a/tests/backends/test_base.py
+++ b/tests/backends/test_base.py
@@ -121,3 +121,47 @@ async def test_expire_if_equals_fallback_updates_ttl_only_when_matching(
     assert await backend.expire_if_equals("slot", theirs, ttl=60) is True
     assert backend.store["slot"] == (theirs, 60)
     assert await backend.expire_if_equals("missing", theirs, ttl=60) is False
+
+
+async def test_aclose_is_a_no_op_by_default(backend: DictBackend) -> None:
+    await backend.set("key", CacheEntry(fingerprint="f", content=b"v"))
+
+    await backend.aclose()
+    await backend.aclose()
+
+    assert "key" in backend.store
+
+
+class ClosingBackend(DictBackend):
+    """Counts `aclose()` calls."""
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.closed = 0
+
+    async def aclose(self) -> None:
+        self.closed += 1
+
+
+async def test_async_with_returns_the_backend_and_closes_it() -> None:
+    backend = ClosingBackend()
+
+    async with backend as entered:
+        assert entered is backend
+        assert backend.closed == 0
+
+    assert backend.closed == 1
+
+
+async def test_async_with_closes_the_backend_when_the_body_raises() -> None:
+    backend = ClosingBackend()
+
+    async def fail_inside() -> None:
+        async with backend:
+            msg = "boom"
+            raise RuntimeError(msg)
+
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="boom"):
+        await fail_inside()
+
+    assert backend.closed == 1
diff --git a/tests/backends/test_memcached.py b/tests/backends/test_memcached.py
index 42c426e..d062432 100644
--- a/tests/backends/test_memcached.py
+++ b/tests/backends/test_memcached.py
@@ -997,3 +997,43 @@ async def counting_to_thread(func, /, *a, **kw):
 
     assert hops == 1
     assert len(backend.client.method_calls) > 1
+
+
+async def test_memcached_aclose_closes_the_client() -> None:
+    backend = stubbed_backend()
+
+    async with backend as entered:
+        assert entered is backend
+    await backend.aclose()
+
+    assert backend.client.close.call_count == 2
+
+
+async def test_memcached_aclose_is_safe_to_repeat_without_a_connection() -> None:
+    backend = MemcachedBackend([MEMCACHED_SERVER])
+
+    await backend.aclose()
+    await backend.aclose()
+
+
+@requires_memcached
+async def test_memcached_aclose_closes_every_pooled_socket() -> None:
+    backend = MemcachedBackend([MEMCACHED_SERVER], key_prefix="cachex_aclose_test:")
+    await backend.set("key", CacheEntry(fingerprint="f", content=b"v"))
+    await backend.delete("key")
+    pooled = [
+        conn
+        for server in backend.client.clients.values()
+        for conn in server.client_pool.free
+    ]
+    assert pooled
+    assert all(conn.sock is not None for conn in pooled)
+
+    await backend.aclose()
+    await backend.aclose()
+
+    assert all(conn.sock is None for conn in pooled)
+    assert all(
+        not server.client_pool.free and not server.client_pool.used
+        for server in backend.client.clients.values()
+    )
diff --git a/tests/backends/test_memory.py b/tests/backends/test_memory.py
index 197cec3..bfa9161 100644
--- a/tests/backends/test_memory.py
+++ b/tests/backends/test_memory.py
@@ -240,6 +240,16 @@ async def test_aclose_waits_for_the_cleanup_task(memory_backend: MemoryBackend):
     await memory_backend.aclose()  # a second call is a no-op
 
 
+async def test_async_with_stops_the_cleanup_task():
+    async with MemoryBackend() as backend:
+        await backend.set("key", CacheEntry(fingerprint="f", content=b"v"))
+        task = backend._cleanup_task
+        assert task is not None
+
+    assert task.done()
+    assert backend._cleanup_task is None
+
+
 def test_aclose_only_cancels_a_task_on_another_loop():
     backend = MemoryBackend()
     other = asyncio.new_event_loop()
diff --git a/tests/backends/test_redis.py b/tests/backends/test_redis.py
index db69501..e42818b 100644
--- a/tests/backends/test_redis.py
+++ b/tests/backends/test_redis.py
@@ -1204,8 +1204,7 @@ async def ttl_zero() -> dict[str, str]:
             )
             # Clean up inside the client's event loop, which owns the pool.
             client.portal.call(backend.clear)  # type: ignore[union-attr]
-            # types-redis predates aclose() (redis-py 5.0.1).
-            client.portal.call(backend.client.aclose)  # type: ignore[union-attr,call-arg,attr-defined]
+            client.portal.call(backend.aclose)  # type: ignore[union-attr]
 
         assert first.status_code == 200
         assert first.headers["Cache-Control"] == "max-age=0"
@@ -1279,3 +1278,66 @@ async def test_lock_lifecycle_with_redis(
     assert await lock2.acquire(blocking=False) is False
     assert await lock1.extend(60) is True
     assert await lock1.release() is True
+
+
+@requires_redis_package
+async def test_redis_aclose_closes_the_client() -> None:
+    from unittest.mock import AsyncMock
+    from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+    backend = AsyncRedisCacheBackend(host=REDIS_HOST, port=UNCONNECTED_PORT)
+    real_client = backend.client
+    backend.client = MagicMock()
+    backend.client.aclose = AsyncMock()
+
+    async with backend as entered:
+        assert entered is backend
+    await backend.aclose()
+
+    assert backend.client.aclose.await_count == 2
+    backend.client = real_client
+
+
+@requires_redis_package
+async def test_redis_aclose_is_safe_to_repeat_without_a_connection() -> None:
+    backend = AsyncRedisCacheBackend(host=REDIS_HOST, port=UNCONNECTED_PORT)
+
+    await backend.aclose()
+    await backend.aclose()
+
+
+@requires_redis_package
+async def test_redis_aclose_leaves_a_caller_supplied_pool_open() -> None:
+    from unittest.mock import AsyncMock
+
+    from redis.asyncio import ConnectionPool
+
+    pool = ConnectionPool(host=REDIS_HOST, port=UNCONNECTED_PORT, decode_responses=True)
+    backend = AsyncRedisCacheBackend(connection_pool=pool)
+    disconnect = AsyncMock()
+    try:
+        with pytest.MonkeyPatch.context() as mp:
+            mp.setattr(pool, "disconnect", disconnect)
+            await backend.aclose()
+        disconnect.assert_not_awaited()
+    finally:
+        await pool.disconnect()
+
+
+@requires_redis
+async def test_redis_aclose_disconnects_every_pooled_connection() -> None:
+    backend = AsyncRedisCacheBackend(
+        host=REDIS_HOST, port=REDIS_PORT, key_prefix="cachex_aclose_test:"
+    )
+    await backend.set("key", CacheEntry(fingerprint="f", content=b"v"))
+    assert await backend.get("key") is not None
+    await backend.delete("key")
+    pool = backend.client.connection_pool
+    connections = list(pool._available_connections)
+    assert connections
+    assert all(conn.is_connected for conn in connections)
+
+    await backend.aclose()
+    await backend.aclose()
+
+    assert not any(conn.is_connected for conn in connections)
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index e987bfd..76dc170 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ async def close_network_clients(
 ) -> AsyncGenerator[None, None]:
     """Close every Redis and Memcached client a test opens, when it ends.
 
-    The backends have no close method of their own, so a client a test drops
-    keeps its sockets until the garbage collector finds it, often during a
-    later test. The `ResourceWarning` then fails whichever test that is.
+    A client a test drops without `aclose()` keeps its sockets until the
+    garbage collector finds it, often during a later test. The
+    `ResourceWarning` then fails whichever test that is.
     Recording each backend as it is built and closing it here keeps every
     socket inside the test that opened it.
 
@@ -77,12 +77,9 @@ def record(cls: type[Any], *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
     yield
     for backend in opened:
         # Missing if the constructor raised; a test may swap in a mock.
-        client: Any = getattr(backend, "client", None)
-        module = type(client).__module__
-        if module.startswith("redis."):
-            await client.aclose()
-        elif module.startswith("pymemcache."):
-            client.close()
+        module = type(getattr(backend, "client", None)).__module__
+        if module.startswith(("redis.", "pymemcache.")):
+            await backend.aclose()
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)