diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0bf67eb..3d82d6e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 4.1.0
+
+- **Changed** — `DisposableBag.dispose` invokes disposers in registration order but awaits `Future`-returning ones together, so disposal takes as long as the slowest disposer instead of the sum, a stalled async disposer no longer starves the ones after it, and synchronous disposers queued behind an async one now run inside `dispose()` rather than after it settles. Steps that must wait for a previous async step (flush, then close) belong in one closure. `DisposableBagException.errors` stays in registration order.
+
 ## 4.0.0
 
 Strips every API whose job the framework or core libraries already do — fluiver keeps only genuine gaps.
diff --git a/lib/src/helpers/disposable_bag.dart b/lib/src/helpers/disposable_bag.dart
index e7ea03e..c10110e 100644
--- a/lib/src/helpers/disposable_bag.dart
+++ b/lib/src/helpers/disposable_bag.dart
@@ -15,9 +15,15 @@ part of '../../fluiver.dart';
 /// bag.dispose();
 /// ```
 ///
-/// Closures run in registration order. [dispose] is idempotent — calling it
-/// twice runs the closures once. Adding after dispose runs the closure
-/// immediately and does not retain it.
+/// Closures are invoked in registration order. A synchronous disposer
+/// completes before the next one starts; disposers that return a [Future]
+/// are started in order but awaited together, so [dispose] settles when the
+/// slowest one does and a stalled disposer never starves the ones after it.
+/// A step that must wait for a previous async step (flush, then close)
+/// belongs in one closure: `() async { await flush(); await close(); }`.
+///
+/// [dispose] is idempotent — calling it twice runs the closures once. Adding
+/// after dispose runs the closure immediately and does not retain it.
 class DisposableBag {
   final List<FutureOr<void> Function()> _disposers = [];
   bool _disposed = false;
@@ -53,25 +59,31 @@ class DisposableBag {
     disposers.forEach(add);
   }
 
-  /// Runs every registered disposer in order, then clears the bag.
-  /// Safe to call multiple times.
+  /// Invokes every registered disposer in order, awaits the ones that return
+  /// a [Future] together, then clears the bag. Throws [DisposableBagException]
+  /// listing every error in registration order. Safe to call multiple times.
   Future<void> dispose() async {
     if (_disposed) {
       return;
     }
     _disposed = true;
-    final errors = <Object>[];
-    for (final disposer in _disposers) {
+    final slots = List<Object?>.filled(_disposers.length, null);
+    final futures = <Future<void>>[];
+    for (var i = 0; i < _disposers.length; i++) {
       try {
-        final result = disposer();
+        final result = _disposers[i]();
         if (result is Future) {
-          await result;
+          futures.add(result.then((_) {}, onError: (Object e) => slots[i] = e));
         }
       } on Object catch (e) {
-        errors.add(e);
+        slots[i] = e;
       }
     }
     _disposers.clear();
+    if (futures.isNotEmpty) {
+      await Future.wait(futures);
+    }
+    final errors = slots.nonNulls.toList();
     if (errors.isNotEmpty) {
       throw DisposableBagException(errors);
     }
diff --git a/test/disposable_bag_test.dart b/test/disposable_bag_test.dart
index 981768b..ef71ea0 100644
--- a/test/disposable_bag_test.dart
+++ b/test/disposable_bag_test.dart
@@ -107,6 +107,65 @@ void main() {
       await check(bag.dispose()).throws<DisposableBagException>();
       check(calls).deepEquals(['a', 'c']);
     });
+
+    test('starts async disposers in order without awaiting each', () async {
+      final order = <String>[];
+      final a = Completer<void>();
+      final b = Completer<void>();
+      final bag = DisposableBag()
+        ..add(() async {
+          order.add('start-a');
+          await a.future;
+          order.add('end-a');
+        })
+        ..add(() async {
+          order.add('start-b');
+          await b.future;
+          order.add('end-b');
+        });
+      final done = bag.dispose();
+      check(order).deepEquals(['start-a', 'start-b']);
+      b.complete();
+      a.complete();
+      await done;
+      check(order).deepEquals(['start-a', 'start-b', 'end-b', 'end-a']);
+    });
+
+    test('collects every async disposer error', () async {
+      final bag = DisposableBag()
+        ..add(() async => throw Exception('async error 1'))
+        ..add(() async => throw Exception('async error 2'));
+      await check(bag.dispose()).throws<DisposableBagException>(
+        (e) => e.has((e) => e.errors, 'errors').length.equals(2),
+      );
+    });
+
+    test('collects sync and async errors in registration order', () async {
+      final a = Completer<void>();
+      final b = Completer<void>();
+      final bag = DisposableBag()
+        ..add(() async {
+          await a.future;
+          throw Exception('first');
+        })
+        ..add(() async {
+          await b.future;
+          throw Exception('second');
+        })
+        ..add(() => throw Exception('third'));
+      final done = bag.dispose();
+      b.complete();
+      a.complete();
+      await check(done).throws<DisposableBagException>(
+        (e) => e
+            .has((e) => e.errors.map((o) => o.toString()).toList(), 'errors')
+            .deepEquals([
+              'Exception: first',
+              'Exception: second',
+              'Exception: third',
+            ]),
+      );
+    });
   });
 
   group('DisposableBagException', () {