diff --git a/core/crates/ployzd/src/corrosion/service.rs b/core/crates/ployzd/src/corrosion/service.rs
index 6e0ac0cafa..1f685fe94d 100644
--- a/core/crates/ployzd/src/corrosion/service.rs
+++ b/core/crates/ployzd/src/corrosion/service.rs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ impl CorrosionConfig {
             let admin = AdminClient::new(self.paths.admin_socket());
             let docker = Docker::connect_with_socket_defaults()?;
             let service = DockerService {
-                service: ManagedService::host(docker, self.container_name.clone(), IMAGE),
+                service: managed(docker, self.container_name.clone()),
                 data_dir: self.paths.data_dir.clone(),
                 run_dir: self.paths.run_dir.clone(),
             };
@@ -223,11 +223,18 @@ struct InstalledFiles {
 /// handle, for a reset the daemon did not finish before it stopped.
 pub async fn remove_retained(run_dir: &Path) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let docker = Docker::connect_with_socket_defaults()?;
-    remove(
-        &ManagedService::host(docker, DEFAULT_CONTAINER_NAME, IMAGE),
-        run_dir,
-    )
-    .await
+    remove(&managed(docker, DEFAULT_CONTAINER_NAME), run_dir).await
+}
+
+/// Seconds a replaced or removed Corrosion gets after SIGTERM. Its graceful exit waits up
+/// to 5 s for gossip connections that peers keep open to go idle, and the daemon waits
+/// on that stop (#3680). Nothing durable rides on it: a killed Corrosion keeps every
+/// committed write, its graceful exit already drops queued changes, and peers resend
+/// those through sync, as after a crash.
+const STOP_GRACE_SECONDS: i32 = 1;
+
+fn managed(docker: Docker, name: impl Into<String>) -> ManagedService {
+    ManagedService::host(docker, name, IMAGE).with_stop_grace(STOP_GRACE_SECONDS)
 }
 
 async fn remove(service: &ManagedService, run_dir: &Path) -> Result<(), Error> {
diff --git a/core/crates/ployzd/src/docker/managed_service.rs b/core/crates/ployzd/src/docker/managed_service.rs
index ec6ed6ec6a..07a39128c3 100644
--- a/core/crates/ployzd/src/docker/managed_service.rs
+++ b/core/crates/ployzd/src/docker/managed_service.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ use bollard::{
     Docker,
     errors::Error as DockerError,
     models::{ContainerCreateBody, ContainerInspectResponse},
-    query_parameters::{CreateContainerOptionsBuilder, RemoveContainerOptionsBuilder},
+    query_parameters::{
+        CreateContainerOptionsBuilder, RemoveContainerOptionsBuilder, StopContainerOptions,
+        StopContainerOptionsBuilder,
+    },
 };
 use ployz_core::PullPolicy;
 use sha2::{Digest as _, Sha256};
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ pub(crate) struct ManagedService {
     engine: Engine,
     name: String,
     image: &'static str,
+    stop_grace_seconds: Option<i32>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -120,6 +124,7 @@ impl ManagedService {
             engine: Engine::Host(docker),
             name: name.into(),
             image,
+            stop_grace_seconds: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -132,9 +137,17 @@ impl ManagedService {
             engine: Engine::Endpoint(docker),
             name: name.into(),
             image,
+            stop_grace_seconds: None,
         }
     }
 
+    /// Seconds Docker waits after SIGTERM before it kills the container, instead of
+    /// its 10 s default.
+    pub(crate) fn with_stop_grace(mut self, seconds: i32) -> Self {
+        self.stop_grace_seconds = Some(seconds);
+        self
+    }
+
     pub(crate) async fn ensure_host(
         &self,
         desired: DesiredContainer,
@@ -228,13 +241,22 @@ impl ManagedService {
     }
 
     async fn stop(&self) -> Result<(), DockerError> {
-        match self.docker().stop_container(&self.name, None).await {
+        match self
+            .docker()
+            .stop_container(&self.name, self.stop_options())
+            .await
+        {
             Ok(()) => Ok(()),
             Err(error) if is_already_stopped(&error) || is_not_found(&error) => Ok(()),
             Err(error) => Err(error),
         }
     }
 
+    fn stop_options(&self) -> Option<StopContainerOptions> {
+        self.stop_grace_seconds
+            .map(|seconds| StopContainerOptionsBuilder::default().t(seconds).build())
+    }
+
     pub(crate) async fn remove(&self) -> Result<(), DockerError> {
         self.stop().await?;
         match self