diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 30877b6..b1c2f35 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ All notable changes to WASM-OJ are recorded here. Releases follow
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Fixed a host process crash (`Uncaught Error: write EPIPE`) when `ServerRunner` cancelled or
+  timed out a runtime preparation stage, run or interactive session while its request was
+  still being written to the child's stdin. Late stdin errors after cleanup are now ignored.
 - Interactive contestants and interactors now use the same in-module instruction meter as
   standalone runs, and the runtime reads each program's counter when it exits. They are charged
   exactly what a standalone run charges for the same code; the previous host meter left out the
diff --git a/src/server/server-runner-preparation.test.ts b/src/server/server-runner-preparation.test.ts
index 600753e..f77986c 100644
--- a/src/server/server-runner-preparation.test.ts
+++ b/src/server/server-runner-preparation.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { costProfileId } from "../core/cost-profile";
 import { DEFAULT_DETERMINISM } from "../core/determinism";
 import { DEFAULT_RESOURCE_POLICY } from "../core/resources";
 import { PYTHON_PACKAGE } from "../core/toolchains";
-import type { BuildArtifact, RunConfig } from "../core/types";
+import type { BuildArtifact, InteractiveRunConfig, RunConfig } from "../core/types";
 import { RuntimeDriverRegistry } from "@wasm-oj/core";
 
 const spawnState = vi.hoisted(() => ({ spawn: vi.fn() }));
@@ -118,6 +118,30 @@ describe("ServerRunner isolated preparation lifecycle", () => {
       }
     },
   );
+
+  it.each(["preparation", "run", "interaction"] as const)(
+    "absorbs a late stdin EPIPE after a cancelled %s child is killed",
+    async (stage) => {
+      const child = stalledChild();
+      spawnState.spawn.mockReturnValue(child);
+      const runner = stage === "preparation" ? await createRunner() : await createNativeRunner();
+      try {
+        const running = stage === "interaction"
+          ? runner.interact(wasmArtifact(), wasmArtifact(), interactiveConfig())
+          : runner.run(wasmArtifact(), runConfig());
+        const rejection = expect(running).rejects.toThrow(/cancel|superseded/i);
+        await vi.waitFor(() => expect(spawnState.spawn).toHaveBeenCalledOnce());
+
+        runner.cancel();
+        await rejection;
+
+        const epipe = Object.assign(new Error("write EPIPE"), { code: "EPIPE" });
+        expect(() => child.stdin.emit("error", epipe)).not.toThrow();
+      } finally {
+        runner.dispose();
+      }
+    },
+  );
 });
 
 async function createRunner(): Promise<ServerRunner> {
@@ -200,3 +224,11 @@ function runConfig(): RunConfig {
     resources: { ...DEFAULT_RESOURCE_POLICY },
   };
 }
+
+function interactiveConfig(): InteractiveRunConfig {
+  return {
+    contestant: { args: [], env: {}, resources: { ...DEFAULT_RESOURCE_POLICY } },
+    interactor: { args: [], env: {}, resources: { ...DEFAULT_RESOURCE_POLICY } },
+    determinism: { ...DEFAULT_DETERMINISM },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/server/server-runner.ts b/src/server/server-runner.ts
index c8f0f35..2799b24 100644
--- a/src/server/server-runner.ts
+++ b/src/server/server-runner.ts
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ export class ServerRunner implements Runner {
         const cleanup = (ignoreLateChildError: boolean) => {
           child.off("close", onClose);
           child.off("error", onChildError);
-          child.stdin.off("error", onStdinError);
+          child.stdin.off("error", onStdinError).on("error", () => undefined);
           child.stdout.off("data", onStdout);
           child.stderr.off("data", onStderr);
           this.activePreparationStages.delete(active);
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ export class ServerRunner implements Runner {
         clearTimeout(timer);
         child.off("close", onClose);
         child.off("error", onChildError);
-        child.stdin.off("error", onStdinError);
+        child.stdin.off("error", onStdinError).on("error", () => undefined);
         child.stdout.off("data", onStdout);
         child.stderr.off("data", onStderr);
         this.activeNativeRuns.delete(active);
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ export class ServerRunner implements Runner {
         clearTimeout(timer);
         child.off("close", onClose);
         child.off("error", onChildError);
-        child.stdin.off("error", onStdinError);
+        child.stdin.off("error", onStdinError).on("error", () => undefined);
         child.stdout.off("data", onStdout);
         child.stderr.off("data", onStderr);
         this.activeNativeRuns.delete(active);