diff --git a/influxdb3_processing_engine/src/lib.rs b/influxdb3_processing_engine/src/lib.rs
index 5a865cca5c7..1578d279a59 100644
--- a/influxdb3_processing_engine/src/lib.rs
+++ b/influxdb3_processing_engine/src/lib.rs
@@ -45,16 +45,32 @@ struct PluginChannels {
 const PLUGIN_EVENT_BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 60;
 
 impl PluginChannels {
-    async fn shutdown(&mut self, db: String, trigger: String) {
-        // create a one shot to wait for the shutdown to complete
-        let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
-        if let Some(trigger_map) = self.active_triggers.get_mut(&db) {
-            if let Some(sender) = trigger_map.remove(&trigger) {
-                if sender.send(PluginEvent::Shutdown(tx)).await.is_ok() {
-                    rx.await.ok();
+    // returns Ok(Some(receiver)) if there was a sender to the named trigger.
+    async fn send_shutdown(
+        &self,
+        db: String,
+        trigger: String,
+    ) -> Result<Option<Receiver<()>>, ProcessingEngineError> {
+        if let Some(trigger_map) = self.active_triggers.get(&db) {
+            if let Some(sender) = trigger_map.get(&trigger) {
+                // create a one shot to wait for the shutdown to complete
+                let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
+                if sender.send(PluginEvent::Shutdown(tx)).await.is_err() {
+                    return Err(ProcessingEngineError::TriggerShutdownError {
+                        database: db,
+                        trigger_name: trigger,
+                    });
                 }
+                return Ok(Some(rx));
             }
         }
+        Ok(None)
+    }
+
+    fn remove_trigger(&mut self, db: String, trigger: String) {
+        if let Some(trigger_map) = self.active_triggers.get_mut(&db) {
+            trigger_map.remove(&trigger);
+        }
     }
 
     #[cfg(feature = "system-py")]
@@ -340,10 +356,26 @@ impl ProcessingEngineManager for ProcessingEngineManagerImpl {
             self.wal.write_ops(vec![wal_op]).await?;
         }
 
-        let mut plugin_channels = self.plugin_event_tx.lock().await;
-        plugin_channels
-            .shutdown(db_name.to_string(), trigger_name.to_string())
-            .await;
+        let Some(shutdown_rx) = self
+            .plugin_event_tx
+            .lock()
+            .await
+            .send_shutdown(db_name.to_string(), trigger_name.to_string())
+            .await?
+        else {
+            return Ok(());
+        };
+
+        if shutdown_rx.await.is_err() {
+            warn!(
+                "shutdown trigger receiver dropped, may have received multiple shutdown requests"
+            );
+        } else {
+            self.plugin_event_tx
+                .lock()
+                .await
+                .remove_trigger(db_name.to_string(), trigger_name.to_string());
+        }
 
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/influxdb3_processing_engine/src/manager.rs b/influxdb3_processing_engine/src/manager.rs
index 7218f0c24d6..04710d0ddf4 100644
--- a/influxdb3_processing_engine/src/manager.rs
+++ b/influxdb3_processing_engine/src/manager.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ pub enum ProcessingEngineError {
 
     #[error("plugin error: {0}")]
     PluginError(#[from] crate::plugins::Error),
+
+    #[error("failed to shutdown trigger {trigger_name} in database {database}")]
+    TriggerShutdownError {
+        database: String,
+        trigger_name: String,
+    },
 }
 
 /// `[ProcessingEngineManager]` is used to interact with the processing engine,