diff --git a/lib/request.js b/lib/request.js
index 2c40cdc98..da542398f 100755
--- a/lib/request.js
+++ b/lib/request.js
@@ -325,7 +325,13 @@ exports = module.exports = internals.Request = class {
 
         this.raw.res.on('close', internals.event.bind(this.raw.res, this._eventContext, 'close'));
         this.raw.req.on('error', internals.event.bind(this.raw.req, this._eventContext, 'error'));
+
+        // 'aborted' was deprecated in Node.js v17 and removed in v24.  It remains here for
+        // compatibility with older Node.js versions where it is the most reliable abort signal.
+        // For Node.js v24+, where 'aborted' no longer fires, the 'close' event on the response
+        // (handled in internals.event) serves as the fallback abort indicator.
         this.raw.req.on('aborted', internals.event.bind(this.raw.req, this._eventContext, 'abort'));
+
         this.raw.res.once('close', internals.closed.bind(this.raw.res, this));
     }
 
@@ -713,6 +719,8 @@ internals.closed = function (request) {
     request._closed = true;
 };
 
+
+
 internals.event = function ({ request }, event, err) {
 
     if (!request) {
@@ -739,7 +747,13 @@ internals.event = function ({ request }, event, err) {
 
     request._eventContext.request = null;
 
-    if (event === 'abort') {
+    // Treat as abort when: (a) the IncomingMessage fired 'aborted' (Node.js < v24), or (b) the
+    // response closed before writableEnded (guaranteed above) — the Node.js v24+ signal.
+    // The false branch is structurally unreachable: after all early returns above, only 'abort'
+    // and 'close' (with !writableEnded) events reach this point, so the condition is always true.
+    // $lab:coverage:off$
+    if (event === 'abort' || event === 'close') {
+        // $lab:coverage:on$
 
         // Calling _reply() means that the abort is applied immediately, unless the response has already
         // called _reply(), in which case this call is ignored and the transmit logic is responsible for
diff --git a/test/payload.js b/test/payload.js
index 93b045cdf..54b21771d 100755
--- a/test/payload.js
+++ b/test/payload.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ describe('Payload', () => {
         server.inject({ method: 'POST', url: '/', payload: 'test', simulate: { close: true, end: false } });
         const request = await responded;
         expect(request._isReplied).to.equal(true);
-        expect(request.response.output.statusCode).to.equal(500);
+        expect(request.response.output.statusCode).to.equal(499);
     });
 
     it('handles aborted request mid-lifecycle step', async (flags) => {
diff --git a/test/request.js b/test/request.js
index d2f1760e8..de68ad856 100755
--- a/test/request.js
+++ b/test/request.js
@@ -474,6 +474,56 @@ describe('Request', () => {
                 testComplete: false
             });
         });
+
+        it('returns false after client closes connection before response is sent', { retry: true }, async (flags) => {
+
+            // Regression test: IncomingMessage 'aborted' event was removed in Node.js v24.
+            // Verify that an early client disconnect still causes active() to return false.
+
+            const handlerTeam = new Teamwork.Team();
+
+            const server = Hapi.server();
+            flags.onCleanup = () => server.stop();
+
+            let client;
+
+            server.route({
+                method: 'GET',
+                path: '/',
+                options: {
+                    handler: async (request) => {
+
+                        // Drop the connection from the client side
+                        client.destroy();
+
+                        // Poll until the server-side close propagates
+                        const deadline = Date.now() + 2000;
+                        while (request.active() && Date.now() < deadline) {
+                            await Hoek.wait(10);
+                        }
+
+                        handlerTeam.attend({ active: request.active() });
+                        return null;
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+
+            await server.start();
+
+            await new Promise((resolve) => {
+
+                client = Net.connect(server.info.port, () => {
+
+                    client.write('GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n');
+                    resolve();
+                });
+
+                client.on('error', Hoek.ignore);
+            });
+
+            const result = await handlerTeam.work;
+            expect(result.active).to.be.false();
+        });
     });
 
     describe('_execute()', () => {