diff --git a/packages/app/src/plugins/subscriptions.test.tsx b/packages/app/src/plugins/subscriptions.test.tsx
index c84a2790ed..971e841fbf 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/plugins/subscriptions.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/plugins/subscriptions.test.tsx
@@ -227,6 +227,16 @@ it("useSubscription reports a refusal, a failure after going live, and a clean c
   await act(async () => subscriptions[2].acknowledge());
   act(() => subscriptions[2].closed());
   expect(finished.result.current).toEqual({ status: "closed" });
+
+  // A handler that returns at once closes in the same tick the host accepts it.
+  const immediate = renderHook(() => useSubscription(changes, { ref: "d" }, () => undefined), {
+    wrapper: wrapper(plugin),
+  });
+  await act(async () => {
+    subscriptions[3].acknowledge();
+    subscriptions[3].closed();
+  });
+  expect(immediate.result.current).toEqual({ status: "closed" });
 });
 
 it("an event that fails the contract closes the subscription with an error", async () => {
diff --git a/packages/client/src/connection/owned.test.ts b/packages/client/src/connection/owned.test.ts
index eca52f1749..7e5c2e7202 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/connection/owned.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/connection/owned.test.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,26 @@ test("cancellation before the ID waits for bootstrap and releases exactly that I
   expect(c.released).toEqual(["cancelled"]);
 });
 
+test("a release right after the host accepts still reports the subscription as accepted", async () => {
+  const c = connection();
+  const handle = c.observe();
+  c.requests[0]!("closing");
+  const released = handle.release();
+  await expect(handle.ready).resolves.toMatchObject({ subscriptionId: "closing" });
+  await released;
+  expect(c.released).toEqual(["closing"]);
+});
+
+test("a release before the host accepts rejects ready", async () => {
+  const c = connection();
+  const handle = c.observe();
+  const released = handle.release();
+  await expect(handle.ready).rejects.toThrow("Subscription released");
+  c.requests[0]!("late");
+  await released;
+  expect(c.released).toEqual(["late"]);
+});
+
 test("surviving handles use new remote IDs after reconnect and released handles stay gone", async () => {
   const c = connection();
   const a = c.observe();
diff --git a/packages/client/src/connection/owned.ts b/packages/client/src/connection/owned.ts
index e165c7e588..1c6290be7d 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/connection/owned.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/connection/owned.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ export class OwnedSubscriptions {
         observers.clear();
         buffered.length = 0;
         if (id) this.routes.delete(id);
-        reject(new Error("Subscription released"));
+        // A host that already accepted keeps `ready` resolved, even if released in the same tick.
+        if (snapshot) resolve(snapshot);
+        else reject(new Error("Subscription released"));
         teardown = (async () => {
           await pending;
           await releaseId();
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/binary-frames/plugin.test.ts b/packages/protocol/src/binary-frames/plugin.test.ts
index e3e53133e3..644e6235ef 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/binary-frames/plugin.test.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/binary-frames/plugin.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import {
   encodePluginInputFrame,
   encodePluginOutputFrame,
   FileTransferOpcode,
+  MAX_PLUGIN_PAYLOAD_BYTES,
+  MAX_ROUTED_PAYLOAD_BYTES,
   PluginFrameOpcode,
   TerminalStreamOpcode,
 } from "./index.js";
@@ -70,6 +72,21 @@ describe("the plugin byte rule", () => {
     expect(() => assertPluginWireValue(new Uint8Array(4), "event")).not.toThrow();
   });
 
+  it("rejects bytes that would not fit in one frame with the largest header", () => {
+    const bytes = new Uint8Array(MAX_PLUGIN_PAYLOAD_BYTES + 1);
+    expect(() => assertPluginWireValue(bytes.subarray(1), "event")).not.toThrow();
+    expect(() => assertPluginWireValue(bytes, "event")).toThrow(
+      `event is ${MAX_PLUGIN_PAYLOAD_BYTES + 1} bytes; one value carries at most ${MAX_PLUGIN_PAYLOAD_BYTES} bytes`,
+    );
+    const frame = encodePluginInputFrame({
+      requestId: "r".repeat(255),
+      pluginId: "p",
+      method: "m".repeat(0xffff - 30),
+      payload: bytes.subarray(1),
+    });
+    expect(frame.byteLength).toBeLessThanOrEqual(MAX_ROUTED_PAYLOAD_BYTES);
+  });
+
   it("rejects bytes nested in a value and names the rule and the path", () => {
     expect(() => assertPluginWireValue({ frames: [{ data: new Uint8Array(1) }] }, "event")).toThrow(
       "event.frames[0].data is a Uint8Array. Bytes cross the wire only as the whole value: send the Uint8Array itself, or encode it into the value.",
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/binary-frames/plugin.ts b/packages/protocol/src/binary-frames/plugin.ts
index 2177dbc192..a2db0addf9 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/binary-frames/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/binary-frames/plugin.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { MAX_ROUTED_PAYLOAD_BYTES } from "./host-route.js";
+
 /**
  * Plugin values that are a `Uint8Array` travel as binary frames. Opcodes 0x20-0x2f are
  * reserved for plugin traffic. Every frame is `[opcode][id length u8][id]...` and the payload
@@ -14,6 +16,12 @@ export const PluginFrameOpcode = {
 
 export type PluginFrameOpcode = (typeof PluginFrameOpcode)[keyof typeof PluginFrameOpcode];
 
+/** The largest frame header: an input's opcode, ID and header JSON, each at its maximum length. */
+const MAX_PLUGIN_FRAME_HEADER_BYTES = 2 + 0xff + 2 + 0xffff;
+
+/** The largest `Uint8Array` a plugin value carries, so its frame fits in one routed message. */
+export const MAX_PLUGIN_PAYLOAD_BYTES = MAX_ROUTED_PAYLOAD_BYTES - MAX_PLUGIN_FRAME_HEADER_BYTES;
+
 export type PluginFrame =
   | { opcode: typeof PluginFrameOpcode.Event; subscriptionId: string; payload: Uint8Array }
   | { opcode: typeof PluginFrameOpcode.Output; requestId: string; payload: Uint8Array }
@@ -112,7 +120,13 @@ function decodeInputHeader(bytes: Uint8Array): { pluginId: string; method: strin
  * with no `Uint8Array` inside it. Checks object structure only; never reads the bytes.
  */
 export function assertPluginWireValue(value: unknown, label: string): void {
-  if (value instanceof Uint8Array) return;
+  if (value instanceof Uint8Array) {
+    if (value.byteLength > MAX_PLUGIN_PAYLOAD_BYTES)
+      throw new RangeError(
+        `${label} is ${value.byteLength} bytes; one value carries at most ${MAX_PLUGIN_PAYLOAD_BYTES} bytes`,
+      );
+    return;
+  }
   const nested = findNestedBytes(value, label);
   if (nested)
     throw new TypeError(
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/runtime.posix.test.ts b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/runtime.posix.test.ts
index cfa3292567..01a7cf5217 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/runtime.posix.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/runtime.posix.test.ts
@@ -1399,6 +1399,42 @@ export default function contribute(server: { registerProvider(provider: Provider
     }
   });
 
+  it("releases a subscription in the plugin when its subscribe times out", async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    try {
+      const directory = await createPlugin(
+        "slow-subscribe",
+        `export default function contribute(plugin: unknown) { void plugin; return () => undefined; }`,
+      );
+      const child = createReloadChild("slow-subscribe", []);
+      const sent: Array<{ type: string; subscriptionId?: string }> = [];
+      const originalSend = child.send.bind(child);
+      child.send = (message, callback) => {
+        sent.push(message);
+        if (message.type !== "initialize") return originalSend(message, callback);
+        callback?.(null);
+        queueMicrotask(() =>
+          child.emitMessage({ type: "ready", methods: [], subscriptions: ["feed"], providers: [] }),
+        );
+        return true;
+      };
+      const runtime = createTestRuntime({ spawnChild: () => child });
+      await runtime.startPlugin("slow-subscribe", directory);
+
+      const subscription = runtime.startSubscription("slow-subscribe", "feed", {});
+      const rejection = subscription.ready.catch((error: Error) => error);
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(30_000);
+      await expect(rejection).resolves.toMatchObject({ message: expect.stringContaining("timed out") });
+      const subscribe = sent.find((message) => message.type === "subscribe");
+      expect(sent).toContainEqual({
+        type: "unsubscribe",
+        subscriptionId: subscribe?.subscriptionId,
+      });
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers();
+    }
+  });
+
   it("escalates a plugin that ignores graceful shutdown from TERM to KILL", async () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers();
     try {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/runtime.ts b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/runtime.ts
index bd18662f47..98cbf8fcf0 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/runtime.ts
@@ -767,6 +767,11 @@ export class PluginRuntime {
           if (message.type === "hook") {
             void send(child, { type: "hook.cancel", requestId }).catch(() => {});
           }
+          // The handler may still start after the daemon gave up on it.
+          if (message.type === "subscribe") {
+            const { subscriptionId } = message;
+            void send(child, { type: "unsubscribe", subscriptionId }).catch(() => {});
+          }
           reject(new Error(`Plugin RPC timed out: ${pluginId}.${message.type}`));
         },
         message.type === "tool.call" ? TOOL_CALL_TIMEOUT_MS : REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/subscription-handlers.ts b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/subscription-handlers.ts
index 79b993ec31..ec6e7baaec 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/subscription-handlers.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/subscription-handlers.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import type { PluginSubscriptionContract } from "@getpaseo/plugin";
 import type { PluginSubscriptionContext } from "@getpaseo/plugin/server";
 import type { PaseoApi } from "@getpaseo/client";
 import { assertPluginWireValue } from "@getpaseo/protocol/binary-frames/index";
-import { MAX_WEBSOCKET_MESSAGE_BYTES } from "@getpaseo/protocol/websocket-message-limit";
 import type { PluginProcessMessage, PluginProcessRequest } from "./plugin-process-protocol.js";
 
 export type PluginSubscriptionHandler = (
@@ -80,10 +79,6 @@ export class PluginSubscriptionHandlers {
       if (signal.aborted) return;
       const value: unknown = registered.contract.event.parse(event);
       assertPluginWireValue(value, "event");
-      if (value instanceof Uint8Array && value.byteLength > MAX_WEBSOCKET_MESSAGE_BYTES)
-        throw new RangeError(
-          `event is ${value.byteLength} bytes; one event carries at most ${MAX_WEBSOCKET_MESSAGE_BYTES} bytes`,
-        );
       // Events pushed while the handler runs follow the acknowledgement.
       await acknowledged;
       if (signal.aborted) return;
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/session.test.ts b/packages/server/src/server/session.test.ts
index d1408f9880..acd292e895 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/session.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/session.test.ts
@@ -601,6 +601,29 @@ test("routes plugin requests and releases its owned catalog subscription on clea
   expect(releasePluginSubscription).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
 });
 
+test("losing daemon.manage releases the session's plugin subscriptions", async () => {
+  const messages: SessionOutboundMessage[] = [];
+  const release = vi.fn();
+  const pluginRuntime = {
+    subscribe: () => () => {},
+    subscribePluginRpc: () => ({ ready: Promise.resolve(), attach: () => {}, release }),
+  } as unknown as NonNullable<SessionOptions["pluginRuntime"]>;
+  const session = createSessionForTest({ messages, pluginRuntime });
+
+  await session.handleMessage({
+    type: "plugin.rpc.subscribe.request",
+    requestId: "watch",
+    pluginId: "example",
+    method: "screen.capture",
+    input: {},
+  });
+  expect(messages.map((message) => message.type)).toContain("plugin.rpc.subscribe.response");
+  session.setPermissions(["daemon.read"]);
+
+  // Bytes have no outbound permission check, so the stream itself has to end.
+  await vi.waitFor(() => expect(release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce());
+});
+
 test("leaves out the client bundles a catalog request already holds", async () => {
   const messages: SessionOutboundMessage[] = [];
   const pluginRuntime: NonNullable<SessionOptions["pluginRuntime"]> = {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/session.ts b/packages/server/src/server/session.ts
index 5f66fe9b58..c6cae8b74c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/session.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/session.ts
@@ -2231,7 +2231,8 @@ export class Session {
       this.peakInflightRequests = this.inflightRequests;
     }
     try {
-      if (this.sessionLogger.isLevelEnabled("trace"))
+      // Stringifying a binary plugin input costs its size; test logger stubs lack isLevelEnabled.
+      if (this.sessionLogger.isLevelEnabled?.("trace"))
         this.sessionLogger.trace(
           {
             messageType: msg.type,
@@ -2303,6 +2304,14 @@ export class Session {
           this.sessionLogger.error({ err: error }, "Failed to release revoked browser hosting"),
         );
     }
+    // Binary plugin events skip the outbound permission check, so revocation ends the streams.
+    if (!this.authorization.allowsPermission("daemon.manage")) {
+      void this.delivery
+        .releaseFamily("plugin-rpc")
+        .catch((error) =>
+          this.sessionLogger.error({ err: error }, "Failed to release revoked plugin subscriptions"),
+        );
+    }
   }
 
   public getPermissions(): DaemonPermission[] {
diff --git a/public-docs/plugins/reference.md b/public-docs/plugins/reference.md
index 8c641a8d8f..0f5b3eb40a 100644
--- a/public-docs/plugins/reference.md
+++ b/public-docs/plugins/reference.md
@@ -2333,10 +2333,10 @@ union and branch with `event instanceof Uint8Array`. A `Uint8Array` nested in an
 validation on the sending side with an error that names the rule; send the bytes as their own
 event or RPC value and the metadata as a separate JSON event.
 
-One event or RPC value carries at most 100 MiB. Push large payloads in chunks of a few hundred
-KiB; each `push` waits for the previous one to leave the plugin process. Uploads from a phone have
-a lower limit: Android closes the connection when one send exceeds 16 MiB, so split a larger
-upload into several RPCs.
+One event or RPC value carries at most 100 MiB less 65 KiB of framing. Push large payloads in
+chunks of a few hundred KiB; each `push` waits for the previous one to leave the plugin process.
+Uploads from a phone have a lower limit: Android closes the connection when one send exceeds
+16 MiB, so split a larger upload into several RPCs.
 
 ### Several streams on one subscription
 
diff --git a/public-docs/plugins/reference.zh-CN.md b/public-docs/plugins/reference.zh-CN.md
index a07a94e8a9..7862ff781f 100644
--- a/public-docs/plugins/reference.zh-CN.md
+++ b/public-docs/plugins/reference.zh-CN.md
@@ -2016,7 +2016,7 @@ const png = await renderThumbnail({ path, width }); // Uint8Array
 
 用 `z.instanceof(Uint8Array)` 声明字节。事件可以在每次推送时选择字节或 JSON：声明一个联合类型，并用 `event instanceof Uint8Array` 分支。嵌套在对象中的 `Uint8Array` 会在发送端校验失败，错误信息会说明这条规则；把字节作为单独的事件或 RPC 值发送，元数据作为另一个 JSON 事件发送。
 
-一个事件或 RPC 值最多 100 MiB。大载荷请按几百 KiB 分块推送；每次 `push` 都会等待上一次离开插件进程。手机上传的上限更低：一次发送超过 16 MiB 时 Android 会关闭连接，所以较大的上传请拆成多个 RPC。
+一个事件或 RPC 值最多 100 MiB（减去 65 KiB 的帧头）。大载荷请按几百 KiB 分块推送；每次 `push` 都会等待上一次离开插件进程。手机上传的上限更低：一次发送超过 16 MiB 时 Android 会关闭连接，所以较大的上传请拆成多个 RPC。
 
 ### 在一个订阅中传输多条流 {#several-streams-on-one-subscription}