diff --git a/superxas_bec/devices/laser_delay.py b/superxas_bec/devices/laser_delay.py
index c1b1fbc..76c6741 100644
--- a/superxas_bec/devices/laser_delay.py
+++ b/superxas_bec/devices/laser_delay.py
@@ -637,15 +637,23 @@ class LaserDelay(PSIDeviceBase, PositionerBase):
 
     def on_stop(self) -> None:
         """Interrupt a running phase ramp between two steps and fail its status."""
+        self._interrupt_move(DeviceStoppedError(f"Device {self.name} has been stopped"))
+
+    def on_destroy(self) -> None:
+        """Interrupt a running move and fail its status before the base class kills the task.
+
+        The base class shuts the task handler down by raising an exception in the task thread. That
+        can land anywhere in the task, including after the ramp but before the status is resolved,
+        so the status is failed here first; whoever waits on it (a scan, ``umv``) is released.
+        """
+        self._interrupt_move(DeviceStoppedError(f"Device {self.name} has been destroyed"))
+
+    def _interrupt_move(self, exc: Exception) -> None:
         with self._move_lock:
             self._move_stop.set()
             status = self._move_status
         if status is not None:
-            self._finish_status(status, DeviceStoppedError(f"Device {self.name} has been stopped"))
-
-    def on_destroy(self) -> None:
-        """Interrupt a running move; the task handler is shut down by the base class."""
-        self._move_stop.set()
+            self._finish_status(status, exc)
 
     # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
     #  Internals                                                                                #
diff --git a/tests/tests_devices/test_laser_delay.py b/tests/tests_devices/test_laser_delay.py
index a27b730..49c2669 100644
--- a/tests/tests_devices/test_laser_delay.py
+++ b/tests/tests_devices/test_laser_delay.py
@@ -504,6 +504,31 @@ def test_destroy_ends_a_running_move():
         assert not status.success
 
 
+def test_destroy_fails_the_move_status_even_if_the_task_hangs():
+    """destroy() (config reload, device server shutdown) must release whoever waits on the move,
+    also when the move task is stuck in a slow CA put and the thread kill does not reach it."""
+    with patched_device(LaserDelay, name="laser_delay", step_sleep=0.0) as device:
+        set_hardware(device)
+        device.calibrate(SCOPE)
+        blocker = threading.Event()
+        original_put = device.phase_v1._write_pv.put
+
+        def hung_put(value, *args, **kwargs):
+            blocker.wait(timeout=5)
+            return original_put(value, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        device.phase_v1._write_pv.put = hung_put
+        status = device.set(-4.9)
+        assert wait_until(device._hw_lock.locked)
+        with mock.patch.object(device.task_handler, "shutdown"):
+            device.destroy()
+        assert status.done and not status.success
+        with pytest.raises(DeviceStoppedError, match="destroyed"):
+            status.wait(timeout=0)
+        blocker.set()
+        assert wait_until(lambda: not device._hw_lock.locked())
+
+
 def test_stored_vs_readback_reference_when_voltages_were_touched(calibrated):
     calibrated.set(1.0).wait(timeout=10)
     # somebody turns the phase shifter by hand