diff --git a/tests/unit/actor/test_actor_lifecycle.py b/tests/unit/actor/test_actor_lifecycle.py
index 9f73df02..0d81900b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/actor/test_actor_lifecycle.py
+++ b/tests/unit/actor/test_actor_lifecycle.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 import contextlib
 import json
 import logging
-from datetime import UTC, datetime
+import sys
+from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 from unittest import mock
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, Mock
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@
 import websockets.asyncio.server
 
 from apify_client._models import Run
-from crawlee.events._types import Event, EventPersistStateData
+from crawlee.events._types import Event, EventAbortingData, EventPersistStateData
 
 from ..._utils import poll_until_condition
 from apify import Actor
@@ -112,6 +113,35 @@ async def test_fail_properly_deinitializes_actor(actor: _ActorType) -> None:
     assert actor._active is False
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.version_info < (3, 12),
+    reason=(
+        'On Python 3.11, `asyncio.wait_for` runs the awaited coroutine in a separate task, which defeats '
+        "crawlee's own self-wait detection in `EventManager.wait_for_all_listeners_to_complete` and deadlocks."
+    ),
+)
+async def test_exit_from_event_listener_completes_cleanup() -> None:
+    """`Actor.exit()` called from an event listener runs cleanup instead of deadlocking into a RecursionError."""
+    actor = Actor(exit_process=False)
+    await actor.init()
+
+    exit_returned = False
+
+    async def on_aborting(_data: EventAbortingData) -> None:
+        nonlocal exit_returned
+        await actor.exit(event_listeners_timeout=timedelta(seconds=1))
+        exit_returned = True
+
+    actor.on(Event.ABORTING, on_aborting)
+    actor.event_manager.emit(event=Event.ABORTING, event_data=EventAbortingData())
+
+    await poll_until_condition(lambda: not actor._active, timeout=5, poll_interval=0.1)
+
+    assert exit_returned, 'Actor.exit() never returned inside the listener (deadlocked).'
+    assert actor._active is False
+    assert actor.event_manager.active is False
+
+
 async def test_failed_charging_manager_init_does_not_leak_event_manager() -> None:
     """Test that a failure in the charging manager's `__aenter__` also exits the already-entered event manager."""
     actor = Actor()