diff --git a/rclcpp_async/CMakeLists.txt b/rclcpp_async/CMakeLists.txt
index 31a71e4..0cd5729 100644
--- a/rclcpp_async/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rclcpp_async/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
   target_link_libraries(test_tf_buffer ${PROJECT_NAME})
 
   ament_add_ros_isolated_gtest(test_task_destroy test/test_task_destroy.cpp)
-  target_link_libraries(test_task_destroy ${PROJECT_NAME} ${example_interfaces_TARGETS})
+  target_link_libraries(
+    test_task_destroy ${PROJECT_NAME} ${example_interfaces_TARGETS} ${std_msgs_TARGETS})
 
   add_subdirectory(test/benchmark)
 endif()
diff --git a/rclcpp_async/include/rclcpp_async/channel.hpp b/rclcpp_async/include/rclcpp_async/channel.hpp
index c9e5ac4..06e9198 100644
--- a/rclcpp_async/include/rclcpp_async/channel.hpp
+++ b/rclcpp_async/include/rclcpp_async/channel.hpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Channel
   Executor & ctx_;
   std::mutex mutex_;
   std::queue<T> queue_;
-  std::coroutine_handle<> waiter_;
+  std::weak_ptr<Waiting> waiter_;
   size_t max_depth_;
   bool closed_ = false;
 
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class Channel
     std::stop_token token;
     std::shared_ptr<StopCb> cancel_cb_;
     bool cancelled = false;
+    std::shared_ptr<Waiting> waiting_;
 
     void set_token(std::stop_token t) { token = std::move(t); }
 
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ class Channel
     }
   };
 
-  NextAwaiter next() { return NextAwaiter{*this, {}, {}, false}; }
+  NextAwaiter next() { return NextAwaiter{*this, {}, {}, false, nullptr}; }
 };
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -97,26 +98,19 @@ bool Channel<T>::NextAwaiter::await_suspend(std::coroutine_handle<> h)
     if (!ch.queue_.empty() || ch.closed_) {
       return false;  // don't suspend, data already available
     }
-    ch.waiter_ = h;
+    waiting_ = std::make_shared<Waiting>(h);
+    ch.waiter_ = waiting_;
   }  // release ch.mutex_ before stop_callback to avoid deadlock
-  cancel_cb_ = std::make_shared<StopCb>(token, [this, h, &cb = cancel_cb_]() {
-    std::coroutine_handle<> w;
+  cancel_cb_ = std::make_shared<StopCb>(token, [this]() {
     {
       std::lock_guard lock(ch.mutex_);
-      if (ch.waiter_ != h) {
+      if (ch.waiter_.lock() != waiting_) {
         return;
       }
-      w = ch.waiter_;
-      ch.waiter_ = nullptr;
-    }
-    if (w) {
-      cancelled = true;
-      ch.ctx_.post([w, weak = std::weak_ptr(cb)]() {
-        if (weak.lock()) {
-          w.resume();
-        }
-      });
+      ch.waiter_.reset();
     }
+    cancelled = true;
+    post_resume(ch.ctx_, waiting_);
   });
   return true;
 }
@@ -124,7 +118,7 @@ bool Channel<T>::NextAwaiter::await_suspend(std::coroutine_handle<> h)
 template <typename T>
 void Channel<T>::send(T value)
 {
-  std::coroutine_handle<> w;
+  std::weak_ptr<Waiting> w;
   {
     std::lock_guard lock(mutex_);
     if (closed_) {
@@ -134,26 +128,24 @@ void Channel<T>::send(T value)
     while (queue_.size() > max_depth_) {
       queue_.pop();
     }
-    w = waiter_;
-    waiter_ = nullptr;
+    w = std::exchange(waiter_, {});
   }
-  if (w) {
-    ctx_.post([w]() { w.resume(); });
+  if (!w.expired()) {
+    post_resume(ctx_, std::move(w));
   }
 }
 
 template <typename T>
 void Channel<T>::close()
 {
-  std::coroutine_handle<> w;
+  std::weak_ptr<Waiting> w;
   {
     std::lock_guard lock(mutex_);
     closed_ = true;
-    w = waiter_;
-    waiter_ = nullptr;
+    w = std::exchange(waiter_, {});
   }
-  if (w) {
-    ctx_.post([w]() { w.resume(); });
+  if (!w.expired()) {
+    post_resume(ctx_, std::move(w));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/rclcpp_async/include/rclcpp_async/co_context.hpp b/rclcpp_async/include/rclcpp_async/co_context.hpp
index 2792444..845ef66 100644
--- a/rclcpp_async/include/rclcpp_async/co_context.hpp
+++ b/rclcpp_async/include/rclcpp_async/co_context.hpp
@@ -259,7 +259,8 @@ class CoContext : public Executor
       max_depth,
       {},
       {},
-      std::make_shared<typename SendGoalAwaiter<ActionT>::State>()};
+      std::make_shared<typename SendGoalAwaiter<ActionT>::State>(),
+      nullptr};
   }
 
   template <typename ServiceT, typename CallbackT>
@@ -532,8 +533,10 @@ void SendGoalAwaiter<ActionT>::await_suspend(std::coroutine_handle<> h)
   // server's accept/reject). When `state->done` is already set by the
   // cancel path, the callback bails out before touching the (dangling)
   // coroutine handle.
-  options.goal_response_callback = [state = state_, client = client, &ctx = ctx,
-                                    h](const auto & goal_handle) {
+  waiting_ = std::make_shared<Waiting>(h);
+  state_->waiting = waiting_;
+  options.goal_response_callback = [state = state_, client = client,
+                                    &ctx = ctx](const auto & goal_handle) {
     if (state->done) {
       return;
     }
@@ -550,7 +553,7 @@ void SendGoalAwaiter<ActionT>::await_suspend(std::coroutine_handle<> h)
     // (Jazzy bug: https://github.com/ros2/rclcpp/issues/2796).
     // Resuming synchronously here would deadlock if the coroutine
     // immediately calls async_send_goal again.
-    ctx.post([&ctx, h]() { ctx.resume(h); });
+    post_resume(ctx, state->waiting);
   };
 
   client->async_send_goal(goal, options);
diff --git a/rclcpp_async/include/rclcpp_async/executor.hpp b/rclcpp_async/include/rclcpp_async/executor.hpp
index 24b724a..42344bc 100644
--- a/rclcpp_async/include/rclcpp_async/executor.hpp
+++ b/rclcpp_async/include/rclcpp_async/executor.hpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <memory>
 #include <stop_token>
+#include <utility>
 
 namespace rclcpp_async
 {
@@ -39,6 +40,23 @@ class Executor
   virtual void resume(std::coroutine_handle<> h) { h.resume(); }
 };
 
+// A suspended coroutine, owned by its awaiter. Whoever resumes it later holds
+// a weak_ptr, which expires with the awaiter.
+struct Waiting
+{
+  std::coroutine_handle<> h;
+};
+
+// Resume `w` on the executor unless its awaiter is gone by then.
+inline void post_resume(Executor & ctx, std::weak_ptr<Waiting> w)
+{
+  ctx.post([w = std::move(w)]() {
+    if (auto s = w.lock()) {
+      s->h.resume();
+    }
+  });
+}
+
 template <typename DonePred, typename CancelAction>
 inline void register_cancel(
   std::shared_ptr<StopCb> & out, std::stop_token token, Executor & ctx, std::coroutine_handle<> h,
diff --git a/rclcpp_async/include/rclcpp_async/goal_stream.hpp b/rclcpp_async/include/rclcpp_async/goal_stream.hpp
index 3882352..9d6be47 100644
--- a/rclcpp_async/include/rclcpp_async/goal_stream.hpp
+++ b/rclcpp_async/include/rclcpp_async/goal_stream.hpp
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ struct SendGoalAwaiter
     bool cancelled = false;
     std::shared_ptr<GoalStream<ActionT>> stream;
     Result<std::shared_ptr<GoalStream<ActionT>>> result;
+    std::weak_ptr<Waiting> waiting;
   };
 
   CoContext & ctx;
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ struct SendGoalAwaiter
   std::stop_token token;
   std::shared_ptr<StopCb> cancel_cb_;
   std::shared_ptr<State> state_;
+  std::shared_ptr<Waiting> waiting_;
 
   // Same as SendRequestAwaiter: the goal response must not resume a frame
   // destroyed while suspended here.
diff --git a/rclcpp_async/include/rclcpp_async/tf_buffer.hpp b/rclcpp_async/include/rclcpp_async/tf_buffer.hpp
index 5c81bc8..6e0e76f 100644
--- a/rclcpp_async/include/rclcpp_async/tf_buffer.hpp
+++ b/rclcpp_async/include/rclcpp_async/tf_buffer.hpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class TfBuffer
     std::string target_frame;
     std::string source_frame;
     tf2::TimePoint time;
-    std::coroutine_handle<> handle;
+    std::weak_ptr<Waiting> waiting;
     std::shared_ptr<bool> active;
     geometry_msgs::msg::TransformStamped result;
   };
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ class TfBuffer
     std::shared_ptr<StopCb> cancel_cb_;
     bool cancelled = false;
     std::shared_ptr<PendingRequest> request;
+    std::shared_ptr<Waiting> waiting;
 
     // A frame destroyed while suspended here must not stay pending, or the
     // transform's arrival would resume it. The deferred cancellation no longer
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ class TfBuffer
       request->target_frame = target_frame;
       request->source_frame = source_frame;
       request->time = time;
-      request->handle = h;
+      waiting = std::make_shared<Waiting>(h);
+      request->waiting = waiting;
       request->active = std::make_shared<bool>(true);
       tf.add_pending(request);
 
@@ -170,8 +172,9 @@ class TfBuffer
   LookupTransformAwaiter lookup_transform(
     const std::string & target_frame, const std::string & source_frame, const rclcpp::Time & time)
   {
-    return LookupTransformAwaiter{*this, target_frame, source_frame, tf2_ros::fromRclcpp(time),
-                                  {},    {},           false,        nullptr};
+    return LookupTransformAwaiter{*this,  target_frame, source_frame, tf2_ros::fromRclcpp(time),
+                                  {},     {},           false,        nullptr,
+                                  nullptr};
   }
 
   void add_pending(std::shared_ptr<PendingRequest> req)
@@ -213,8 +216,7 @@ class TfBuffer
           return false;
         }
         *req->active = false;
-        auto h = req->handle;
-        ctx_.post([h]() { h.resume(); });
+        post_resume(ctx_, req->waiting);
         return true;
       }
       return false;
diff --git a/rclcpp_async/test/test_channel.cpp b/rclcpp_async/test/test_channel.cpp
index 8676165..fe64644 100644
--- a/rclcpp_async/test/test_channel.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp_async/test/test_channel.cpp
@@ -263,3 +263,31 @@ TEST_F(ChannelTest, CancelFromThread)
   ASSERT_TRUE(running.handle.done());
   EXPECT_TRUE(was_cancelled);
 }
+
+TEST_F(ChannelTest, SendThenWaiterDestroyed)
+{
+  Channel<int> ch(*ctx_);
+  auto coro = [&]() -> Task<void> { co_await ch.next(); };
+  {
+    auto task = ctx_->create_task(coro());
+    ch.send(1);  // posts the resumption, destroyed before it runs
+  }
+  for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+    executor_.spin_some();
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(1ms);
+  }
+}
+
+TEST_F(ChannelTest, CloseThenWaiterDestroyed)
+{
+  Channel<int> ch(*ctx_);
+  auto coro = [&]() -> Task<void> { co_await ch.next(); };
+  {
+    auto task = ctx_->create_task(coro());
+    ch.close();  // posts the resumption, destroyed before it runs
+  }
+  for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+    executor_.spin_some();
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(1ms);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rclcpp_async/test/test_task_destroy.cpp b/rclcpp_async/test/test_task_destroy.cpp
index 211de02..b8da11e 100644
--- a/rclcpp_async/test/test_task_destroy.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp_async/test/test_task_destroy.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <rclcpp/rclcpp.hpp>
 #include <rclcpp_action/rclcpp_action.hpp>
+#include <std_msgs/msg/string.hpp>
 
 #include "rclcpp_async/rclcpp_async.hpp"
 
@@ -314,3 +315,82 @@ TEST_F(TaskDestroyTest, ResponseAfterRequesterDestroyed)
   service->send_response(*pending_header, response);
   spin_for(200ms);
 }
+
+TEST_F(TaskDestroyTest, GoalResponseThenRequesterDestroyed)
+{
+  // The client answers in its own group, so its goal response can post the
+  // resumption without executor_ running it.
+  auto group = node_->create_callback_group(rclcpp::CallbackGroupType::MutuallyExclusive, false);
+  rclcpp::executors::SingleThreadedExecutor client_executor;
+  client_executor.add_callback_group(group, node_->get_node_base_interface());
+  auto client = rclcpp_action::create_client<Fibonacci>(node_, "test_destroy_action", group);
+  bool goal_received = false;
+  action_server_ = rclcpp_action::create_server<Fibonacci>(
+    node_, "test_destroy_action",
+    [&goal_received](const rclcpp_action::GoalUUID &, std::shared_ptr<const Fibonacci::Goal>) {
+      goal_received = true;
+      return rclcpp_action::GoalResponse::ACCEPT_AND_EXECUTE;
+    },
+    [](const std::shared_ptr<GoalHandle>) { return rclcpp_action::CancelResponse::ACCEPT; },
+    [](const std::shared_ptr<GoalHandle>) {});
+  ASSERT_TRUE(client->wait_for_action_server(5s));
+
+  auto send = [this, &client]() -> Task<void> {
+    co_await ctx_->send_goal<Fibonacci>(client, Fibonacci::Goal());
+  };
+  {
+    auto task = ctx_->create_task(send());
+    auto deadline = std::chrono::steady_clock::now() + 5s;
+    while (!goal_received && std::chrono::steady_clock::now() < deadline) {
+      spin_for(10ms);
+    }
+    ASSERT_TRUE(goal_received);
+    // Let the goal response post the resumption, then destroy the task
+    // before executor_ runs it.
+    for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+      client_executor.spin_some();
+      std::this_thread::sleep_for(10ms);
+    }
+  }
+  spin_for(50ms);
+}
+
+// A node-like owner holding the context, what its task waits on, and the task.
+struct TaskOwner
+{
+  TaskOwner(rclcpp::Node & node, std::shared_ptr<int> g)
+  : ctx(node), event(ctx), guard(std::move(g))
+  {
+    stream = ctx.subscribe<std_msgs::msg::String>("test_destroy_owner_topic", 10);
+  }
+  CoContext ctx;
+  Event event;
+  std::shared_ptr<TopicStream<std_msgs::msg::String>> stream;
+  std::shared_ptr<int> guard;
+  Task<void> task;
+
+  template <typename F>
+  Task<void> run(F wait)
+  {
+    auto g = guard;
+    co_await wait(*this);
+  }
+};
+
+TEST_F(TaskDestroyTest, OwnerDestroyedWhileItsTaskWaits)
+{
+  auto pub = node_->create_publisher<std_msgs::msg::String>("test_destroy_owner_topic", 10);
+  auto check = [&](auto wait) {
+    auto guard = std::make_shared<int>(0);
+    auto owner = std::make_unique<TaskOwner>(*node_, guard);
+    owner->task = owner->ctx.create_task(owner->run(wait));
+    spin_for(50ms);
+    owner.reset();
+    pub->publish(std_msgs::msg::String());
+    spin_for(50ms);
+    EXPECT_EQ(guard.use_count(), 1);  // the frame went with its owner
+  };
+  check([](TaskOwner & o) { return as_task(o.event.wait()); });
+  check([](TaskOwner & o) { return as_task(o.ctx.sleep(10s)); });
+  check([](TaskOwner & o) -> Task<void> { co_await o.stream->next(); });
+}
diff --git a/rclcpp_async/test/test_tf_buffer.cpp b/rclcpp_async/test/test_tf_buffer.cpp
index c711b32..e08f6bf 100644
--- a/rclcpp_async/test/test_tf_buffer.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp_async/test/test_tf_buffer.cpp
@@ -244,6 +244,30 @@ TEST_F(TfBufferTest, TransformAfterWaiterDestroyed)
   }
 }
 
+TEST_F(TfBufferTest, TransformThenWaiterDestroyed)
+{
+  auto coro = [&]() -> Task<void> {
+    co_await tf_buffer_->lookup_transform("r", "s", rclcpp::Time(0));
+  };
+  auto broadcaster = make_static_broadcaster(node_);
+  {
+    auto task = ctx_->create_task(coro());
+    // The transform arrives on TfBuffer's own thread, which posts the
+    // resumption; the task is destroyed before executor_ runs it.
+    broadcaster.sendTransform(make_transform("r", "s"));
+    auto deadline = std::chrono::steady_clock::now() + 5s;
+    while (!tf_buffer_->lookup_transform("r", "s") && std::chrono::steady_clock::now() < deadline) {
+      std::this_thread::sleep_for(10ms);
+    }
+    ASSERT_TRUE(tf_buffer_->lookup_transform("r", "s"));
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(50ms);
+  }
+  for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+    executor_.spin_some();
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(10ms);
+  }
+}
+
 TEST_F(TfBufferTest, MultipleConcurrentLookups)
 {
   geometry_msgs::msg::TransformStamped r1, r2;