diff --git a/src/plyngent/runtime/mcp_client.py b/src/plyngent/runtime/mcp_client.py
index 771370d..d0252bb 100644
--- a/src/plyngent/runtime/mcp_client.py
+++ b/src/plyngent/runtime/mcp_client.py
@@ -11,11 +11,15 @@ import asyncio
 import importlib.metadata
 import json
 import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
 from collections import deque
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from typing import Any
+
     from plyngent.config.models import McpConfig, McpServerConfig
 
 MCP_PROTOCOL_VERSION = "2025-06-18"
@@ -45,6 +49,19 @@ def _client_version() -> str:
         return "0.0.0"
 
 
+def _isolated_spawn_kwargs() -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Spawn kwargs that keep a server out of our process/console group.
+
+    Ctrl+C in the terminal is delivered to every process in the foreground
+    process group (POSIX) / console process group (Windows), so without this a
+    single Ctrl+C during a turn also killed every MCP server — killing in-flight
+    tool calls and leaving the connection dead until ``/mcp reconnect``.
+    """
+    if sys.platform == "win32":
+        return {"creationflags": subprocess.CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP}
+    return {"start_new_session": True}
+
+
 class McpConnectionError(RuntimeError):
     """Server process failed to spawn, handshake, or answer in time."""
 
@@ -143,6 +160,7 @@ class McpServerConnection:
                 stderr=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
                 env=os.environ | self._config.env,
                 cwd=self._config.cwd or None,
+                **_isolated_spawn_kwargs(),
             )
         except (OSError, ValueError) as exc:
             self.error = f"spawn {self._config.command!r}: {exc}"
diff --git a/tests/test_runtime/test_mcp_client.py b/tests/test_runtime/test_mcp_client.py
index aeb1525..10caa3e 100644
--- a/tests/test_runtime/test_mcp_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_runtime/test_mcp_client.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import os
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -97,6 +98,26 @@ async def test_close_terminates_subprocess() -> None:
     assert proc.returncode is not None
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == "win32", reason="POSIX process groups only")
+async def test_server_spawned_outside_our_process_group() -> None:
+    """Regression: a terminal Ctrl+C must not reach the MCP server.
+
+    The tty delivers SIGINT to every process in the foreground process group, so
+    a server spawned in *our* group died on any Ctrl+C during a turn (killing
+    in-flight tool calls and leaving the connection dead). ``start_new_session``
+    moves the server into its own session/group.
+    """
+    connection = McpServerConnection("fake", _server_config())
+    await connection.start()
+    try:
+        proc = connection._proc
+        assert proc is not None
+        assert os.getpgid(proc.pid) != os.getpgid(0)
+        assert os.getsid(proc.pid) != os.getsid(0)
+    finally:
+        await connection.aclose()
+
+
 async def test_manager_start_status_and_call() -> None:
     manager = McpManager(McpConfig(servers={"fake": _server_config()}, disable=[]))
     await manager.ensure_started()