diff --git a/src/fara/agents/fara/fara15_agent.py b/src/fara/agents/fara/fara15_agent.py
index c7c1632..2b1c76d 100644
--- a/src/fara/agents/fara/fara15_agent.py
+++ b/src/fara/agents/fara/fara15_agent.py
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.config: Fara15AgentConfig
         self.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
         self._client: ChatCompletionClient | None = None
+        self._owns_client = False
         self._state: Fara15AgentState | None = None
         self._pending_observation: str = ""
         self._allowed_actions: frozenset[str] = frozenset()
@@ -171,8 +172,10 @@ async def initialize(self, run_context: RunContext) -> None:
 
         if self.config.client_config is not None:
             self._client = create_client_from_config(self.config.client_config)
+            self._owns_client = True
         elif self.config.client is not None:
             self._client = self.config.client
+            self._owns_client = False
         else:
             raise ValueError("Either client or client_config must be provided")
 
@@ -355,11 +358,20 @@ async def run(
 
     async def close(self, run_context: RunContext) -> None:
         """Cleanup after the agent is done."""
+        client = self._client
+        owns_client = self._owns_client
         self._state = None
         self._client = None
+        self._owns_client = False
         self._captcha_timeouts = 0
         self._captcha_disabled = self.config.captcha_timeout_limit <= 0
-        await super().close(run_context)
+        try:
+            if owns_client and client is not None:
+                await client.close()
+        except Exception as error:
+            self.logger.warning("Error closing model client: %s", error)
+        finally:
+            await super().close(run_context)
 
     def _get_final_answer(self, thoughts: str, action_description: str) -> str:
         return action_description
diff --git a/src/fara/clients/wrapper.py b/src/fara/clients/wrapper.py
index edecfa1..4cbd95e 100644
--- a/src/fara/clients/wrapper.py
+++ b/src/fara/clients/wrapper.py
@@ -50,3 +50,12 @@ async def create(
             usage=usage,
             finish_reason=response.choices[0].finish_reason,
         )
+
+    async def close(self) -> None:
+        """Close the underlying HTTP client.
+
+        ``AsyncOpenAI`` owns an async httpx connection pool.  Leaving it for
+        garbage collection can make it try to close sockets after
+        ``asyncio.run`` has already closed the event loop.
+        """
+        await self._client.close()
diff --git a/src/fara/environments/playwright/environment.py b/src/fara/environments/playwright/environment.py
index d89f922..c114dbb 100644
--- a/src/fara/environments/playwright/environment.py
+++ b/src/fara/environments/playwright/environment.py
@@ -408,43 +408,74 @@ async def wait_for_captcha_resolution(self) -> None:
         await self._captcha_event.wait()
 
     async def close(self) -> None:
-        """Close the browser and cleanup."""
+        """Close all browser resources, including after a partial startup.
+
+        Each resource is attempted independently so an already-closed page does
+        not prevent the HTTP/browser transports later in the stack from being
+        shut down.  Clearing references before awaiting also makes this method
+        safe to call more than once.
+        """
         self.logger.info("Closing browser...")
 
-        if self._page:
-            await self._page.close()
-            self._page = None
+        page, self._page = self._page, None
+        if page:
+            try:
+                if not page.is_closed():
+                    await page.close()
+            except Exception as error:
+                self.logger.warning("Error closing browser page: %s", error)
 
-        if self._context:
-            await self._context.close()
-            self._context = None
+        context, self._context = self._context, None
+        if context:
+            try:
+                await context.close()
+            except Exception as error:
+                self.logger.warning("Error closing browser context: %s", error)
 
-        if self._browser:
+        browser, self._browser = self._browser, None
+        if browser:
             if self.config.use_browserbase and self._session and self._bb:
                 project_id = self.config.browserbase_project_id or os.environ.get(
                     "BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID"
                 )
                 session_id = self._session.id
-                browser_connected = self._browser.is_connected()
-                self._bb.sessions.update(
-                    self._session.id,
-                    status="REQUEST_RELEASE",
-                    project_id=project_id,
-                )
-                self.logger.info(
-                    f"[BB-END] task={self._task_id} session={session_id} "
-                    f"browser_connected_at_teardown={browser_connected}"
-                )
-                self._session = None
-            await self._browser.close()
-            self._browser = None
+                try:
+                    browser_connected = browser.is_connected()
+                    self._bb.sessions.update(
+                        self._session.id,
+                        status="REQUEST_RELEASE",
+                        project_id=project_id,
+                    )
+                    self.logger.info(
+                        f"[BB-END] task={self._task_id} session={session_id} "
+                        f"browser_connected_at_teardown={browser_connected}"
+                    )
+                except Exception as error:
+                    self.logger.warning(
+                        "Error releasing BrowserBase session %s: %s",
+                        session_id,
+                        error,
+                    )
+                finally:
+                    self._session = None
+            try:
+                if browser.is_connected():
+                    await browser.close()
+            except Exception as error:
+                self.logger.warning("Error closing browser: %s", error)
 
-        if self._playwright:
-            await self._playwright.stop()
-            self._playwright = None
+        playwright, self._playwright = self._playwright, None
+        if playwright:
+            try:
+                await playwright.stop()
+            except Exception as error:
+                self.logger.warning("Error stopping Playwright: %s", error)
 
         if not self.config.headless:
-            self._stop_xvfb()
+            try:
+                self._stop_xvfb()
+            except Exception as error:
+                self.logger.warning("Error stopping Xvfb: %s", error)
 
         self._initialized = False
 
diff --git a/src/fara/fara_7b/fara_agent.py b/src/fara/fara_7b/fara_agent.py
index 62fbc85..556b858 100644
--- a/src/fara/fara_7b/fara_agent.py
+++ b/src/fara/fara_7b/fara_agent.py
@@ -600,4 +600,9 @@ async def close(self) -> None:
         """
         if self._page is not None:
             self._page = None
-        await self.browser_manager.close()
+        try:
+            if self._openai_client is not None:
+                await self._openai_client.close()
+        finally:
+            self._openai_client = None
+            await self.browser_manager.close()
diff --git a/src/fara/run_fara.py b/src/fara/run_fara.py
index 18509ee..a03984a 100755
--- a/src/fara/run_fara.py
+++ b/src/fara/run_fara.py
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ async def run_fara15_agent(
             run_context = RunContext.create(
                 environment=env, task=task, output_dir=output_dir
             )
-            await agent.initialize(run_context)
 
             try:
+                await agent.initialize(run_context)
                 print("Running Fara...\n")
                 final_answer, _, _ = await agent.run(run_context)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_resource_cleanup.py b/tests/test_resource_cleanup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b46d609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_resource_cleanup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+"""Resource ownership and cleanup regression tests."""
+
+import asyncio
+
+from fara.agents.fara.fara15_agent import Fara15Agent, Fara15AgentConfig
+from fara.environments.playwright import PlaywrightEnvironment
+
+
+class FakeClient:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.close_calls = 0
+
+    async def close(self):
+        self.close_calls += 1
+
+
+def _make_agent():
+    return Fara15Agent(
+        Fara15AgentConfig(client_config={"model": "m", "base_url": "u", "api_key": "k"})
+    )
+
+
+def test_agent_closes_only_clients_it_owns():
+    owned = FakeClient()
+    agent = _make_agent()
+    agent._client = owned
+    agent._owns_client = True
+    asyncio.run(agent.close(None))
+    assert owned.close_calls == 1
+
+    external = FakeClient()
+    agent = _make_agent()
+    agent._client = external
+    agent._owns_client = False
+    asyncio.run(agent.close(None))
+    assert external.close_calls == 0
+
+
+def test_browser_cleanup_continues_after_one_resource_fails():
+    class FailingPage:
+        def is_closed(self):
+            return False
+
+        async def close(self):
+            raise RuntimeError("page is already gone")
+
+    class FakeContext:
+        closed = False
+
+        async def close(self):
+            self.closed = True
+
+    class FakeBrowser:
+        closed = False
+
+        def is_connected(self):
+            return not self.closed
+
+        async def close(self):
+            self.closed = True
+
+    class FakePlaywright:
+        stopped = False
+
+        async def stop(self):
+            self.stopped = True
+
+    environment = PlaywrightEnvironment(headless=True)
+    context = FakeContext()
+    browser = FakeBrowser()
+    playwright = FakePlaywright()
+    environment._page = FailingPage()
+    environment._context = context
+    environment._browser = browser
+    environment._playwright = playwright
+
+    asyncio.run(environment.close())
+    asyncio.run(environment.close())
+
+    assert context.closed
+    assert browser.closed
+    assert playwright.stopped