diff --git a/ydb/_topic_reader/topic_reader_asyncio.py b/ydb/_topic_reader/topic_reader_asyncio.py
index 43034d4f..4c9b538e 100644
--- a/ydb/_topic_reader/topic_reader_asyncio.py
+++ b/ydb/_topic_reader/topic_reader_asyncio.py
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ class ReaderReconnector:
     _stream_reader: Optional["ReaderStream"]
     _first_error: asyncio.Future[YdbError]
     _tx_to_batches_map: Dict[str, typing.List[datatypes.PublicBatch]]
+    _closed: bool
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -233,6 +234,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         self._state_changed = asyncio.Event()
         self._stream_reader = None
+        self._closed = False
         self._background_tasks.add(asyncio.create_task(self._connection_loop()))
         self._first_error = asyncio.get_running_loop().create_future()
 
@@ -241,6 +243,8 @@ def __init__(
     async def _connection_loop(self):
         attempt = 0
         while True:
+            if self._closed:
+                return
             try:
                 logger.debug("reader %s connect attempt %s", self._id, attempt)
                 self._stream_reader = await ReaderStream.create(self._id, self._driver, self._settings)
@@ -266,8 +270,12 @@ async def _connection_loop(self):
                     # noinspection PyBroadException
                     try:
                         await self._stream_reader.close(flush=False)
-                    except BaseException:
-                        # supress any error on close stream reader
+                    except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                        # propagate cancellation (e.g. from reader.close()) so the loop stops
+                        # instead of swallowing it and reconnecting into a zombie stream
+                        raise
+                    except Exception:
+                        # suppress any error on close stream reader
                         pass
 
     async def wait_message(self):
@@ -431,8 +439,16 @@ def commit(self, batch: datatypes.ICommittable) -> datatypes.PartitionSession.Co
 
     async def close(self, flush: bool):
         logger.debug("reader reconnector %s close", self._id)
+        # Mark closed so the connection loop won't start a new stream, then close the
+        # current stream with the requested flush before cancelling the loop. On a normal
+        # close this flushes pending commits; cancelling the loop first would let it close
+        # the stream with flush=False instead and skip the flush.
+        self._closed = True
         if self._stream_reader:
             await self._stream_reader.close(flush)
+        # Wake any pending wait_message() waiter (e.g. a concurrent receive) so it doesn't
+        # hang if the loop was reconnecting when close() cancelled it.
+        self._set_first_error(TopicReaderStreamClosedError())
         for task in self._background_tasks:
             task.cancel()
 
diff --git a/ydb/_topic_reader/topic_reader_asyncio_test.py b/ydb/_topic_reader/topic_reader_asyncio_test.py
index cb7ce408..388c50f8 100644
--- a/ydb/_topic_reader/topic_reader_asyncio_test.py
+++ b/ydb/_topic_reader/topic_reader_asyncio_test.py
@@ -1563,6 +1563,50 @@ async def stream_create(
         reader_stream_mock_with_error.wait_error.assert_any_await()
         reader_stream_mock_with_error.wait_messages.assert_any_await()
 
+    async def test_close_during_reconnect_does_not_hang(self):
+        # The connection loop must stop on reader.close() even while it is closing the old
+        # stream during a reconnect, instead of swallowing the cancellation and bringing up
+        # a new (zombie) stream while close() hangs forever.
+        finally_close_started = asyncio.Event()
+        held = {"done": False}
+
+        async def wait_error():
+            raise issues.Unavailable("trigger reconnect")
+
+        async def slow_close(flush=False):
+            if not held["done"]:
+                held["done"] = True
+                finally_close_started.set()
+                await asyncio.Event().wait()  # parked until reader.close() cancels the loop
+
+        stream1 = mock.Mock(ReaderStream)
+        stream1._id = 1
+        stream1.wait_error = mock.AsyncMock(side_effect=wait_error)
+        stream1.close = mock.AsyncMock(side_effect=slow_close)
+
+        async def wait_forever():
+            await asyncio.Future()
+
+        stream2 = mock.Mock(ReaderStream)
+        stream2._id = 2
+        stream2.wait_error = mock.AsyncMock(side_effect=wait_forever)
+        stream2.close = mock.AsyncMock()
+
+        create_calls = 0
+
+        async def stream_create(reader_reconnector_id, driver, settings):
+            nonlocal create_calls
+            create_calls += 1
+            return stream1 if create_calls == 1 else stream2
+
+        with mock.patch.object(ReaderStream, "create", stream_create):
+            reconnector = ReaderReconnector(mock.Mock(), PublicReaderSettings("", ""))
+            await asyncio.wait_for(finally_close_started.wait(), timeout=2)
+            await asyncio.wait_for(reconnector.close(flush=False), timeout=5)
+
+        # The loop stopped on close instead of reconnecting into a second (zombie) stream.
+        assert create_calls == 1
+
     async def test_wait_error_returns_on_cancelled_error_from_receive(self, default_reader_settings):
         receive_call = 0