diff --git a/.changeset/fix-async-command-handle-kill-blocking.md b/.changeset/fix-async-command-handle-kill-blocking.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5d4192f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-async-command-handle-kill-blocking.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@e2b/python-sdk": patch
+---
+
+Fix `AsyncCommandHandle.wait()` blocking after `kill()`: `_iterate_events` now returns immediately after the "end" event, so `wait()` completes promptly even if the gRPC stream is slow to close.
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7ccb79cdee..2ffe367001 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ vale-styles
 .vercel
 .vscode
 .DS_Store
+.worktrees
 
 # Logs
 logs
diff --git a/packages/python-sdk/e2b/sandbox_async/commands/command_handle.py b/packages/python-sdk/e2b/sandbox_async/commands/command_handle.py
index dfe34e8383..c829dddaec 100644
--- a/packages/python-sdk/e2b/sandbox_async/commands/command_handle.py
+++ b/packages/python-sdk/e2b/sandbox_async/commands/command_handle.py
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ async def _iterate_events(
                     exit_code=event.event.end.exit_code,
                     error=event.event.end.error,
                 )
+                return
 
     async def disconnect(self) -> None:
         """
@@ -159,6 +160,8 @@ async def _handle_events(self):
             pass
         except Exception as e:
             self._iteration_exception = handle_rpc_exception(e)
+        finally:
+            await self._events.aclose()
 
     async def wait(self) -> CommandResult:
         """
diff --git a/packages/python-sdk/tests/async/sandbox_async/commands/test_cmd_kill.py b/packages/python-sdk/tests/async/sandbox_async/commands/test_cmd_kill.py
index a92f9b5a8a..abef113686 100644
--- a/packages/python-sdk/tests/async/sandbox_async/commands/test_cmd_kill.py
+++ b/packages/python-sdk/tests/async/sandbox_async/commands/test_cmd_kill.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import asyncio
+
 import pytest
 
 from e2b import AsyncSandbox, CommandExitException
@@ -17,3 +19,20 @@ async def test_kill_non_existing_process(async_sandbox: AsyncSandbox):
     non_existing_pid = 999999
 
     assert not await async_sandbox.commands.kill(non_existing_pid)
+
+
+async def test_kill_via_handle(async_sandbox: AsyncSandbox):
+    handle = await async_sandbox.commands.run("sleep 60", background=True)
+    killed = await handle.kill()
+    assert killed is True
+    with pytest.raises(CommandExitException):
+        await async_sandbox.commands.run(f"kill -0 {handle.pid}")
+
+
+async def test_kill_handle_wait_raises(async_sandbox: AsyncSandbox):
+    handle = await async_sandbox.commands.run("sleep 60", background=True)
+    await handle.kill()
+    # Before the fix: this blocks forever (or until the 5s timeout fires as TimeoutError).
+    # After the fix: raises CommandExitException promptly because the process was killed.
+    with pytest.raises(CommandExitException):
+        await asyncio.wait_for(handle.wait(), timeout=5.0)