diff --git a/pkg/csplugin/broker.go b/pkg/csplugin/broker.go
index ab5a7a7bedc..7b44a50d184 100644
--- a/pkg/csplugin/broker.go
+++ b/pkg/csplugin/broker.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ type PluginBroker struct {
 	pluginProcConfig                *csconfig.PluginCfg
 	pluginsTypesToDispatch          map[string]struct{}
 	newBackoff                      backoffFactory
+	deliveryWg                      sync.WaitGroup
 }
 
 // holder to determine where to dispatch config and how to format messages
@@ -146,7 +147,9 @@ func (pb *PluginBroker) Run(pluginTomb *tomb.Tomb) {
 			pb.alertsByPluginName[pluginName] = make([]*models.Alert, 0)
 			pluginMutex.Unlock()
 
+			pb.deliveryWg.Add(1)
 			go func() {
+				defer pb.deliveryWg.Done()
 				// Chunk alerts to respect group_threshold
 				threshold := pb.pluginConfigByName[pluginName].GroupThreshold
 				if threshold == 0 {
@@ -162,11 +165,45 @@ func (pb *PluginBroker) Run(pluginTomb *tomb.Tomb) {
 
 		case <-pluginTomb.Dying():
 			log.Infof("pluginTomb dying")
+
+			// Step 1: Drain PluginChannel — alerts not yet picked up by the
+			// normal select case. Deliver them directly.
+		drainLoop:
+			for {
+				select {
+				case profileAlert := <-pb.PluginChannel:
+					pb.addProfileAlert(profileAlert)
+				default:
+					break drainLoop
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Step 2: Flush alerts already queued in alertsByPluginName by
+			// addProfileAlert. The watcher ticker (e.g. 30s group_wait) hasn't
+			// fired yet, and the inner loop races Dead() vs PluginEvents —
+			// Dead() can win, losing the alert. Deliver directly.
+			pluginMutex.Lock()
+			alertsCopy := make(map[string][]*models.Alert)
+			for k, v := range pb.alertsByPluginName {
+				if len(v) > 0 {
+					alertsCopy[k] = v
+					pb.alertsByPluginName[k] = nil
+				}
+			}
+			pluginMutex.Unlock()
+			for pluginName, alerts := range alertsCopy {
+				if err := pb.pushNotificationsToPlugin(ctx, pluginName, alerts); err != nil {
+					log.WithField("plugin:", pluginName).Error(err)
+				}
+			}
+
 			pb.watcher.tomb.Kill(errors.New("Terminating"))
 
 			for {
 				select {
 				case <-pb.watcher.tomb.Dead():
+					log.Info("waiting for in-flight deliveries to complete")
+					pb.deliveryWg.Wait()
 					log.Info("killing all plugins")
 					pb.Kill()
 
@@ -179,9 +216,13 @@ func (pb *PluginBroker) Run(pluginTomb *tomb.Tomb) {
 					pb.alertsByPluginName[pluginName] = make([]*models.Alert, 0)
 					pluginMutex.Unlock()
 
-					if err := pb.pushNotificationsToPlugin(ctx, pluginName, tmpAlerts); err != nil {
-						log.WithField("plugin:", pluginName).Error(err)
-					}
+					pb.deliveryWg.Add(1)
+					go func() {
+						defer pb.deliveryWg.Done()
+						if err := pb.pushNotificationsToPlugin(ctx, pluginName, tmpAlerts); err != nil {
+							log.WithField("plugin:", pluginName).Error(err)
+						}
+					}()
 				}
 			}
 		}