diff --git a/MobileGL/GlobalObjects.cpp b/MobileGL/GlobalObjects.cpp
index f5c40733..2b3cc0e1 100644
--- a/MobileGL/GlobalObjects.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/GlobalObjects.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ namespace MobileGL {
     } // namespace MG_Config
 
     namespace MG_Backend {
-        UniquePtr<BackendObject> pActiveBackendObject;
+        // Leak-at-exit storage: the UniquePtr itself lives on the heap and is
+        // never destroyed by the runtime, so process exit runs no backend
+        // destructors (static destruction order across TUs is undefined).
+        // Deterministic teardown happens inside the EGL lifecycle instead:
+        // the last eglTerminate calls MobileGL::Destroy(), which .reset()s
+        // these singletons while the process is still healthy.
+        UniquePtr<BackendObject>& pActiveBackendObject = *new UniquePtr<BackendObject>();
         GlobalBackendFunctionsTable gBackendFunctionsTable;
     } // namespace MG_Backend
 } // namespace MobileGL
diff --git a/MobileGL/Init.cpp b/MobileGL/Init.cpp
index 2f711d5d..c59e5d52 100644
--- a/MobileGL/Init.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/Init.cpp
@@ -15,9 +15,18 @@
 #include <MG_Impl/GLImpl/Texture/ProxyTexture.h>
 #include <MG_Impl/GLImpl/Framebuffer/GL_Framebuffer.h>
 
+#include <atomic>
+#include <mutex>
+
 namespace MobileGL {
     namespace {
-        Bool g_isInitialized = false;
+        std::atomic<Bool> g_isInitialized = false;
+        thread_local Bool tl_initializing = false;
+
+        std::mutex& InitMutex() {
+            static std::mutex mutex;
+            return mutex;
+        }
 
         void DestroyImpl(Bool logLifecycle) {
             if (!g_isInitialized) {
@@ -65,59 +74,35 @@ namespace MobileGL {
         MGLOG_I("MobileGL initialized");
     }
 
+    void EnsureInitialized() {
+        if (g_isInitialized.load(std::memory_order_acquire)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        // Re-entrant call while this thread is already inside Initialize()
+        // (e.g. an init step routing back through a public entry point).
+        if (tl_initializing) {
+            return;
+        }
+        const std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(InitMutex());
+        if (g_isInitialized.load(std::memory_order_acquire)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        tl_initializing = true;
+        Initialize();
+        tl_initializing = false;
+    }
+
     void Destroy() {
         DestroyImpl(true);
     }
 
-#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__)
-    __attribute__((constructor)) static void AutoInit() {
-        Initialize();
-    }
-
-    __attribute__((destructor)) static void AutoDestroy() {
-        if (MG_Config::Features.TraceSkipAutodestroy) {
-            return;
-        }
-#if defined(__APPLE__)
-        // macOS injected dylibs can run destructors after logging/backend static state is already torn down.
-        return;
-#else
-        DestroyImpl(false);
-#endif
-    }
-#endif
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    namespace {
-        // Called on DLL_PROCESS_DETACH, which runs BEFORE the CRT executes this
-        // DLL's static destructors. Releasing (deliberately leaking) the global
-        // singletons here keeps those destructors from tearing down the backend
-        // inside a dying process - other threads have already been terminated,
-        // so Vulkan/GLES cleanup crashes with the process half-dead. The process
-        // is exiting; the OS reclaims everything.
-        // No logging here: this runs under the loader lock after every other
-        // thread was terminated, where the log mutex/heap/stdio may be in any
-        // state. Plain pointer stores only.
-        void AbandonAtProcessExit() {
-            MG_Backend::DirectVulkan::pVulkanRenderer.release();
-            MG_Backend::pActiveBackendObject.release();
-            MG_State::pGLContext.release();
-            MG_State::pEGLContext.release();
-            MG_Impl::GLImpl::TextureImpl::pProxyTextureManager.release();
-            MG_Impl::GLImpl::FramebufferImpl::pDefaultFramebufferInfo.release();
-        }
-    } // namespace
-#endif
+    // MobileGL's lifecycle is owned entirely by the host-API layers
+    // (EGL/WGL/CGL): initialization happens lazily on the first entry point
+    // via EnsureInitialized(), and full teardown happens deterministically
+    // when the last EGL display is terminated with nothing current (EGLImpl
+    // calls Destroy()). There is intentionally no static constructor, no
+    // static destructor, and no DllMain: the global singletons use
+    // leak-at-exit storage (see GlobalObjects.cpp), so a process that exits
+    // without eglTerminate simply leaks them to the OS instead of running
+    // backend destructors during static teardown.
 } // namespace MobileGL
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-// Initialization is NOT done here: MobileGL::Initialize() loads libraries
-// (Vulkan/ANGLE) and spins up glslang, none of which is safe under the loader
-// lock. The WGL host layer calls Initialize() lazily on its first entry point.
-extern "C" BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE, DWORD reason, LPVOID) {
-    if (reason == DLL_PROCESS_DETACH) {
-        MobileGL::AbandonAtProcessExit();
-    }
-    return TRUE;
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/MobileGL/Init.h b/MobileGL/Init.h
index 349f6c9b..724f1a8e 100644
--- a/MobileGL/Init.h
+++ b/MobileGL/Init.h
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 
 namespace MobileGL {
     void Initialize();
+    // Thread-safe, idempotent, and re-entrant wrapper around Initialize().
+    // Host layers (EGL/WGL/CGL entry points) call this lazily on first use so
+    // MobileGL's lifecycle never depends on ELF/DLL static constructors, and
+    // so a fresh init can follow a full Destroy() (e.g. after the last
+    // eglTerminate).
+    void EnsureInitialized();
     void Destroy();
 
     namespace MG_Util::Debug {
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/BackendObjects.h b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/BackendObjects.h
index d95f12dc..1a148824 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/BackendObjects.h
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/BackendObjects.h
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
 #include "DirectVulkan/BackendObject_DirectVulkan.h"
 
 namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend {
-    extern UniquePtr<BackendObject> pActiveBackendObject;
+    extern UniquePtr<BackendObject>& pActiveBackendObject;
     extern GlobalBackendFunctionsTable gBackendFunctionsTable;
 } // namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/DirectVulkan.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/DirectVulkan.cpp
index cf9ca0ab..f9abfddb 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/DirectVulkan.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/DirectVulkan.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 #include <spirv_reflect.h>
 
 namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
-    UniquePtr<VulkanRenderer> pVulkanRenderer = nullptr;
+    // Leak-at-exit storage; see GlobalObjects.cpp.
+    UniquePtr<VulkanRenderer>& pVulkanRenderer = *new UniquePtr<VulkanRenderer>();
 
     namespace {
         // Generation of the live VulkanRenderer instance, mirroring
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/DirectVulkan.h b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/DirectVulkan.h
index 27bb4f96..8e268e0d 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/DirectVulkan.h
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/DirectVulkan.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "Renderer/VulkanRenderer.h"
 
 namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
-    extern UniquePtr<VulkanRenderer> pVulkanRenderer;
+    extern UniquePtr<VulkanRenderer>& pVulkanRenderer;
 
     // Generation of the live VulkanRenderer instance, mirroring DirectGLES's
     // g_syncContextGeneration. BackendObject_DirectVulkan bumps it wherever
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Impl/EGLImpl/EGLImpl.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_Impl/EGLImpl/EGLImpl.cpp
index 42590ad7..cb3af392 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Impl/EGLImpl/EGLImpl.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Impl/EGLImpl/EGLImpl.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include "EGLImpl.h"
 #include "../GetProcAddress.h"
+#include <Init.h>
 #include <MG_Backend/BackendObjects.h>
 #include <MG_State/EGLState/Core.h>
 #include <mutex>
@@ -25,6 +26,17 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Impl::EGLImpl {
             return MG_State::pEGLContext.get();
         }
 
+        // Entry points that can legitimately be an application's FIRST EGL
+        // call (display/proc-address/string queries) lazily bring MobileGL
+        // up here, so the library needs no static constructor and can
+        // re-initialize after the last eglTerminate tore everything down.
+        // Teardown-ish entry points keep using GetState() and fail benignly
+        // when MobileGL is not initialized.
+        EGLStateContext* GetStateEnsureInitialized() {
+            MobileGL::EnsureInitialized();
+            return GetState();
+        }
+
         MG_Backend::BackendObject* GetBackendObject(EGLStateContext* state) {
             auto* backendObject = MG_Backend::pActiveBackendObject.get();
             if (!backendObject && state) {
@@ -189,7 +201,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Impl::EGLImpl {
     }
 
     EGLBoolean Initialize(EGLDisplay dpy, EGLint* major, EGLint* minor) {
-        auto* state = GetState();
+        auto* state = GetStateEnsureInitialized();
         if (!state) {
             return EGL_FALSE;
         }
@@ -210,7 +222,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Impl::EGLImpl {
     }
 
     EGLDisplay GetDisplay(NativeDisplayType display) {
-        auto* state = GetState();
+        auto* state = GetStateEnsureInitialized();
         if (!state) {
             return EGL_NO_DISPLAY;
         }
@@ -315,6 +327,14 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Impl::EGLImpl {
         if (auto* backendObject = MG_Backend::pActiveBackendObject.get()) {
             backendObject->ReleaseEGLResources();
         }
+        // The last initialized display is gone and nothing is current on any
+        // thread: tear the whole library down deterministically inside the
+        // EGL lifecycle (backend, GL/EGL state, glslang). A later EGL call
+        // re-initializes lazily via GetStateEnsureInitialized(); process exit
+        // then has nothing left to destroy.
+        if (!state->HasAnyInitializedDisplay() && !state->HasAnyCurrentContext()) {
+            MobileGL::Destroy();
+        }
         return EGL_TRUE;
     }
 
@@ -347,7 +367,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Impl::EGLImpl {
     }
 
     EGLBoolean BindAPI(EGLenum api) {
-        auto* state = GetState();
+        auto* state = GetStateEnsureInitialized();
         if (!state) {
             return EGL_FALSE;
         }
@@ -380,7 +400,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Impl::EGLImpl {
     }
 
     char const* QueryString(EGLDisplay display, EGLint name) {
-        auto* state = GetState();
+        auto* state = GetStateEnsureInitialized();
         if (!state) {
             return nullptr;
         }
@@ -643,7 +663,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Impl::EGLImpl {
     EGLDisplay GetPlatformDisplay(EGLenum platform, void* native_display, const EGLAttrib* attrib_list) {
         (void)attrib_list;
 
-        auto* state = GetState();
+        auto* state = GetStateEnsureInitialized();
         if (!state) {
             return EGL_NO_DISPLAY;
         }
@@ -739,6 +759,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Impl::EGLImpl {
         if (!name) {
             return nullptr;
         }
+        MobileGL::EnsureInitialized();
 
         MGLOG_D("eglGetProcAddress(%s)", name);
         void* proc = MG_Impl::GetProcAddress(name);
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Impl/GLImpl/Framebuffer/GL_Framebuffer.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_Impl/GLImpl/Framebuffer/GL_Framebuffer.cpp
index 30a955d7..71e90b10 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Impl/GLImpl/Framebuffer/GL_Framebuffer.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Impl/GLImpl/Framebuffer/GL_Framebuffer.cpp
@@ -2144,6 +2144,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Impl::GLImpl {
     }
 
     namespace FramebufferImpl {
-        UniquePtr<DefaultFramebufferInfo> pDefaultFramebufferInfo;
+        // Leak-at-exit storage; see GlobalObjects.cpp.
+        UniquePtr<DefaultFramebufferInfo>& pDefaultFramebufferInfo = *new UniquePtr<DefaultFramebufferInfo>();
     } // namespace FramebufferImpl
 } // namespace MobileGL::MG_Impl::GLImpl
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Impl/GLImpl/Framebuffer/GL_Framebuffer.h b/MobileGL/MG_Impl/GLImpl/Framebuffer/GL_Framebuffer.h
index 08164f69..8e843d49 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Impl/GLImpl/Framebuffer/GL_Framebuffer.h
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Impl/GLImpl/Framebuffer/GL_Framebuffer.h
@@ -78,6 +78,6 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Impl::GLImpl {
             SharedPtr<MG_State::GLState::ITextureObject> stencilAttachment;
         };
 
-        extern UniquePtr<DefaultFramebufferInfo> pDefaultFramebufferInfo;
+        extern UniquePtr<DefaultFramebufferInfo>& pDefaultFramebufferInfo;
     } // namespace FramebufferImpl
 } // namespace MobileGL::MG_Impl::GLImpl
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Impl/GLImpl/Texture/ProxyTexture.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_Impl/GLImpl/Texture/ProxyTexture.cpp
index c16df634..156f7d76 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Impl/GLImpl/Texture/ProxyTexture.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Impl/GLImpl/Texture/ProxyTexture.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 #include <MG_State/GLState/TextureState/TextureObjectStubs.h>
 
 namespace MobileGL::MG_Impl::GLImpl::TextureImpl {
-    UniquePtr<ProxyTextureManager> pProxyTextureManager;
+    // Leak-at-exit storage; see GlobalObjects.cpp.
+    UniquePtr<ProxyTextureManager>& pProxyTextureManager = *new UniquePtr<ProxyTextureManager>();
 
     Bool IsProxyTextureTarget(TextureUploadTarget target) {
         switch (target) {
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Impl/GLImpl/Texture/ProxyTexture.h b/MobileGL/MG_Impl/GLImpl/Texture/ProxyTexture.h
index 59196829..f83f3faf 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Impl/GLImpl/Texture/ProxyTexture.h
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Impl/GLImpl/Texture/ProxyTexture.h
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Impl::GLImpl::TextureImpl {
         UnorderedMap<TextureUploadTarget, SharedPtr<MG_State::GLState::ITextureObject>> m_proxyTexturesMap;
     };
 
-    extern UniquePtr<ProxyTextureManager> pProxyTextureManager;
+    extern UniquePtr<ProxyTextureManager>& pProxyTextureManager;
 } // namespace MobileGL::MG_Impl::GLImpl::TextureImpl
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Impl/WGLImpl/WGLImpl.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_Impl/WGLImpl/WGLImpl.cpp
index 09663a0e..605b53de 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Impl/WGLImpl/WGLImpl.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Impl/WGLImpl/WGLImpl.cpp
@@ -138,8 +138,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Impl::WGLImpl {
         void EnsureInitialized() {
             // Initialize() loads backend libraries and glslang, which must not run
             // under the loader lock; first WGL call is the earliest safe moment.
-            static std::once_flag once;
-            std::call_once(once, [] { MobileGL::Initialize(); });
+            // MobileGL::EnsureInitialized (not a local once_flag) so a fresh init
+            // can follow a full teardown from the last eglTerminate.
+            MobileGL::EnsureInitialized();
         }
 
         EGLDisplay EnsureDisplay() {
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_State/EGLState/Core.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_State/EGLState/Core.cpp
index dcc1f6f4..6e604182 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_State/EGLState/Core.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_State/EGLState/Core.cpp
@@ -368,6 +368,26 @@ namespace MobileGL {
                 return true;
             }
 
+            Bool EGLContext::HasAnyInitializedDisplay() const {
+                const std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(m_mutex);
+                for (const auto& [handle, displayObject] : m_displays) {
+                    if (displayObject.Initialized) {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            Bool EGLContext::HasAnyCurrentContext() const {
+                const std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(m_mutex);
+                for (const auto& [threadId, current] : m_threadCurrents) {
+                    if (current.Context != nullptr) {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+                return false;
+            }
+
             Bool EGLContext::ChooseConfig(EGLDisplayHandle display, const EGLint* attribList, EGLConfigHandle* configs,
                                           EGLint configSize, EGLint* numConfig) {
                 const std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(m_mutex);
@@ -1415,6 +1435,7 @@ namespace MobileGL {
             }
         } // namespace EGLState
 
-        UniquePtr<EGLState::EGLContext> pEGLContext;
+        // Leak-at-exit storage; see GlobalObjects.cpp.
+        UniquePtr<EGLState::EGLContext>& pEGLContext = *new UniquePtr<EGLState::EGLContext>();
     } // namespace MG_State
 } // namespace MobileGL
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_State/EGLState/Core.h b/MobileGL/MG_State/EGLState/Core.h
index 41821186..f38a94ca 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_State/EGLState/Core.h
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_State/EGLState/Core.h
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ namespace MobileGL {
                 Bool IsDisplayInitialized(EGLDisplayHandle display) const;
                 Bool InitializeDisplay(EGLDisplayHandle display, EGLint* major, EGLint* minor);
                 Bool TerminateDisplay(EGLDisplayHandle display);
+                // Whole-library idle checks used by EGLImpl::Terminate to decide
+                // when the last eglTerminate may tear MobileGL down entirely.
+                Bool HasAnyInitializedDisplay() const;
+                Bool HasAnyCurrentContext() const;
 
                 // Config
                 Bool ChooseConfig(EGLDisplayHandle display, const EGLint* attribList, EGLConfigHandle* configs,
@@ -262,6 +266,6 @@ namespace MobileGL {
             };
         } // namespace EGLState
 
-        extern UniquePtr<EGLState::EGLContext> pEGLContext;
+        extern UniquePtr<EGLState::EGLContext>& pEGLContext;
     } // namespace MG_State
 } // namespace MobileGL
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_State/GLState/Core.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_State/GLState/Core.cpp
index 6101ce9c..856a5d18 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_State/GLState/Core.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_State/GLState/Core.cpp
@@ -721,5 +721,6 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_State {
         }
     } // namespace GLState
 
-    UniquePtr<GLState::GLContext> pGLContext;
+    // Leak-at-exit storage; see GlobalObjects.cpp.
+    UniquePtr<GLState::GLContext>& pGLContext = *new UniquePtr<GLState::GLContext>();
 } // namespace MobileGL::MG_State
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_State/GLState/Core.h b/MobileGL/MG_State/GLState/Core.h
index 51a93d90..01f1b5eb 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_State/GLState/Core.h
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_State/GLState/Core.h
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ namespace MobileGL {
             };
         } // namespace GLState
 
-        extern UniquePtr<GLState::GLContext> pGLContext;
+        extern UniquePtr<GLState::GLContext>& pGLContext;
 
         // True when relaxed GL semantics apply. Strict core rules are enforced only when the
         // current EGL context explicitly requested a core profile (core bit in