diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectGLES/Managers.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectGLES/Managers.cpp
index 9e1f1a56..8ae52826 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectGLES/Managers.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectGLES/Managers.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cctype>
 #include <cstdlib>
+#include <mutex>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <regex>
 
@@ -114,6 +115,17 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectGLES {
         return source;
     }
 
+        namespace {
+        Bool g_processTeardown = false;
+        std::once_flag g_teardownSentinelOnce;
+    } // namespace
+
+    Bool InProcessTeardown() { return g_processTeardown; }
+    void EnsureProcessTeardownSentinel() {
+        std::call_once(g_teardownSentinelOnce,
+                       [] { std::atexit(+[] { g_processTeardown = true; }); });
+    }
+
     String EmulateBaseInstanceInVertexShader(String source, GLenum shaderType) {
         if (shaderType != GL_VERTEX_SHADER || source.find("gl_BaseInstance") == String::npos) {
             return source;
@@ -1388,6 +1400,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectGLES {
         }
 
         BackendVertexArrayObject::~BackendVertexArrayObject() {
+            if (InProcessTeardown()) {
+                return; // see InProcessTeardown(): the driver may be unloaded already
+            }
             if (m_backendVAOId != 0) {
                 NoteVAOIdDeleted(m_backendVAOId);
                 g_GLESFuncs.glDeleteVertexArrays(1, &m_backendVAOId);
@@ -1641,6 +1656,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectGLES {
         }
 
         BackendTextureObject::~BackendTextureObject() {
+            if (InProcessTeardown()) {
+                return; // see InProcessTeardown(): the driver may be unloaded already
+            }
             if (m_backendTextureId == 0) {
                 return;
             }
@@ -3780,6 +3798,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectGLES {
 #ifdef TRACY_ENABLE
             ZoneScopedC(TRACY_ZONECOLOR_BACKEND);
 #endif
+            if (InProcessTeardown()) {
+                return; // see InProcessTeardown(): the driver may be unloaded already
+            }
             if (m_backendProgramId != 0) {
                 MGLOG_D("Deleting backend program object with ID: %u", m_backendProgramId);
                 g_GLESFuncs.glDeleteProgram(m_backendProgramId);
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectGLES/Managers.h b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectGLES/Managers.h
index 2900c726..d3a27ef2 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectGLES/Managers.h
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectGLES/Managers.h
@@ -21,9 +21,25 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectGLES {
     String EmulateBaseInstanceInVertexShader(String source, GLenum shaderType);
     String PromoteDrawParameterGlobalsToUniforms(String source, GLenum shaderType);
 
+    // True once the process has entered exit(): past that point the EGL library and
+    // the driver may already be unloaded, so a backend twin's destructor must not
+    // call into g_GLESFuncs (the observed crash is a jump through an unmapped driver
+    // pointer from __run_exit_handlers) nor touch statics in other TUs (cross-TU
+    // destruction order is unspecified). Deliberate leak: the process is exiting and
+    // the driver reclaims GPU objects. The flag is set by a std::atexit handler that
+    // EnsureProcessTeardownSentinel() registers lazily on first registry use - by
+    // then every static everywhere has finished constructing, so this handler is
+    // guaranteed to run BEFORE any static destructor (atexit is LIFO). A destructor
+    // hook on the registry itself was tried first and is WRONG: tests and cache
+    // resets destroy temporary registry instances mid-run, which would latch the
+    // flag while the process is very much alive.
+    Bool InProcessTeardown();
+    void EnsureProcessTeardownSentinel();
+
     template <typename StateObject, typename BackendObject>
     class StateBackendObjectRegistry {
     public:
+
         using StatePtr = SharedPtr<StateObject>;
         using StateWeakPtr = std::weak_ptr<StateObject>;
         using BackendPtr = SharedPtr<BackendObject>;
@@ -43,6 +59,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectGLES {
         BackendPtr& GetOrCreate(const StatePtr& stateObj) {
             MOBILEGL_ASSERT(stateObj != nullptr, "State object must not be null");
 
+            // Twin creation is the moment a driver-owned id starts needing a guarded
+            // destructor; cold path, so the once-guard costs nothing per draw.
+            EnsureProcessTeardownSentinel();
             auto& entry = m_entries[stateObj.get()];
             if (entry.stateRef.expired()) {
                 // The previous owner of this address is gone and the allocator handed it