diff --git a/app/javascript/dashboard/composables/useCallSession.js b/app/javascript/dashboard/composables/useCallSession.js
index 39312eb4d..b2a4b4e6d 100644
--- a/app/javascript/dashboard/composables/useCallSession.js
+++ b/app/javascript/dashboard/composables/useCallSession.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useCallsStore } from 'dashboard/stores/calls';
 import {
   useWhatsappCallSession,
   sendWhatsappTerminateBeacon,
+  sendWhatsappCallBeacon,
   cleanupWhatsappSession,
 } from 'dashboard/composables/useWhatsappCallSession';
 import { handleVoiceCallCreated } from 'dashboard/helper/voice';
@@ -69,10 +70,15 @@ export function useCallSession() {
     });
   };
 
-  // pagehide fires after the user confirms the prompt. Let the WhatsApp session
-  // best-effort sendBeacon a terminate so the server doesn't keep the call open.
+  // pagehide fires after the user confirms the prompt. Beacon a terminate for
+  // every WhatsApp call in the store — active OR ringing — since browser-direct
+  // WebRTC has no rejoin path, so any call that survives the close becomes
+  // permanently orphaned on Meta's side.
   const handlePageHide = () => {
     sendWhatsappTerminateBeacon();
+    callsStore.calls
+      .filter(c => c.provider === 'whatsapp' && !c.isActive && c.callId)
+      .forEach(c => sendWhatsappCallBeacon(c.callId));
   };
 
   const handleTwilioDisconnected = () => callsStore.clearActiveCall();
diff --git a/app/javascript/dashboard/composables/useWhatsappCallSession.js b/app/javascript/dashboard/composables/useWhatsappCallSession.js
index dab4cbc0f..c52dba499 100644
--- a/app/javascript/dashboard/composables/useWhatsappCallSession.js
+++ b/app/javascript/dashboard/composables/useWhatsappCallSession.js
@@ -329,15 +329,26 @@ export const isWhatsappCallMuted = () => {
   return !tracks[0].enabled;
 };
 
-// Best-effort terminate when the tab actually closes after the beforeunload prompt.
-export const sendWhatsappTerminateBeacon = () => {
-  if (!activeCallId || intentionallyClosing) return;
+// Best-effort terminate beacon for any WhatsApp call — the backend's terminate
+// endpoint handles both ringing and in_progress states (rejecting via terminate
+// records 'no_answer' which is the right shape for "agent left the page").
+// Browser-direct WebRTC has no rejoin path, so the only sensible thing on
+// page close is to release the call on Meta's side.
+export const sendWhatsappCallBeacon = callId => {
+  if (!callId) return;
   const accountId = window.location.pathname.split('/')[3];
   if (!accountId) return;
-  const url = `/api/v1/accounts/${accountId}/whatsapp_calls/${activeCallId}/terminate`;
+  const url = `/api/v1/accounts/${accountId}/whatsapp_calls/${callId}/terminate`;
   try {
     navigator.sendBeacon(url);
   } catch (_) {
     /* noop */
   }
 };
+
+// Backward-compat wrapper for the active-call case — guarded by
+// intentionallyClosing so we don't double-terminate after an explicit hangup.
+export const sendWhatsappTerminateBeacon = () => {
+  if (!activeCallId || intentionallyClosing) return;
+  sendWhatsappCallBeacon(activeCallId);
+};