diff --git a/OpenICF-java-framework/connector-framework-server/src/main/java/org/forgerock/openicf/framework/remote/rpc/WebSocketConnectionGroup.java b/OpenICF-java-framework/connector-framework-server/src/main/java/org/forgerock/openicf/framework/remote/rpc/WebSocketConnectionGroup.java
index b5010290..7a9f169c 100644
--- a/OpenICF-java-framework/connector-framework-server/src/main/java/org/forgerock/openicf/framework/remote/rpc/WebSocketConnectionGroup.java
+++ b/OpenICF-java-framework/connector-framework-server/src/main/java/org/forgerock/openicf/framework/remote/rpc/WebSocketConnectionGroup.java
@@ -152,6 +152,16 @@ public Boolean apply(Boolean value) throws RuntimeException {
             request.getPromise().then(success, new Function<RuntimeException, Boolean, RuntimeException>() {
                 @Override
                 public Boolean apply(RuntimeException e) throws RuntimeException {
+                    if (request.getPromise().isCancelled()) {
+                        // Only shutdown() cancels this request, and the
+                        // listener runs on its thread before the sockets are
+                        // removed: a retry would be sent over the closing
+                        // connection and registered in the group being torn
+                        // down. The state is checked rather than the
+                        // exception type because createCancellationException
+                        // returns the failure of the remote cancel as-is.
+                        return receivedConnectorInfo;
+                    }
                     logger.ok("Resending initial 'CONNECTOR_INFO' request", e);
                     ControlMessageRequest retry = trySubmitRequest(connectorInfoRequestFactory());
                     if (null != retry) {
diff --git a/OpenICF-java-framework/connector-framework-server/src/test/java/org/forgerock/openicf/framework/remote/rpc/WebSocketConnectionGroupShutdownTest.java b/OpenICF-java-framework/connector-framework-server/src/test/java/org/forgerock/openicf/framework/remote/rpc/WebSocketConnectionGroupShutdownTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..648cb1f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenICF-java-framework/connector-framework-server/src/test/java/org/forgerock/openicf/framework/remote/rpc/WebSocketConnectionGroupShutdownTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Common Development and
+ * Distribution License (the License). You may not use this file except in compliance with the
+ * License.
+ *
+ * You can obtain a copy of the License at legal/CDDLv1.0.txt. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permission and limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * When distributing Covered Software, include this CDDL Header Notice in each file and include
+ * the License file at legal/CDDLv1.0.txt. If applicable, add the following below the CDDL
+ * Header, with the fields enclosed by brackets [] replaced by your own identifying
+ * information: "Portions copyright [year] [name of copyright owner]".
+ *
+ * Copyright 2026 3A Systems, LLC.
+ */
+package org.forgerock.openicf.framework.remote.rpc;
+
+import java.security.Principal;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+
+import org.forgerock.openicf.common.protobuf.RPCMessages.HandshakeMessage;
+import org.forgerock.openicf.common.protobuf.RPCMessages.RemoteMessage;
+import org.testng.Assert;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;
+
+/**
+ * Tests that {@link WebSocketConnectionGroup#shutdown()} does not resend the
+ * initial 'CONNECTOR_INFO' request it has just cancelled: the retry attached
+ * in {@link WebSocketConnectionGroup#handshakeComplete()} is meant for a
+ * failure of the first request, not for the group's own shutdown.
+ */
+public class WebSocketConnectionGroupShutdownTest {
+
+    private static final String SESSION_ID = "session";
+
+    /** Exposes the request registry the shutdown loop iterates over. */
+    private static final class TestGroup extends WebSocketConnectionGroup {
+
+        TestGroup() {
+            super(SESSION_ID);
+        }
+
+        int pendingRemoteRequests() {
+            return remoteRequests.size();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Records every frame the group writes to the socket. */
+    private static final class RecordingHolder extends WebSocketConnectionHolder {
+
+        final List<RemoteMessage> sent = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<RemoteMessage>();
+        volatile RemoteOperationContext context;
+
+        protected void handshake(HandshakeMessage message) {
+        }
+
+        protected void tryClose() {
+        }
+
+        public boolean isOperational() {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public RemoteOperationContext getRemoteConnectionContext() {
+            return context;
+        }
+
+        public Future<?> sendBytes(byte[] data) {
+            try {
+                sent.add(RemoteMessage.parseFrom(data));
+            } catch (InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+            }
+            return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+        }
+
+        public Future<?> sendString(String data) {
+            return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+        }
+
+        public void sendPing(byte[] applicationData) throws Exception {
+        }
+
+        public void sendPong(byte[] applicationData) throws Exception {
+        }
+
+        int controlRequests() {
+            int count = 0;
+            for (RemoteMessage message : sent) {
+                if (message.hasRequest() && message.getRequest().hasControlRequest()) {
+                    count++;
+                }
+            }
+            return count;
+        }
+
+        int cancelRequests() {
+            int count = 0;
+            for (RemoteMessage message : sent) {
+                if (message.hasRequest() && message.getRequest().hasCancelOpRequest()) {
+                    count++;
+                }
+            }
+            return count;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test(timeOut = 30000)
+    public void testShutdownDoesNotResendCancelledInitialConnectorInfoRequest() {
+        final Principal principal = new Principal() {
+            public String getName() {
+                return "client";
+            }
+        };
+        final TestGroup group = new TestGroup();
+        final RecordingHolder holder = new RecordingHolder();
+
+        holder.context = group.handshake(principal, holder,
+                HandshakeMessage.newBuilder().setSessionId(SESSION_ID).build());
+        group.handshakeComplete();
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(holder.controlRequests(), 1, "initial 'CONNECTOR_INFO' request");
+        Assert.assertEquals(group.pendingRemoteRequests(), 1, "initial request is pending");
+
+        // The last principal leaves: shutdown() cancels the pending initial
+        // request, which must not schedule its retry.
+        group.principalIsShuttingDown(principal);
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(holder.cancelRequests(), 1,
+                "the pending initial request is cancelled on the remote side");
+        Assert.assertEquals(holder.controlRequests(), 1,
+                "initial 'CONNECTOR_INFO' request was resent while shutting down");
+        Assert.assertEquals(group.pendingRemoteRequests(), 0,
+                "a request stayed registered in the shut-down group");
+    }
+}