diff --git a/.changeset/child-stopped-from-invocation-turn.md b/.changeset/child-stopped-from-invocation-turn.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8184f059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/child-stopped-from-invocation-turn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@typeonce/effect-machine": patch
+---
+
+Fix a machine that hung when a child's invocation `onDone` sent an event to its parent and the parent's transition stopped that child.
+
+The parent now leaves the state and stops the child, and the child's scope closes normally.
diff --git a/packages/effect-machine/src/internal/machine/runtimeCompiled.ts b/packages/effect-machine/src/internal/machine/runtimeCompiled.ts
index ff7a1952..c40cee85 100644
--- a/packages/effect-machine/src/internal/machine/runtimeCompiled.ts
+++ b/packages/effect-machine/src/internal/machine/runtimeCompiled.ts
@@ -644,7 +644,11 @@ class CompiledProcess implements MachineRef<any, any, any, any> {
           this.interruptRequested = false
           return true
         }).pipe(
-          Effect.flatMap((interrupt) => interrupt ? this.interruptAndFinish(fiber) : Effect.void)
+          // The worker started in the sender's turn and may be waiting for
+          // the sender to finish, such as an invocation its transition
+          // interrupts, so the sender must not wait for the interruption.
+          // Whoever requested the stop already awaits completion.
+          Effect.flatMap((interrupt) => interrupt ? Effect.forkDetach(this.interruptAndFinish(fiber)) : Effect.void)
         )
       ),
       Effect.asVoid
diff --git a/packages/effect-machine/test/machine/ChildStoppedByParent.test.ts b/packages/effect-machine/test/machine/ChildStoppedByParent.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4702e3cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/effect-machine/test/machine/ChildStoppedByParent.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "@effect/vitest"
+import { Effect, Option, Schema } from "effect"
+import { Machine } from "../../src/index.js"
+import { openWithRuntimeStrategy } from "../internal/machine/support/strategyDifferential.js"
+
+const ParentEvents = Machine.events({ Finished: {} })
+
+const ChildStates = Machine.state({
+  fields: { id: Schema.String },
+  states: { Idle: {}, Working: {}, Done: {} }
+})
+const ChildEvents = Machine.events({ Go: {} })
+
+const makeChild = (work: Effect.Effect<void>) =>
+  Machine.make({
+    id: "child",
+    root: ChildStates,
+    events: ChildEvents,
+    input: Schema.Struct({ id: Schema.String }),
+    parent: Machine.parent(ParentEvents),
+    effects: { work: (_: unknown) => work },
+    branches: { finished: { done: { target: "Done" } } }
+  }).handle({
+    root: ({ input }) => input,
+    initial: { target: "Idle" },
+    states: {
+      Idle: { on: { Go: { target: "Working" } } },
+      Working: {
+        invoke: {
+          src: "work",
+          input: ({ root }) => root,
+          onDone: {
+            branches: "finished",
+            resolve: ({ parent, select }, enqueue) => {
+              enqueue.sendTo(parent, ParentEvents.Finished())
+              return select.done()
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      Done: {}
+    }
+  })
+
+const ParentStates = Machine.state({ states: { Hosting: {}, Left: {} } })
+
+const makeParent = (work: Effect.Effect<void>) => {
+  const Child = Machine.child("child", makeChild(work))
+  return {
+    Child,
+    machine: Machine.make({
+      root: ParentStates,
+      events: ParentEvents,
+      children: { child: Child }
+    }).handle({
+      initial: { target: "Hosting" },
+      states: {
+        Hosting: {
+          invoke: { src: "child", input: () => ({ id: "a" }) },
+          on: { Finished: { target: "Left" } }
+        },
+        Left: {}
+      }
+    })
+  }
+}
+
+// The child's worker starts in the turn of the invocation that completes, so
+// stopping the child from that turn must not wait for the invocation.
+describe("a child invocation's onDone notifies a parent that stops the child", () => {
+  for (
+    const [name, work] of [
+      ["synchronous", Effect.void],
+      ["asynchronous", Effect.promise(() => new Promise<void>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 10)))]
+    ] as const
+  ) {
+    for (const strategy of ["generic", "compiled"] as const) {
+      it.live(`${name} invocation, ${strategy} parent`, () =>
+        Effect.gen(function*() {
+          const { Child, machine: definition } = makeParent(work)
+          const machine = yield* openWithRuntimeStrategy(definition, strategy)
+          const child = Option.getOrThrow(yield* machine.child(Child))
+          yield* child.send(ChildEvents.Go())
+          yield* Machine.waitFor(machine, (snapshot) => ParentStates.matches(snapshot.state, "Left"))
+          expect(Option.isNone(yield* machine.child(Child))).toBe(true)
+        }).pipe(Effect.scoped, Effect.timeout("2 seconds")))
+    }
+  }
+})