diff --git a/.changeset/pretty-donuts-fetch.md b/.changeset/pretty-donuts-fetch.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4daa50fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pretty-donuts-fetch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@vercel/sandbox": patch
+---
+
+Handle abort signal and early stream close in runCommand to avoid misleading Zod error
diff --git a/packages/vercel-sandbox/src/api-client/api-client.test.ts b/packages/vercel-sandbox/src/api-client/api-client.test.ts
index ff227f42..5d08d9ec 100644
--- a/packages/vercel-sandbox/src/api-client/api-client.test.ts
+++ b/packages/vercel-sandbox/src/api-client/api-client.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from "vitest";
 import { APIClient } from "./api-client.js";
 import { APIError, StreamError } from "./api-error.js";
 import { createNdjsonStream } from "../../test-utils/mock-response.js";
+import { z } from "zod";
 
 describe("APIClient", () => {
   describe("getLogs", () => {
@@ -274,6 +275,127 @@ describe("APIClient", () => {
         });
       }
     });
+
+    it("throws abort error (not Zod error) when signal aborts before stream finishes", async () => {
+      const commandData = {
+        command: {
+          id: "cmd_123",
+          name: "python3",
+          args: ["script.py"],
+          cwd: "/",
+          sandboxId: "sbx_123",
+          exitCode: null,
+          startedAt: 1,
+        },
+      };
+
+      const encoder = new TextEncoder();
+      const firstChunk = JSON.stringify(commandData) + "\n";
+      const stream = new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+        start(controller) {
+          controller.enqueue(encoder.encode(firstChunk));
+        },
+        cancel() {},
+      });
+
+      mockFetch.mockResolvedValue(
+        new Response(stream, {
+          headers: { "content-type": "application/x-ndjson" },
+        }),
+      );
+
+      const controller = new AbortController();
+      const result = await client.runCommand({
+        sandboxId: "sbx_123",
+        command: "python3",
+        args: ["script.py"],
+        env: {},
+        sudo: false,
+        wait: true,
+        signal: controller.signal,
+      });
+
+      expect(result.command.id).toBe("cmd_123");
+
+      controller.abort();
+
+      await expect(result.finished).rejects.toThrow();
+      await expect(result.finished).rejects.not.toBeInstanceOf(z.ZodError);
+    }, 10000);
+
+    it("throws StreamError when stream closes before finished chunk arrives", async () => {
+      const commandData = {
+        command: {
+          id: "cmd_123",
+          name: "python3",
+          args: ["script.py"],
+          cwd: "/",
+          sandboxId: "sbx_123",
+          exitCode: null,
+          startedAt: 1,
+        },
+      };
+
+      const encoder = new TextEncoder();
+      const stream = new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+        start(controller) {
+          controller.enqueue(
+            encoder.encode(JSON.stringify(commandData) + "\n"),
+          );
+          controller.close();
+        },
+      });
+
+      mockFetch.mockResolvedValue(
+        new Response(stream, {
+          headers: { "content-type": "application/x-ndjson" },
+        }),
+      );
+
+      const result = await client.runCommand({
+        sandboxId: "sbx_123",
+        command: "python3",
+        args: ["script.py"],
+        env: {},
+        sudo: false,
+        wait: true,
+      });
+
+      expect(result.command.id).toBe("cmd_123");
+
+      await expect(result.finished).rejects.toThrow(
+        "Stream ended before command finished",
+      );
+      await expect(result.finished).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(StreamError);
+    });
+
+    it("rejects when signal is already aborted before stream starts", async () => {
+      const stream = new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+        start() {},
+        cancel() {},
+      });
+
+      mockFetch.mockResolvedValue(
+        new Response(stream, {
+          headers: { "content-type": "application/x-ndjson" },
+        }),
+      );
+
+      const controller = new AbortController();
+      controller.abort();
+
+      await expect(
+        client.runCommand({
+          sandboxId: "sbx_123",
+          command: "python3",
+          args: ["script.py"],
+          env: {},
+          sudo: false,
+          wait: true,
+          signal: controller.signal,
+        }),
+      ).rejects.toThrow();
+    });
   });
 
   describe("stopSandbox", () => {
diff --git a/packages/vercel-sandbox/src/api-client/api-client.ts b/packages/vercel-sandbox/src/api-client/api-client.ts
index 1f226a3e..d1b0a4e5 100644
--- a/packages/vercel-sandbox/src/api-client/api-client.ts
+++ b/packages/vercel-sandbox/src/api-client/api-client.ts
@@ -263,16 +263,32 @@ export class APIClient extends BaseClient {
       }
 
       const jsonlinesStream = jsonlines.parse();
-      pipe(response.body, jsonlinesStream).catch((err) => {
-        console.error("Error piping command stream:", err);
-      });
+      pipe(response.body, jsonlinesStream, { signal: params.signal }).catch(
+        (err) => {
+          console.error("Error piping command stream:", err);
+        },
+      );
 
       const iterator = jsonlinesStream[Symbol.asyncIterator]();
       const commandChunk = await iterator.next();
+      if (commandChunk.done) {
+        throw new StreamError(
+          "stream_ended_early",
+          "Stream ended before command data was received",
+          params.sandboxId,
+        );
+      }
       const { command } = CommandResponse.parse(commandChunk.value);
 
       const finished = (async () => {
         const finishedChunk = await iterator.next();
+        if (finishedChunk.done) {
+          throw new StreamError(
+            "stream_ended_early",
+            "Stream ended before command finished",
+            params.sandboxId,
+          );
+        }
         const { command } = CommandFinishedResponse.parse(finishedChunk.value);
         return command;
       })();
@@ -577,7 +593,7 @@ export class APIClient extends BaseClient {
       }
 
       const jsonlinesStream = jsonlines.parse();
-      pipe(response.body, jsonlinesStream).catch((err) => {
+      pipe(response.body, jsonlinesStream, { signal }).catch((err) => {
         console.error("Error piping logs:", err);
       });
 
@@ -711,8 +727,38 @@ export class APIClient extends BaseClient {
 async function pipe(
   readable: ReadableStream<Uint8Array>,
   output: NodeJS.WritableStream,
+  options?: { signal?: AbortSignal },
 ) {
   const reader = readable.getReader();
+  let aborted = false;
+
+  const signal = options?.signal;
+  const onAbort = () => {
+    aborted = true;
+    const reason =
+      signal?.reason ??
+      new DOMException("The operation was aborted.", "AbortError");
+    void reader.cancel(reason).catch(() => {
+      // ignore cancel errors when aborting
+    });
+
+    if ("destroy" in output && typeof output.destroy === "function") {
+      output.destroy(reason as Error);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    output.emit("error", reason);
+    output.end();
+  };
+
+  if (signal) {
+    if (signal.aborted) {
+      onAbort();
+    } else {
+      signal.addEventListener("abort", onAbort, { once: true });
+    }
+  }
+
   try {
     while (true) {
       const read = await reader.read();
@@ -724,9 +770,14 @@ async function pipe(
       }
     }
   } catch (err) {
-    output.emit("error", err);
+    if (!aborted) {
+      output.emit("error", err);
+    }
   } finally {
-    output.end();
+    signal?.removeEventListener("abort", onAbort);
+    if (!aborted) {
+      output.end();
+    }
   }
 }