diff --git a/src/auto_manage.jl b/src/auto_manage.jl
index ff220c36..6462da6e 100644
--- a/src/auto_manage.jl
+++ b/src/auto_manage.jl
@@ -225,12 +225,33 @@ end
 
 _stop_auto_manage_timer!() = (lock(_stop_auto_manage_timer_unlocked!, _AUTO_MANAGE_LOCK); nothing)
 
+# Drop every live pool's pending maintenance request and reset the trim cadence. Called from
+# the timer-stop path (below) so that once the Timer is gone, no stale flag set by the last
+# sweep can still trigger one post-disable `_run_auto_manage!` at a later `@with_pool` entry.
+# Runs under `_AUTO_MANAGE_LOCK` (the caller holds it), the same lock the sweep takes, so the
+# stop-and-clear is atomic against a concurrent sweep. Dead WeakRefs are skipped (not pruned —
+# the next sweep prunes them); the `_trim_requested` clear is guarded for backends lacking it.
+function _clear_auto_manage_requests_unlocked!()
+    for ref in _AUTO_MANAGE_REGISTRY
+        pool = ref.value
+        pool === nothing && continue
+        p = pool::AbstractArrayPool
+        @atomic :monotonic p._compact_requested = false
+        if hasfield(typeof(p), :_trim_requested)
+            @atomic :monotonic p._trim_requested = false
+        end
+    end
+    _AUTO_MANAGE_TICK[] = 0
+    return nothing
+end
+
 function _stop_auto_manage_timer_unlocked!()
     t = _AUTO_MANAGE_TIMER[]
     if t !== nothing
         close(t)
         _AUTO_MANAGE_TIMER[] = nothing
     end
+    _clear_auto_manage_requests_unlocked!()   # no stale flag outlives the timer
     return nothing
 end
 
diff --git a/test/test_auto_manage.jl b/test/test_auto_manage.jl
index 777de58a..d182e266 100644
--- a/test/test_auto_manage.jl
+++ b/test/test_auto_manage.jl
@@ -151,6 +151,29 @@ AAP.disable_auto_manage!()   # stop the __init__-started timer for deterministic
         _clear_registry!()
     end
 
+    @testset "disable! clears pending requests so no post-disable auto-manage runs" begin
+        # Regression: `disable_auto_manage!` must not just stop the Timer — it must also drop
+        # any flag the last sweep already set, or the NEXT `@with_pool` entry would run one
+        # more compaction/trim AFTER the user explicitly turned auto-manage off (surprising an
+        # allocation on a hot path someone disabled precisely to keep zero-alloc).
+        _clear_registry!()
+        AAP.disable_auto_manage!()
+        pool = _inactive_bloated(1_000_000, 100)
+        AAP.register_auto_manage!(pool)
+
+        AAP._auto_manage_sweep!(nothing)                    # last pre-disable sweep sets the flag
+        @test (@atomic pool._compact_requested) == true
+
+        AAP.disable_auto_manage!()                          # explicit off → must also clear flags
+        @test AAP.auto_manage_enabled() == false
+        @test (@atomic pool._compact_requested) == false    # stale request dropped
+
+        AAP._maybe_auto_manage!(pool)                       # a later scope entry now no-ops
+        @test (@atomic pool._compact_requested) == false
+        @test _cap(pool.float64.vectors[1]) >= 1_000_000     # NOT compacted post-disable
+        _clear_registry!()
+    end
+
     @testset "enable! replaces an existing timer (closes the old one)" begin
         AAP.disable_auto_manage!()
         AAP.enable_auto_manage!(compact_interval = 0.1)