diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-chaos.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-chaos.yml
index fea82073..f9c35261 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-chaos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-chaos.yml
@@ -340,6 +340,10 @@ jobs:
           " || true
       - name: Run Python worker benchmarks (sweep, jitter, rescue)
         timeout-minutes: 15
+        env:
+          # A native crash here prints no Python frame on its own; #434 was
+          # diagnosable only from the shell's "Segmentation fault" line.
+          PYTHONFAULTHANDLER: "1"
         run: |
           set -o pipefail
           PYTHONPATH=scripts .venv/bin/python scripts/benchmark_runtime.py --scenario workers \
diff --git a/awa-python/scripts/benchmark_runtime.py b/awa-python/scripts/benchmark_runtime.py
index d545edf0..55bec18a 100644
--- a/awa-python/scripts/benchmark_runtime.py
+++ b/awa-python/scripts/benchmark_runtime.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import argparse
 import asyncio
 import os
+import sys
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from statistics import quantiles
@@ -1074,9 +1075,36 @@ def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
     return parser.parse_args()
 
 
+def _flush_std_streams() -> None:
+    """Flush stdout and stderr, tolerating an already-closed stream.
+
+    `os._exit` skips stdio, this script uses buffered output rather than
+    `flush=True` per print, and the nightly tees stdout into the artifact the
+    regression checker reads — so without this the artifact comes out empty.
+
+    A raising flush would propagate out of `main` and hand control back to
+    normal interpreter finalization, which is the crash path the caller is
+    avoiding. Mirrors `_flush_std_streams` in `tests/_subprocess_exit.py`;
+    duplicated because that module lives outside this script's import path.
+    """
+    for stream in (sys.stdout, sys.stderr):
+        try:
+            stream.flush()
+        except (OSError, ValueError):
+            pass
+
+
 def main() -> None:
     asyncio.run(async_main(parse_args()))
 
+    # Exit before the interpreter finalizer phase: the pyo3-async-runtimes
+    # tokio runtime is process-global and its outstanding tasks hold Python
+    # references, so finalization can SIGSEGV after correct output (#434,
+    # #228, PyO3/pyo3#1415). `tests/_subprocess_exit.py` does the same for
+    # the chaos helpers.
+    _flush_std_streams()
+    os._exit(0)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
diff --git a/awa-python/tests/_subprocess_exit.py b/awa-python/tests/_subprocess_exit.py
index 452405e8..3acedefb 100644
--- a/awa-python/tests/_subprocess_exit.py
+++ b/awa-python/tests/_subprocess_exit.py
@@ -1,12 +1,29 @@
 import asyncio
 import os
 import signal
+import sys
 from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
 from types import FrameType
 from typing import NoReturn
 
 
+def _flush_std_streams() -> None:
+    """Flush stdout and stderr before a forced exit, tolerating a closed stream.
+
+    `os._exit` skips stdio, so callers may rely on this for their final
+    flush rather than passing `flush=True` on every print. A raising flush
+    is swallowed: letting it propagate would hand control back to normal
+    interpreter finalization, which is what the caller is avoiding.
+    """
+    for stream in (sys.stdout, sys.stderr):
+        try:
+            stream.flush()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+
 def _exit_from_signal(signum: int, _frame: FrameType | None) -> NoReturn:
+    _flush_std_streams()
     os._exit(128 + signum)
 
 
@@ -18,4 +35,5 @@ def install_exit_without_finalizers_on_signals() -> None:
 def run_async_main_without_finalizers(main: Callable[[], Awaitable[None]]) -> NoReturn:
     install_exit_without_finalizers_on_signals()
     asyncio.run(main())
+    _flush_std_streams()
     os._exit(0)