diff --git a/platform/consumer/consumer.go b/platform/consumer/consumer.go
index 93c19ffe..0569ba2d 100644
--- a/platform/consumer/consumer.go
+++ b/platform/consumer/consumer.go
@@ -43,9 +43,8 @@ type Consumer interface {
 	Register(controller Controller) error
 
 	// Start subscribes to all registered controllers' topics and begins consuming messages.
-	// Context is cancelled when the consumer is stopped, the implementation should propagate it to the controllers
-	// running message processing. The implementation can react immediately to the context cancellation by returning `ctx.Err()` instead of starting the message processing,
-	// but can also opt out to defer the cancellation after the message processing routine is set up.
+	// ctx governs only the synchronous subscribe calls; consume loops run independently
+	// and must be terminated by calling Stop().
 	// Start() will only be called once at the application startup, so it does not need to be idempotent.
 	Start(ctx context.Context) error
 
@@ -191,8 +190,8 @@ func (m *consumer) subscribe(ctx context.Context, controller Controller) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("subscribe failed: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// Create cancellable context for this controller
-	controllerCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	// Manage the controller lifecycle independently of the caller's context.
+	controllerCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.WithoutCancel(ctx))
 
 	// Track active subscription
 	done := make(chan struct{})
@@ -227,7 +226,7 @@ func (m *consumer) subscribe(ctx context.Context, controller Controller) error {
 //	  └── processPartition("part-N")
 //
 // Shutdown sequence:
-//  1. ctx is cancelled (by Stop or parent context)
+//  1. ctx is cancelled (by Stop)
 //  2. consumeLoop exits the select loop and runs the deferred cleanup
 //  3. All partition channels are closed, causing processPartition goroutines to
 //     drain remaining buffered messages and return (range loop ends)
@@ -322,7 +321,7 @@ func (m *consumer) shutdownPartitions(partitionChs map[string]chan extqueue.Deli
 //
 // The loop exits when either:
 //   - deliveryCh is closed (consumeLoop cleanup)
-//   - ctx is cancelled (graceful shutdown)
+//   - ctx is cancelled (by Stop)
 //
 // On context cancellation, the current delivery being read from the channel is
 // dropped without processing. This is safe because the queue's visibility timeout
diff --git a/platform/consumer/consumer_test.go b/platform/consumer/consumer_test.go
index 12e3a285..1bf4682f 100644
--- a/platform/consumer/consumer_test.go
+++ b/platform/consumer/consumer_test.go
@@ -811,3 +811,52 @@ func TestConsumer_PartitionWorkerCleanup(t *testing.T) {
 	err = c.Stop(30000)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestConsumer_ConsumeLoopSurvivesCallerDeadline(t *testing.T) {
+	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
+	logger := zaptest.NewLogger(t).Sugar()
+
+	deliveryChan := make(chan extqueue.Delivery, 1)
+	mockSub := queuemock.NewMockSubscriber(ctrl)
+	mockSub.EXPECT().Subscribe(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).Return(deliveryChan, nil)
+
+	mockQ := queuemock.NewMockQueue(ctrl)
+	mockQ.EXPECT().Subscriber().Return(mockSub)
+
+	reg := newRegistry(t, mockQ, topickey.TopicKeyStart, "test-group")
+
+	c := consumer.New(logger, tally.NoopScope, reg, errs.NewClassifierProcessor())
+
+	processed := make(chan string, 1)
+	handler := consumermock.NewMockController(ctrl)
+	setupController(handler, "test-handler", topickey.TopicKeyStart, "test-group",
+		func(ctx context.Context, delivery consumer.Delivery) error {
+			processed <- delivery.Message().ID
+			return nil
+		},
+	)
+
+	err := c.Register(handler)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Start with a context that expires quickly, simulating an Fx OnStart hook.
+	startCtx, startCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 50*time.Millisecond)
+	defer startCancel()
+
+	err = c.Start(startCtx)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	<-startCtx.Done()
+
+	msg := entityqueue.NewMessage("after-deadline", []byte("payload"), "partition1", nil)
+	mockDel := queuemock.NewMockDelivery(ctrl)
+	done := setupDelivery(mockDel, msg, nil, nil)
+
+	deliveryChan <- mockDel
+	<-done
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "after-deadline", <-processed)
+
+	err = c.Stop(30000)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}