diff --git a/src/CanKit.Pro.IsoTp/IsoTpChannel.cs b/src/CanKit.Pro.IsoTp/IsoTpChannel.cs
index 32d5ae4e..e0362952 100644
--- a/src/CanKit.Pro.IsoTp/IsoTpChannel.cs
+++ b/src/CanKit.Pro.IsoTp/IsoTpChannel.cs
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ internal sealed class IsoTpChannel : IIsoTpChannel
     /// <summary>
     /// Builds a channel on <paramref name="service"/>. A null <paramref name="actor"/> -- the only
     /// value production passes -- makes the channel create and own its own loop; an injected one
-    /// stays the caller's to dispose.
+    /// stays the caller's to dispose unless the test explicitly transfers ownership.
     /// </summary>
     /// <remarks>
     /// The actor parameter is a seam for tests, not a feature: substituting a loop built on a
@@ -205,13 +205,13 @@ internal sealed class IsoTpChannel : IIsoTpChannel
     /// wire (#112), which are facts about the host and deliberately not on the actor's clock.
     /// </remarks>
     internal IsoTpChannel(ICanBusService service, IsoTpEndpoint endpoint,
-        IsoTpChannelOptions options, bool ownsService, IProtocolActor? actor = null)
+        IsoTpChannelOptions options, bool ownsService, IProtocolActor? actor = null, bool ownsActor = false)
     {
         _service = service ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(service));
         _endpoint = endpoint;
         _options = options ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(options));
         _ownsService = ownsService;
-        _ownsActor = actor is null;
+        _ownsActor = actor is null || ownsActor;
         // Encode once: EncodeStMin throws on negative values; surfacing at Open keeps the RX
         // path free of codec throws that ProtocolActor would only raise as BackgroundException.
         _localStMinRaw = IsoTpFrameCodec.EncodeStMin(_options.LocalStMin);
@@ -772,8 +772,10 @@ void FailInFlightSend()
         // actor is not ours to dispose -- the caller may still be running other channels on it --
         // but the handler is, so it comes off either way rather than outliving this channel on a
         // loop that keeps going.
-        _actor.BackgroundExceptionOccurred -= OnActorBackgroundException;
+        // Keep forwarding through the owned actor's shutdown: Dispose itself can report a
+        // callback that exceeded its join timeout (FR-RAW-023, #449).
         if (_ownsActor) _actor.Dispose();
+        _actor.BackgroundExceptionOccurred -= OnActorBackgroundException;
         _readerCts.Dispose();
 
         // _sendGate is deliberately not disposed, and not waited for either (#339): the wait
diff --git a/tests/CanKit.Pro.Tests/TestCases/IsoTp/IsoTpChannelIntegrationTests.cs b/tests/CanKit.Pro.Tests/TestCases/IsoTp/IsoTpChannelIntegrationTests.cs
index f19bf7ae..d2bcf449 100644
--- a/tests/CanKit.Pro.Tests/TestCases/IsoTp/IsoTpChannelIntegrationTests.cs
+++ b/tests/CanKit.Pro.Tests/TestCases/IsoTp/IsoTpChannelIntegrationTests.cs
@@ -3445,6 +3445,39 @@ public async Task Flow_Parameters_Come_From_The_First_Flow_Control_Only()
         cfs.Should().Be(4);
     }
 
+    // FR-RAW-023, #449: the owned actor reports a shutdown timeout during Dispose itself.
+    // The callback remains held until finally, so the timeout cannot race its release.
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task The_Shutdown_Timeout_Of_The_Channels_Own_Actor_Reaches_Its_Subscribers()
+    {
+        using var bus = ControllableBus.EchoCapable(NewSession());
+        using var service = new CanBusService(bus);
+        using var release = new ManualResetEventSlim();
+        using var actor = new ProtocolActor(ActorExecutionMode.DedicatedThread, null, null,
+            shutdownTimeout: TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(50));
+        using var channel = new IsoTpChannel(service, IsoTpEndpoint.Normal(0x700, 0x708),
+            new IsoTpChannelOptions(), ownsService: false, actor, ownsActor: true);
+        var timedOut = new TaskCompletionSource<Exception>(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
+        channel.BackgroundExceptionOccurred += (_, ex) => { if (ex is TimeoutException) timedOut.TrySetResult(ex); };
+        var held = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
+        try
+        {
+            actor.Post(() =>
+            {
+                held.TrySetResult(true);
+                release.Wait();
+            });
+            await held.Task.WaitAsync(ShortTimeout);
+            channel.Dispose();
+
+            (await timedOut.Task.WaitAsync(ShortTimeout)).Should().BeOfType<TimeoutException>();
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            release.Set();
+        }
+    }
+
     // #56 -- DiscardPendingPdus called from a BackgroundExceptionOccurred handler, which runs on
     // the actor: the post-and-wait would wait for the loop it is on. It runs inline there.
     [Fact]