diff --git a/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager.c b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager.c
index 1c1155ff2e..66a672b835 100644
--- a/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager.c
+++ b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager.c
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ static void handle_idle_disconnect_request(struct vine_manager *q, struct vine_w
 		debug(D_VINE, "Accepting disconnect request from worker %s (%s).", w->hostname, w->addrport);
 		q->stats->workers_idled_out++;
 		vine_manager_send(q, w, "exit\n");
+		hash_table_insert(q->workers_idle_disconnecting, w->hashkey, w);
 	}
 
 	return;
@@ -1523,7 +1524,12 @@ we remove the worker and retry the tasks dispatched to it elsewhere.
 
 static void handle_worker_failure(struct vine_manager *q, struct vine_worker_info *w)
 {
-	vine_manager_remove_worker(q, w, VINE_WORKER_DISCONNECT_FAILURE);
+	vine_worker_disconnect_reason_t reason = VINE_WORKER_DISCONNECT_FAILURE;
+	if (hash_table_remove(q->workers_idle_disconnecting, w->hashkey)) {
+		reason = VINE_WORKER_DISCONNECT_IDLE_OUT;
+	}
+
+	vine_manager_remove_worker(q, w, reason);
 	return;
 }
 
@@ -4050,6 +4056,7 @@ struct vine_manager *vine_ssl_create(int port, const char *key, const char *cert
 	q->file_worker_table = hash_table_create(0, 0);
 	q->temp_files_to_replicate = priority_queue_create(0);
 	q->worker_blocklist = hash_table_create(0, 0);
+	q->workers_idle_disconnecting = hash_table_create(0, 0);
 
 	q->file_table = hash_table_create(0, 0);
 
@@ -4410,6 +4417,8 @@ void vine_delete(struct vine_manager *q)
 	hash_table_clear(q->worker_blocklist, (void *)vine_blocklist_info_delete);
 	hash_table_delete(q->worker_blocklist);
 
+	hash_table_delete(q->workers_idle_disconnecting);
+
 	vine_current_transfers_clear(q);
 	hash_table_delete(q->current_transfer_table);
 
diff --git a/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager.h b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager.h
index d1766d99e8..bcc2d2afd1 100644
--- a/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager.h
+++ b/taskvine/src/manager/vine_manager.h
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ struct vine_manager {
 	struct hash_table *workers_with_watched_file_updates;  /* Maps link -> vine_worker_info */
 	struct hash_table *current_transfer_table; 	/* Maps uuid -> struct transfer_pair */
 	struct itable     *task_group_table; 	/* Maps group id -> list vine_task */
+	struct hash_table *workers_idle_disconnecting;  /* set of workers that were granted a request to idle disconnect, and are in the process of disconnecting. */
 
 	/* Primary data structures for tracking files. */