diff --git a/backend/server.js b/backend/server.js
index 1a6341b8..df3de9d4 100644
--- a/backend/server.js
+++ b/backend/server.js
@@ -196,10 +196,4 @@ server.on("error", (err) => {
 process.on("uncaughtException", (err) => {
   console.error("Uncaught Exception:", err);
   process.exit(1);
-});
-
-// Handle unhandled promise rejections
-process.on("unhandledRejection", (reason, promise) => {
-  console.error("Unhandled Rejection at:", promise, "reason:", reason);
-  process.exit(1);
 });
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diff --git a/backend/tests/unhandledRejection.policy.unit.test.js b/backend/tests/unhandledRejection.policy.unit.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2eef436f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/unhandledRejection.policy.unit.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { resolve } from "node:path";
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// unhandledRejection policy fix (issue #1441): two contradictory global
+// listeners existed — the first logs and continues, the second called
+// process.exit(1), so any unhandled rejection killed the whole server.
+// Exactly one log-and-continue policy must remain.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const serverSource = readFileSync(resolve(__dirname, "../server.js"), "utf8");
+
+describe("server.js unhandledRejection policy", () => {
+  it("registers exactly one unhandledRejection listener", () => {
+    const matches = serverSource.match(/process\.on\(\s*["']unhandledRejection["']/g) || [];
+    expect(matches.length).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("does not exit the process from the unhandledRejection handler", () => {
+    const listenerBlock = serverSource.slice(
+      serverSource.indexOf('"unhandledRejection"'),
+      serverSource.indexOf("unhandledRejection") + 300
+    );
+    expect(listenerBlock).not.toMatch(/process\.exit/);
+  });
+});