diff --git a/bindings/otel-thread-ctx.cc b/bindings/otel-thread-ctx.cc
index c98bb209..2aaea7ba 100644
--- a/bindings/otel-thread-ctx.cc
+++ b/bindings/otel-thread-ctx.cc
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ class CtxWrap : public ObjectWrap {
   static void New(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args);
   static void DebugBytes(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args);
   static void Append(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args);
+  static void Invalidate(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args);
   static void IsTruncated(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args);
 
   // Encode the JS array at `attrs_val` into `out` as packed (key, len, value)
@@ -543,6 +544,25 @@ void CtxWrap::Append(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   free(old_rec);
 }
 
+// Mark this record's `valid` byte as 0 in place. Every async-context
+// frame that holds this ThreadContext reference — including those that
+// merely inherited it verbatim from a parent frame — will subsequently
+// present the same shared record to a reader, so this one write drops
+// the record out of scope for every such frame at once. Intended for
+// span-finish, where clearing the current frame's context via
+// `clearContext()` alone leaves sibling / detached-continuation frames
+// still exposing the finished span. Idempotent; safe to call multiple
+// times.
+void CtxWrap::Invalidate(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
+  CtxWrap* self = ObjectWrap::Unwrap<CtxWrap>(args.This());
+  if (!self) {
+    args.GetIsolate()->ThrowError("not a ThreadContext");
+    return;
+  }
+  std::atomic_signal_fence(std::memory_order_release);
+  *reinterpret_cast<volatile uint8_t*>(&self->record_->valid) = 0;
+}
+
 // Returns true if any attribute was ever dropped from this wrapper's
 // record because it would have pushed attrs_data past the cap — set during
 // CtxWrap::New() if the initial set didn't fit, or by any subsequent
@@ -587,6 +607,9 @@ void CtxWrap::Init(Local<Object> exports) {
   tpl->PrototypeTemplate()->Set(
       String::NewFromUtf8Literal(isolate, "appendAttributes"),
       FunctionTemplate::New(isolate, Append));
+  tpl->PrototypeTemplate()->Set(
+      String::NewFromUtf8Literal(isolate, "invalidate"),
+      FunctionTemplate::New(isolate, Invalidate));
   tpl->PrototypeTemplate()->Set(
       String::NewFromUtf8Literal(isolate, "isTruncated"),
       FunctionTemplate::New(isolate, IsTruncated));
diff --git a/ts/src/otel-thread-ctx.ts b/ts/src/otel-thread-ctx.ts
index cbc91c93..b5d9e75b 100644
--- a/ts/src/otel-thread-ctx.ts
+++ b/ts/src/otel-thread-ctx.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,20 @@ export interface ThreadContext {
   appendAttributes(
     attributes: Array<string | null | undefined> | undefined,
   ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Mark this context's underlying record `valid` byte as 0 in place.
+   * Every async-context frame that still holds this `ThreadContext`
+   * reference (including those that inherited it verbatim from a
+   * parent frame) will subsequently present a record with `valid = 0`
+   * to a reader, so this one call drops the record out of scope for
+   * every such frame at once. Intended for the span-finish path, where
+   * clearing only the current frame's context via {@link clearContext}
+   * would leave sibling and detached-continuation frames still exposing
+   * the finished span's trace / span IDs. Idempotent.
+   */
+  invalidate(): void;
+
   isTruncated(): boolean;
   /** Debug-only: returns the on-the-wire record bytes. Not stable. */
   debugBytes(): Uint8Array;
@@ -224,6 +238,7 @@ if (process.platform === 'linux') {
   // AsyncLocalStorage.
   class NoopThreadContext implements ThreadContext {
     appendAttributes(): void {}
+    invalidate(): void {}
     isTruncated(): boolean {
       return false;
     }
diff --git a/ts/test/test-otel-thread-ctx.ts b/ts/test/test-otel-thread-ctx.ts
index f6229f2c..d19167d1 100644
--- a/ts/test/test-otel-thread-ctx.ts
+++ b/ts/test/test-otel-thread-ctx.ts
@@ -696,6 +696,43 @@ function captureBytes(opts: {
       });
     });
 
+    describe('invalidate', () => {
+      it('flips the record valid byte to 0 in place', () => {
+        // Verified through the shared record: same ThreadContext reference
+        // observed by any async-context frame that inherits it sees the
+        // new valid=0 the moment we call invalidate() on any of them.
+        const ctx = new ThreadContext(TRACE_ID_BYTES, SPAN_ID_BYTES);
+        ctx.run(() => {
+          strictAssert.equal(decodeHeader(_currentRecordBytes()!).valid, 1);
+          ctx.invalidate();
+          strictAssert.equal(decodeHeader(_currentRecordBytes()!).valid, 0);
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('is idempotent', () => {
+        const ctx = new ThreadContext(TRACE_ID_BYTES, SPAN_ID_BYTES);
+        ctx.run(() => {
+          ctx.invalidate();
+          ctx.invalidate();
+          strictAssert.equal(decodeHeader(_currentRecordBytes()!).valid, 0);
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('appendAttributes after invalidate mutates attrs_data but leaves valid=0', () => {
+        // valid is a separate byte from attrs_data — an invalidated record
+        // can still grow via appendAttributes; readers MUST honor
+        // valid==0 and ignore the record regardless.
+        const ctx = new ThreadContext(TRACE_ID_BYTES, SPAN_ID_BYTES);
+        ctx.run(() => {
+          ctx.invalidate();
+          ctx.appendAttributes([, 'late']);
+          const hdr = decodeHeader(_currentRecordBytes()!);
+          strictAssert.equal(hdr.valid, 0);
+          strictAssert.equal(hdr.attrsDataSize, 6); // key(1) + len(1) + 'late'(4)
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
     describe('getProcessContextAttributes', () => {
       it('rejects non-array keys', () => {
         strictAssert.throws(