diff --git a/astrbot/core/provider/func_tool_manager.py b/astrbot/core/provider/func_tool_manager.py
index 8a2565c41d..7a6608303b 100644
--- a/astrbot/core/provider/func_tool_manager.py
+++ b/astrbot/core/provider/func_tool_manager.py
@@ -666,25 +666,56 @@ async def _start_mcp_server(
         if shutdown_event is None:
             shutdown_event = asyncio.Event()
 
-        mcp_client: MCPClient | None = None
-        try:
-            mcp_client = await asyncio.wait_for(
-                self._init_mcp_client(name, cfg),
-                timeout=timeout,
+        mcp_client = MCPClient()
+        mcp_client.name = name
+
+        connect_done = asyncio.Event()
+        connect_error: BaseException | None = None
+
+        async def connect_and_lifecycle() -> None:
+            # Single task that handles connect, lifecycle, and cleanup.
+
+            nonlocal connect_error
+            try:
+                await mcp_client.connect_to_server(cfg, name)
+                await mcp_client.list_tools_and_save()
+            except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                # cleanup on cancellation
+                try:
+                    await mcp_client.cleanup()
+                except BaseException:
+                    pass
+                raise
+            except Exception as e:
+                connect_error = e
+                try:
+                    await mcp_client.cleanup()
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
+                connect_done.set()
+                return
+
+            # Register tools
+            self.func_list = [
+                f
+                for f in self.func_list
+                if not (isinstance(f, MCPTool) and f.mcp_server_name == name)
+            ]
+            for tool in mcp_client.tools:
+                func_tool = MCPTool(
+                    mcp_tool=tool,
+                    mcp_client=mcp_client,
+                    mcp_server_name=name,
+                )
+                self.func_list.append(func_tool)
+
+            logger.info(
+                f"Connected to MCP server {name}, "
+                f"Tools: {[t.name for t in mcp_client.tools]}"
             )
-        except asyncio.TimeoutError as exc:
-            raise MCPInitTimeoutError(
-                f"Connected to MCP server {name} timeout ({timeout:g} seconds)"
-            ) from exc
-        except Exception:
-            logger.error(f"Failed to initialize MCP client {name}", exc_info=True)
-            raise
-        finally:
-            if mcp_client is None:
-                async with self._runtime_lock:
-                    self._mcp_starting.discard(name)
 
-        async def lifecycle() -> None:
+            connect_done.set()
+
             try:
                 await shutdown_event.wait()
                 logger.info(f"Received shutdown signal for MCP client {name}")
@@ -692,9 +723,12 @@ async def lifecycle() -> None:
                 logger.debug(f"MCP client {name} task was cancelled")
                 raise
             finally:
-                await self._terminate_mcp_client(name)
+                # Cleanup in the same task that entered the anyio contexts
+                await asyncio.shield(self._terminate_mcp_client(name))
 
-        lifecycle_task = asyncio.create_task(lifecycle(), name=f"mcp-client:{name}")
+        lifecycle_task = asyncio.create_task(
+            connect_and_lifecycle(), name=f"mcp-client:{name}"
+        )
         async with self._runtime_lock:
             self._mcp_server_runtime[name] = _MCPServerRuntime(
                 name=name,
@@ -704,6 +738,26 @@ async def lifecycle() -> None:
             )
             self._mcp_starting.discard(name)
 
+        try:
+            await asyncio.wait_for(connect_done.wait(), timeout=timeout)
+        except (asyncio.TimeoutError, asyncio.CancelledError) as e:
+            lifecycle_task.cancel()
+            await asyncio.gather(lifecycle_task, return_exceptions=True)
+            async with self._runtime_lock:
+                self._mcp_starting.discard(name)
+                self._mcp_server_runtime.pop(name, None)
+            if isinstance(e, asyncio.TimeoutError):
+                raise MCPInitTimeoutError(
+                    f"Connected to MCP server {name} timeout ({timeout:g} seconds)"
+                ) from e
+            raise
+
+        if connect_error is not None:
+            async with self._runtime_lock:
+                self._mcp_starting.discard(name)
+                self._mcp_server_runtime.pop(name, None)
+            raise connect_error
+
     async def _shutdown_runtimes(
         self,
         runtimes: list[_MCPServerRuntime],
@@ -768,41 +822,6 @@ async def _cleanup_mcp_client_safely(
                 f"Failed to cleanup MCP client resources {name}: {cleanup_exc}"
             )
 
-    async def _init_mcp_client(self, name: str, config: dict) -> MCPClient:
-        """初始化单个MCP客户端"""
-        mcp_client = MCPClient()
-        mcp_client.name = name
-        try:
-            await mcp_client.connect_to_server(config, name)
-            tools_res = await mcp_client.list_tools_and_save()
-        except asyncio.CancelledError:
-            await self._cleanup_mcp_client_safely(mcp_client, name)
-            raise
-        except Exception:
-            await self._cleanup_mcp_client_safely(mcp_client, name)
-            raise
-        logger.debug(f"MCP server {name} list tools response: {tools_res}")
-        tool_names = [tool.name for tool in tools_res.tools]
-
-        # 移除该MCP服务之前的工具（如有）
-        self.func_list = [
-            f
-            for f in self.func_list
-            if not (isinstance(f, MCPTool) and f.mcp_server_name == name)
-        ]
-
-        # 将 MCP 工具转换为 FuncTool 并添加到 func_list
-        for tool in mcp_client.tools:
-            func_tool = MCPTool(
-                mcp_tool=tool,
-                mcp_client=mcp_client,
-                mcp_server_name=name,
-            )
-            self.func_list.append(func_tool)
-
-        logger.info(f"Connected to MCP server {name}, Tools: {tool_names}")
-        return mcp_client
-
     async def _terminate_mcp_client(self, name: str) -> None:
         """关闭并清理MCP客户端"""
         async with self._runtime_lock: