fix: Improve shutdown process for IRC Gateway and Server Directory services

src/EchoHub.Server.Irc/IrcGatewayService.cs

@@ -141,17 +141,24 @@ public sealed class IrcGatewayService : BackgroundService
 
     public override async Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
+        // Cancel ExecuteAsync first so listeners stop accepting
+        await base.StopAsync(cancellationToken);
+
+        // Force-close any remaining client connections
         foreach (var (_, conn) in _connections)
         {
             try
             {
-                await conn.SendAsync("ERROR :Server shutting down");
+                await conn.SendAsync("ERROR :Server shutting down")
-                await conn.DisposeAsync();
+                    .WaitAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2));
             }
             catch { }
+            finally
+            {
+                try { await conn.DisposeAsync(); }
+                catch { }
+            }
         }
         _connections.Clear();
-
-        await base.StopAsync(cancellationToken);
     }
 }

src/EchoHub.Server/Services/ServerDirectoryService.cs

@@ -177,13 +177,9 @@ public sealed class ServerDirectoryService(
 
     public override async Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
-        if (_connection is not null)
+        // Cancel ExecuteAsync first — it disposes the connection via await using
-        {
-            await _connection.DisposeAsync();
-            _connection = null;
-        }
-
         await base.StopAsync(cancellationToken);
+        _connection = null;
     }
 
     /// <summary>