diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
index 2e15249f6d47..bd8979396510 100644
--- a/.clang-format
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ BreakConstructorInitializers: BeforeColon
 BreakInheritanceList: BeforeColon
 BreakStringLiterals: true
 ColumnLimit: 100
-CommentPragmas: '^ IWYU pragma:'
+CommentPragmas: '(IWYU pragma:|SPDX-)'
 CompactNamespaces: false
 ConstructorInitializerAllOnOneLineOrOnePerLine: true
 # Kept the below 2 to be the same as `IndentWidth` to keep everything uniform
diff --git a/cpp/src/runtime/context.cpp b/cpp/src/runtime/context.cpp
index 2a15321862c0..be7be0cb446c 100644
--- a/cpp/src/runtime/context.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/runtime/context.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
@@ -55,7 +55,12 @@ void context::ensure_jit_cache_initialized()
   });
 }
 
-context::~context() { rtcx::teardown(); }
+context::~context()
+{
+  _jit_bundle.reset();
+  _rtcx_cache.reset();
+  rtcx::teardown();
+}
 
 rtcx::cache_t& context::rtcx_cache()
 {
diff --git a/cpp/tests/utilities_tests/context_tests.cpp b/cpp/tests/utilities_tests/context_tests.cpp
index 32ff707e3beb..8c66e337dbf5 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/utilities_tests/context_tests.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/utilities_tests/context_tests.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
 #include <cudf_test/base_fixture.hpp>
+#include <cudf_test/column_wrapper.hpp>
 
+#include <cudf/ast/expressions.hpp>
+#include <cudf/column/column.hpp>
 #include <cudf/context.hpp>
+#include <cudf/table/table_view.hpp>
+#include <cudf/transform.hpp>
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
@@ -35,6 +40,29 @@ TEST_F(ContextTest, InitializeAfterTeardown)
   EXPECT_NO_THROW(cudf::initialize(cudf::init_flags::INIT_JIT_CACHE));
 }
 
+TEST_F(ContextTest, TeardownAfterJitCacheUse)
+{
+  auto compute_column = [] {
+    auto c_0        = cudf::test::fixed_width_column_wrapper<cudf::size_type>{3, 20, 1, 50};
+    auto c_1        = cudf::test::fixed_width_column_wrapper<cudf::size_type>{10, 7, 20, 0};
+    auto table      = cudf::table_view{{c_0, c_1}};
+    auto col_ref_0  = cudf::ast::column_reference(0);
+    auto col_ref_1  = cudf::ast::column_reference(1);
+    auto expression = cudf::ast::operation(cudf::ast::ast_operator::ADD, col_ref_0, col_ref_1);
+
+    auto result = cudf::compute_column_jit(table, expression);
+    EXPECT_EQ(result->size(), cudf::size_type{4});
+  };
+
+  cudf::initialize(cudf::init_flags::INIT_JIT_CACHE);
+  ASSERT_NO_THROW(compute_column());
+  EXPECT_NO_THROW(cudf::teardown());
+
+  cudf::initialize(cudf::init_flags::INIT_JIT_CACHE);
+  ASSERT_NO_THROW(compute_column());
+  EXPECT_NO_THROW(cudf::teardown());
+}
+
 TEST_F(ContextTest, TeardownWithoutInitialize) { EXPECT_NO_THROW(cudf::teardown()); }
 
 TEST_F(ContextTest, MultipleTeardownCalls)