diff --git a/.changes/http-release-request-resources.md b/.changes/http-release-request-resources.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f83b0518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/http-release-request-resources.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"http": patch
+"http-js": patch
+---
+
+`fetch_send` now releases the request's resources once the send settles. Before, a request that got a response or failed to send left its `FetchRequest` and abort sender in the webview's resource table until the webview was destroyed, so a long-lived app grew with every request.
diff --git a/plugins/http/src/commands.rs b/plugins/http/src/commands.rs
index d4775c48f..fe5c3bcde 100644
--- a/plugins/http/src/commands.rs
+++ b/plugins/http/src/commands.rs
@@ -438,14 +438,19 @@ pub async fn fetch_send<R: Runtime>(
     let mut fut = req.fut.lock().await;
 
     let res = tokio::select! {
-        res = fut.as_mut() => res?,
-        _ = abort_rx.0 => {
-            let mut resources_table = webview.resources_table();
-            resources_table.close(rid)?;
-            return Err(Error::RequestCanceled);
-        }
+        res = fut.as_mut() => res,
+        _ = abort_rx.0 => Err(Error::RequestCanceled),
     };
 
+    // Release resources
+    {
+        let mut resources_table = webview.resources_table();
+        let _ = resources_table.take::<AbortSender>(req.abort_tx_rid);
+        let _ = resources_table.close(rid);
+    }
+
+    let res = res?;
+
     #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
     tracing::trace!("{:?}", res);