diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/RemoteModule.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/RemoteModule.java
index 4cac1fdc44bacf..cce90c4956e436 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/RemoteModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/RemoteModule.java
@@ -695,6 +695,7 @@ private static ReferenceCountedChannel createChannel(
                 requirement),
             maxConnections);
     // Eagerly start creating the channel and verifying the capabilities in the background.
+    // TODO(tjgq): Make sure this task doesn't linger beyond afterCommand().
     var unused =
         executorService.submit(
             () -> {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/RemoteModuleTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/RemoteModuleTest.java
index 994f23fcae5df4..ccc39fa1f1c0a4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/RemoteModuleTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/RemoteModuleTest.java
@@ -241,6 +241,12 @@ public void testVerifyCapabilities_none() throws Exception {
       // Remote downloader uses Remote Asset API, and Bazel doesn't have any capability requirement
       // on the endpoint. Expecting the request count is 0.
       assertThat(cacheCapabilitiesImpl.getRequestCount()).isEqualTo(0);
+
+      // Retrieve the execution capabilities so that the asynchronous task that eagerly requests
+      // them doesn't leak and accidentally interfere with other test cases.
+      assertThat(remoteModule.getActionContextProvider().getRemoteCache().getCacheCapabilities())
+          .isEqualTo(EXEC_AND_CACHE_CAPS.getCacheCapabilities());
+
       assertCircuitBreakerInstance();
     } finally {
       executionServer.shutdownNow();