diff --git a/src/lib/sdk.ts b/src/lib/sdk.ts
index 33cfaa5..0b752fe 100644
--- a/src/lib/sdk.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sdk.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 // expo/fetch provides WinterCG-compliant fetch with ReadableStream support for SSE
 import { fetch as expoFetch } from "expo/fetch"
 import { buildRequestHeaders } from "./headers"
+import { SSEParser } from "./sse"
 
 export interface ClientConfig {
   baseUrl: string
@@ -220,27 +221,18 @@ export function createClient(config: ClientConfig) {
 
         const reader = response.body.getReader()
         const decoder = new TextDecoder()
-        let buffer = ""
+        const parser = new SSEParser()
 
         try {
           while (true) {
             const { done, value } = await reader.read()
             if (done) break
 
-            buffer += decoder.decode(value, { stream: true })
-            const lines = buffer.split("\n")
-            buffer = lines.pop() || ""
-
-            for (const line of lines) {
-              if (line.startsWith("data: ")) {
-                const data = line.slice(6)
-                if (data && data !== "[DONE]") {
-                  try {
-                    yield JSON.parse(data)
-                  } catch (err) {
-                    console.warn("[SSE] Failed to parse event:", data.slice(0, 200), err)
-                  }
-                }
+            for (const data of parser.push(decoder.decode(value, { stream: true }))) {
+              try {
+                yield JSON.parse(data)
+              } catch (err) {
+                console.warn("[SSE] Failed to parse event:", data.slice(0, 200), err)
               }
             }
           }
diff --git a/src/lib/sse.test.ts b/src/lib/sse.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..396ab51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/sse.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { test } from "node:test"
+import assert from "node:assert/strict"
+import { SSEParser } from "./sse.ts"
+
+// The opencode live chat is driven by this SSE stream. The hard cases are framing:
+// events that arrive split across network reads must not be dropped or corrupted.
+
+test("parses a single complete data frame in one chunk", () => {
+  const p = new SSEParser()
+  assert.deepEqual(p.push('data: {"x":1}\n'), ['{"x":1}'])
+})
+
+test("parses multiple frames in one chunk in order", () => {
+  const p = new SSEParser()
+  assert.deepEqual(p.push("data: a\ndata: b\ndata: c\n"), ["a", "b", "c"])
+})
+
+test("holds a partial trailing line until the next chunk completes it", () => {
+  const p = new SSEParser()
+  // First read ends mid-frame (no trailing newline yet).
+  assert.deepEqual(p.push('data: {"hello":'), [])
+  // Second read delivers the rest plus the terminating newline.
+  assert.deepEqual(p.push('"world"}\n'), ['{"hello":"world"}'])
+})
+
+test("reassembles a frame split across three reads", () => {
+  const p = new SSEParser()
+  assert.deepEqual(p.push("dat"), [])
+  assert.deepEqual(p.push("a: par"), [])
+  assert.deepEqual(p.push("tial\n"), ["partial"])
+})
+
+test("filters the [DONE] sentinel", () => {
+  const p = new SSEParser()
+  assert.deepEqual(p.push("data: [DONE]\n"), [])
+  assert.deepEqual(p.push("data: real\ndata: [DONE]\n"), ["real"])
+})
+
+test("ignores empty data payloads and non-data lines", () => {
+  const p = new SSEParser()
+  // keepalive comment, an event: line, a blank line, and an empty data payload
+  assert.deepEqual(p.push(": keepalive\nevent: ping\n\ndata: \ndata: x\n"), ["x"])
+})
+
+test("a frame held across chunks is emitted exactly once", () => {
+  const p = new SSEParser()
+  const first = p.push("data: one\ndata: tw")
+  const second = p.push("o\ndata: three\n")
+  assert.deepEqual(first, ["one"])
+  assert.deepEqual(second, ["two", "three"])
+})
+
+test("blank chunk yields nothing and preserves the held buffer", () => {
+  const p = new SSEParser()
+  assert.deepEqual(p.push("data: held"), [])
+  assert.deepEqual(p.push(""), [])
+  assert.deepEqual(p.push("\n"), ["held"])
+})
+
+test("data payload preserves internal colons and spaces (only the 'data: ' prefix is stripped)", () => {
+  const p = new SSEParser()
+  assert.deepEqual(p.push('data: {"url":"http://x:1"}\n'), ['{"url":"http://x:1"}'])
+})
diff --git a/src/lib/sse.ts b/src/lib/sse.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d91fa1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/sse.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Pure, transport-agnostic Server-Sent Events framing for the opencode event stream.
+// Extracted from sdk.ts so the chunk-buffering rules — which are easy to get wrong when
+// a single event is split across two network reads — are unit-testable without a socket.
+
+export class SSEParser {
+  private buffer = ""
+
+  /**
+   * Feed one decoded text chunk. Returns the `data:` payloads (as raw strings)
+   * that completed within this chunk. A partial trailing line is retained and
+   * prepended to the next chunk. The `[DONE]` sentinel and empty payloads are
+   * filtered out. Lines that are not `data:` frames (comments, `event:`, blanks)
+   * are ignored. Callers JSON-parse the returned strings.
+   */
+  push(chunk: string): string[] {
+    this.buffer += chunk
+    const lines = this.buffer.split("\n")
+    // The last element is whatever came after the final newline — possibly an
+    // incomplete line. Hold it until the next chunk completes it.
+    this.buffer = lines.pop() ?? ""
+
+    const out: string[] = []
+    for (const line of lines) {
+      if (line.startsWith("data: ")) {
+        const data = line.slice(6)
+        if (data && data !== "[DONE]") out.push(data)
+      }
+    }
+    return out
+  }
+}