diff --git a/packages/hosts/cloudflare/src/mcp/agent-session-durable-object.test.ts b/packages/hosts/cloudflare/src/mcp/agent-session-durable-object.test.ts
index fe70e4cb2..8072df7e5 100644
--- a/packages/hosts/cloudflare/src/mcp/agent-session-durable-object.test.ts
+++ b/packages/hosts/cloudflare/src/mcp/agent-session-durable-object.test.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ type HarnessSession = {
   ctx: MemoryStorage;
   dbHandle: { readonly end: () => void } | null;
   engine: ExecutionEngine<Cause.YieldableError> | null;
+  getConnections?: () => Iterable<unknown>;
   getSessionId: () => string;
   initialized: boolean;
   lastActivityMs: number;
@@ -307,6 +308,56 @@ describe("McpAgentSessionDOBase apps capability persistence", () => {
 });
 
 describe("McpAgentSessionDOBase transport restore", () => {
+  it("preserves hibernated response streams when a cold isolate starts", async () => {
+    const session = await makeHarnessSession();
+    let closeCalls = 0;
+
+    session.initialized = false;
+    session.engine = null;
+    session.dbHandle = null;
+    delete session.server;
+    session.getConnections = () => [
+      {
+        close: () => {
+          closeCalls += 1;
+        },
+      },
+    ];
+    session.runMcpAgentOnStart = async () => {
+      session.server = makeServer();
+      session.engine = makeEngine().engine;
+      session.initialized = true;
+    };
+
+    await session.onStart();
+
+    expect(closeCalls).toBe(0);
+    expect(session.initialized).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("closes response streams when an in-memory runtime restarts", async () => {
+    const session = await makeHarnessSession();
+    let closeCalls = 0;
+
+    session.getConnections = () => [
+      {
+        close: () => {
+          closeCalls += 1;
+        },
+      },
+    ];
+    session.runMcpAgentOnStart = async () => {
+      session.server = makeServer();
+      session.engine = makeEngine().engine;
+      session.initialized = true;
+    };
+
+    await session.onStart();
+
+    expect(closeCalls).toBe(1);
+    expect(session.initialized).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("restores a same-session request after idle disposal leaves a stale server transport", async () => {
     const session = await makeHarnessSession();
 
diff --git a/packages/hosts/cloudflare/src/mcp/agent-session-durable-object.ts b/packages/hosts/cloudflare/src/mcp/agent-session-durable-object.ts
index 09734bdc3..4ccc51965 100644
--- a/packages/hosts/cloudflare/src/mcp/agent-session-durable-object.ts
+++ b/packages/hosts/cloudflare/src/mcp/agent-session-durable-object.ts
@@ -619,11 +619,13 @@ export abstract class McpAgentSessionDOBase<
       : built;
   }
 
-  private closeRuntime(): Effect.Effect<void> {
+  private closeRuntime(options: { readonly closeStreams?: boolean } = {}): Effect.Effect<void> {
     const self = this;
     return Effect.gen(function* () {
       yield* self.releaseAllPendingApprovalLeases();
-      yield* Effect.sync(() => self.closeActiveStreams());
+      if (options.closeStreams ?? true) {
+        yield* Effect.sync(() => self.closeActiveStreams());
+      }
       if (self.server) {
         const server = self.server;
         delete (self as { server?: McpServer }).server;
@@ -658,7 +660,15 @@ export abstract class McpAgentSessionDOBase<
   private startRuntimeFromOnStart(props?: McpSessionProps): Effect.Effect<void> {
     const self = this;
     return Effect.gen(function* () {
-      yield* self.closeRuntime();
+      // PartyServer can rehydrate WebSockets before onStart runs in a
+      // cold-restored isolate. With no in-memory runtime to replace, those
+      // sockets are the live MCP response streams that triggered the restore.
+      const hasInMemoryRuntime =
+        self.initialized ||
+        self.engine !== null ||
+        self.dbHandle !== null ||
+        self.server !== undefined;
+      yield* self.closeRuntime({ closeStreams: hasInMemoryRuntime });
       const started = yield* Effect.exit(Effect.promise(() => self.runMcpAgentOnStart(props)));
       if (Exit.isFailure(started)) {
         yield* self.closeRuntime();