diff --git a/acp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/agentclientprotocol/client/Client.kt b/acp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/agentclientprotocol/client/Client.kt
index 10b96e0..a38f87f 100644
--- a/acp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/agentclientprotocol/client/Client.kt
+++ b/acp/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/agentclientprotocol/client/Client.kt
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ import kotlinx.atomicfu.update
 import kotlinx.collections.immutable.persistentMapOf
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CompletableDeferred
 import kotlinx.coroutines.ExperimentalCoroutinesApi
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.first
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.update
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonElement
 
 private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ public class Client(
     private val _sessions = atomic(persistentMapOf<SessionId, CompletableDeferred<ClientSessionImpl>>())
     private val _clientInfo = CompletableDeferred<ClientInfo>()
     private val _agentInfo = CompletableDeferred<AgentInfo>()
+    private val _currentlyInitializingSessionsCount = MutableStateFlow(0)
 
     init {
         // Set up request handlers for incoming agent requests
@@ -158,15 +162,18 @@ public class Client(
      * @return a [ClientSession] instance for the new session
      */
     public suspend fun newSession(sessionParameters: SessionCreationParameters, operationsFactory: ClientOperationsFactory): ClientSession {
-        val newSessionResponse = AcpMethod.AgentMethods.SessionNew(protocol,
-            NewSessionRequest(
-                sessionParameters.cwd,
-                sessionParameters.mcpServers,
-                sessionParameters._meta
+        return withInitializingSession {
+            val newSessionResponse = AcpMethod.AgentMethods.SessionNew(
+                protocol,
+                NewSessionRequest(
+                    sessionParameters.cwd,
+                    sessionParameters.mcpServers,
+                    sessionParameters._meta
+                )
             )
-        )
-        val sessionId = newSessionResponse.sessionId
-        return createSession(sessionId, sessionParameters, newSessionResponse, operationsFactory)
+            val sessionId = newSessionResponse.sessionId
+            return@withInitializingSession createSession(sessionId, sessionParameters, newSessionResponse, operationsFactory)
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -180,15 +187,18 @@ public class Client(
      * @return a [ClientSession] instance for the new session
      */
     public suspend fun loadSession(sessionId: SessionId, sessionParameters: SessionCreationParameters, operationsFactory: ClientOperationsFactory): ClientSession {
-        val loadSessionResponse = AcpMethod.AgentMethods.SessionLoad(protocol,
-            LoadSessionRequest(
-                sessionId,
-                sessionParameters.cwd,
-                sessionParameters.mcpServers,
-                sessionParameters._meta
-            ))
-
-        return createSession(sessionId, sessionParameters, loadSessionResponse, operationsFactory)
+        return withInitializingSession {
+            val loadSessionResponse = AcpMethod.AgentMethods.SessionLoad(
+                protocol,
+                LoadSessionRequest(
+                    sessionId,
+                    sessionParameters.cwd,
+                    sessionParameters.mcpServers,
+                    sessionParameters._meta
+                )
+            )
+            return@withInitializingSession createSession(sessionId, sessionParameters, loadSessionResponse, operationsFactory)
+        }
     }
 
     private suspend fun createSession(sessionId: SessionId, sessionParameters: SessionCreationParameters, sessionResponse: AcpCreatedSessionResponse, factory: ClientOperationsFactory): ClientSession {
@@ -215,7 +225,27 @@ public class Client(
         return completableDeferred.getCompleted()
     }
 
-    private suspend fun getSessionOrThrow(sessionId: SessionId): ClientSessionImpl = (_sessions.value[sessionId] ?: acpFail("Session $sessionId not found")).await()
+    private suspend fun getSessionOrThrow(sessionId: SessionId): ClientSessionImpl {
+        _sessions.value[sessionId]?.let {
+            return it.await()
+        }
+        // try to wait for all pending sessions to initialize
+        _currentlyInitializingSessionsCount.first { it == 0 }
+        // try to get the session again
+        _sessions.value[sessionId]?.let {
+            return it.await()
+        }
+        acpFail("Session $sessionId not found")
+    }
+
+    private suspend fun<T> withInitializingSession(block: suspend () -> T): T {
+        _currentlyInitializingSessionsCount.update { it + 1 }
+        try {
+            return block()
+        } finally {
+            _currentlyInitializingSessionsCount.update { it - 1 }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 private inline fun <reified TInterface> sessionMethodNotFound(method: AcpMethod): Nothing {
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 3c3b10d..271f753 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ plugins {
 private val buildNumber: String? = System.getenv("GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER")
 private val isReleasePublication = System.getenv("RELEASE_PUBLICATION")?.toBoolean() ?: false
 
-private val baseVersion = "0.7.1"
+private val baseVersion = "0.7.2"
 
 allprojects {
     group = "com.agentclientprotocol"