diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e9b7caa..10a1609 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# 1.6.6
+- Support long-lived connections in ASGI middleware
+
 # 1.6.5
 - Resolved dependabot identified security issues
 - Removed build status icon from travis (not used for CI any longer)
diff --git a/mauth_client/middlewares/asgi.py b/mauth_client/middlewares/asgi.py
index e0a1045..c571b25 100644
--- a/mauth_client/middlewares/asgi.py
+++ b/mauth_client/middlewares/asgi.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ async def __call__(
             scope_copy[ENV_APP_UUID] = signed.app_uuid
             scope_copy[ENV_AUTHENTIC] = True
             scope_copy[ENV_PROTOCOL_VERSION] = signed.protocol_version()
-            await self.app(scope_copy, self._fake_receive(events), send)
+            await self.app(scope_copy, self._fake_receive(events, receive), send)
         else:
             await self._send_response(send, status, message)
 
@@ -100,12 +100,18 @@ async def _send_response(self, send: ASGISendCallable, status: int, msg: str) ->
             "body": json.dumps(body).encode("utf-8"),
         })
 
-    def _fake_receive(self, events: List[ASGIReceiveEvent]) -> ASGIReceiveCallable:
+    def _fake_receive(self, events: List[ASGIReceiveEvent],
+                      original_receive: ASGIReceiveCallable) -> ASGIReceiveCallable:
         """
-        Create a fake, async receive function using an iterator of the events
-        we've already read. This will be passed to downstream middlewares/apps
-        instead of the usual receive fn, so that they can also "receive" the
-        body events.
+        Create a fake receive function that replays cached body events.
+
+        After the middleware consumes request body events for authentication,
+        this allows downstream apps to also "receive" those events. Once all
+        cached events are exhausted, delegates to the original receive to
+        properly forward lifecycle events (like http.disconnect).
+
+        This is essential for long-lived connections (SSE, streaming responses)
+        that need to detect client disconnects.
         """
         events_iter = iter(events)
 
@@ -113,5 +119,7 @@ async def _receive() -> ASGIReceiveEvent:
             try:
                 return next(events_iter)
             except StopIteration:
-                pass
+                # After body events are consumed, delegate to original receive
+                # This allows proper handling of disconnects for SSE connections
+                return await original_receive()
         return _receive
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 40e2c8e..fb879ac 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "mauth-client"
-version = "1.6.5"
+version = "1.6.6"
 description = "MAuth Client for Python"
 repository = "https://github.com/mdsol/mauth-client-python"
 authors = ["Medidata Solutions <support@mdsol.com>"]
diff --git a/tests/middlewares/asgi_test.py b/tests/middlewares/asgi_test.py
index 20f704b..d5624e2 100644
--- a/tests/middlewares/asgi_test.py
+++ b/tests/middlewares/asgi_test.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import unittest
-from unittest.mock import patch
-
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Request
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 from fastapi.websockets import WebSocket
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock
+from unittest.mock import patch
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 from mauth_client.authenticator import LocalAuthenticator
@@ -220,3 +220,61 @@ def is_authentic_effect(self):
         self.client.get("/sub_app/path")
 
         self.assertEqual(request_url, "/sub_app/path")
+
+
+class TestMAuthASGIMiddlewareInLongLivedConnections(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.app = FastAPI()
+        Config.APP_UUID = str(uuid4())
+        Config.MAUTH_URL = "https://mauth.com"
+        Config.MAUTH_API_VERSION = "v1"
+        Config.PRIVATE_KEY = "key"
+
+    @patch.object(LocalAuthenticator, "is_authentic")
+    async def test_fake_receive_delegates_to_original_after_body_consumed(self, is_authentic_mock):
+        """Test that after body events are consumed, _fake_receive delegates to original receive"""
+        is_authentic_mock.return_value = (True, 200, "")
+
+        # Track that original receive was called after body events exhausted
+        call_order = []
+
+        async def mock_app(scope, receive, send):
+            # First receive should get body event
+            event1 = await receive()
+            call_order.append(("body", event1["type"]))
+
+            # Second receive should delegate to original receive
+            event2 = await receive()
+            call_order.append(("disconnect", event2["type"]))
+
+            await send({"type": "http.response.start", "status": 200, "headers": []})
+            await send({"type": "http.response.body", "body": b""})
+
+        middleware = MAuthASGIMiddleware(mock_app)
+
+        # Mock receive that returns body then disconnect
+        receive_calls = 0
+
+        async def mock_receive():
+            nonlocal receive_calls
+            receive_calls += 1
+            if receive_calls == 1:
+                return {"type": "http.request", "body": b"test", "more_body": False}
+            return {"type": "http.disconnect"}
+
+        send_mock = AsyncMock()
+        scope = {
+            "type": "http",
+            "method": "POST",
+            "path": "/test",
+            "query_string": b"",
+            "headers": []
+        }
+
+        await middleware(scope, mock_receive, send_mock)
+
+        # Verify events were received in correct order
+        self.assertEqual(len(call_order), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(call_order[0], ("body", "http.request"))
+        self.assertEqual(call_order[1], ("disconnect", "http.disconnect"))
+        self.assertEqual(receive_calls, 2)  # Called once for auth, once from app