diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-pr.yml
index 0ab75a73..6bc67341 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-pr.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ name: Validate PR
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
+    branches: [ main ]
 
 concurrency:
-    group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
-    cancel-in-progress: true
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
   validate-pr:
@@ -15,17 +15,26 @@ jobs:
     name: Validate PR
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
       - name: Set up JDK 21
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: '21'
           distribution: 'temurin'
+
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
 
       - name: Clean Build with Gradle
         run: ./gradlew clean build
 
+      - name: Upload JUnit test results
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: junit-results
+          path: '**/build/test-results/test/*.xml'
+
       - name: Disable Auto-Merge on Fail
         if: failure()
         run: gh pr merge --disable-auto "$PR_URL"
diff --git a/kotlin-sdk-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin/sdk/shared/ReadBuffer.kt b/kotlin-sdk-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin/sdk/shared/ReadBuffer.kt
index 6315cb15..014e0eee 100644
--- a/kotlin-sdk-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin/sdk/shared/ReadBuffer.kt
+++ b/kotlin-sdk-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin/sdk/shared/ReadBuffer.kt
@@ -44,7 +44,17 @@ public class ReadBuffer {
         try {
             return deserializeMessage(line)
         } catch (e: Exception) {
-            logger.error(e) { "Failed to deserialize message from line: $line\nSkipping..." }
+            logger.error(e) { "Failed to deserialize message from line: $line\nAttempting to recover..." }
+            // if there is a non-JSON object prefix, try to parse from the first '{' onward.
+            val braceIndex = line.indexOf('{')
+            if (braceIndex != -1) {
+                val trimmed = line.substring(braceIndex)
+                try {
+                    return deserializeMessage(trimmed)
+                } catch (ignored: Exception) {
+                    logger.error(ignored) { "Deserialization failed for line: $line\nSkipping..." }
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         return null
diff --git a/kotlin-sdk-test/build.gradle.kts b/kotlin-sdk-test/build.gradle.kts
index ca7e35b3..62d9f365 100644
--- a/kotlin-sdk-test/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/kotlin-sdk-test/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 kotlin {
+    jvm {
+        testRuns["test"].executionTask.configure {
+            useJUnitPlatform()
+        }
+    }
     sourceSets {
         commonTest {
             dependencies {