diff --git a/tests/server/fastmcp/resources/test_file_resources.py b/tests/server/fastmcp/resources/test_file_resources.py
index e447270f5..b57d2baec 100644
--- a/tests/server/fastmcp/resources/test_file_resources.py
+++ b/tests/server/fastmcp/resources/test_file_resources.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ async def test_missing_file_error(self, temp_file: Path):
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(os.name == "nt", reason="File permissions behave differently on Windows")
 @pytest.mark.anyio
-async def test_permission_error(temp_file: Path):
+async def test_permission_error(temp_file: Path):  # pragma: no cover - skipped on Windows and root
     """Test reading a file without permissions."""
     if os.geteuid() == 0:  # pragma: no cover
         pytest.skip("Permission test not reliable when running as root")
diff --git a/tests/shared/test_streamable_http.py b/tests/shared/test_streamable_http.py
index 5cd8ebb04..74cbe9724 100644
--- a/tests/shared/test_streamable_http.py
+++ b/tests/shared/test_streamable_http.py
@@ -359,13 +359,13 @@ def basic_server(basic_server_port: int) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def event_store() -> SimpleEventStore:
+def event_store() -> SimpleEventStore:  # pragma: no cover - exercised only on non-Windows platforms
     """Create a test event store."""
     return SimpleEventStore()
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def event_server_port() -> int:
+def event_server_port() -> int:  # pragma: no cover - exercised only on non-Windows platforms
     """Find an available port for the event store server."""
     with socket.socket() as s:
         s.bind(("127.0.0.1", 0))
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ def event_server_port() -> int:
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def event_server(
+def event_server(  # pragma: no cover - exercised only on non-Windows platforms
     event_server_port: int, event_store: SimpleEventStore
 ) -> Generator[tuple[SimpleEventStore, str], None, None]:
     """Start a server with event store enabled."""
@@ -395,7 +395,9 @@ def event_server(
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def json_response_server(json_server_port: int) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
+def json_response_server(  # pragma: no cover - exercised only on non-Windows platforms
+    json_server_port: int,
+) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
     """Start a server with JSON response enabled."""
     proc = multiprocessing.Process(
         target=run_server,
@@ -1105,7 +1107,9 @@ async def mock_delete(self: httpx.AsyncClient, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> htt
 
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == "win32", reason="Resumption unstable on Windows")
-async def test_streamablehttp_client_resumption(event_server: tuple[SimpleEventStore, str]):
+async def test_streamablehttp_client_resumption(  # pragma: no cover - skipped on Windows builds
+    event_server: tuple[SimpleEventStore, str]
+):
     """Test client session resumption using sync primitives for reliable coordination."""
     _, server_url = event_server
 
diff --git a/tests/shared/test_streamable_http_unit.py b/tests/shared/test_streamable_http_unit.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1384887a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/shared/test_streamable_http_unit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,303 @@
+"""Focused unit tests for :mod:`mcp.client.streamable_http`."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections.abc import AsyncIterator
+
+import anyio
+import pytest
+from httpx import Timeout
+from httpx_sse import ServerSentEvent
+
+from mcp.client.streamable_http import (
+    LAST_EVENT_ID,
+    RequestContext,
+    ResumptionError,
+    StreamableHTTPTransport,
+)
+from mcp.shared.message import ClientMessageMetadata, SessionMessage
+from mcp.types import JSONRPCMessage, JSONRPCNotification, JSONRPCRequest, JSONRPCResponse
+
+
+SessionMessageOrError = SessionMessage | Exception
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_handle_sse_event_initialization_sets_protocol_and_restores_id() -> None:
+    """Initialization responses should update protocol version and preserve request IDs."""
+
+    transport = StreamableHTTPTransport("http://example.test")
+    send_stream, receive_stream = anyio.create_memory_object_stream[SessionMessageOrError](10)
+
+    initialization_payload = {
+        "protocolVersion": "1.2",
+        "capabilities": {},
+        "serverInfo": {"name": "unit", "version": "0.0.0"},
+    }
+    response_message = JSONRPCMessage(
+        JSONRPCResponse(jsonrpc="2.0", id="server-id", result=initialization_payload)
+    )
+    sse = ServerSentEvent(event="message", data=response_message.model_dump_json())
+
+    async with send_stream, receive_stream:
+        complete = await transport._handle_sse_event(  # noqa: SLF001 - exercising private helper
+            sse,
+            send_stream,
+            original_request_id="original-id",
+            is_initialization=True,
+        )
+
+        assert complete is True
+        received = await receive_stream.receive()
+        assert isinstance(received, SessionMessage)
+        assert received.message.root.id == "original-id"
+        assert transport.protocol_version == "1.2"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_handle_sse_event_notification_invokes_resumption_callback() -> None:
+    """Notifications should forward resumption tokens and keep the stream open."""
+
+    transport = StreamableHTTPTransport("http://example.test")
+    send_stream, receive_stream = anyio.create_memory_object_stream[SessionMessageOrError](10)
+
+    notification_message = JSONRPCMessage(
+        JSONRPCNotification(jsonrpc="2.0", method="test/notification", params=None)
+    )
+    sse = ServerSentEvent(event="message", data=notification_message.model_dump_json(), id=" resume ")
+
+    captured_token: list[str] = []
+
+    async def on_resumption_token_update(token: str) -> None:
+        captured_token.append(token)
+
+    async with send_stream, receive_stream:
+        complete = await transport._handle_sse_event(  # noqa: SLF001 - exercising private helper
+            sse,
+            send_stream,
+            resumption_callback=on_resumption_token_update,
+        )
+
+        assert complete is False
+        received = await receive_stream.receive()
+        assert isinstance(received, SessionMessage)
+        assert isinstance(received.message.root, JSONRPCNotification)
+        assert captured_token == ["resume"]
+
+
+class _FakeResponse:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.raised = False
+        self.closed = False
+
+    def raise_for_status(self) -> None:
+        self.raised = True
+
+    async def aclose(self) -> None:
+        self.closed = True
+
+
+class _FakeEventSource:
+    def __init__(self, events: list[ServerSentEvent], response: _FakeResponse | None = None) -> None:
+        self._events = events
+        self.response = response or _FakeResponse()
+
+    async def __aenter__(self) -> "_FakeEventSource":
+        return self
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb) -> None:  # type: ignore[override]
+        return None
+
+    async def aiter_sse(self) -> AsyncIterator[ServerSentEvent]:
+        for event in self._events:
+            yield event
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_handle_get_stream_processes_events(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    """The GET stream helper should consume SSE events when a session exists."""
+
+    transport = StreamableHTTPTransport("http://example.test")
+    transport.session_id = "session-123"
+
+    send_stream, receive_stream = anyio.create_memory_object_stream[SessionMessageOrError](10)
+    fake_events = [ServerSentEvent(event="message", data="{}")]
+
+    captured_headers: dict[str, str] | None = None
+
+    def fake_aconnect_sse(
+        client: object, method: str, url: str, headers: dict[str, str], timeout: Timeout
+    ) -> _FakeEventSource:
+        nonlocal captured_headers
+        captured_headers = headers
+        assert method == "GET"
+        assert url == "http://example.test"
+        return _FakeEventSource(fake_events)
+
+    call_count = 0
+
+    async def fake_handle_sse_event(*args, **kwargs) -> bool:  # type: ignore[unused-argument]
+        nonlocal call_count
+        call_count += 1
+        return True
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("mcp.client.streamable_http.aconnect_sse", fake_aconnect_sse)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        StreamableHTTPTransport, "_handle_sse_event", fake_handle_sse_event
+    )
+
+    async with send_stream, receive_stream:
+        await transport.handle_get_stream(object(), send_stream)
+
+    assert call_count == 1
+    assert captured_headers is not None
+    assert captured_headers.get("mcp-session-id") == "session-123"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_handle_resumption_request_requires_token() -> None:
+    """Resumption requests without a token must fail fast."""
+
+    transport = StreamableHTTPTransport("http://example.test")
+    send_stream, receive_stream = anyio.create_memory_object_stream[SessionMessageOrError](10)
+
+    session_message = SessionMessage(
+        JSONRPCMessage(JSONRPCRequest(jsonrpc="2.0", id="1", method="test"))
+    )
+    ctx = RequestContext(
+        client=object(),
+        headers={},
+        session_id=None,
+        session_message=session_message,
+        metadata=ClientMessageMetadata(resumption_token=None),
+        read_stream_writer=send_stream,
+        sse_read_timeout=1.0,
+    )
+
+    async with send_stream, receive_stream:
+        with pytest.raises(ResumptionError):
+            await transport._handle_resumption_request(ctx)  # noqa: SLF001
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_handle_resumption_request_stream(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    """Resumption requests should forward the original ID and close the SSE response."""
+
+    transport = StreamableHTTPTransport("http://example.test")
+    transport.session_id = "session-123"
+    send_stream, receive_stream = anyio.create_memory_object_stream[SessionMessageOrError](10)
+
+    metadata = ClientMessageMetadata(resumption_token=" token ")
+    session_message = SessionMessage(
+        JSONRPCMessage(
+            JSONRPCRequest(jsonrpc="2.0", id="original", method="tool", params={})
+        ),
+        metadata=metadata,
+    )
+    ctx = RequestContext(
+        client=object(),
+        headers={"custom": "header"},
+        session_id="session-123",
+        session_message=session_message,
+        metadata=metadata,
+        read_stream_writer=send_stream,
+        sse_read_timeout=1.0,
+    )
+
+    fake_events = [ServerSentEvent(event="message", data="{}") for _ in range(2)]
+    fake_event_source = _FakeEventSource(fake_events)
+
+    captured_headers: dict[str, str] | None = None
+
+    def fake_aconnect_sse(
+        client: object, method: str, url: str, headers: dict[str, str], timeout: Timeout
+    ) -> _FakeEventSource:
+        nonlocal captured_headers
+        captured_headers = headers
+        assert client is ctx.client
+        assert method == "GET"
+        assert url == "http://example.test"
+        return fake_event_source
+
+    call_args: list[dict[str, object]] = []
+
+    async def fake_handle_sse_event(
+        self,
+        sse,
+        read_stream_writer,
+        original_request_id=None,
+        resumption_callback=None,
+        is_initialization=False,
+    ) -> bool:
+        call_args.append(
+            {
+                "original_request_id": original_request_id,
+                "resumption_callback": resumption_callback,
+            }
+        )
+        return len(call_args) >= 2
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("mcp.client.streamable_http.aconnect_sse", fake_aconnect_sse)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(StreamableHTTPTransport, "_handle_sse_event", fake_handle_sse_event)
+
+    async with send_stream, receive_stream:
+        await transport._handle_resumption_request(ctx)  # noqa: SLF001
+
+    assert captured_headers is not None
+    assert captured_headers.get(LAST_EVENT_ID) == "token"
+    assert fake_event_source.response.raised is True
+    assert fake_event_source.response.closed is True
+    assert call_args
+    assert call_args[0]["original_request_id"] == "original"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_handle_sse_response_closes_after_completion(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    """SSE POST responses should stop reading once a response has been emitted."""
+
+    transport = StreamableHTTPTransport("http://example.test")
+    send_stream, receive_stream = anyio.create_memory_object_stream[SessionMessageOrError](10)
+
+    metadata = ClientMessageMetadata()
+    session_message = SessionMessage(
+        JSONRPCMessage(JSONRPCRequest(jsonrpc="2.0", id="42", method="ping")),
+        metadata=metadata,
+    )
+    ctx = RequestContext(
+        client=object(),
+        headers={},
+        session_id=None,
+        session_message=session_message,
+        metadata=metadata,
+        read_stream_writer=send_stream,
+        sse_read_timeout=1.0,
+    )
+
+    events = [ServerSentEvent(event="message", data="{}") for _ in range(2)]
+
+    created_sources: list[_FakeEventSource] = []
+
+    class FakeEventSourceFactory:
+        def __call__(self, response: _FakeResponse) -> _FakeEventSource:
+            source = _FakeEventSource(events, response)
+            created_sources.append(source)
+            return source
+
+    fake_response = _FakeResponse()
+
+    async def fake_handle_sse_event(*args, **kwargs) -> bool:  # type: ignore[unused-argument]
+        fake_handle_sse_event.call_count += 1
+        return fake_handle_sse_event.call_count >= 2
+
+    fake_handle_sse_event.call_count = 0
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("mcp.client.streamable_http.EventSource", FakeEventSourceFactory())
+    monkeypatch.setattr(StreamableHTTPTransport, "_handle_sse_event", fake_handle_sse_event)
+
+    async with send_stream, receive_stream:
+        await transport._handle_sse_response(fake_response, ctx, is_initialization=True)
+
+    assert fake_handle_sse_event.call_count == 2
+    assert created_sources and created_sources[0].response is fake_response
+    assert fake_response.closed is True
+