diff --git a/packages/middleware/node/test/streamableHttp.test.ts b/packages/middleware/node/test/streamableHttp.test.ts
index c427aa2eea..ed7b7c3dd9 100644
--- a/packages/middleware/node/test/streamableHttp.test.ts
+++ b/packages/middleware/node/test/streamableHttp.test.ts
@@ -1682,6 +1682,50 @@ describe('Zod v4', () => {
             });
             expect(stream2.status).toBe(409); // Conflict - only one stream allowed
         });
+
+        it('should handle subsequent requests when body is pre-read before handleRequest (body-parser pattern)', async () => {
+            // Covers the body-parser / middleware pattern where the server drains the
+            // IncomingMessage body before calling transport.handleRequest(req, res, parsedBody).
+            // Both the initialize request and subsequent non-initialize requests must succeed
+            // when the transport is reused across requests in stateless mode.
+
+            // Build the server manually so the handler closure can reference transport directly
+            const preReadTransport = new NodeStreamableHTTPServerTransport({ sessionIdGenerator: undefined });
+            const preReadMcpServer = new McpServer({ name: 'test-server', version: '1.0.0' }, { capabilities: { logging: {} } });
+            preReadMcpServer.registerTool(
+                'greet',
+                { description: 'A greeting tool', inputSchema: z.object({ name: z.string() }) },
+                async ({ name }): Promise<CallToolResult> => ({ content: [{ type: 'text', text: `Hello, ${name}!` }] })
+            );
+            await preReadMcpServer.connect(preReadTransport);
+
+            const preReadServer = createServer(async (req, res) => {
+                // Simulate body-parser middleware: drain the stream, then pass parsedBody
+                const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
+                for await (const chunk of req) chunks.push(Buffer.from(chunk));
+                const bodyStr = Buffer.concat(chunks).toString();
+                const parsedBody = bodyStr ? (JSON.parse(bodyStr) as unknown) : undefined;
+                try {
+                    await preReadTransport.handleRequest(req, res, parsedBody);
+                } catch (error) {
+                    console.error('Error handling request:', error);
+                    if (!res.headersSent) res.writeHead(500).end();
+                }
+            });
+            const preReadBaseUrl = await listenOnRandomPort(preReadServer);
+
+            try {
+                // Initialize — must succeed
+                const initResponse = await sendPostRequest(preReadBaseUrl, TEST_MESSAGES.initialize);
+                expect(initResponse.status).toBe(200);
+
+                // Subsequent request on the same reused transport — must also succeed
+                const toolsResponse = await sendPostRequest(preReadBaseUrl, TEST_MESSAGES.toolsList);
+                expect(toolsResponse.status).toBe(200);
+            } finally {
+                await stopTestServer({ server: preReadServer, transport: preReadTransport });
+            }
+        });
     });
 
     // Test SSE priming events for POST streams
diff --git a/test/integration/test/server/cloudflareWorkers.test.ts b/test/integration/test/server/cloudflareWorkers.test.ts
index 9c2d73a40e..f8b07f2966 100644
--- a/test/integration/test/server/cloudflareWorkers.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/test/server/cloudflareWorkers.test.ts
@@ -150,28 +150,29 @@ export default {
     it('should handle MCP requests', async () => {
         expect(env).not.toBeNull();
 
-        // Retry connection — wrangler may report "Ready" before it can handle requests
-        let client!: Client;
+        // Retry the full interaction — wrangler may report "Ready" before it can
+        // reliably handle all requests (initialize succeeds but subsequent calls
+        // can still get "Network connection lost." on slower runtimes like Node 20).
         let lastError: unknown;
         for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 5; attempt++) {
+            const client = new Client({ name: 'test-client', version: '1.0.0' });
+            const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(new URL(`http://127.0.0.1:${PORT}/`));
             try {
-                client = new Client({ name: 'test-client', version: '1.0.0' });
-                const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(new URL(`http://127.0.0.1:${PORT}/`));
                 await client.connect(transport);
-                lastError = undefined;
-                break;
+                const result = await client.callTool({ name: 'greet', arguments: { name: 'World' } });
+                expect(result.content).toEqual([{ type: 'text', text: 'Hello, World!' }]);
+                await client.close();
+                return;
             } catch (error) {
                 lastError = error;
-                await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
+                try {
+                    await client.close();
+                } catch {
+                    /* ignore cleanup errors */
+                }
+                if (attempt < 4) await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
             }
         }
-        if (lastError) {
-            throw lastError;
-        }
-
-        const result = await client.callTool({ name: 'greet', arguments: { name: 'World' } });
-        expect(result.content).toEqual([{ type: 'text', text: 'Hello, World!' }]);
-
-        await client.close();
+        throw lastError;
     }, 30_000);
 });