diff --git a/src/sdk/client.ts b/src/sdk/client.ts
index 93e0d3ed..7d548357 100644
--- a/src/sdk/client.ts
+++ b/src/sdk/client.ts
@@ -35,17 +35,22 @@ export class Client {
   }
 
   protected async *streamSSE<T>(res: Response): AsyncGenerator<T> {
-    for await (const event of parseSSE(res)) {
-      if (event.data === '[DONE]') break;
-      if (!event.data) continue;
-      try {
-        yield JSON.parse(event.data) as T;
-      } catch (err) {
-        throw new SDKError(
-          `Failed to parse stream chunk: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`,
-          ExitCode.GENERAL,
-        );
+    try {
+      for await (const event of parseSSE(res)) {
+        if (event.data === '[DONE]') break;
+        if (!event.data) continue;
+        try {
+          yield JSON.parse(event.data) as T;
+        } catch (err) {
+          throw new SDKError(
+            `Failed to parse stream chunk: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`,
+            ExitCode.GENERAL,
+          );
+        }
       }
+    } finally {
+      // parseSSE releases its reader; the SDK also owns the response body.
+      await res.body?.cancel().catch(() => undefined);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/sdk/stream-cleanup.test.ts b/test/sdk/stream-cleanup.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d708695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sdk/stream-cleanup.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, mock } from 'bun:test';
+import { parseSSE } from '../../src/client/stream';
+import { MiniMaxSDK } from '../../src/sdk';
+import { withStubbedFetch } from '../helpers/fetch-stub';
+
+function trackedResponse(chunks: string[], options: { eof?: boolean; cancelError?: Error } = {}) {
+  let controller: ReadableStreamDefaultController<Uint8Array>;
+  let open = true;
+  const cancel = mock(() => {
+    open = false;
+    if (options.cancelError) throw options.cancelError;
+  });
+  const body = new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+    start(c) {
+      controller = c;
+      for (const chunk of chunks) c.enqueue(new TextEncoder().encode(chunk));
+      if (options.eof) {
+        open = false;
+        c.close();
+      }
+    },
+    cancel,
+  });
+  return {
+    response: new Response(body, { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/event-stream' } }),
+    cancel,
+    fail(error: Error) {
+      open = false;
+      controller.error(error);
+    },
+    close() {
+      // Also release the fixture's pending read if a regression assertion fails.
+      if (open) {
+        open = false;
+        controller.close();
+      }
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+async function collect<T>(stream: AsyncGenerator<T>): Promise<T[]> {
+  const events: T[] = [];
+  for await (const event of stream) events.push(event);
+  return events;
+}
+
+const sdk = new MiniMaxSDK({ apiKey: 'test-key', region: 'global', baseUrl: 'https://sdk.test.invalid' });
+const streams: Array<{ name: string; start: () => Promise<AsyncGenerator<unknown>> }> = [
+  {
+    name: 'text chat',
+    start: () => sdk.text.chat({ messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hi' }], stream: true }),
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'speech synthesis',
+    start: () => sdk.speech.synthesize({ text: 'Hi', stream: true }),
+  },
+];
+
+for (const { name, start } of streams) {
+  describe(`${name} stream cleanup`, () => {
+    it('cancels the response at [DONE] without waiting for EOF', async () => {
+      const fixture = trackedResponse(['data: {"value":1}\n\ndata: [DONE]\n\ndata: {"value":2}\n\n']);
+      try {
+        await withStubbedFetch(() => fixture.response, async (sent) => {
+          expect(await collect(await start())).toEqual([{ value: 1 }]);
+          expect(fixture.cancel).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+          expect(fixture.response.body!.locked).toBe(false);
+          expect(sent.init?.signal?.aborted).toBe(true);
+        });
+      } finally {
+        fixture.close();
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('cancels the response when the consumer breaks early', async () => {
+      const fixture = trackedResponse(['data: {"value":1}\n\n']);
+      try {
+        await withStubbedFetch(() => fixture.response, async (sent) => {
+          for await (const event of await start()) {
+            expect(event).toEqual({ value: 1 });
+            break;
+          }
+          expect(fixture.cancel).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+          expect(fixture.response.body!.locked).toBe(false);
+          expect(sent.init?.signal?.aborted).toBe(true);
+        });
+      } finally {
+        fixture.close();
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('cancels once when an active generator is explicitly returned', async () => {
+      const fixture = trackedResponse(['data: {"value":1}\n\n']);
+      try {
+        await withStubbedFetch(() => fixture.response, async () => {
+          const stream = await start();
+          expect((await stream.next()).value).toEqual({ value: 1 });
+          expect((await stream.return(undefined)).done).toBe(true);
+          expect((await stream.return(undefined)).done).toBe(true);
+          expect(fixture.cancel).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+          expect(fixture.response.body!.locked).toBe(false);
+        });
+      } finally {
+        fixture.close();
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('preserves the JSON parse error even when cancellation rejects', async () => {
+      const fixture = trackedResponse(['data: invalid-json\n\n'], { cancelError: new Error('cancel failed') });
+      try {
+        await withStubbedFetch(() => fixture.response, async () => {
+          await expect((await start()).next()).rejects.toMatchObject({
+            name: 'SDKError',
+            message: expect.stringContaining('Failed to parse stream chunk:'),
+          });
+          expect(fixture.cancel).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+          expect(fixture.response.body!.locked).toBe(false);
+        });
+      } finally {
+        fixture.close();
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('does not surface cancellation errors after [DONE]', async () => {
+      const fixture = trackedResponse(['data: [DONE]\n\n'], { cancelError: new Error('cancel failed') });
+      try {
+        await withStubbedFetch(() => fixture.response, async () => {
+          expect(await collect(await start())).toEqual([]);
+          expect(fixture.cancel).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        });
+      } finally {
+        fixture.close();
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('preserves split CRLF events and completes normally at EOF', async () => {
+      const fixture = trackedResponse(['data:\r\n\r\ndata: {"value":', '1}\r', '\n\r\n'], { eof: true });
+      await withStubbedFetch(() => fixture.response, async (sent) => {
+        expect(await collect(await start())).toEqual([{ value: 1 }]);
+        expect(fixture.cancel).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fixture.response.body!.locked).toBe(false);
+        expect(sent.init?.signal?.aborted).toBe(false);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('preserves an underlying read error and releases the reader', async () => {
+      const fixture = trackedResponse(['data: {"value":1}\n\n']);
+      const failure = new Error('read failed');
+      try {
+        await withStubbedFetch(() => fixture.response, async () => {
+          const stream = await start();
+          expect((await stream.next()).value).toEqual({ value: 1 });
+          fixture.fail(failure);
+          await expect(stream.next()).rejects.toBe(failure);
+          expect(fixture.response.body!.locked).toBe(false);
+          expect(fixture.cancel).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+      } finally {
+        fixture.close();
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('does not request a response when returned before iteration starts', async () => {
+      const respond = mock(() => new Response(null));
+      await withStubbedFetch(respond, async () => {
+        const stream = await start();
+        expect((await stream.return(undefined)).done).toBe(true);
+        expect(respond).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+describe('stream ownership controls', () => {
+  it('leaves a standalone parser response readable when the consumer stops', async () => {
+    const fixture = trackedResponse(['data: first\n\n', 'data: second\n\n']);
+    try {
+      const parser = parseSSE(fixture.response);
+      expect((await parser.next()).value?.data).toBe('first');
+      await parser.return(undefined);
+      expect(fixture.cancel).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(fixture.response.body!.locked).toBe(false);
+      const reader = fixture.response.body!.getReader();
+      try {
+        expect(new TextDecoder().decode((await reader.read()).value)).toBe('data: second\n\n');
+      } finally {
+        reader.releaseLock();
+      }
+    } finally {
+      fixture.close();
+    }
+  });
+
+  for (const stop of ['finish', 'break', 'return'] as const) {
+    it(`keeps transcription cancellation exactly once on ${stop}`, async () => {
+      const fixture = trackedResponse(['data: {"index":0,"delta":"first","finish":true}\n\n']);
+      try {
+        await withStubbedFetch(() => fixture.response, async () => {
+          const stream = await sdk.speech.transcribe({ file: new Blob(['audio']), stream: true });
+          if (stop === 'finish') {
+            expect(await collect(stream)).toEqual([{ index: 0, delta: 'first', finish: true }]);
+          } else if (stop === 'break') {
+            for await (const event of stream) {
+              expect(event.delta).toBe('first');
+              break;
+            }
+          } else {
+            expect((await stream.next()).value?.delta).toBe('first');
+            await stream.return(undefined);
+          }
+          expect(fixture.cancel).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+          expect(fixture.response.body!.locked).toBe(false);
+        });
+      } finally {
+        fixture.close();
+      }
+    });
+  }
+});