diff --git a/internal/jsonrpc2/conn.go b/internal/jsonrpc2/conn.go
index 4994c63b..165482d0 100644
--- a/internal/jsonrpc2/conn.go
+++ b/internal/jsonrpc2/conn.go
@@ -411,6 +411,9 @@ type AsyncCall struct {
 // This can be used to cancel the call if needed.
 func (ac *AsyncCall) ID() ID { return ac.id }
 
+// Done is closed when the call has a response or terminal error.
+func (ac *AsyncCall) Done() <-chan struct{} { return ac.ready }
+
 // retire processes the response to the call.
 //
 // It is an error to call retire more than once: retire is guarded by the
diff --git a/mcp/client.go b/mcp/client.go
index 74037990..54beb1d8 100644
--- a/mcp/client.go
+++ b/mcp/client.go
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ func (c *Client) Connect(ctx context.Context, t Transport, opts *ClientSessionOp
 					cs.listenCancel = cancelListen
 					if err := cs.subscriptionsListen(listenCtx, subscribeParams); err != nil {
 						cancelListen()
+						_ = cs.Close()
 						return nil, fmt.Errorf("opening subscriptions/listen: %w", err)
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/mcp/shared.go b/mcp/shared.go
index 5069a470..50e8a991 100644
--- a/mcp/shared.go
+++ b/mcp/shared.go
@@ -138,7 +138,9 @@ func defaultSendingMethodHandler(ctx context.Context, method string, req Request
 	// The concrete type of the result is the return type of the receiving function.
 	res := info.newResult()
 	if method == methodSubscriptionsListen {
-		callSubscriptionsListen(ctx, req.GetSession().getConn(), method, params)
+		if err := callSubscriptionsListen(ctx, req.GetSession().getConn(), method, params); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	} else {
 		if err := call(ctx, req.GetSession().getConn(), method, params, res); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/mcp/streamable_client_test.go b/mcp/streamable_client_test.go
index a5957bf6..48eb32f0 100644
--- a/mcp/streamable_client_test.go
+++ b/mcp/streamable_client_test.go
@@ -1364,6 +1364,58 @@ func TestStreamableClientConnect_DiscoverSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestStreamableClientConnect_SubscriptionsListenError(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	fake := &fakeStreamableServer{
+		t: t,
+		responses: fakeResponses{
+			{"POST", "", methodDiscover, ""}: {
+				header:              header{"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+				wantProtocolVersion: protocolVersion20260728,
+				responseFunc: func(r *jsonrpc.Request) (string, int) {
+					return jsonBody(t, &jsonrpc.Response{
+						ID:     r.ID,
+						Result: mustMarshal(discoverResult),
+					}), http.StatusOK
+				},
+			},
+			{"POST", "", methodSubscriptionsListen, ""}: {
+				header:              header{"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+				wantProtocolVersion: protocolVersion20260728,
+				responseFunc: func(r *jsonrpc.Request) (string, int) {
+					return jsonBody(t, &jsonrpc.Response{
+						ID: r.ID,
+						Error: &jsonrpc.Error{
+							Code:    jsonrpc.CodeInvalidParams,
+							Message: "listen rejected",
+						},
+					}), http.StatusBadRequest
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	httpServer := httptest.NewServer(fake)
+	defer httpServer.Close()
+
+	client := NewClient(testImpl, &ClientOptions{
+		ToolListChangedHandler: func(context.Context, *ToolListChangedRequest) {},
+	})
+	session, err := client.Connect(ctx, &StreamableClientTransport{Endpoint: httpServer.URL},
+		&ClientSessionOptions{ProtocolVersion: protocolVersion20260728})
+	if err == nil {
+		session.Close()
+		t.Fatal("Connect succeeded despite rejected subscriptions/listen")
+	}
+	if !errors.Is(err, jsonrpc2.ErrRejected) {
+		t.Fatalf("Connect error = %v, want error wrapping jsonrpc2.ErrRejected", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "opening subscriptions/listen") {
+		t.Fatalf("Connect error = %v, want subscriptions/listen context", err)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestStreamableClientConnSetMCPHeaders_ProtocolVersion covers
 // streamableClientConn.setMCPHeaders' selection of the Mcp-Protocol-Version
 // header value.
diff --git a/mcp/transport.go b/mcp/transport.go
index d72f9d1b..a5d5900d 100644
--- a/mcp/transport.go
+++ b/mcp/transport.go
@@ -256,22 +256,30 @@ func (c *canceller) Preempt(ctx context.Context, req *jsonrpc.Request) (result a
 	return nil, jsonrpc2.ErrNotHandled
 }
 
-// callSubscriptionsListen issues a "subscriptions/listen" call (SEP-2575)
-// without awaiting its JSON-RPC response. The call's logical lifetime is the
-// stream of notifications that follow on the same channel — the empty
-// response, if ever delivered, only marks subscription teardown — so the
-// caller has nothing useful to block on.
+// callSubscriptionsListen issues a "subscriptions/listen" call (SEP-2575).
+// If the call is accepted, its logical lifetime is the stream of notifications
+// that follow on the same channel. The empty response, if ever delivered, only
+// marks subscription teardown, so the caller has nothing useful to block on.
 //
 // Cancellation is driven by ctx: when it is cancelled, a background goroutine
 // sends a "notifications/cancelled" notification referencing the listen's
 // request ID and retires the call from the connection's outgoing-calls map.
-func callSubscriptionsListen(ctx context.Context, conn *jsonrpc2.Connection, method string, params Params) {
+func callSubscriptionsListen(ctx context.Context, conn *jsonrpc2.Connection, method string, params Params) error {
 	call := conn.Call(ctx, method, params)
 
+	select {
+	case <-call.Done():
+		return call.Await(context.Background(), nil)
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		_ = cancelCall(ctx, conn, call)
+		return nil
+	default:
+	}
 	go func() {
 		<-ctx.Done()
 		_ = cancelCall(ctx, conn, call)
 	}()
+	return nil
 }
 
 // call executes and awaits a jsonrpc2 call on the given connection,