diff --git a/packages/core-internal/src/shared/protocol.ts b/packages/core-internal/src/shared/protocol.ts
index 9d60be8efe..c0edd73222 100644
--- a/packages/core-internal/src/shared/protocol.ts
+++ b/packages/core-internal/src/shared/protocol.ts
@@ -929,10 +929,18 @@ export abstract class Protocol<ContextT extends BaseContext> {
             return;
         }
 
-        // Starting with Promise.resolve() puts any synchronous errors into the monad as well.
-        Promise.resolve()
-            .then(() => (handler === undefined ? fallback!(notification) : handler(notification, codec)))
-            .catch(error => this._onerror(new Error(`Uncaught error in notification handler: ${error}`)));
+        // Dispatch synchronously so a notification that shares a read with
+        // its request's response is not deferred past _onresponse, which
+        // deletes the matching progress handler (see #3018). Async handler
+        // rejections and synchronous throws still route to _onerror.
+        try {
+            const result = handler === undefined ? fallback!(notification) : handler(notification, codec);
+            if (result !== undefined && typeof (result as PromiseLike<void>).then === 'function') {
+                Promise.resolve(result).catch(error => this._onerror(new Error(`Uncaught error in notification handler: ${error}`)));
+            }
+        } catch (error) {
+            this._onerror(new Error(`Uncaught error in notification handler: ${error}`));
+        }
     }
 
     private _onrequest(rawRequest: JSONRPCRequest, extra?: MessageExtraInfo): void {
diff --git a/packages/core-internal/test/shared/protocol.test.ts b/packages/core-internal/test/shared/protocol.test.ts
index 2fb0f64813..fcb1923ffc 100644
--- a/packages/core-internal/test/shared/protocol.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core-internal/test/shared/protocol.test.ts
@@ -617,6 +617,48 @@ describe('protocol tests', () => {
             await Promise.resolve();
             await expect(requestPromise).resolves.toEqual({ result: 'success' });
         });
+
+        test('should deliver progress when notification and response arrive in the same turn', async () => {
+            // Repro for #3018: progress was deferred via Promise.resolve(), so
+            // a same-turn response deleted the progress handler first.
+            await protocol.connect(transport);
+            const request = { method: 'example', params: {} };
+            const mockSchema: ZodType<{ result: string }> = z.object({
+                result: z.string()
+            });
+            const onProgressMock = vi.fn();
+            const onErrorMock = vi.fn();
+            protocol.onerror = onErrorMock;
+
+            const requestPromise = testRequest(protocol, request, mockSchema, {
+                timeout: 1000,
+                onprogress: onProgressMock
+            });
+
+            if (transport.onmessage) {
+                transport.onmessage({
+                    jsonrpc: '2.0',
+                    method: 'notifications/progress',
+                    params: {
+                        progressToken: 0,
+                        progress: 50,
+                        total: 100
+                    }
+                });
+                transport.onmessage({
+                    jsonrpc: '2.0',
+                    id: 0,
+                    result: { result: 'success' }
+                });
+            }
+
+            await expect(requestPromise).resolves.toEqual({ result: 'success' });
+            expect(onProgressMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+                progress: 50,
+                total: 100
+            });
+            expect(onErrorMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
     });
 
     describe('Debounced Notifications', () => {
diff --git a/test/e2e/requirements.ts b/test/e2e/requirements.ts
index 36da4fc523..13b4e47fb4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/requirements.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/requirements.ts
@@ -214,23 +214,11 @@ export const REQUIREMENTS: Record<string, Requirement> = {
     'protocol:progress:callback': {
         source: 'https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/utilities/progress#progress-flow',
         behavior:
-            "Progress notifications emitted by a handler during a request are delivered to the caller's progress callback, in order, with their progress, total, and message.",
-        knownFailures: [
-            {
-                transport: 'sse',
-                note: "Real-socket SSE delivers a handler's progress notifications and its response in one batch; the response is processed first, so the progress notifications never reach the caller's progress callback."
-            }
-        ]
+            "Progress notifications emitted by a handler during a request are delivered to the caller's progress callback, in order, with their progress, total, and message."
     },
     'typescript:protocol:progress:token-injected': {
         source: 'sdk',
-        behavior: 'Passing onprogress causes a progressToken to be injected into request _meta, preserving existing _meta fields.',
-        knownFailures: [
-            {
-                transport: 'sse',
-                note: "Real-socket SSE delivers a handler's progress notifications and its response in one batch; the response is processed first, so the progress notifications never reach the caller's progress callback."
-            }
-        ]
+        behavior: 'Passing onprogress causes a progressToken to be injected into request _meta, preserving existing _meta fields.'
     },
     'protocol:progress:token-unique': {
         source: 'https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/utilities/progress#progress-flow',
@@ -246,13 +234,7 @@ export const REQUIREMENTS: Record<string, Requirement> = {
     },
     'protocol:timeout:reset-on-progress': {
         source: 'https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/lifecycle#timeouts',
-        behavior: "When configured to do so, each progress notification resets the request's read timeout.",
-        knownFailures: [
-            {
-                transport: 'sse',
-                note: 'Same real-socket SSE batching race as protocol:progress:callback: the progress notifications are dropped before they can reset the timeout, so the request times out.'
-            }
-        ]
+        behavior: "When configured to do so, each progress notification resets the request's read timeout."
     },
     'protocol:timeout:sends-cancellation': {
         source: 'https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/lifecycle#timeouts',
@@ -391,13 +373,7 @@ export const REQUIREMENTS: Record<string, Requirement> = {
     },
     'tools:call:progress': {
         source: 'https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/utilities/progress#progress-flow',
-        behavior: "Progress notifications emitted by a tool handler reach the caller's progress callback before the tool result returns.",
-        knownFailures: [
-            {
-                transport: 'sse',
-                note: "Real-socket SSE delivers a handler's progress notifications and its response in one batch; the response is processed first, so the progress notifications never reach the caller's progress callback."
-            }
-        ]
+        behavior: "Progress notifications emitted by a tool handler reach the caller's progress callback before the tool result returns."
     },
     'tools:call:sampling-roundtrip': {
         transports: STATEFUL_TRANSPORTS,