diff --git a/tests/test_connect_e2e.py b/tests/test_connect_e2e.py
index 15dbaaf..08c2c13 100644
--- a/tests/test_connect_e2e.py
+++ b/tests/test_connect_e2e.py
@@ -199,6 +199,56 @@ def test_sse_logs_streams_not_unsupported():
     assert "text/event-stream" in body.lower(), f"no SSE content-type: {body[:300]!r}"
 
 
+def test_sse_status_emits_initial_ping_within_1s():
+    """Backend MUST emit ":ping" immediately after headers (regression guard).
+
+    Without this, agents_dashboard sat on "connecting" indefinitely because
+    fgets() blocked waiting for the first body byte.
+    """
+    apikey = _apikey()
+    r = _curl([
+        "-sN", "-m", "2",
+        "-H", f"Authorization: Bearer {apikey}",
+        f"{_url()}/sse/status",
+    ], timeout=5)
+    # Body should contain at minimum the ping comment within 2s window
+    assert ": ping" in r.stdout, f"no initial ping in 2s: {r.stdout[:300]!r}"
+
+
+def test_sse_logs_emits_initial_ping_within_1s():
+    apikey = _apikey()
+    r = _curl([
+        "-sN", "-m", "2",
+        "-H", f"Authorization: Bearer {apikey}",
+        f"{_url()}/sse/agents/assistant-bot/logs",
+    ], timeout=5)
+    assert ": ping" in r.stdout, f"no initial ping in 2s: {r.stdout[:300]!r}"
+
+
+def test_sse_logs_actually_streams_log_lines():
+    """Beyond the ping, the log SSE must emit `event: log` frames with data.
+
+    assistant-bot is a long-running agent that emits log lines frequently,
+    so we collect a 2s window and expect at least one log event.
+    """
+    apikey = _apikey()
+    r = _curl([
+        "-sN", "-m", "2",
+        "-H", f"Authorization: Bearer {apikey}",
+        f"{_url()}/sse/agents/assistant-bot/logs",
+    ], timeout=5)
+    assert "event: log" in r.stdout, f"no log events in 2s window: {r.stdout[:500]!r}"
+
+
+def test_sse_unauthorized_without_bearer():
+    """SSE endpoints respect the same auth middleware as REST endpoints."""
+    r = _curl([
+        "-s", "-o", "/dev/null", "-w", "%{http_code}",
+        f"{_url()}/sse/status",
+    ])
+    assert r.stdout == "401", f"expected 401 got {r.stdout!r}"
+
+
 def test_health_no_auth_required():
     """/health must respond 200 without any Authorization header."""
     r = _curl(["-fsS", f"{_url()}/health"])