diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f085872a..96f6000c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 All notable changes to `mcp/sdk` will be documented in this file.
 
+0.9.0
+-----
+
+* Add `HttpTransport::getSessionId()` to read the server-minted `Mcp-Session-Id`: a request-scoped caller can persist it and pass it back through the constructor's `$headers` on a later transport. Always `null` on `2026-07-28`, which removed protocol-level sessions.
+
 0.8.0
 -----
 
diff --git a/src/Client/Transport/HttpTransport.php b/src/Client/Transport/HttpTransport.php
index b5499e85..3c12ea74 100644
--- a/src/Client/Transport/HttpTransport.php
+++ b/src/Client/Transport/HttpTransport.php
@@ -121,6 +121,22 @@ public function onHeaders(callable $callback): void
         $this->headerCallback = $callback;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The session ID minted by the server for this connection, if any.
+     *
+     * Captured from the Mcp-Session-Id response header of a handshake-era
+     * server; always null on 2026-07-28, which removed protocol-level sessions
+     * (SEP-2567). A caller that cannot keep the transport alive between
+     * interactions can persist it and pass it back through the constructor's
+     * $headers on a later transport, where it wins over the tracked value.
+     *
+     * @return string|null null until the server mints a session, and again after close()
+     */
+    public function getSessionId(): ?string
+    {
+        return $this->sessionId;
+    }
+
     public function send(string $data): void
     {
         $request = $this->requestFactory->createRequest('POST', $this->endpoint)
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Client/Transport/HttpTransportTest.php b/tests/Unit/Client/Transport/HttpTransportTest.php
index 6c6119e1..83a77e0b 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Client/Transport/HttpTransportTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Client/Transport/HttpTransportTest.php
@@ -94,6 +94,53 @@ public function sendRequest(RequestInterface $request): ResponseInterface
         $this->assertSame('test-server', $client->getServerInfo()?->name);
     }
 
+    #[TestDox('the server-minted session ID is exposed while connected and cleared on close')]
+    public function testSessionIdIsExposedAndClearedOnClose(): void
+    {
+        $httpClient = new class implements ClientInterface {
+            public function sendRequest(RequestInterface $request): ResponseInterface
+            {
+                $decoded = json_decode((string) $request->getBody(), true);
+
+                if ('initialize' !== ($decoded['method'] ?? null)) {
+                    return new Response(202);
+                }
+
+                $payload = json_encode([
+                    'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
+                    'id' => $decoded['id'],
+                    'result' => [
+                        'protocolVersion' => '2025-11-25',
+                        'capabilities' => ['tools' => ['listChanged' => false]],
+                        'serverInfo' => ['name' => 'test-server', 'version' => '1.0.0'],
+                    ],
+                ]);
+
+                return new Response(200, [
+                    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
+                    'Mcp-Session-Id' => 'session-abc123',
+                ], $payload);
+            }
+        };
+
+        $transport = new HttpTransport('http://localhost/mcp', [], $httpClient, $this->factory, $this->factory);
+
+        $this->assertNull($transport->getSessionId());
+
+        $client = Client::builder()
+            ->setClientInfo('test-client', '1.0.0')
+            ->setInitTimeout(1)
+            ->build();
+
+        $client->connect($transport);
+
+        $this->assertSame('session-abc123', $transport->getSessionId());
+
+        $client->disconnect();
+
+        $this->assertNull($transport->getSessionId());
+    }
+
     #[TestDox('SSE stream is aborted before the buffer can exceed the configured cap')]
     public function testSseBufferIsBoundedByConfiguredCap(): void
     {