diff --git a/v3/internal/assetserver/assetserver_webview.go b/v3/internal/assetserver/assetserver_webview.go
index 21c01ede268..99227fb00fd 100644
--- a/v3/internal/assetserver/assetserver_webview.go
+++ b/v3/internal/assetserver/assetserver_webview.go
@@ -16,8 +16,22 @@ type assetServerWebView struct {
 	// ExpectedWebViewHost is checked against the Request Host of every WebViewRequest, other hosts won't be processed.
 	ExpectedWebViewHost string
 
-	dispatchInit    sync.Once
-	dispatchReqC    chan<- webview.Request
+	dispatchInit sync.Once
+	dispatchReqC chan<- webview.Request
+
+	// dispatchWorkers must stay 0, which is why nothing assigns it.
+	//
+	// At 0 every request gets its own goroutine. Any positive value switches
+	// ServeWebViewRequest to a fixed worker pool, and a request that is
+	// long-lived by design - a streaming response, or anything that blocks
+	// waiting on the frontend - occupies its worker for its whole lifetime.
+	// Enough of those and the pool is starved: later requests, including the
+	// page's own assets, queue behind them and the app appears to hang during
+	// startup with no error anywhere.
+	//
+	// The field is kept because the pooled path is still useful for a
+	// request-heavy workload known to be short-lived, but it needs a bound on
+	// request lifetime before it can be turned on.
 	dispatchWorkers int
 }
 
diff --git a/v3/internal/assetserver/content_type_sniffer.go b/v3/internal/assetserver/content_type_sniffer.go
index fd51a6101a6..17e12508b50 100644
--- a/v3/internal/assetserver/content_type_sniffer.go
+++ b/v3/internal/assetserver/content_type_sniffer.go
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ type contentTypeSniffer struct {
 	status          int
 	headerCommitted bool
 	headerWritten   bool
+
+	// err is sticky. complete may fail partway through emitting the sniffing
+	// prefix, and http.Flusher has no way to report that, so the failure is
+	// recorded here and surfaced from the next Write or complete instead of
+	// being lost.
+	err error
 }
 
 // Unwrap returns the wrapped [http.ResponseWriter] for use with [http.ResponseController].
@@ -31,6 +37,10 @@ func (rw *contentTypeSniffer) Header() http.Header {
 }
 
 func (rw *contentTypeSniffer) Write(chunk []byte) (int, error) {
+	if rw.err != nil {
+		return 0, rw.err
+	}
+
 	if !rw.headerCommitted {
 		rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 	}
@@ -108,11 +118,29 @@ func (rw *contentTypeSniffer) sniff() {
 // Whoever creates a contentTypeSniffer instance
 // is responsible for calling complete after the nested handler has returned.
 func (rw *contentTypeSniffer) complete() (n int, err error) {
+	if rw.err != nil {
+		return 0, rw.err
+	}
+
 	rw.sniff()
 
 	if rw.headerWritten && len(rw.prefix) > 0 {
 		n, err = rw.rw.Write(rw.prefix)
-		rw.prefix = nil
+
+		// Drop only what actually went out. Clearing the whole prefix on a
+		// short or failed write would discard bytes that were never sent, and
+		// the caller would have no way to retry them.
+		if n < 0 {
+			n = 0
+		}
+		if n > len(rw.prefix) {
+			n = len(rw.prefix)
+		}
+		rw.prefix = rw.prefix[n:]
+
+		if err != nil {
+			rw.err = err
+		}
 	}
 
 	return
@@ -135,8 +163,23 @@ func (rw *contentTypeSniffer) closeClient() {
 }
 
 // Flush implements the http.Flusher interface.
+//
+// The prefix has to be resolved first. Until 512 bytes have been seen the
+// sniffer is deliberately holding the body back so it can detect a
+// Content-Type, so delegating straight to the wrapped writer would flush
+// nothing at all — the caller asks for a flush, gets no error, and no bytes
+// reach the client. That silently breaks any response that emits less than
+// 512 bytes and then waits, which is every streaming format.
+//
+// Completing here means the Content-Type is sniffed from a short prefix
+// instead of a full one. That is the right trade: an explicit flush is the
+// caller stating that what has been written so far should be sent now.
 func (rw *contentTypeSniffer) Flush() {
+	// Errors are dropped deliberately: http.Flusher cannot report one, and the
+	// same write error will surface from the next Write or from complete.
+	_, _ = rw.complete()
+
 	if f, ok := rw.rw.(http.Flusher); ok {
 		f.Flush()
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/v3/internal/assetserver/content_type_sniffer_test.go b/v3/internal/assetserver/content_type_sniffer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9214456926b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v3/internal/assetserver/content_type_sniffer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+package assetserver
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// A response shorter than the 512-byte sniffing prefix is held back until the
+// handler returns. Flush has to release it, or a streaming handler that writes
+// a short chunk and then waits delivers nothing while reporting success.
+func TestContentTypeSnifferFlushReleasesShortPrefix(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	rw := newContentTypeSniffer(rec)
+
+	rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK) // no Content-Type set, so sniffing applies
+	if _, err := io.WriteString(rw, "data: first\n\n"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if got := rec.Body.Len(); got != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("prefix should still be buffered before Flush, got %d bytes", got)
+	}
+
+	rw.Flush()
+
+	if got := rec.Body.String(); got != "data: first\n\n" {
+		t.Errorf("Flush did not release the buffered prefix, body = %q", got)
+	}
+	if !rec.Flushed {
+		t.Error("Flush did not reach the wrapped writer")
+	}
+	if ct := rec.Header().Get(HeaderContentType); ct == "" {
+		t.Error("Content-Type was not resolved on flush")
+	}
+}
+
+// After a flush the sniffer is done buffering, so later writes must pass
+// straight through rather than being collected into a new prefix.
+func TestContentTypeSnifferWritesPassThroughAfterFlush(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	rw := newContentTypeSniffer(rec)
+
+	rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	if _, err := io.WriteString(rw, "one"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write: %v", err)
+	}
+	rw.Flush()
+
+	if _, err := io.WriteString(rw, "two"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write after flush: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got := rec.Body.String(); got != "onetwo" {
+		t.Errorf("body = %q, want %q", got, "onetwo")
+	}
+}
+
+// Flushing before anything is written must not panic or emit a header.
+func TestContentTypeSnifferFlushBeforeWrite(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	rw := newContentTypeSniffer(rec)
+
+	rw.Flush()
+
+	if rec.Body.Len() != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expected no body, got %q", rec.Body.String())
+	}
+}
+
+// An explicit Content-Type disables sniffing entirely; Flush must not disturb
+// the header or duplicate the body.
+func TestContentTypeSnifferFlushWithExplicitContentType(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	rw := newContentTypeSniffer(rec)
+
+	rw.Header().Set(HeaderContentType, "text/event-stream")
+	rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	if _, err := io.WriteString(rw, "data: x\n\n"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write: %v", err)
+	}
+	rw.Flush()
+
+	if got := rec.Header().Get(HeaderContentType); got != "text/event-stream" {
+		t.Errorf("Content-Type = %q, want text/event-stream", got)
+	}
+	if got := rec.Body.String(); got != "data: x\n\n" {
+		t.Errorf("body = %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// The existing behaviour for a full prefix must be unchanged: once 512 bytes
+// have accumulated the sniffer completes on its own.
+func TestContentTypeSnifferFullPrefixStillCompletesWithoutFlush(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	rw := newContentTypeSniffer(rec)
+
+	body := strings.Repeat("a", 600)
+	rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	if _, err := io.WriteString(rw, body); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if got := rec.Body.String(); got != body {
+		t.Errorf("body length = %d, want %d", len(got), len(body))
+	}
+	if ct := rec.Header().Get(HeaderContentType); ct == "" {
+		t.Error("Content-Type was not sniffed once the prefix filled")
+	}
+}
+
+// http.ResponseController must find the sniffer's Flush and report success.
+func TestContentTypeSnifferSupportsResponseController(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	rw := newContentTypeSniffer(rec)
+
+	rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	if _, err := io.WriteString(rw, "chunk"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := http.NewResponseController(rw).Flush(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ResponseController.Flush: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got := rec.Body.String(); got != "chunk" {
+		t.Errorf("body = %q, want %q", got, "chunk")
+	}
+}
+
+// failingWriter fails the nth write (1-based) and succeeds otherwise, so a
+// test can target exactly the write that Flush triggers.
+type failingWriter struct {
+	http.ResponseWriter
+	failOn int
+	writes int
+}
+
+func (w *failingWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
+	w.writes++
+	if w.writes == w.failOn {
+		return 0, errors.New("write failed")
+	}
+	return w.ResponseWriter.Write(b)
+}
+
+func (w *failingWriter) Flush() {}
+
+// http.Flusher cannot report an error, so a failure while emitting the prefix
+// must be remembered and surfaced from the next Write. The unwritten prefix
+// must also survive rather than being silently dropped.
+func TestContentTypeSnifferFlushWriteFailureIsSurfacedLater(t *testing.T) {
+	fw := &failingWriter{ResponseWriter: httptest.NewRecorder(), failOn: 1}
+	rw := newContentTypeSniffer(fw)
+
+	rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	if _, err := io.WriteString(rw, "held back"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	rw.Flush() // triggers the prefix write, which fails
+
+	if len(rw.prefix) == 0 {
+		t.Error("prefix was dropped even though the write failed")
+	}
+
+	if _, err := io.WriteString(rw, "next"); err == nil {
+		t.Error("the flush-time failure was swallowed; later Write reported success")
+	}
+	if _, err := rw.complete(); err == nil {
+		t.Error("the flush-time failure was swallowed; complete reported success")
+	}
+}
+
+// A short write during the prefix flush must retain only the unsent remainder,
+// and the accompanying error must reach the caller afterwards.
+func TestContentTypeSnifferShortWriteKeepsRemainder(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	sw := &shortWriter{ResponseWriter: rec, limit: 3}
+	rw := newContentTypeSniffer(sw)
+
+	rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	if _, err := io.WriteString(rw, "abcdef"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write: %v", err)
+	}
+	rw.Flush()
+
+	if got := rec.Body.String(); got != "abc" {
+		t.Errorf("wrote %q, want the accepted prefix %q", got, "abc")
+	}
+	if got := string(rw.prefix); got != "def" {
+		t.Errorf("remaining prefix = %q, want %q", got, "def")
+	}
+	if _, err := io.WriteString(rw, "more"); !errors.Is(err, io.ErrShortWrite) {
+		t.Errorf("later Write error = %v, want io.ErrShortWrite", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// shortWriter accepts at most limit bytes per write. io.Writer requires a
+// non-nil error whenever fewer bytes are accepted than were offered, so it
+// reports io.ErrShortWrite rather than a bare short count.
+type shortWriter struct {
+	http.ResponseWriter
+	limit int
+}
+
+func (w *shortWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
+	if len(b) <= w.limit {
+		return w.ResponseWriter.Write(b)
+	}
+	n, err := w.ResponseWriter.Write(b[:w.limit])
+	if err != nil {
+		return n, err
+	}
+	return n, io.ErrShortWrite
+}
+
+func (w *shortWriter) Flush() {}
diff --git a/v3/internal/assetserver/webview/responsewriter_darwin.go b/v3/internal/assetserver/webview/responsewriter_darwin.go
index ff29a08bbb9..72eb40a1a4e 100644
--- a/v3/internal/assetserver/webview/responsewriter_darwin.go
+++ b/v3/internal/assetserver/webview/responsewriter_darwin.go
@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ func (rw *responseWriter) Write(buf []byte) (int, error) {
 	return contentLen, nil
 }
 
+// Flush implements the http.Flusher interface.
+//
+// Write hands each chunk straight to the URL scheme task via
+// didReceiveData, so there is nothing buffered on this side and a flush has
+// no work to do. Declaring it anyway is what lets http.ResponseController
+// report success truthfully to a streaming handler.
+func (rw *responseWriter) Flush() {}
+
 func (rw *responseWriter) WriteHeader(code int) {
 	rw.code = code
 	if rw.wroteHeader || rw.finished {
diff --git a/v3/internal/assetserver/webview/responsewriter_ios.go b/v3/internal/assetserver/webview/responsewriter_ios.go
index 7df697b6ebf..b2906ae1b82 100644
--- a/v3/internal/assetserver/webview/responsewriter_ios.go
+++ b/v3/internal/assetserver/webview/responsewriter_ios.go
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ func (rw *responseWriter) Write(buf []byte) (int, error) {
 	return contentLen, nil
 }
 
+// Flush implements the http.Flusher interface.
+//
+// As on macOS, Write pushes each chunk to the URL scheme task immediately,
+// so there is nothing to flush.
+func (rw *responseWriter) Flush() {}
+
 func (rw *responseWriter) WriteHeader(code int) {
 	rw.code = code
 	if rw.wroteHeader || rw.finished {
diff --git a/v3/internal/assetserver/webview/responsewriter_linux.go b/v3/internal/assetserver/webview/responsewriter_linux.go
index 488bde07656..5dce0df7510 100644
--- a/v3/internal/assetserver/webview/responsewriter_linux.go
+++ b/v3/internal/assetserver/webview/responsewriter_linux.go
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ func (rw *responseWriter) Write(buf []byte) (int, error) {
 	return rw.w.Write(buf)
 }
 
+// Flush implements the http.Flusher interface.
+//
+// Write goes into the pipe whose read end WebKitGTK consumes as a
+// GUnixInputStream, so bytes are already on their way out and there is
+// nothing held back here.
+func (rw *responseWriter) Flush() {}
+
 func (rw *responseWriter) WriteHeader(code int) {
 	rw.code = code
 	if rw.wroteHeader || rw.finished {
diff --git a/v3/internal/assetserver/webview/responsewriter_linux_gtk3.go b/v3/internal/assetserver/webview/responsewriter_linux_gtk3.go
index aa4c4912d02..3af2c18b6a1 100644
--- a/v3/internal/assetserver/webview/responsewriter_linux_gtk3.go
+++ b/v3/internal/assetserver/webview/responsewriter_linux_gtk3.go
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ func (rw *responseWriter) Write(buf []byte) (int, error) {
 	return rw.w.Write(buf)
 }
 
+// Flush implements the http.Flusher interface.
+//
+// Write goes into the pipe WebKitGTK reads from, so nothing is buffered on
+// this side.
+func (rw *responseWriter) Flush() {}
+
 func (rw *responseWriter) WriteHeader(code int) {
 	rw.code = code
 	if rw.wroteHeader || rw.finished {
diff --git a/v3/internal/assetserver/webview/responsewriter_windows.go b/v3/internal/assetserver/webview/responsewriter_windows.go
index c003f00bd83..63a07d46fd5 100644
--- a/v3/internal/assetserver/webview/responsewriter_windows.go
+++ b/v3/internal/assetserver/webview/responsewriter_windows.go
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ func (rw *responseWriter) Header() http.Header {
 	return rw.header
 }
 
+// Note: this writer deliberately does not implement http.Flusher.
+//
+// Unlike the other platforms, Write accumulates into an in-memory buffer that
+// is only handed to WebView2 in Finish, so there is no way to push bytes to
+// the client mid-response. A no-op Flush would therefore claim a capability
+// that does not exist and make http.ResponseController report success while
+// nothing reaches the page. Leaving it unimplemented keeps
+// ResponseController.Flush returning ErrNotSupported, which is the truth.
+//
+// This is also why a streaming response cannot work on Windows today,
+// independently of anything WebView2 does.
 func (rw *responseWriter) Write(buf []byte) (int, error) {
 	if rw.finished {
 		return 0, errResponseFinished