diff --git a/services/api-server/src/api_server/main.py b/services/api-server/src/api_server/main.py
index 5cc50d1..ce109a6 100644
--- a/services/api-server/src/api_server/main.py
+++ b/services/api-server/src/api_server/main.py
@@ -1711,7 +1711,7 @@ async def html5_operations_events(
     return StreamingResponse(
         stream_operations(),
         media_type="text/event-stream",
-        headers={"Cache-Control": "no-cache", "X-Accel-Buffering": "no"},
+        headers=_html5_sse_headers(),
     )
 
 
@@ -1777,7 +1777,7 @@ async def html5_project_events(project_id: str, once: bool = False) -> Streaming
     return StreamingResponse(
         stream_status(),
         media_type="text/event-stream",
-        headers={"Cache-Control": "no-cache", "X-Accel-Buffering": "no"},
+        headers=_html5_sse_headers(),
     )
 
 
@@ -2103,7 +2103,7 @@ async def html5_project_setup_events(project_id: str, once: bool = False) -> Str
     return StreamingResponse(
         stream_setup(),
         media_type="text/event-stream",
-        headers={"Cache-Control": "no-cache", "X-Accel-Buffering": "no"},
+        headers=_html5_sse_headers(),
     )
 
 
@@ -8509,6 +8509,14 @@ def _html5_sse_event(event: str, fragment: str) -> str:
     return f"event: {event}\nretry: 5000\n{data}\n\n"
 
 
+def _html5_sse_headers() -> dict[str, str]:
+    return {
+        "Cache-Control": "no-cache, no-transform",
+        "Connection": "keep-alive",
+        "X-Accel-Buffering": "no",
+    }
+
+
 def _html5_sse_if_changed(last_fragments: dict[str, str], event: str, fragment: str):
     if last_fragments.get(event) == fragment:
         return
diff --git a/services/api-server/tests/test_api.py b/services/api-server/tests/test_api.py
index 7556cb4..ce9235a 100644
--- a/services/api-server/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/services/api-server/tests/test_api.py
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ def test_html5_server_rendered_project_editor(tmp_path: Path):
     assert "__next" not in editor.text
 
     with client.stream("GET", f"/html5/projects/{project_id}/events?once=1") as events:
+        assert events.headers["cache-control"] == "no-cache, no-transform"
+        assert events.headers["x-accel-buffering"] == "no"
+        assert events.headers["connection"] == "keep-alive"
         first_chunk = "".join(events.iter_text())
     assert ": project " in first_chunk
     assert "retry: 5000" in first_chunk
@@ -708,6 +711,9 @@ def test_html5_project_setup_renders_server_fragments():
     assert "<html" not in summary.text
 
     with client.stream("GET", f"/html5/projects/{project_id}/setup/events?once=1") as events:
+        assert events.headers["cache-control"] == "no-cache, no-transform"
+        assert events.headers["x-accel-buffering"] == "no"
+        assert events.headers["connection"] == "keep-alive"
         first_chunk = "".join(events.iter_text())
     assert ": setup " in first_chunk
     assert "retry: 5000" in first_chunk
@@ -747,6 +753,9 @@ def test_html5_operations_renders_job_monitor_fragments():
     assert "__next" not in page.text
 
     with client.stream("GET", "/html5/operations/events?once=1") as events:
+        assert events.headers["cache-control"] == "no-cache, no-transform"
+        assert events.headers["x-accel-buffering"] == "no"
+        assert events.headers["connection"] == "keep-alive"
         first_chunk = "".join(events.iter_text())
     assert ": operations heartbeat" in first_chunk
     assert "retry: 5000" in first_chunk