diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1fb2515..1109126 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ For now, you will still have the old interfaces available to ease the migration,
 ### Features
 
 * Update to 0.10.1 of the schema ([#36](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/typescript-sdk/issues/36)) ([210392b](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/typescript-sdk/commit/210392bfdcb95d2f515784af914323d2606194f6))
-* Unstable: add unstable forkSession support [#37](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/typescript-sdk/pull/37)
+* Unstable: add unstable forkSession support ([#37](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/typescript-sdk/pull/37)) ([16262ef
+](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/typescript-sdk/commit/16262ef7b52892f935aa7fb39d98657895345ff4))
 
 ## [0.8.0](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/typescript-sdk/compare/v0.7.0...v0.8.0) (2025-12-08)
 
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ This update provides much improved schema interfaces. The migration should be mi
 ## 0.5.1 (2025-10-24)
 
 - Add ability for agents and clients to provide information about their implementation
-- Fix incorrectly serialized `_meta` field on `SetSessionModeResponse
+- Fix incorrectly serialized `_meta` field on `SetSessionModeResponse`
 
 ## 0.5.0 (2025-10-24)
 
diff --git a/src/examples/ws-client.ts b/src/examples/ws-client.ts
index 744df7d..0f784a6 100644
--- a/src/examples/ws-client.ts
+++ b/src/examples/ws-client.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const authHeaders = {
 // uses the platform cookie jar; Node's `ws` uses constructor headers populated
 // from this store.
 const cookieStore = new MemoryAcpCookieStore();
-let savedSessionId: string | undefined;
+let reconnectSessionId: string | undefined;
 
 function connect(): {
   readonly stream: acp.Stream;
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ try {
         cwd: process.cwd(),
         mcpServers: [],
       });
-      savedSessionId = session.sessionId;
+      reconnectSessionId = session.sessionId;
 
       const result = await ctx.request(acp.methods.agent.session.prompt, {
         sessionId: session.sessionId,
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ try {
 
   console.log(`\nDone: ${result.stopReason}`);
   console.log(
-    `Saved session ${savedSessionId}; loadSession=${initialized.agentCapabilities?.loadSession === true}`,
+    `Saved session ${reconnectSessionId}; loadSession=${initialized.agentCapabilities?.loadSession === true}`,
   );
 
   // Reconnect flow sketch:
diff --git a/src/node-adapter.test.ts b/src/node-adapter.test.ts
index b57c744..b442923 100644
--- a/src/node-adapter.test.ts
+++ b/src/node-adapter.test.ts
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ describe("createNodeHttpHandler", () => {
         },
         bodyChunks: [
           bodyBytes.slice(0, splitIndex + 1),
+          "",
           bodyBytes.slice(splitIndex + 1),
         ],
       }),
@@ -245,6 +246,99 @@ describe("createNodeHttpHandler", () => {
     expect(seenBodies).toEqual([body]);
   });
 
+  it("flushes pending UTF-8 bytes before non-empty string chunks", async () => {
+    const acpServer = new AcpServer({
+      createAgent: () => createTestAgentApp(),
+    });
+    const seenBodies: string[] = [];
+    const response = new CapturingServerResponse();
+
+    acpServer.handleRequest = async (req) => {
+      seenBodies.push(await req.text());
+      return new Response("ok");
+    };
+
+    createNodeHttpHandler(acpServer)(
+      fakeRequest({
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: {
+          "content-type": "text/plain",
+        },
+        bodyChunks: [
+          new Uint8Array([0xf0]),
+          "x",
+          new Uint8Array([0x9f, 0x9a, 0x80]),
+        ],
+      }),
+      response as unknown as ServerResponse,
+    );
+
+    await response.finished;
+
+    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    expect(seenBodies).toEqual(["\uFFFDx\uFFFD\uFFFD\uFFFD"]);
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to localhost for invalid request host headers", async () => {
+    const acpServer = new AcpServer({
+      createAgent: () => createTestAgentApp(),
+    });
+    const seenUrls: string[] = [];
+    const response = new CapturingServerResponse();
+
+    acpServer.handleRequest = (req) => {
+      seenUrls.push(req.url);
+      return Promise.resolve(new Response("ok"));
+    };
+
+    createNodeHttpHandler(acpServer)(
+      fakeRequest({
+        headers: {
+          host: "example.com/@internal",
+        },
+      }),
+      response as unknown as ServerResponse,
+    );
+
+    await response.finished;
+
+    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    expect(seenUrls).toEqual(["http://localhost/acp"]);
+  });
+
+  it("preserves valid request host headers that URL parsing canonicalizes", async () => {
+    const acpServer = new AcpServer({
+      createAgent: () => createTestAgentApp(),
+    });
+    const seenUrls: string[] = [];
+
+    acpServer.handleRequest = (req) => {
+      seenUrls.push(req.url);
+      return Promise.resolve(new Response("ok"));
+    };
+
+    for (const host of ["EXAMPLE.com", "example.com:80", "[::1]:80"]) {
+      const response = new CapturingServerResponse();
+
+      createNodeHttpHandler(acpServer)(
+        fakeRequest({
+          headers: { host },
+        }),
+        response as unknown as ServerResponse,
+      );
+
+      await response.finished;
+
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    }
+
+    expect(seenUrls).toEqual([
+      "http://example.com/acp",
+      "http://example.com/acp",
+      "http://[::1]/acp",
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it("rejects request bodies when Content-Length exceeds the configured limit", async () => {
     const acpServer = new AcpServer({
       createAgent: () => createTestAgentApp(),
@@ -491,7 +585,7 @@ function fakeRequest(
   options: {
     readonly method?: string;
     readonly headers?: Record<string, string>;
-    readonly bodyChunks?: readonly Uint8Array[];
+    readonly bodyChunks?: readonly (Uint8Array | string)[];
   } = {},
 ): IncomingMessage {
   const request = Object.assign(Readable.from(options.bodyChunks ?? []), {
diff --git a/src/node-adapter.ts b/src/node-adapter.ts
index 6761075..f5a9c81 100644
--- a/src/node-adapter.ts
+++ b/src/node-adapter.ts
@@ -280,7 +280,10 @@ async function readRequestBody(
       }
 
       if (typeof chunk === "string") {
-        body += decoder.decode();
+        body +=
+          chunk.length === 0
+            ? decoder.decode(new Uint8Array(), { stream: true })
+            : decoder.decode();
         body += chunk;
         return;
       }
@@ -377,8 +380,61 @@ class RequestBodyTooLargeError extends Error {
   }
 }
 
+function sanitizedRequestHost(req: IncomingMessage): string {
+  const hostHeader = req.headers.host;
+  const host = Array.isArray(hostHeader) ? hostHeader[0] : hostHeader;
+
+  if (host === undefined) {
+    return "localhost";
+  }
+
+  const normalized = host.trim();
+
+  if (normalized.length === 0 || hasInvalidRequestHostCharacter(normalized)) {
+    return "localhost";
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const parsed = new URL(`http://${normalized}`);
+    if (
+      parsed.username !== "" ||
+      parsed.password !== "" ||
+      parsed.pathname !== "/" ||
+      parsed.search !== "" ||
+      parsed.hash !== ""
+    ) {
+      return "localhost";
+    }
+  } catch {
+    return "localhost";
+  }
+
+  return normalized;
+}
+
+function hasInvalidRequestHostCharacter(host: string): boolean {
+  for (const char of host) {
+    const codePoint = char.codePointAt(0);
+    if (
+      codePoint === undefined ||
+      codePoint <= 0x1f ||
+      codePoint === 0x7f ||
+      char.trim() === "" ||
+      char === "/" ||
+      char === "?" ||
+      char === "#" ||
+      char === "@" ||
+      char === "\\"
+    ) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 function nodeRequestUrl(req: IncomingMessage): string {
-  const host = req.headers.host ?? "localhost";
+  const host = sanitizedRequestHost(req);
   return `http://${host}${req.url ?? "/"}`;
 }