diff --git a/src/mcp/server/streamable_http.py b/src/mcp/server/streamable_http.py
index 15328ccab..72f88af44 100644
--- a/src/mcp/server/streamable_http.py
+++ b/src/mcp/server/streamable_http.py
@@ -646,12 +646,18 @@ async def sse_writer():
 
         except ClientDisconnect:
             # Client went away mid-request (network timeout, cancel, LB drop). Not a
-            # server error — log at WARNING and skip the response: the socket is gone.
+            # server error — log at WARNING and send a response so middleware chains
+            # (e.g. Starlette BaseHTTPMiddleware) don't raise "No response returned".
+            # The ASGI server will drop the response if the socket is already closed.
             # Notify the writer so the inner session task can unblock cleanly.
             logger.warning("Client disconnected during POST request")
             if writer is not None:
                 with suppress(Exception):
                     await writer.send(ClientDisconnect())
+            # 499 = Client Closed Request (nginx convention, not in stdlib HTTPStatus)
+            response = self._create_json_response(None, 499)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+            with suppress(Exception):
+                await response(scope, receive, send)
             return
         except Exception as err:  # pragma: no cover
             logger.exception("Error handling POST request")
diff --git a/tests/server/streamable_http/test_client_disconnect_post.py b/tests/server/streamable_http/test_client_disconnect_post.py
index 0e2b9f4de..cc5d5062c 100644
--- a/tests/server/streamable_http/test_client_disconnect_post.py
+++ b/tests/server/streamable_http/test_client_disconnect_post.py
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ async def dummy_send(message):
         )
 
     @pytest.mark.anyio
-    async def test_client_disconnect_does_not_send_response(self):
-        """After ClientDisconnect, no response should be sent (socket is closed)."""
+    async def test_client_disconnect_sends_response(self):
+        """After ClientDisconnect, a 202 response is sent so middleware chains don't
+        raise 'No response returned' (ASGI server drops it if socket is closed)."""
         transport = StreamableHTTPServerTransport(mcp_session_id=None)
         scope = self._make_scope()
 
@@ -116,10 +117,13 @@ async def dummy_send(message):
             scope, mock_request, dummy_receive, dummy_send
         )
 
-        # No HTTP response should be sent to the closed socket
-        assert len(send_calls) == 0, (
-            f"Expected no ASGI sends after ClientDisconnect, got {len(send_calls)}"
+        # A response IS sent (202 Accepted) so middleware chains don't blow up
+        assert len(send_calls) >= 1, (
+            f"Expected at least 1 ASGI send (response), got {len(send_calls)}"
         )
+        # First send should be http.response.start with 499 (Client Closed Request)
+        assert send_calls[0]["type"] == "http.response.start"
+        assert send_calls[0]["status"] == 499
 
     @pytest.mark.anyio
     async def test_client_disconnect_notifies_writer(self):
@@ -193,7 +197,9 @@ async def dummy_send(message):
                 scope, mock_request, dummy_receive, dummy_send
             )
 
-        # The broken writer.send was called once
+        # The broken writer.send was called once (suppressed)
         broken_send.assert_called_once()
-        # No response was sent (socket is closed)
-        assert len(send_calls) == 0
+        # Response is still sent even though writer was broken
+        assert len(send_calls) >= 1
+        assert send_calls[0]["type"] == "http.response.start"
+        assert send_calls[0]["status"] == 499