diff --git a/src/http/session-registry.test.ts b/src/http/session-registry.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6d0895
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/http/session-registry.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import SessionRegistry from './session-registry.js';
+
+function transport() {
+  return { close: vi.fn(async () => undefined) };
+}
+
+describe('SessionRegistry', () => {
+  it('expires idle sessions but preserves active requests', async () => {
+    let now = 1_000;
+    const registry = new SessionRegistry({ idleTtlMs: 100, maxSessions: 4, now: () => now });
+    const idle = transport();
+    const active = transport();
+
+    registry.add('idle', idle);
+    registry.add('active', active);
+    expect(registry.acquire('active')).toBe(active);
+
+    now = 1_101;
+    expect(await registry.pruneIdle()).toBe(1);
+    expect(idle.close).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(active.close).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(registry.size).toBe(1);
+
+    registry.release('active');
+    now = 1_202;
+    expect(await registry.pruneIdle()).toBe(1);
+    expect(active.close).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(registry.size).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('evicts the least-recently used inactive session at capacity', async () => {
+    let now = 1_000;
+    const registry = new SessionRegistry({ idleTtlMs: 10_000, maxSessions: 2, now: () => now });
+    const oldest = transport();
+    const newest = transport();
+
+    registry.add('oldest', oldest);
+    now = 1_010;
+    registry.add('newest', newest);
+
+    expect(await registry.ensureCapacity()).toBe(true);
+    expect(oldest.close).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(newest.close).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(registry.size).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('refuses new capacity rather than closing active sessions', async () => {
+    const registry = new SessionRegistry({ idleTtlMs: 10_000, maxSessions: 1 });
+    const active = transport();
+
+    registry.add('active', active);
+    registry.acquire('active');
+
+    expect(await registry.ensureCapacity()).toBe(false);
+    expect(active.close).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(registry.size).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('does not let a late close callback remove a replacement session', () => {
+    const registry = new SessionRegistry({ idleTtlMs: 10_000, maxSessions: 2 });
+    const first = transport();
+    const replacement = transport();
+
+    registry.add('same-id', first);
+    registry.add('same-id', replacement);
+
+    expect(registry.remove('same-id', first)).toBe(false);
+    expect(registry.size).toBe(1);
+    expect(registry.acquire('same-id')).toBe(replacement);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/http/session-registry.ts b/src/http/session-registry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aae2c0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/http/session-registry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+export interface ClosableSession {
+  close(): Promise<void> | void;
+}
+
+interface SessionEntry<T extends ClosableSession> {
+  transport: T;
+  lastAccess: number;
+  activeRequests: number;
+}
+
+interface SessionRegistryOptions {
+  idleTtlMs: number;
+  maxSessions: number;
+  now?: () => number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Bounds long-lived Streamable HTTP sessions without interrupting active requests.
+ * Idle sessions are expired by TTL; when capacity is reached, the least-recently
+ * used inactive session is evicted before accepting a new one.
+ */
+export default class SessionRegistry<T extends ClosableSession> {
+  private readonly sessions = new Map<string, SessionEntry<T>>();
+
+  private readonly idleTtlMs: number;
+
+  private readonly maxSessions: number;
+
+  private readonly now: () => number;
+
+  constructor(options: SessionRegistryOptions) {
+    if (!Number.isFinite(options.idleTtlMs) || options.idleTtlMs <= 0) {
+      throw new Error('idleTtlMs must be a positive number');
+    }
+    if (!Number.isInteger(options.maxSessions) || options.maxSessions <= 0) {
+      throw new Error('maxSessions must be a positive integer');
+    }
+
+    this.idleTtlMs = options.idleTtlMs;
+    this.maxSessions = options.maxSessions;
+    this.now = options.now ?? Date.now;
+  }
+
+  get size(): number {
+    return this.sessions.size;
+  }
+
+  acquire(sessionId: string): T | undefined {
+    const entry = this.sessions.get(sessionId);
+    if (!entry) return undefined;
+
+    entry.activeRequests += 1;
+    entry.lastAccess = this.now();
+    return entry.transport;
+  }
+
+  add(sessionId: string, transport: T, activeRequests = 0): void {
+    this.sessions.set(sessionId, {
+      transport,
+      lastAccess: this.now(),
+      activeRequests,
+    });
+  }
+
+  release(sessionId: string): void {
+    const entry = this.sessions.get(sessionId);
+    if (!entry) return;
+
+    entry.activeRequests = Math.max(0, entry.activeRequests - 1);
+    entry.lastAccess = this.now();
+  }
+
+  remove(sessionId: string, transport?: T): boolean {
+    const entry = this.sessions.get(sessionId);
+    if (!entry || (transport && entry.transport !== transport)) return false;
+    return this.sessions.delete(sessionId);
+  }
+
+  async pruneIdle(): Promise<number> {
+    const cutoff = this.now() - this.idleTtlMs;
+    const expired = [...this.sessions.entries()]
+      .filter(([, entry]) => entry.activeRequests === 0 && entry.lastAccess <= cutoff)
+      .map(([sessionId]) => sessionId);
+
+    await Promise.allSettled(expired.map(async (sessionId) => this.closeSession(sessionId)));
+    return expired.length;
+  }
+
+  async ensureCapacity(): Promise<boolean> {
+    await this.pruneIdle();
+    if (this.sessions.size < this.maxSessions) return true;
+
+    const candidates = [...this.sessions.entries()]
+      .filter(([, entry]) => entry.activeRequests === 0)
+      .sort((a, b) => a[1].lastAccess - b[1].lastAccess);
+
+    for (const [sessionId] of candidates) {
+      if (this.sessions.size < this.maxSessions) break;
+      await this.closeSession(sessionId);
+    }
+
+    return this.sessions.size < this.maxSessions;
+  }
+
+  async closeAll(): Promise<void> {
+    const sessionIds = [...this.sessions.keys()];
+    await Promise.allSettled(
+      sessionIds.map(async (sessionId) => this.closeSession(sessionId, true)),
+    );
+  }
+
+  private async closeSession(sessionId: string, includeActive = false): Promise<boolean> {
+    const entry = this.sessions.get(sessionId);
+    if (!entry || (!includeActive && entry.activeRequests > 0)) return false;
+
+    this.sessions.delete(sessionId);
+    await entry.transport.close();
+    return true;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index b57ece2..a1b8970 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { isInitializeRequest } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/types.js';
 
 import { loadConfig } from './config/loader.js';
 import ConnectionManager from './connections/manager.js';
+import SessionRegistry from './http/session-registry.js';
 import { bindServer, markInitialized, mcpLog } from './logging.js';
 import registerAllPrompts from './prompts/register.js';
 import registerAllResources from './resources/register.js';
@@ -234,7 +235,12 @@ async function runHttpServer(port: number): Promise<void> {
     return server;
   }
 
-  const transports = new Map<string, StreamableHTTPServerTransport>();
+  const sessionIdleTtlMs = 30 * 60_000;
+  const maxHttpSessions = 32;
+  const sessionRegistry = new SessionRegistry<StreamableHTTPServerTransport>({
+    idleTtlMs: sessionIdleTtlMs,
+    maxSessions: maxHttpSessions,
+  });
 
   const httpServer = createHttpServer(async (req: IncomingMessage, res: ServerResponse) => {
     if (req.url === '/health') {
@@ -273,19 +279,32 @@ async function runHttpServer(port: number): Promise<void> {
     const sessionId = Array.isArray(sessionIdHeader) ? sessionIdHeader[0] : sessionIdHeader;
     let transport: StreamableHTTPServerTransport;
 
-    const existing = sessionId ? transports.get(sessionId) : undefined;
+    const existing = sessionId ? sessionRegistry.acquire(sessionId) : undefined;
+    let acquiredSessionId = existing ? sessionId : undefined;
     if (existing) {
       transport = existing;
     } else if (!sessionId && req.method === 'POST' && isInitializeRequest(body)) {
+      if (!(await sessionRegistry.ensureCapacity())) {
+        res.writeHead(503, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
+        res.end(
+          JSON.stringify({
+            jsonrpc: '2.0',
+            error: { code: -32000, message: 'Server busy: too many active MCP sessions' },
+            id: null,
+          }),
+        );
+        return;
+      }
       const newTransport = new StreamableHTTPServerTransport({
         sessionIdGenerator: () => randomUUID(),
         onsessioninitialized: (sid) => {
-          transports.set(sid, newTransport);
+          sessionRegistry.add(sid, newTransport, 1);
+          acquiredSessionId = sid;
         },
       });
       newTransport.onclose = () => {
         const sid = newTransport.sessionId;
-        if (sid) transports.delete(sid);
+        if (sid) sessionRegistry.remove(sid, newTransport);
       };
       const mcpServer = buildMcpSession();
       await mcpServer.connect(newTransport);
@@ -326,11 +345,20 @@ async function runHttpServer(port: number): Promise<void> {
       return;
     }
 
-    await transport.handleRequest(req, res, body);
+    try {
+      await transport.handleRequest(req, res, body);
+    } finally {
+      if (acquiredSessionId) sessionRegistry.release(acquiredSessionId);
+    }
   });
 
   await watcherService.start();
 
+  const sessionCleanupInterval = setInterval(() => {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-void
+    void sessionRegistry.pruneIdle();
+  }, 60_000);
+
   const checkInterval = setInterval(async () => {
     try {
       await schedulerService.checkAndSend();
@@ -360,10 +388,10 @@ async function runHttpServer(port: number): Promise<void> {
 
   const shutdown = async () => {
     clearInterval(checkInterval);
+    clearInterval(sessionCleanupInterval);
     hooksService.stop();
     await watcherService.stop();
-    // Close all transports concurrently; errors are ignored individually.
-    await Promise.allSettled(Array.from(transports.values(), async (t) => t.close()));
+    await sessionRegistry.closeAll();
     await connections.closeAll();
     httpServer.close();
   };