diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/services/realtime/relayRealtimeStreams.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/services/realtime/relayRealtimeStreams.server.ts
index 61b98a3b9..46e16ff5e 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/services/realtime/relayRealtimeStreams.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/services/realtime/relayRealtimeStreams.server.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { singleton } from "~/utils/singleton";
 
 export type RelayRealtimeStreamsOptions = {
   ttl: number;
+  cleanupInterval: number;
   fallbackIngestor: StreamIngestor;
   fallbackResponder: StreamResponder;
   waitForBufferTimeout?: number; // Time to wait for buffer in ms (default: 500ms)
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ interface RelayedStreamRecord {
   stream: ReadableStream<Uint8Array>;
   createdAt: number;
   lastAccessed: number;
+  locked: boolean;
   finalized: boolean;
 }
 
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ export class RelayRealtimeStreams implements StreamIngestor, StreamResponder {
     // Periodic cleanup
     this.cleanupInterval = setInterval(() => {
       this.cleanup();
-    }, this.options.ttl).unref();
+    }, this.options.cleanupInterval).unref();
   }
 
   async streamResponse(
@@ -76,6 +78,23 @@ export class RelayRealtimeStreams implements StreamIngestor, StreamResponder {
       }
     }
 
+    // Only 1 reader of the stream can use the relayed stream, the rest should use the fallback
+    if (record.locked) {
+      logger.debug("[RelayRealtimeStreams][streamResponse] Stream already locked, using fallback", {
+        streamId,
+        runId,
+      });
+
+      return this.options.fallbackResponder.streamResponse(
+        request,
+        runId,
+        streamId,
+        environment,
+        signal
+      );
+    }
+
+    record.locked = true;
     record.lastAccessed = Date.now();
 
     logger.debug("[RelayRealtimeStreams][streamResponse] Streaming from ephemeral record", {
@@ -106,7 +125,7 @@ export class RelayRealtimeStreams implements StreamIngestor, StreamResponder {
         "Content-Type": "text/event-stream",
         "Cache-Control": "no-cache",
         Connection: "keep-alive",
-        "x-relay-realtime-streams": "true",
+        "x-trigger-relay-realtime-streams": "true",
       },
     });
   }
@@ -157,6 +176,7 @@ export class RelayRealtimeStreams implements StreamIngestor, StreamResponder {
         createdAt: Date.now(),
         lastAccessed: Date.now(),
         finalized: false,
+        locked: false,
       };
       this._buffers.set(bufferKey, record);
     } else {
@@ -167,12 +187,21 @@ export class RelayRealtimeStreams implements StreamIngestor, StreamResponder {
 
   private cleanup() {
     const now = Date.now();
+
+    logger.debug("[RelayRealtimeStreams][cleanup] Cleaning up old buffers", {
+      bufferCount: this._buffers.size,
+    });
+
     for (const [key, record] of this._buffers.entries()) {
       // If last accessed is older than ttl, clean up
       if (now - record.lastAccessed > this.options.ttl) {
         this.deleteBuffer(key);
       }
     }
+
+    logger.debug("[RelayRealtimeStreams][cleanup] Cleaned up old buffers", {
+      bufferCount: this._buffers.size,
+    });
   }
 
   private deleteBuffer(bufferKey: string) {
@@ -216,6 +245,7 @@ export class RelayRealtimeStreams implements StreamIngestor, StreamResponder {
 function initializeRelayRealtimeStreams() {
   return new RelayRealtimeStreams({
     ttl: 1000 * 60 * 5, // 5 minutes
+    cleanupInterval: 1000 * 60, // 1 minute
     fallbackIngestor: v1RealtimeStreams,
     fallbackResponder: v1RealtimeStreams,
   });