diff --git a/src/mcp/server/stdio.py b/src/mcp/server/stdio.py
index 5c1459dff..f19272697 100644
--- a/src/mcp/server/stdio.py
+++ b/src/mcp/server/stdio.py
@@ -48,18 +48,22 @@ async def stdio_server(stdin: anyio.AsyncFile[str] | None = None, stdout: anyio.
 
     async def stdin_reader():
         try:
-            async with read_stream_writer:
-                async for line in stdin:
-                    try:
-                        message = types.jsonrpc_message_adapter.validate_json(line, by_name=False)
-                    except Exception as exc:
-                        await read_stream_writer.send(exc)
-                        continue
+            async for line in stdin:
+                try:
+                    message = types.jsonrpc_message_adapter.validate_json(line, by_name=False)
+                except Exception as exc:
+                    await read_stream_writer.send(exc)
+                    continue
 
-                    session_message = SessionMessage(message)
-                    await read_stream_writer.send(session_message)
+                session_message = SessionMessage(message)
+                await read_stream_writer.send(session_message)
         except anyio.ClosedResourceError:  # pragma: no cover
             await anyio.lowlevel.checkpoint()
+        finally:
+            # Close the read stream to signal EOF to the server.  Any pending
+            # server responses are already buffered in write_stream_reader and
+            # will drain through stdout_writer before the task group exits.
+            await read_stream_writer.aclose()
 
     async def stdout_writer():
         try:
diff --git a/tests/server/test_stdio_2678.py b/tests/server/test_stdio_2678.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f50ecec59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/server/test_stdio_2678.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+"""Regression test for #2678: in-flight responses should not be dropped on stdin EOF.
+
+When a server receives a request and stdin hits EOF while the server is still
+processing, the response must still be written to stdout. The fix closes
+read_stream_writer in stdin_reader's finally block so the server sees EOF and
+can flush pending writes before the task group exits.
+"""
+
+import io
+import sys
+import threading
+from io import TextIOWrapper
+
+import pytest
+
+from mcp.server.mcpserver import MCPServer
+from mcp.types import (
+    JSONRPCRequest,
+    JSONRPCResponse,
+    jsonrpc_message_adapter,
+)
+
+
+class _KeepOpenBytesIO(io.BytesIO):
+    """A BytesIO that survives its TextIOWrapper being closed."""
+
+    def close(self) -> None:
+        pass
+
+
+def _run_stdio_bounded(server: MCPServer, timeout: float = 5) -> None:
+    def target() -> None:
+        server.run("stdio")
+
+    thread = threading.Thread(target=target, daemon=True)
+    thread.start()
+    thread.join(timeout)
+    assert not thread.is_alive(), "run('stdio') did not return after stdin EOF"
+
+
+def test_stdio_response_not_dropped_on_eof(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    """Server response is written to stdout even when stdin closes right after the request.
+
+    Regression test for #2678: stdin EOF used to close read_stream_writer before
+    the server could flush its response through stdout_writer.
+    """
+    ping = JSONRPCRequest(jsonrpc="2.0", id=1, method="ping")
+    stdin_bytes = io.BytesIO(ping.model_dump_json(by_alias=True, exclude_none=True).encode() + b"\n")
+    captured = _KeepOpenBytesIO()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "stdin", TextIOWrapper(stdin_bytes, encoding="utf-8"))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "stdout", TextIOWrapper(captured, encoding="utf-8"))
+
+    _run_stdio_bounded(MCPServer(name="TestEOF"))
+
+    response = jsonrpc_message_adapter.validate_json(captured.getvalue().decode().strip())
+    assert response == JSONRPCResponse(jsonrpc="2.0", id=1, result={})