diff --git a/src/plyngent/lmproto/openai_compatible/client.py b/src/plyngent/lmproto/openai_compatible/client.py
index 29778e9..0004774 100644
--- a/src/plyngent/lmproto/openai_compatible/client.py
+++ b/src/plyngent/lmproto/openai_compatible/client.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import inspect
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal, overload
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal, cast, overload
 
 import msgspec
 import niquests
@@ -52,13 +52,44 @@ class BaseOpenAIClient:
         self.decoder = msgspec.json.Decoder(ChatCompletionResponse)
         self.chunk_decoder = msgspec.json.Decoder(ChatCompletionChunk)
 
+    async def _ensure_ok(self, resp: object) -> None:
+        """Raise if the HTTP response is an error (stream or non-stream)."""
+        http_error = 400
+        status = getattr(resp, "status_code", None)
+        if not isinstance(status, int) or status < http_error:
+            return
+        body = ""
+        content = getattr(resp, "content", None)
+        if content is not None:
+            if isinstance(content, (bytes, bytearray)):
+                body = bytes(content[:500]).decode(errors="replace")
+            else:
+                body = str(content)[:500]
+        if hasattr(resp, "close") or hasattr(resp, "aclose"):
+            await _close_async_response(cast("AsyncResponse", resp))
+        msg = f"chat completions HTTP {status}"
+        if body:
+            msg = f"{msg}: {body}"
+        raise RuntimeError(msg)
+
     async def _parse_sse(self, resp: AsyncResponse) -> AsyncIterator[ChatCompletionChunk]:
+        """Yield SSE chunks; stop at ``data: [DONE]`` so we do not hang on keep-alive."""
         try:
-            async for line in resp.iter_lines():
-                if not line or line == b"data: [DONE]":
+            await self._ensure_ok(resp)
+            async for raw in resp.iter_lines():
+                if not raw:
                     continue
-                if line.startswith(b"data: "):
-                    yield self.chunk_decoder.decode(line[6:])
+                line = bytes(raw).strip()
+                if line in {b"data: [DONE]", b"[DONE]"}:
+                    break
+                if not line.startswith(b"data: "):
+                    continue
+                payload = line[6:].strip()
+                if payload == b"[DONE]":
+                    break
+                if not payload:
+                    continue
+                yield self.chunk_decoder.decode(payload)
         finally:
             await _close_async_response(resp)
 
@@ -97,6 +128,7 @@ class OpenAIClient(BaseOpenAIClient):
             headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
             stream=False,
         )
+        await self._ensure_ok(resp)
         assert resp.content is not None
         return self.decoder.decode(resp.content)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_lmproto/test_sse_parse.py b/tests/test_lmproto/test_sse_parse.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6ecb17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_lmproto/test_sse_parse.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast
+
+from plyngent.lmproto.openai_compatible.client import BaseOpenAIClient
+from plyngent.lmproto.openai_compatible.config import OpenAIConfig
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import AsyncIterator
+
+    from niquests.models import AsyncResponse
+
+
+class _FakeResp:
+    status_code: int
+    closed: bool
+    content: bytes
+    _lines: list[bytes]
+
+    def __init__(self, lines: list[bytes], *, status_code: int = 200) -> None:
+        self.status_code = status_code
+        self.closed = False
+        self._lines = lines
+        self.content = b""
+
+    async def iter_lines(self) -> AsyncIterator[bytes]:
+        for line in self._lines:
+            yield line
+
+    def close(self) -> None:
+        self.closed = True
+
+
+async def test_parse_sse_stops_at_done() -> None:
+    client = BaseOpenAIClient(OpenAIConfig(access_key_or_token="t", base_url="http://x"))
+    # Minimal OpenAI-style chunk payload
+    chunk = (
+        b'data: {"id":"1","object":"chat.completion.chunk","created":0,'
+        b'"model":"m","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"content":"hi"},'
+        b'"finish_reason":null}]}'
+    )
+    resp = _FakeResp([chunk, b"", b"data: [DONE]", b"data: should-not-parse"])
+    out = [c async for c in client._parse_sse(cast("AsyncResponse", cast("object", resp)))]
+    assert len(out) == 1
+    assert out[0].choices[0].delta.content == "hi"
+    assert resp.closed is True
+
+
+async def test_parse_sse_http_error() -> None:
+    import pytest
+
+    client = BaseOpenAIClient(OpenAIConfig(access_key_or_token="t", base_url="http://x"))
+    resp = _FakeResp([], status_code=500)
+    resp.content = b'{"error":"boom"}'
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="500"):
+        _ = [c async for c in client._parse_sse(cast("AsyncResponse", cast("object", resp)))]
+    assert resp.closed is True