diff --git a/codex-rs/codex-api/src/endpoint/realtime_websocket/methods.rs b/codex-rs/codex-api/src/endpoint/realtime_websocket/methods.rs
index a031ecdbc2..e9a297de07 100644
--- a/codex-rs/codex-api/src/endpoint/realtime_websocket/methods.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/codex-api/src/endpoint/realtime_websocket/methods.rs
@@ -320,30 +320,38 @@ impl RealtimeWebsocketEvents {
             return Ok(None);
         }
 
-        let msg = match self.rx_message.lock().await.recv().await {
-            Some(Ok(msg)) => msg,
-            Some(Err(err)) => {
-                self.is_closed.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
-                return Err(ApiError::Stream(format!(
-                    "failed to read websocket message: {err}"
-                )));
-            }
-            None => {
-                self.is_closed.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
-                return Ok(None);
-            }
-        };
+        loop {
+            let msg = match self.rx_message.lock().await.recv().await {
+                Some(Ok(msg)) => msg,
+                Some(Err(err)) => {
+                    self.is_closed.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
+                    return Err(ApiError::Stream(format!(
+                        "failed to read websocket message: {err}"
+                    )));
+                }
+                None => {
+                    self.is_closed.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
+                    return Ok(None);
+                }
+            };
 
-        match msg {
-            Message::Text(text) => Ok(parse_realtime_event(&text)),
-            Message::Close(_) => {
-                self.is_closed.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
-                Ok(None)
+            match msg {
+                Message::Text(text) => {
+                    if let Some(event) = parse_realtime_event(&text) {
+                        return Ok(Some(event));
+                    }
+                }
+                Message::Close(_) => {
+                    self.is_closed.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
+                    return Ok(None);
+                }
+                Message::Binary(_) => {
+                    return Ok(Some(RealtimeEvent::Error(
+                        "unexpected binary realtime websocket event".to_string(),
+                    )));
+                }
+                Message::Frame(_) | Message::Ping(_) | Message::Pong(_) => {}
             }
-            Message::Binary(_) => Ok(Some(RealtimeEvent::Error(
-                "unexpected binary realtime websocket event".to_string(),
-            ))),
-            Message::Frame(_) | Message::Ping(_) | Message::Pong(_) => Ok(None),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/codex-rs/codex-api/tests/realtime_websocket_e2e.rs b/codex-rs/codex-api/tests/realtime_websocket_e2e.rs
index 69e8572d5f..b9d252d3a8 100644
--- a/codex-rs/codex-api/tests/realtime_websocket_e2e.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/codex-api/tests/realtime_websocket_e2e.rs
@@ -305,3 +305,89 @@ async fn realtime_ws_e2e_disconnected_emitted_once() {
 
     server.await.expect("server task");
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn realtime_ws_e2e_ignores_unknown_text_events() {
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.expect("bind");
+    let addr = listener.local_addr().expect("local addr");
+
+    let server = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let (stream, _) = listener.accept().await.expect("accept");
+        let mut ws = accept_async(stream).await.expect("accept ws");
+
+        let first = ws
+            .next()
+            .await
+            .expect("first msg")
+            .expect("first msg ok")
+            .into_text()
+            .expect("text");
+        let first_json: Value = serde_json::from_str(&first).expect("json");
+        assert_eq!(first_json["type"], "session.create");
+
+        ws.send(Message::Text(
+            json!({
+                "type": "response.created",
+                "response": {"id": "resp_unknown"}
+            })
+            .to_string()
+            .into(),
+        ))
+        .await
+        .expect("send unknown event");
+
+        ws.send(Message::Text(
+            json!({
+                "type": "session.created",
+                "session": {"id": "sess_after_unknown"}
+            })
+            .to_string()
+            .into(),
+        ))
+        .await
+        .expect("send session.created");
+    });
+
+    let provider = Provider {
+        name: "test".to_string(),
+        base_url: "http://localhost".to_string(),
+        query_params: Some(HashMap::new()),
+        headers: HeaderMap::new(),
+        retry: RetryConfig {
+            max_attempts: 1,
+            base_delay: Duration::from_millis(1),
+            retry_429: false,
+            retry_5xx: false,
+            retry_transport: false,
+        },
+        stream_idle_timeout: Duration::from_secs(5),
+    };
+    let client = RealtimeWebsocketClient::new(provider);
+    let connection = client
+        .connect(
+            RealtimeSessionConfig {
+                api_url: format!("ws://{addr}"),
+                prompt: "backend prompt".to_string(),
+                session_id: Some("conv_123".to_string()),
+            },
+            HeaderMap::new(),
+            HeaderMap::new(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("connect");
+
+    let event = connection
+        .next_event()
+        .await
+        .expect("next event")
+        .expect("event");
+    assert_eq!(
+        event,
+        RealtimeEvent::SessionCreated {
+            session_id: "sess_after_unknown".to_string()
+        }
+    );
+
+    connection.close().await.expect("close");
+    server.await.expect("server task");
+}