diff --git a/streaming.go b/streaming.go
index 2eb8e522..b5a7f4bc 100644
--- a/streaming.go
+++ b/streaming.go
@@ -302,6 +302,46 @@ func HandleStreamWorkflow(resp http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 	var lastSentSeq int64 = sinceSeq
 	var pollCount int
 
+	// On initial connect (since=0), flush the delta ops since the last save so late joiners
+	// catch up to unsaved changes made by other users before they arrived.
+	if sinceSeq == 0 {
+		cache, err := GetCache(ctx, sessionKey)
+		if err == nil {
+			cacheData, ok := cache.([]uint8)
+			if ok {
+				var state StreamWorkflowState
+				if err := json.Unmarshal(cacheData, &state); err == nil && len(state.Operations) > 0 {
+					// Find the sequence of the last save op — that's the catch-up baseline
+					var lastSaveSeq int64
+					for _, op := range state.Operations {
+						if op.Item == "workflow" && op.Type == "save" {
+							lastSaveSeq = op.Sequence
+						}
+					}
+
+					for _, op := range state.Operations {
+						if op.Sequence <= lastSaveSeq {
+							continue
+						}
+
+						if op.Type == "select" || op.Type == "unselect" || op.Type == "hover" || op.Type == "enter" {
+							continue
+						}
+						opBytes, err := json.Marshal(op)
+						if err != nil {
+							continue
+						}
+						fmt.Fprintf(resp, "%s\n", string(opBytes))
+						lastSentSeq = op.Sequence
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		fmt.Fprintf(resp, "%s\n", `{"item":"system","type":"init_complete"}`)
+		conn.Flush()
+	}
+
 	for {
 		pollCount++
 		if pollCount%streamPresenceInterval == 1 {