diff --git a/examples/shared/src/inMemoryEventStore.ts b/examples/shared/src/inMemoryEventStore.ts
index 604b84d39c..a417639ddb 100644
--- a/examples/shared/src/inMemoryEventStore.ts
+++ b/examples/shared/src/inMemoryEventStore.ts
@@ -16,11 +16,10 @@ export class InMemoryEventStore implements EventStore {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Extracts the stream ID from an event ID
+     * Looks up the stream ID an event was stored under
      */
     private getStreamIdFromEventId(eventId: string): string {
-        const parts = eventId.split('_');
-        return parts.length > 0 ? parts[0]! : '';
+        return this.events.get(eventId)?.streamId ?? '';
     }
 
     /**
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ export class InMemoryEventStore implements EventStore {
             return '';
         }
 
-        // Extract the stream ID from the event ID
+        // Look up the stream ID the event was stored under
         const streamId = this.getStreamIdFromEventId(lastEventId);
         if (!streamId) {
             return '';
diff --git a/examples/shared/test/inMemoryEventStore.test.ts b/examples/shared/test/inMemoryEventStore.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72e3e66a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/shared/test/inMemoryEventStore.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import type { JSONRPCMessage } from '@modelcontextprotocol/server';
+
+import { InMemoryEventStore } from '../src/inMemoryEventStore';
+
+function notification(method: string): JSONRPCMessage {
+    return { jsonrpc: '2.0', method };
+}
+
+async function replayAfter(store: InMemoryEventStore, lastEventId: string): Promise<{ streamId: string; replayed: string[] }> {
+    const replayed: string[] = [];
+    const streamId = await store.replayEventsAfter(lastEventId, {
+        send: async eventId => {
+            replayed.push(eventId);
+        }
+    });
+    return { streamId, replayed };
+}
+
+describe('InMemoryEventStore', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        // `generateEventId` stamps each event with `Date.now()`, so two events
+        // stored in the same millisecond can sort in either order and make the
+        // replay assertions flaky. Pin timestamps to keep ordering deterministic.
+        let now = 1000;
+        vi.spyOn(Date, 'now').mockImplementation(() => now++);
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+        vi.restoreAllMocks();
+    });
+
+    it('replays events after an event on a standalone GET stream whose ID starts with an underscore', async () => {
+        const store = new InMemoryEventStore();
+        const first = await store.storeEvent('_GET_stream', notification('notifications/message'));
+        const second = await store.storeEvent('_GET_stream', notification('notifications/resources/updated'));
+
+        const { streamId, replayed } = await replayAfter(store, first);
+
+        expect(streamId).toBe('_GET_stream');
+        expect(replayed).toEqual([second]);
+    });
+
+    it('replays events after an event on a regular stream ID', async () => {
+        const store = new InMemoryEventStore();
+        const first = await store.storeEvent('stream_1', notification('notifications/message'));
+        const second = await store.storeEvent('stream_1', notification('notifications/resources/updated'));
+
+        const { streamId, replayed } = await replayAfter(store, first);
+
+        expect(streamId).toBe('stream_1');
+        expect(replayed).toEqual([second]);
+    });
+
+    it('returns an empty string for an unknown last event ID', async () => {
+        const store = new InMemoryEventStore();
+        await store.storeEvent('_GET_stream', notification('notifications/message'));
+
+        const { streamId, replayed } = await replayAfter(store, 'unknown-event-id');
+
+        expect(streamId).toBe('');
+        expect(replayed).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('returns an empty string for an empty store', async () => {
+        const store = new InMemoryEventStore();
+
+        const { streamId, replayed } = await replayAfter(store, 'anything');
+
+        expect(streamId).toBe('');
+        expect(replayed).toEqual([]);
+    });
+});