diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/api/events/route.ts b/apps/web/src/app/api/events/route.ts
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+import { NextRequest } from "next/server";
+import { Client } from "pg";
+import { env } from "@/env";
+import { logger } from "@/lib/logger";
+
+export const runtime = "nodejs";
+export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
+
+export async function GET(_req: NextRequest) {
+  const stream = new ReadableStream({
+    async start(controller) {
+      const encoder = new TextEncoder();
+      const client = new Client({ connectionString: env.DATABASE_URL });
+      let closed = false;
+
+      const send = (event: string, data: unknown) => {
+        if (closed) return;
+        try {
+          controller.enqueue(
+            encoder.encode(`event: ${event}\ndata: ${JSON.stringify(data)}\n\n`),
+          );
+        } catch (err) {
+          logger.warn({ err }, "sse: enqueue failed");
+        }
+      };
+
+      try {
+        await client.connect();
+        await client.query('LISTEN "web.event"');
+      } catch (err) {
+        logger.error({ err }, "sse: failed to start listener");
+        controller.close();
+        return;
+      }
+
+      client.on("notification", (msg) => {
+        if (msg.channel !== "web.event" || !msg.payload) return;
+        try {
+          const parsed = JSON.parse(msg.payload) as { type: string };
+          send(parsed.type, parsed);
+        } catch (err) {
+          logger.warn({ err, payload: msg.payload }, "sse: bad payload");
+        }
+      });
+
+      client.on("error", (err) => {
+        logger.error({ err }, "sse: pg client error");
+      });
+
+      // Keep-alive ping every 25 seconds
+      const ping = setInterval(() => send("ping", { ts: Date.now() }), 25_000);
+
+      // Initial hello
+      send("hello", { ts: Date.now() });
+
+      const cleanup = async () => {
+        if (closed) return;
+        closed = true;
+        clearInterval(ping);
+        try {
+          await client.query('UNLISTEN "web.event"');
+        } catch {
+          // ignore
+        }
+        await client.end().catch(() => undefined);
+        try {
+          controller.close();
+        } catch {
+          // ignore
+        }
+      };
+
+      _req.signal.addEventListener("abort", () => void cleanup());
+    },
+  });
+
+  return new Response(stream, {
+    headers: {
+      "Content-Type": "text/event-stream",
+      "Cache-Control": "no-cache, no-transform",
+      Connection: "keep-alive",
+      "X-Accel-Buffering": "no",
+    },
+  });
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/hooks/use-events.ts b/apps/web/src/hooks/use-events.ts
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+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect } from "react";
+
+export type WebEventMap = {
+  hello: { ts: number };
+  ping: { ts: number };
+  "session.qr": { accountId: string; qrPng: string };
+  "session.connected": { accountId: string; phoneNumber: string | null };
+  "session.disconnected": { accountId: string };
+  "session.timeout": { accountId: string };
+  "groups.synced": { accountId: string; count: number };
+  "reminder.fired": { reminderId: string; runId: string; status: string };
+  "reminder.failed": { reminderId: string; error: string };
+};
+
+type Handlers = { [K in keyof WebEventMap]?: (data: WebEventMap[K]) => void };
+
+export function useEvents(handlers: Handlers): void {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const es = new EventSource("/api/events");
+    const wired: { type: string; fn: (e: MessageEvent) => void }[] = [];
+    for (const type of Object.keys(handlers) as (keyof WebEventMap)[]) {
+      const h = handlers[type];
+      if (!h) continue;
+      const fn = (e: MessageEvent) => {
+        try {
+          (h as (data: unknown) => void)(JSON.parse(e.data));
+        } catch {
+          // ignore malformed
+        }
+      };
+      es.addEventListener(type, fn);
+      wired.push({ type, fn });
+    }
+    return () => {
+      for (const { type, fn } of wired) {
+        es.removeEventListener(type, fn);
+      }
+      es.close();
+    };
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, []);
+}