diff --git a/TASKS.md b/TASKS.md
index 0900790..ba233f1 100644
--- a/TASKS.md
+++ b/TASKS.md
@@ -2,20 +2,19 @@
 
 ## Current
 
-### `feat/distributed-mcp-session-store`
+### `feat/runtime-rate-limiting-and-backpressure`
 
 Status: in_progress
 
 DoD:
-- transport sessions are stored behind a shared store abstraction
-- mcp-server no longer depends directly on process-local session storage implementation
-- in-memory session store remains available for tests and local fallback
-- production mcp-server uses a Postgres-backed transport session store
-- expired transport sessions are evicted on read and no longer leak indefinitely
+- runtime concurrency limits reject overload deterministically
+- mcp-server transport requests are throttled on ingress across `POST`, `GET`, and `DELETE`
+- streaming poll pressure is bounded for stream sessions and async jobs
+- admin-api ingress requests are throttled with stable `429` behavior
 
 ## Next
 
-- `feat/runtime-rate-limiting-and-backpressure`
+- `feat/distributed-mcp-session-store`
 
 ## Backlog
 
diff --git a/apps/mcp-server/src/app.rs b/apps/mcp-server/src/app.rs
index 2b9c2b2..367332e 100644
--- a/apps/mcp-server/src/app.rs
+++ b/apps/mcp-server/src/app.rs
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ async fn mcp_get(
         return status.into_response();
     }
 
+    if let Err(rejection) = enforce_transport_rate_limit(&state, &path, &headers) {
+        return rate_limited_status_response(rejection);
+    }
+
     let session_id = match session_id_from_headers(&headers) {
         Ok(Some(session_id)) => session_id,
         Ok(None) => return StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST.into_response(),
@@ -223,6 +227,10 @@ async fn mcp_delete(
         return status.into_response();
     }
 
+    if let Err(rejection) = enforce_transport_rate_limit(&state, &path, &headers) {
+        return rate_limited_status_response(rejection);
+    }
+
     match session_id_from_headers(&headers) {
         Ok(Some(session_id)) => match state.sessions.get(&session_id).await {
             Ok(Some(session))
@@ -1832,6 +1840,14 @@ fn enforce_post_rate_limit(
     state: &Arc<AppState>,
     path: &AgentRoutePath,
     headers: &HeaderMap,
+) -> Result<(), RateLimitRejection> {
+    enforce_transport_rate_limit(state, path, headers)
+}
+
+fn enforce_transport_rate_limit(
+    state: &Arc<AppState>,
+    path: &AgentRoutePath,
+    headers: &HeaderMap,
 ) -> Result<(), RateLimitRejection> {
     let key = rate_limit_key(path, headers);
     state.api_rate_limiter.check(&key)
@@ -1885,6 +1901,15 @@ fn rate_limited_jsonrpc_response(
     response
 }
 
+fn rate_limited_status_response(rejection: RateLimitRejection) -> Response {
+    let mut response = StatusCode::TOO_MANY_REQUESTS.into_response();
+    let retry_after_seconds = rejection.retry_after_ms.div_ceil(1000);
+    if let Ok(value) = HeaderValue::from_str(&retry_after_seconds.to_string()) {
+        response.headers_mut().insert(RETRY_AFTER, value);
+    }
+    response
+}
+
 fn allows_scope(scopes: &[PlatformApiKeyScope], required_scope: PlatformApiKeyScope) -> bool {
     match required_scope {
         PlatformApiKeyScope::Read => scopes.iter().any(|scope| {
diff --git a/apps/mcp-server/src/main.rs b/apps/mcp-server/src/main.rs
index b90a3b1..8c12a23 100644
--- a/apps/mcp-server/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/mcp-server/src/main.rs
@@ -947,6 +947,52 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(response.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn rejects_rapid_transport_get_requests_with_429() {
+        let registry = test_registry().await;
+        publish_agent_with_bindings(&registry, "sales-get-rate-limit", vec![]).await;
+        let api_key = create_platform_api_key(
+            &registry,
+            "mcp-get-rate-limit",
+            &[PlatformApiKeyScope::Read, PlatformApiKeyScope::Write],
+        )
+        .await;
+        let base_url = spawn_mcp_server(build_test_app_with_rate_limit(
+            registry,
+            Duration::from_millis(0),
+            Some("https://crank.example.com".to_owned()),
+            RequestRateLimitConfig::new(1, 2).unwrap(),
+        ))
+        .await;
+        let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+        let mcp_url = agent_mcp_url(&base_url, "sales-get-rate-limit");
+        let initialized_session = initialize_session(&client, &mcp_url, &api_key).await;
+
+        let first_response = client
+            .get(&mcp_url)
+            .header(header::ACCEPT, "text/event-stream")
+            .header(header::AUTHORIZATION, format!("Bearer {api_key}"))
+            .header("MCP-Session-Id", &initialized_session)
+            .header("MCP-Protocol-Version", "2025-11-25")
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(first_response.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::OK);
+
+        let second_response = client
+            .get(&mcp_url)
+            .header(header::ACCEPT, "text/event-stream")
+            .header(header::AUTHORIZATION, format!("Bearer {api_key}"))
+            .header("MCP-Session-Id", &initialized_session)
+            .header("MCP-Protocol-Version", "2025-11-25")
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(second_response.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::TOO_MANY_REQUESTS);
+        assert!(second_response.headers().get(header::RETRY_AFTER).is_some());
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn get_requires_session_header() {
         let registry = test_registry().await;