diff --git a/src/app/(main)/websites/[websiteId]/sessions/SessionsDataTable.tsx b/src/app/(main)/websites/[websiteId]/sessions/SessionsDataTable.tsx
index b1b9f658..6519a852 100644
--- a/src/app/(main)/websites/[websiteId]/sessions/SessionsDataTable.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(main)/websites/[websiteId]/sessions/SessionsDataTable.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { DataGrid } from '@/components/common/DataGrid';
-import { useWebsiteSessionsQuery } from '@/components/hooks';
+import { useSessionStream, useWebsiteSessionsQuery } from '@/components/hooks';
 import { SessionsTable } from './SessionsTable';
 
 export function SessionsDataTable({ websiteId }: { websiteId?: string; teamId?: string }) {
+  useSessionStream(websiteId);
   const queryResult = useWebsiteSessionsQuery(websiteId);
 
   return (
diff --git a/src/app/api/send/route.ts b/src/app/api/send/route.ts
index a0becc2a..f5f7a0ac 100644
--- a/src/app/api/send/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/send/route.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { parseRequest } from '@/lib/request';
 import { badRequest, forbidden, json, serverError } from '@/lib/response';
 import { anyObjectParam, urlOrPathParam } from '@/lib/schema';
 import { safeDecodeURI, safeDecodeURIComponent } from '@/lib/url';
+import { emitSessionCreated } from '@/lib/session-events';
 import { createSession, saveEvent, saveSessionData } from '@/queries/sql';
 
 interface Cache {
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
         distinctId: id,
         createdAt,
       });
+      emitSessionCreated(sourceId, sessionId);
     }
 
     // Visit info
diff --git a/src/app/api/websites/[websiteId]/sessions/stream/route.ts b/src/app/api/websites/[websiteId]/sessions/stream/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec7b154c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/api/websites/[websiteId]/sessions/stream/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { subscribeToSessions } from '@/lib/session-events';
+
+export async function GET(
+  request: Request,
+  { params }: { params: Promise<{ websiteId: string }> },
+) {
+  const { websiteId } = await params;
+
+  const stream = new ReadableStream({
+    start(controller) {
+      const encoder = new TextEncoder();
+
+      const unsubscribe = subscribeToSessions(websiteId, (_, sessionId) => {
+        controller.enqueue(encoder.encode(`data: ${JSON.stringify({ sessionId })}\n\n`));
+      });
+
+      request.signal.addEventListener('abort', () => {
+        unsubscribe();
+        controller.close();
+      });
+    },
+  });
+
+  return new Response(stream, {
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'text/event-stream',
+      'Cache-Control': 'no-cache',
+      Connection: 'keep-alive',
+    },
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/components/common/LoadingPanel.tsx b/src/components/common/LoadingPanel.tsx
index fb37e140..e16c57a0 100644
--- a/src/components/common/LoadingPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/common/LoadingPanel.tsx
@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@ export function LoadingPanel({
   ...props
 }: LoadingPanelProps): ReactNode {
   const empty = isEmpty ?? checkEmpty(data);
+  const hasData = data && !empty;
 
-  // Show loading spinner only if no data exists
-  if (isLoading || isFetching) {
+  // Show loading only on initial load when no data exists yet
+  // Don't show loading during background refetches when we already have data
+  if ((isLoading || isFetching) && !hasData) {
     return (
       <Column position="relative" height="100%" width="100%" {...props}>
         <Loading icon={loadingIcon} placement={loadingPlacement} />
@@ -48,8 +50,8 @@ export function LoadingPanel({
     return renderEmpty();
   }
 
-  // Show main content when data exists
-  if (!isLoading && !isFetching && !error && !empty) {
+  // Show content when we have data (even during background refetch)
+  if (hasData) {
     return children;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/components/hooks/index.ts b/src/components/hooks/index.ts
index e8e5c135..ea284c1e 100644
--- a/src/components/hooks/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/hooks/index.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ export * from './useNavigation';
 export * from './usePagedQuery';
 export * from './usePageParameters';
 export * from './useRegionNames';
+export * from './useSessionStream';
 export * from './useSlug';
 export * from './useSticky';
 export * from './useTimezone';
diff --git a/src/components/hooks/useSessionStream.ts b/src/components/hooks/useSessionStream.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0abc991d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/hooks/useSessionStream.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+
+export function useSessionStream(websiteId: string) {
+  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!websiteId) return;
+
+    const eventSource = new EventSource(`/api/websites/${websiteId}/sessions/stream`);
+
+    eventSource.onmessage = () => {
+      queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['sessions'] });
+    };
+
+    return () => eventSource.close();
+  }, [websiteId, queryClient]);
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/session-events.ts b/src/lib/session-events.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b805cf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/session-events.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+type SessionListener = (websiteId: string, sessionId: string) => void;
+
+const listeners = new Map<string, Set<SessionListener>>();
+
+export function subscribeToSessions(websiteId: string, callback: SessionListener) {
+  if (!listeners.has(websiteId)) {
+    listeners.set(websiteId, new Set());
+  }
+  listeners.get(websiteId).add(callback);
+
+  return () => {
+    listeners.get(websiteId)?.delete(callback);
+  };
+}
+
+export function emitSessionCreated(websiteId: string, sessionId: string) {
+  listeners.get(websiteId)?.forEach(cb => cb(websiteId, sessionId));
+}