diff --git a/src/scenarios/server/dns-rebinding.ts b/src/scenarios/server/dns-rebinding.ts
index e93f810..ab4ac8b 100644
--- a/src/scenarios/server/dns-rebinding.ts
+++ b/src/scenarios/server/dns-rebinding.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ function probeBody(specVersion: string): {
   };
 }
 
+function getResponseHeader(
+  headers: Record<string, string | string[] | undefined>,
+  name: string
+): string | undefined {
+  const value = headers[name] ?? headers[name.toLowerCase()];
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) return value[0];
+  return value;
+}
+
 /**
  * Send an MCP request with custom Host and Origin headers.
  * Both headers are set to the same value so that servers checking either
@@ -96,7 +105,7 @@ async function sendRequestWithHostAndOrigin(
   serverUrl: string,
   hostOrOrigin: string,
   specVersion: string
-): Promise<{ statusCode: number; body: unknown }> {
+): Promise<{ statusCode: number; body: unknown; sessionId?: string }> {
   // Build the SEP-2243 standard headers (Mcp-Method, Accept, ...) for the
   // probe's JSON-RPC method so a strictly-conformant server only rejects the
   // request for the Host/Origin values under test, then layer the
@@ -121,6 +130,43 @@ async function sendRequestWithHostAndOrigin(
     body = null;
   }
 
+  return {
+    statusCode: response.statusCode,
+    body,
+    sessionId: getResponseHeader(response.headers, 'mcp-session-id')
+  };
+}
+
+async function sendInitializedNotification(
+  serverUrl: string,
+  hostOrOrigin: string,
+  specVersion: string,
+  sessionId?: string
+): Promise<{ statusCode: number; body: unknown }> {
+  const method = 'notifications/initialized';
+  const response = await request(serverUrl, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: buildStandardHeaders(method, undefined, {
+      headers: {
+        Host: hostOrOrigin,
+        Origin: `http://${hostOrOrigin}`,
+        'MCP-Protocol-Version': specVersion,
+        ...(sessionId ? { 'Mcp-Session-Id': sessionId } : {})
+      }
+    }),
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      jsonrpc: '2.0',
+      method
+    })
+  });
+
+  let body: unknown;
+  try {
+    body = await response.body.json();
+  } catch {
+    body = null;
+  }
+
   return {
     statusCode: response.statusCode,
     body
@@ -253,25 +299,50 @@ See: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/security/advisories/
       );
       const isAccepted =
         response.statusCode >= 200 && response.statusCode < 300;
+      const initializedNotification =
+        isAccepted && specVersion !== DRAFT_PROTOCOL_VERSION
+          ? await sendInitializedNotification(
+              serverUrl,
+              validHost,
+              specVersion,
+              response.sessionId
+            )
+          : undefined;
+      const initializedAccepted =
+        !initializedNotification ||
+        (initializedNotification.statusCode >= 200 &&
+          initializedNotification.statusCode < 300);
 
       const details = {
         hostHeader: validHost,
         originHeader: `http://${validHost}`,
         statusCode: response.statusCode,
-        body: response.body
+        body: response.body,
+        ...(initializedNotification
+          ? {
+              initializedNotification: {
+                statusCode: initializedNotification.statusCode,
+                body: initializedNotification.body,
+                sessionIdSent: response.sessionId ?? null
+              }
+            }
+          : {})
       };
 
-      if (isAccepted) {
+      if (isAccepted && initializedAccepted) {
         checks.push({
           ...acceptedCheckBase,
           status: 'SUCCESS',
           details
         });
       } else {
+        const errorMessage = !isAccepted
+          ? `Expected HTTP 2xx for valid localhost Host/Origin headers, got ${response.statusCode}`
+          : `Expected HTTP 2xx for initialized notification after valid localhost initialize, got ${initializedNotification?.statusCode}`;
         checks.push({
           ...acceptedCheckBase,
           status: 'FAILURE',
-          errorMessage: `Expected HTTP 2xx for valid localhost Host/Origin headers, got ${response.statusCode}`,
+          errorMessage,
           details
         });
       }
diff --git a/src/scenarios/server/negative.test.ts b/src/scenarios/server/negative.test.ts
index 583c5eb..86ca54f 100644
--- a/src/scenarios/server/negative.test.ts
+++ b/src/scenarios/server/negative.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { testContext } from '../../connection/testing';
 import { spawn, ChildProcess } from 'child_process';
+import { createServer, type IncomingMessage, type Server } from 'http';
+import type { AddressInfo } from 'net';
 import path from 'path';
 import { DNSRebindingProtectionScenario } from './dns-rebinding';
 import { ResourcesNotFoundErrorScenario } from './resources';
@@ -54,6 +56,47 @@ function stopServer(proc: ChildProcess | null): Promise<void> {
   });
 }
 
+async function readJsonBody(
+  req: IncomingMessage
+): Promise<Record<string, unknown>> {
+  const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
+  for await (const chunk of req) {
+    chunks.push(Buffer.isBuffer(chunk) ? chunk : Buffer.from(chunk));
+  }
+  return JSON.parse(Buffer.concat(chunks).toString('utf8')) as Record<
+    string,
+    unknown
+  >;
+}
+
+function listenOnRandomPort(server: Server): Promise<string> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const onError = (error: Error) => reject(error);
+    server.once('error', onError);
+    server.listen(0, () => {
+      server.off('error', onError);
+      const address = server.address();
+      if (!address || typeof address === 'string') {
+        reject(new Error('Server did not listen on a TCP port'));
+        return;
+      }
+      resolve(`http://localhost:${(address as AddressInfo).port}/mcp`);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function closeHttpServer(server: Server): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    server.close((error) => {
+      if (error) {
+        reject(error);
+        return;
+      }
+      resolve();
+    });
+  });
+}
+
 describe('Server scenario negative tests', () => {
   describe('dns-rebinding-protection', () => {
     let serverProcess: ChildProcess | null = null;
@@ -84,6 +127,174 @@ describe('Server scenario negative tests', () => {
       );
       expect(rebindingCheck?.status).toBe('FAILURE');
     }, 10000);
+
+    it('sends initialized notification after a successful dated initialize', async () => {
+      const requests: Array<{
+        method?: string;
+        host?: string;
+        origin?: string;
+        sessionId?: string;
+      }> = [];
+      const sessionId = 'session-338';
+      const server = createServer(async (req, res) => {
+        if (req.method !== 'POST' || req.url !== '/mcp') {
+          res.writeHead(404).end();
+          return;
+        }
+
+        const body = await readJsonBody(req);
+        const method =
+          typeof body.method === 'string' ? body.method : undefined;
+        requests.push({
+          method,
+          host: req.headers.host,
+          origin:
+            typeof req.headers.origin === 'string'
+              ? req.headers.origin
+              : undefined,
+          sessionId:
+            typeof req.headers['mcp-session-id'] === 'string'
+              ? req.headers['mcp-session-id']
+              : undefined
+        });
+
+        if (
+          req.headers.host === 'evil.example.com' ||
+          req.headers.origin === 'http://evil.example.com'
+        ) {
+          res
+            .writeHead(403, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' })
+            .end(JSON.stringify({ error: 'forbidden' }));
+          return;
+        }
+
+        if (method === 'initialize') {
+          res
+            .writeHead(200, {
+              'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+              'Mcp-Session-Id': sessionId
+            })
+            .end(
+              JSON.stringify({
+                jsonrpc: '2.0',
+                id: body.id,
+                result: {
+                  protocolVersion: LATEST_SPEC_VERSION,
+                  capabilities: {},
+                  serverInfo: {
+                    name: 'dns-rebinding-lifecycle-test',
+                    version: '1.0.0'
+                  }
+                }
+              })
+            );
+          return;
+        }
+
+        if (method === 'notifications/initialized') {
+          res.writeHead(
+            req.headers['mcp-session-id'] === sessionId ? 202 : 400
+          );
+          res.end();
+          return;
+        }
+
+        res.writeHead(500).end();
+      });
+
+      const serverUrl = await listenOnRandomPort(server);
+      try {
+        const checks = await new DNSRebindingProtectionScenario().run(
+          testContext(serverUrl, LATEST_SPEC_VERSION)
+        );
+
+        expect(
+          checks.find((c) => c.id === 'localhost-host-rebinding-rejected')
+            ?.status
+        ).toBe('SUCCESS');
+        expect(
+          checks.find((c) => c.id === 'localhost-host-valid-accepted')?.status
+        ).toBe('SUCCESS');
+
+        const validHost = new URL(serverUrl).host;
+        expect(requests).toEqual([
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            method: 'initialize',
+            host: 'evil.example.com',
+            origin: 'http://evil.example.com'
+          }),
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            method: 'initialize',
+            host: validHost,
+            origin: `http://${validHost}`
+          }),
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            method: 'notifications/initialized',
+            host: validHost,
+            origin: `http://${validHost}`,
+            sessionId
+          })
+        ]);
+      } finally {
+        await closeHttpServer(server);
+      }
+    }, 10000);
+
+    it('does not send initialized notification for the draft discover probe', async () => {
+      const methods: Array<string | undefined> = [];
+      const server = createServer(async (req, res) => {
+        if (req.method !== 'POST' || req.url !== '/mcp') {
+          res.writeHead(404).end();
+          return;
+        }
+
+        const body = await readJsonBody(req);
+        const method =
+          typeof body.method === 'string' ? body.method : undefined;
+        methods.push(method);
+
+        if (
+          req.headers.host === 'evil.example.com' ||
+          req.headers.origin === 'http://evil.example.com'
+        ) {
+          res
+            .writeHead(403, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' })
+            .end(JSON.stringify({ error: 'forbidden' }));
+          return;
+        }
+
+        if (method === 'server/discover') {
+          res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }).end(
+            JSON.stringify({
+              jsonrpc: '2.0',
+              id: body.id,
+              result: {}
+            })
+          );
+          return;
+        }
+
+        res.writeHead(500).end();
+      });
+
+      const serverUrl = await listenOnRandomPort(server);
+      try {
+        const checks = await new DNSRebindingProtectionScenario().run(
+          testContext(serverUrl, DRAFT_PROTOCOL_VERSION)
+        );
+
+        expect(
+          checks.find((c) => c.id === 'localhost-host-rebinding-rejected')
+            ?.status
+        ).toBe('SUCCESS');
+        expect(
+          checks.find((c) => c.id === 'localhost-host-valid-accepted')?.status
+        ).toBe('SUCCESS');
+        expect(methods).toEqual(['server/discover', 'server/discover']);
+      } finally {
+        await closeHttpServer(server);
+      }
+    }, 10000);
   });
 
   describe('sep-2164-resource-not-found', () => {