diff --git a/k8s-operator/sessionrecording/ws/conn.go b/k8s-operator/sessionrecording/ws/conn.go
index 4762630ca..ed0ecc7ac 100644
--- a/k8s-operator/sessionrecording/ws/conn.go
+++ b/k8s-operator/sessionrecording/ws/conn.go
@@ -147,88 +147,12 @@ func (c *conn) Read(b []byte) (int, error) {
 		return 0, nil
 	}
 
-	// TODO(tomhjp): If we get multiple frames in a single Read with different
-	// types, we may parse the second frame with the wrong type.
-	typ := messageType(opcode(b))
-	if (typ == noOpcode && c.readMsgIsIncomplete()) || c.readBufHasIncompleteFragment() { // subsequent fragment
-		if typ, err = c.curReadMsgType(); err != nil {
-			return 0, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	// A control message can not be fragmented and we are not interested in
-	// these messages. Just return.
-	// TODO(tomhjp): If we get multiple frames in a single Read, we may skip
-	// some non-control messages.
-	if isControlMessage(typ) {
-		return n, nil
-	}
-
-	// The only data message type that Kubernetes supports is binary message.
-	// If we received another message type, return and let the API server close the connection.
-	// https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go/blob/release-1.30/tools/remotecommand/websocket.go#L281
-	if typ != binaryMessage {
-		c.log.Infof("[unexpected] received a data message with a type that is not binary message type %v", typ)
-		return n, nil
-	}
-
 	if _, err := c.readBuf.Write(b[:n]); err != nil {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("[unexpected] error writing message contents to read buffer: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	for c.readBuf.Len() != 0 {
-		readMsg := &message{typ: typ} // start a new message...
-		// ... or pick up an already started one if the previous fragment was not final.
-		if c.readMsgIsIncomplete() {
-			readMsg = c.currentReadMsg
-		}
-
-		ok, err := readMsg.Parse(c.readBuf.Bytes(), c.log)
-		if err != nil {
-			return 0, fmt.Errorf("error parsing message: %v", err)
-		}
-		if !ok { // incomplete fragment
-			return n, nil
-		}
-		c.readBuf.Next(len(readMsg.raw))
-
-		if readMsg.isFinalized && !c.readMsgIsIncomplete() {
-			// we want to send stream resize messages for terminal sessions
-			// Stream IDs for websocket streams are static.
-			// https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go/blob/v0.30.0-rc.1/tools/remotecommand/websocket.go#L218
-			if readMsg.streamID.Load() == remotecommand.StreamResize && c.hasTerm {
-				var msg tsrecorder.ResizeMsg
-				if err = json.Unmarshal(readMsg.payload, &msg); err != nil {
-					return 0, fmt.Errorf("error umarshalling resize message: %w", err)
-				}
-
-				c.ch.Width = msg.Width
-				c.ch.Height = msg.Height
-
-				var isInitialResize bool
-				c.writeCastHeaderOnce.Do(func() {
-					isInitialResize = true
-					// If this is a session with a terminal attached,
-					// we must wait for the terminal width and
-					// height to be parsed from a resize message
-					// before sending CastHeader, else tsrecorder
-					// will not be able to play this recording.
-					err = c.rec.WriteCastHeader(c.ch)
-					close(c.initialCastHeaderSent)
-				})
-				if err != nil {
-					return 0, fmt.Errorf("error writing CastHeader: %w", err)
-				}
-
-				if !isInitialResize {
-					if err := c.rec.WriteResize(msg.Height, msg.Width); err != nil {
-						return 0, fmt.Errorf("error writing resize message: %w", err)
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		c.currentReadMsg = readMsg
+	if _, err := c.processFrames(&c.readBuf, &c.currentReadMsg); err != nil {
+		return 0, err
 	}
 
 	return n, nil
@@ -245,64 +169,21 @@ func (c *conn) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
 		return 0, nil
 	}
 
-	typ := messageType(opcode(b))
-	// If we are in process of parsing a message fragment, the received
-	// bytes are not structured as a message fragment and can not be used to
-	// determine a message fragment.
-	if c.writeBufHasIncompleteFragment() { // buffer contains previous incomplete fragment
-		var err error
-		if typ, err = c.curWriteMsgType(); err != nil {
-			return 0, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	if isControlMessage(typ) {
-		return c.Conn.Write(b)
-	}
-
-	writeMsg := &message{typ: typ} // start a new message...
-	// ... or continue the existing one if it has not been finalized.
-	if c.writeMsgIsIncomplete() || c.writeBufHasIncompleteFragment() {
-		writeMsg = c.currentWriteMsg
-	}
-
 	if _, err := c.writeBuf.Write(b); err != nil {
 		c.log.Errorf("write: error writing to write buf: %v", err)
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("[unexpected] error writing to internal write buffer: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	ok, err := writeMsg.Parse(c.writeBuf.Bytes(), c.log)
+	raw, err := c.processFrames(&c.writeBuf, &c.currentWriteMsg)
 	if err != nil {
-		c.log.Errorf("write: parsing a message errored: %v", err)
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("write: error parsing message: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	c.currentWriteMsg = writeMsg
-	if !ok { // incomplete fragment
-		return len(b), nil
+		return 0, err
 	}
-
-	c.writeBuf.Next(len(writeMsg.raw)) // advance frame
-
-	if len(writeMsg.payload) != 0 && writeMsg.isFinalized {
-		if writeMsg.streamID.Load() == remotecommand.StreamStdOut || writeMsg.streamID.Load() == remotecommand.StreamStdErr {
-			// we must wait for confirmation that the initial cast header was sent before proceeding with any more writes
-			select {
-			case <-c.ctx.Done():
-				return 0, c.ctx.Err()
-			case <-c.initialCastHeaderSent:
-				if err := c.rec.WriteOutput(writeMsg.payload); err != nil {
-					return 0, fmt.Errorf("error writing message to recorder: %w", err)
-				}
-			}
+	if len(raw) > 0 {
+		if _, err := c.Conn.Write(raw); err != nil {
+			return 0, err
 		}
 	}
 
-	_, err = c.Conn.Write(c.currentWriteMsg.raw)
-	if err != nil {
-		c.log.Errorf("write: error writing to conn: %v", err)
-	}
-
 	return len(b), nil
 }
 
@@ -318,48 +199,125 @@ func (c *conn) Close() error {
 	return errors.Join(connCloseErr, recCloseErr)
 }
 
-// writeBufHasIncompleteFragment returns true if the latest data message
-// fragment written to the connection was incomplete and the following write
-// must be the remaining payload bytes of that fragment.
-func (c *conn) writeBufHasIncompleteFragment() bool {
-	return c.writeBuf.Len() != 0
+// handleData records a finalized data message to the session recorder.
+// It handles resize messages (updating terminal dimensions and writing the
+// CastHeader on the first one) and stdout/stderr messages (recording output).
+// Other stream IDs (stdin, error) are ignored.
+func (c *conn) handleData(msg *message) error {
+	switch msg.streamID.Load() {
+	case remotecommand.StreamResize:
+		if !c.hasTerm {
+			return nil
+		}
+		var rm tsrecorder.ResizeMsg
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(msg.payload, &rm); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error unmarshalling resize message: %w", err)
+		}
+		c.ch.Width = rm.Width
+		c.ch.Height = rm.Height
+
+		// The first resize writes the CastHeader and unblocks output recording.
+		var headerErr error
+		var isInitialResize bool
+		c.writeCastHeaderOnce.Do(func() {
+			isInitialResize = true
+			headerErr = c.rec.WriteCastHeader(c.ch)
+			close(c.initialCastHeaderSent)
+		})
+		if headerErr != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error writing CastHeader: %w", headerErr)
+		}
+		if !isInitialResize {
+			if err := c.rec.WriteResize(rm.Height, rm.Width); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("error writing resize message: %w", err)
+			}
+		}
+	case remotecommand.StreamStdOut, remotecommand.StreamStdErr:
+		// Wait for the CastHeader before recording any output.
+		select {
+		case <-c.ctx.Done():
+			return c.ctx.Err()
+		case <-c.initialCastHeaderSent:
+			if err := c.rec.WriteOutput(msg.payload); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("error writing message to recorder: %w", err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
-// readBufHasIncompleteFragment returns true if the latest data message
-// fragment read from the connection was incomplete and the following read
-// must be the remaining payload bytes of that fragment.
-func (c *conn) readBufHasIncompleteFragment() bool {
-	return c.readBuf.Len() != 0
-}
+// processFrames drains complete WebSocket frames from buf, recording session
+// data via handleData for finalized binary messages. It returns the raw bytes
+// of every consumed frame so the Write path can forward them to the underlying
+// connection. Incomplete frames are left in buf for the next call.
+//
+// Control frames are consumed whole without inspection. Non-binary data frames
+// are unexpected (k8s only uses binary) and cause the buffer to be discarded.
+func (c *conn) processFrames(
+	buf *bytes.Buffer,
+	curMsg **message,
+) ([]byte, error) {
+	var raw []byte
+	for buf.Len() != 0 {
+		b := buf.Bytes()
+		if len(b) < 2 {
+			return raw, nil
+		}
 
-// writeMsgIsIncomplete returns true if the latest WebSocket message written to
-// the connection was fragmented and the next data message fragment written to
-// the connection must be a fragment of that message.
-// https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6455#section-5.4
-func (c *conn) writeMsgIsIncomplete() bool {
-	return c.currentWriteMsg != nil && !c.currentWriteMsg.isFinalized
-}
+		// Continuation frames (opcode 0) inherit the type of the in-progress message.
+		typ := messageType(opcode(b))
+		if typ == noOpcode && *curMsg != nil {
+			typ = (*curMsg).typ
+		}
 
-// readMsgIsIncomplete returns true if the latest WebSocket message written to
-// the connection was fragmented and the next data message fragment written to
-// the connection must be a fragment of that message.
-// https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6455#section-5.4
-func (c *conn) readMsgIsIncomplete() bool {
-	return c.currentReadMsg != nil && !c.currentReadMsg.isFinalized
-}
+		// Control frames: pass through without inspection.
+		if isControlMessage(typ) {
+			maskSet := isMasked(b)
+			payloadLen, payloadOffset, _, err := fragmentDimensions(b, maskSet)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing control frame: %w", err)
+			}
+			frameLen := int(payloadOffset + payloadLen)
+			if len(b) < frameLen {
+				return raw, nil // incomplete control frame
+			}
+			raw = append(raw, b[:frameLen]...)
+			buf.Next(frameLen)
+			continue
+		}
 
-func (c *conn) curReadMsgType() (messageType, error) {
-	if c.currentReadMsg != nil {
-		return c.currentReadMsg.typ, nil
-	}
-	return 0, errors.New("[unexpected] attempted to determine type for nil message")
-}
+		// k8s remotecommand only uses binary data messages.
+		if typ != binaryMessage {
+			c.log.Infof("[unexpected] received a data message with a type that is not binary message type %v", typ)
+			buf.Reset()
+			return raw, nil
+		}
 
-func (c *conn) curWriteMsgType() (messageType, error) {
-	if c.currentWriteMsg != nil {
-		return c.currentWriteMsg.typ, nil
+		// Continue a fragmented message or start a new one.
+		msg := &message{typ: typ}
+		if *curMsg != nil && !(*curMsg).isFinalized {
+			msg = *curMsg
+		}
+
+		ok, err := msg.Parse(b, c.log)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing message: %w", err)
+		}
+		if !ok {
+			*curMsg = msg
+			return raw, nil // incomplete fragment, wait for more bytes
+		}
+		buf.Next(len(msg.raw))
+		*curMsg = msg
+
+		raw = append(raw, msg.raw...)
+		if msg.isFinalized && len(msg.payload) > 0 {
+			if err := c.handleData(msg); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
 	}
-	return 0, errors.New("[unexpected] attempted to determine type for nil message")
+	return raw, nil
 }
 
 // opcode reads the websocket message opcode that denotes the message type.
diff --git a/k8s-operator/sessionrecording/ws/conn_test.go b/k8s-operator/sessionrecording/ws/conn_test.go
index 0b4353698..ea9aca192 100644
--- a/k8s-operator/sessionrecording/ws/conn_test.go
+++ b/k8s-operator/sessionrecording/ws/conn_test.go
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@ func Test_conn_Read(t *testing.T) {
 		wantCastHeaderHeight int
 		wantRecorded         []byte
 	}{
+		// Empty final continuation frame after a resize frame.
+		{
+			name: "continuation_frame_with_empty_payload",
+			inputs: [][]byte{
+				append([]byte{0x02, lenResizeMsgPayload}, testResizeMsg...),
+				{0x80, 0x00},
+			},
+			wantRecorded:         fakes.AsciinemaCastHeaderMsg(t, 10, 20),
+			wantCastHeaderWidth:  10,
+			wantCastHeaderHeight: 20,
+		},
 		{
 			name:   "single_read_control_message",
 			inputs: [][]byte{{0x88, 0x0}},
@@ -58,6 +69,19 @@ func Test_conn_Read(t *testing.T) {
 			wantCastHeaderWidth:  10,
 			wantCastHeaderHeight: 20,
 		},
+		{
+			// A control frame (close) followed by a resize data frame in
+			// a single Read. Without the frame loop, the close frame
+			// would cause the data frame to be skipped.
+			name: "control_then_data_in_one_read",
+			inputs: [][]byte{
+				// close frame (0x88, len 0), then resize data frame
+				append([]byte{0x88, 0x00, 0x82, lenResizeMsgPayload}, testResizeMsg...),
+			},
+			wantRecorded:         fakes.AsciinemaCastHeaderMsg(t, 10, 20),
+			wantCastHeaderWidth:  10,
+			wantCastHeaderHeight: 20,
+		},
 		{
 			name: "resize_data_frame_two_in_one_read",
 			inputs: [][]byte{
@@ -156,6 +180,26 @@ func Test_conn_Write(t *testing.T) {
 		wantRecorded  []byte
 		hasTerm       bool
 	}{
+		// Empty final continuation frame; stream ID already set by
+		// the initial fragment.
+		{
+			name: "continuation_frame_with_empty_payload",
+			inputs: [][]byte{
+				{0x02, 0x03, 0x01, 0x07, 0x08},
+				{0x80, 0x00},
+			},
+			wantForwarded: []byte{0x02, 0x03, 0x01, 0x07, 0x08, 0x80, 0x00},
+			wantRecorded:  fakes.CastLine(t, []byte{0x07, 0x08}, cl),
+		},
+		// Same as above but both fragments land in one Write call.
+		{
+			name: "continuation_frame_with_empty_payload_single_write",
+			inputs: [][]byte{
+				{0x02, 0x03, 0x01, 0x07, 0x08, 0x80, 0x00},
+			},
+			wantForwarded: []byte{0x02, 0x03, 0x01, 0x07, 0x08, 0x80, 0x00},
+			wantRecorded:  fakes.CastLine(t, []byte{0x07, 0x08}, cl),
+		},
 		{
 			name:          "single_write_control_frame",
 			inputs:        [][]byte{{0x88, 0x0}},
@@ -203,6 +247,38 @@ func Test_conn_Write(t *testing.T) {
 			wantRecorded:  fakes.CastLine(t, []byte{0x7, 0x8, 0x1, 0x2, 0x3, 0x4, 0x5}, cl),
 			hasTerm:       true,
 		},
+		{
+			// Two complete WebSocket frames coalesced into a single
+			// Write() call: a stdout binary frame followed by a close
+			// frame. Without a loop in the Write path, the close frame
+			// gets stranded in writeBuf and misinterpreted on the next
+			// Write.
+			name: "two_frames_in_one_write_data_then_close",
+			inputs: [][]byte{
+				// binary frame (opcode 0x2, FIN set = 0x82), payload len 3,
+				// stream ID 1 (stdout), two data bytes,
+				// then close frame (opcode 0x8, FIN set = 0x88), payload len 0
+				{0x82, 0x03, 0x01, 0x07, 0x08, 0x88, 0x00},
+			},
+			wantForwarded: []byte{0x82, 0x03, 0x01, 0x07, 0x08, 0x88, 0x00},
+			wantRecorded:  fakes.CastLine(t, []byte{0x07, 0x08}, cl),
+		},
+		{
+			// Two complete stdout data frames in one Write() call.
+			// Mirrors the "resize_data_frame_two_in_one_read" test
+			// for the Read path.
+			name: "two_data_frames_in_one_write",
+			inputs: [][]byte{
+				// first: binary frame, payload len 3, stdout stream, two data bytes
+				// second: binary frame, payload len 3, stdout stream, two different data bytes
+				{0x82, 0x03, 0x01, 0x07, 0x08, 0x82, 0x03, 0x01, 0x09, 0x0a},
+			},
+			wantForwarded: []byte{0x82, 0x03, 0x01, 0x07, 0x08, 0x82, 0x03, 0x01, 0x09, 0x0a},
+			wantRecorded: append(
+				fakes.CastLine(t, []byte{0x07, 0x08}, cl),
+				fakes.CastLine(t, []byte{0x09, 0x0a}, cl)...,
+			),
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -254,12 +330,20 @@ func Test_conn_ReadRand(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("error creating a test logger: %v", err)
 	}
+	cl := tstest.NewClock(tstest.ClockOpts{})
+	sr := &fakes.TestSessionRecorder{}
+	rec := tsrecorder.New(sr, cl, cl.Now(), true, zl.Sugar())
 	for i := range 100 {
 		tc := &fakes.TestConn{}
 		tc.ResetReadBuf()
+		headerSent := make(chan struct{})
+		close(headerSent) // pre-close so handleData doesn't block
 		c := &conn{
-			Conn: tc,
-			log:  zl.Sugar(),
+			Conn:                  tc,
+			log:                   zl.Sugar(),
+			ctx:                   context.Background(),
+			rec:                   rec,
+			initialCastHeaderSent: headerSent,
 		}
 		bb := fakes.RandomBytes(t)
 		for j, input := range bb {
diff --git a/k8s-operator/sessionrecording/ws/message.go b/k8s-operator/sessionrecording/ws/message.go
index 36359996a..47177ef19 100644
--- a/k8s-operator/sessionrecording/ws/message.go
+++ b/k8s-operator/sessionrecording/ws/message.go
@@ -99,19 +99,19 @@ func (msg *message) Parse(b []byte, log *zap.SugaredLogger) (bool, error) {
 	}
 	isInitialFragment := len(msg.raw) == 0
 
-	msg.isFinalized = isFinalFragment(b)
-
+	finalized := isFinalFragment(b)
 	maskSet := isMasked(b)
 
 	payloadLength, payloadOffset, maskOffset, err := fragmentDimensions(b, maskSet)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("error determining payload length: %w", err)
 	}
-	log.Debugf("parse: parsing a message fragment with payload length: %d payload offset: %d maskOffset: %d mask set: %t, is finalized: %t, is initial fragment: %t", payloadLength, payloadOffset, maskOffset, maskSet, msg.isFinalized, isInitialFragment)
+	log.Debugf("parse: parsing a message fragment with payload length: %d payload offset: %d maskOffset: %d mask set: %t, is finalized: %t, is initial fragment: %t", payloadLength, payloadOffset, maskOffset, maskSet, finalized, isInitialFragment)
 
 	if len(b) < int(payloadOffset+payloadLength) { // incomplete fragment
 		return false, nil
 	}
+	msg.isFinalized = finalized
 	// TODO (irbekrm): perhaps only do this extra allocation if we know we
 	// will need to unmask?
 	msg.raw = make([]byte, int(payloadOffset)+int(payloadLength))
@@ -136,6 +136,13 @@ func (msg *message) Parse(b []byte, log *zap.SugaredLogger) (bool, error) {
 	// message payload.
 	// https://github.com/kubernetes/apimachinery/commit/73d12d09c5be8703587b5127416eb83dc3b7e182#diff-291f96e8632d04d2d20f5fb00f6b323492670570d65434e8eac90c7a442d13bdR23-R36
 	if len(msgPayload) == 0 {
+		if !isInitialFragment {
+			// Continuation frame with zero payload. The stream ID is
+			// already known from the initial fragment, so this is not
+			// fatal, just unusual.
+			log.Infof("[unexpected] received a continuation fragment with no payload")
+			return true, nil
+		}
 		return false, errors.New("[unexpected] received a message fragment with no stream ID")
 	}