diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/client.ts b/packages/sdk/src/client.ts
index 46cd39f2..a9a32dd2 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/client.ts
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ export type {
 	ProviderSettings,
 	SandboxFactory,
 	SessionData,
+	SessionDelta,
 	SessionEnv,
 	SessionOptions,
 	SessionStore,
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/index.ts b/packages/sdk/src/index.ts
index f0abe1e0..47a65d9f 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export type {
 	FlueEvent,
 	FlueEventCallback,
 	SessionData,
+	SessionDelta,
 	SessionStore,
 	SessionEnv,
 	FileStat,
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/session.ts b/packages/sdk/src/session.ts
index 91f9401e..43eb944d 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/session.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/session.ts
@@ -221,6 +221,11 @@ export class SessionHistory {
 		return path.reverse();
 	}
 
+	/** Entry ids in storage order, used by the SDK to compute saveDelta removals. */
+	getEntryIds(): string[] {
+		return this.entries.map((entry) => entry.id);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Active-path entries appended after `afterLeafId` (exclusive), in order.
 	 *
@@ -405,6 +410,7 @@ export class Session implements FlueSession {
 	private env: SessionEnv;
 	private store: SessionStore;
 	private history: SessionHistory;
+	private lastSavedEntryIds: Set<string>;
 	private createdAt: string | undefined;
 	private compactionSettings: CompactionSettings;
 	private overflowRecoveryAttempted = false;
@@ -439,6 +445,9 @@ export class Session implements FlueSession {
 		this.createdAt = options.existingData?.createdAt;
 
 		this.history = SessionHistory.fromData(options.existingData);
+		// Pre-existing entries are considered "already saved" — adapters that
+		// implement saveDelta? get only changes made after construction.
+		this.lastSavedEntryIds = new Set(this.history.getEntryIds());
 
 		const cc = this.config.compaction;
 		this.compactionSettings = {
@@ -1244,7 +1253,23 @@ export class Session implements FlueSession {
 		const now = new Date().toISOString();
 		const data = this.history.toData(this.metadata, this.createdAt ?? now, now);
 		if (!this.createdAt) this.createdAt = now;
-		await this.store.save(this.storageKey, data);
+		const currentEntryIds = new Set(data.entries.map((entry) => entry.id));
+		if (typeof this.store.saveDelta === 'function') {
+			const newEntries = data.entries.filter((entry) => !this.lastSavedEntryIds.has(entry.id));
+			const removedEntryIds = [...this.lastSavedEntryIds].filter((entryId) => !currentEntryIds.has(entryId));
+			await this.store.saveDelta(this.storageKey, {
+				version: data.version,
+				newEntries,
+				removedEntryIds,
+				leafId: data.leafId,
+				metadata: data.metadata,
+				createdAt: data.createdAt,
+				updatedAt: data.updatedAt,
+			});
+		} else {
+			await this.store.save(this.storageKey, data);
+		}
+		this.lastSavedEntryIds = currentEntryIds;
 	}
 
 	private async recordTaskSession(
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/types.ts b/packages/sdk/src/types.ts
index 65af7ac4..458b0562 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/types.ts
@@ -536,10 +536,66 @@ export interface BranchSummaryEntry extends SessionEntryBase {
 	details?: unknown;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Delta passed to `SessionStore.saveDelta?`. Contains the entries appended
+ * since the last successful save, any entries removed from the current
+ * `SessionData`, and the current session header fields as full overwrites.
+ *
+ * Most history changes are append-only: compaction and branch summaries push
+ * new entries without mutating older ones. Overflow recovery is the exception:
+ * the SDK may remove a failed assistant leaf before retrying. Adapters must
+ * apply `removedEntryIds` before appending `newEntries` so `load()` returns
+ * the latest authoritative `SessionData`, not the union of all entries ever
+ * seen.
+ */
+export interface SessionDelta {
+	/** Session data version. Matches `SessionData.version`. */
+	version: SessionData['version'];
+	/** Entries appended since the last save call (in order). */
+	newEntries: SessionEntry[];
+	/** Entry ids removed from the current session since the last save. */
+	removedEntryIds: string[];
+	/** Current leaf id (full overwrite). */
+	leafId: string | null;
+	/** Current metadata (full overwrite — small object). */
+	metadata: Record<string, any>;
+	/** Session creation timestamp (full overwrite). */
+	createdAt: string;
+	/** Session update timestamp for this save (full overwrite). */
+	updatedAt: string;
+}
+
 export interface SessionStore {
 	save(id: string, data: SessionData): Promise<void>;
 	load(id: string): Promise<SessionData | null>;
 	delete(id: string): Promise<void>;
+
+	/**
+	 * Optional delta hook. If implemented, it is called by live `Session`
+	 * instances *instead of* `save()` with only the entry changes since the
+	 * last successful save. Adapters that implement this can persist O(delta)
+	 * per turn instead of O(history).
+	 *
+	 * Dispatch is checked per call via `typeof store.saveDelta === 'function'`,
+	 * so adapters that implement both methods will only see `saveDelta` invoked
+	 * for live session saves. `save()` remains required: Flue still uses it for
+	 * initial empty session creation and for adapters that don't opt in.
+	 *
+	 * `load(id)` must still return the full `SessionData` — the adapter is
+	 * responsible for reconstructing it from its records.
+	 *
+	 * When a session is resumed from `load()`, pre-existing entries are treated
+	 * as already saved; the first `saveDelta` carries only changes made after
+	 * construction. When `load()` returns null, Flue first writes an empty
+	 * `SessionData` via `save()`, then later `saveDelta` calls carry entries
+	 * appended after that empty snapshot.
+	 *
+	 * `newEntries.length === 0` is possible (a `save()` call with nothing to
+	 * append) and adapters should still apply `removedEntryIds` plus the
+	 * `leafId`/`metadata`/timestamp refresh. Empty `newEntries` is never a
+	 * signal to delete all prior entries.
+	 */
+	saveDelta?(id: string, delta: SessionDelta): Promise<void>;
 }
 
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