diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 433374d..b8dd6b9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .prism.log
+.stdy.log
 _dev
 
 __pycache__
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2a266f8..da0b97f 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "3.7.0"
+  ".": "3.18.0"
 }
diff --git a/.stats.yml b/.stats.yml
index 4f6d212..c5e5d8a 100644
--- a/.stats.yml
+++ b/.stats.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 configured_endpoints: 8
-openapi_spec_url: https://storage.googleapis.com/stainless-sdk-openapi-specs/browserbase%2Fstagehand-975ca868b31b1e45fb00b31a53d9df1ceec8663f6c2851bf40fdaa84171afadc.yml
-openapi_spec_hash: 37891379e0f47e5c69769fbaa1064dab
-config_hash: 0209737a4ab2a71afececb0ff7459998
+openapi_spec_url: https://storage.googleapis.com/stainless-sdk-openapi-specs/browserbase%2Fstagehand-a4a5ea048bb50d06460d81d6828b53b12b19e9224121ee6338dcd1f0781e22a1.yml
+openapi_spec_hash: 9b81c0ae04576318d13d7a80d4ab7b5a
+config_hash: d6c6f623d03971bdba921650e5eb7e5f
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b7705e0..2307002 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 3.18.0 (2026-03-24)
+
+Full Changelog: [v3.7.0...v3.18.0](https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand-python/compare/v3.7.0...v3.18.0)
+
+### Features
+
+* Add explicit SSE event names for local v3 streaming ([493abf4](https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand-python/commit/493abf4ee2023c3a88701c01bdd4bfdd1f4e0b63))
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* **internal:** update gitignore ([5acaa6f](https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand-python/commit/5acaa6f97a3fd926e3406c3af3504576a86a05bb))
+
 ## 3.7.0 (2026-03-23)
 
 Full Changelog: [v3.6.0...v3.7.0](https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand-python/compare/v3.6.0...v3.7.0)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b890e29..beb416c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "stagehand"
-version = "3.7.0"
+version = "3.18.0"
 description = "The official Python library for the stagehand API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/src/stagehand/_streaming.py b/src/stagehand/_streaming.py
index 78f7b69..83a250a 100644
--- a/src/stagehand/_streaming.py
+++ b/src/stagehand/_streaming.py
@@ -59,10 +59,7 @@ def __stream__(self) -> Iterator[_T]:
 
         try:
             for sse in iterator:
-                if sse.data.startswith('{"data":{"status":"finished"'):
-                    break
-
-                if sse.data.startswith("error"):
+                if sse.event == "error":
                     body = sse.data
 
                     try:
@@ -77,7 +74,12 @@ def __stream__(self) -> Iterator[_T]:
                         response=self.response,
                     )
 
-                if sse.event is None:
+                if (
+                    sse.event == "starting"
+                    or sse.event == "connected"
+                    or sse.event == "running"
+                    or sse.event == "finished"
+                ):
                     yield process_data(data=sse.json(), cast_to=cast_to, response=response)
         finally:
             # Ensure the response is closed even if the consumer doesn't read all data
@@ -144,10 +146,7 @@ async def __stream__(self) -> AsyncIterator[_T]:
 
         try:
             async for sse in iterator:
-                if sse.data.startswith('{"data":{"status":"finished"'):
-                    break
-
-                if sse.data.startswith("error"):
+                if sse.event == "error":
                     body = sse.data
 
                     try:
@@ -162,7 +161,12 @@ async def __stream__(self) -> AsyncIterator[_T]:
                         response=self.response,
                     )
 
-                if sse.event is None:
+                if (
+                    sse.event == "starting"
+                    or sse.event == "connected"
+                    or sse.event == "running"
+                    or sse.event == "finished"
+                ):
                     yield process_data(data=sse.json(), cast_to=cast_to, response=response)
         finally:
             # Ensure the response is closed even if the consumer doesn't read all data
diff --git a/src/stagehand/_version.py b/src/stagehand/_version.py
index 5c32ea2..e5144c2 100644
--- a/src/stagehand/_version.py
+++ b/src/stagehand/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "stagehand"
-__version__ = "3.7.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "3.18.0"  # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/src/stagehand/types/stream_event.py b/src/stagehand/types/stream_event.py
index 3d5b21e..6fd4758 100644
--- a/src/stagehand/types/stream_event.py
+++ b/src/stagehand/types/stream_event.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class DataStreamEventLogDataOutput(BaseModel):
 class StreamEvent(BaseModel):
     """Server-Sent Event emitted during streaming responses.
 
-    Events are sent as `data: <JSON>\n\n`. Key order: data (with status first), type, id.
+    Events are sent as `event: <status>\ndata: <JSON>\n\n`, where the JSON payload has the shape `{ data, type, id }`.
     """
 
     id: str