diff --git a/packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/routes-live.ts b/packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/routes-live.ts
index c28dd1c..23ae355 100644
--- a/packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/routes-live.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/routes-live.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { watch } from "node:fs";
-import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { statSync, watch } from "node:fs";
 import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
 import { Hono } from "hono";
 import { streamSSE } from "hono/streaming";
@@ -11,6 +10,30 @@ type PumpState = {
   carry: string;
 };
 
+function fileSize(path: string): number {
+  try {
+    return statSync(path).size;
+  } catch {
+    return 0;
+  }
+}
+
+async function readNewBytes(path: string, state: PumpState): Promise<string | null> {
+  const size = fileSize(path);
+  if (size < state.contentOffset) {
+    // File was truncated — reset
+    state.contentOffset = 0;
+    state.carry = "";
+  }
+  if (size <= state.contentOffset) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const blob = Bun.file(path).slice(state.contentOffset, size);
+  const chunk = await blob.text();
+  state.contentOffset = size;
+  return chunk;
+}
+
 function parseJsonLine(line: string): unknown {
   try {
     return JSON.parse(line) as unknown;
@@ -28,14 +51,7 @@ function isWorkflowResult(record: unknown): boolean {
   );
 }
 
-function parseNewLines(text: string, state: PumpState): string[] {
-  if (text.length < state.contentOffset) {
-    state.contentOffset = 0;
-    state.carry = "";
-  }
-
-  const chunk = text.slice(state.contentOffset);
-  state.contentOffset = text.length;
+function parseNewLines(chunk: string, state: PumpState): string[] {
   state.carry += chunk;
 
   const parts = state.carry.split("\n");
@@ -70,14 +86,17 @@ export function createLiveRoutes(storageRoot: string): Hono {
       let eventId = 0;
 
       async function pumpData(): Promise<boolean> {
-        let text: string;
+        let chunk: string | null;
         try {
-          text = await readFile(resolvedDataPath, "utf8");
+          chunk = await readNewBytes(resolvedDataPath, dataState);
         } catch {
           return false;
         }
+        if (chunk === null) {
+          return false;
+        }
 
-        const lines = parseNewLines(text, dataState);
+        const lines = parseNewLines(chunk, dataState);
         for (const line of lines) {
           const record = parseJsonLine(line);
           eventId++;
@@ -95,14 +114,17 @@ export function createLiveRoutes(storageRoot: string): Hono {
       }
 
       async function pumpInfo(): Promise<void> {
-        let text: string;
+        let chunk: string | null;
         try {
-          text = await readFile(infoPath, "utf8");
+          chunk = await readNewBytes(infoPath, infoState);
         } catch {
           return;
         }
+        if (chunk === null) {
+          return;
+        }
 
-        const lines = parseNewLines(text, infoState);
+        const lines = parseNewLines(chunk, infoState);
         for (const line of lines) {
           const record = parseJsonLine(line);
           if (