diff --git a/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml b/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml
index 76b9a793..ca2608a8 100644
--- a/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml
+++ b/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml
@@ -2099,16 +2099,17 @@ let http_render_page_streaming env path _headers fd page_name =
       let t3_data = Unix.gettimeofday () in
 
       (* Determine single-stream vs multi-stream *)
-      let data_items = match data_result with
+      let data_items =
+        let extract_items items = List.map (fun item ->
+          let stream_id = match item with
+            | Dict d -> (match Hashtbl.find_opt d "stream-id" with
+              | Some (String s) -> s | _ -> "stream-content")
+            | _ -> "stream-content" in
+          (item, stream_id)) items in
+        match data_result with
         | Dict _ -> [(data_result, "stream-content")]
-        | List items ->
-          List.map (fun item ->
-            let stream_id = match item with
-              | Dict d -> (match Hashtbl.find_opt d "stream-id" with
-                | Some (String s) -> s | _ -> "stream-content")
-              | _ -> "stream-content" in
-            (item, stream_id)
-          ) items
+        | List items -> extract_items items
+        | ListRef { contents = items } -> extract_items items
         | _ ->
           Printf.eprintf "[sx-stream] :data returned %s, expected dict or list\n%!"
             (Sx_runtime.type_of data_result |> Sx_runtime.value_to_str);
@@ -3366,12 +3367,14 @@ let http_mode port =
                 (* If we have data+content, resolve all slots and embed as OOB swaps *)
                 let resolve_oob = if data_ast <> Nil && content_ast <> Nil then begin
                   let data_result = try Sx_ref.eval_expr data_ast (Env env) with _ -> Nil in
+                  let extract_sid items = List.map (fun item ->
+                    let sid = match item with Dict d ->
+                      (match Hashtbl.find_opt d "stream-id" with Some (String s) -> s | _ -> "stream-content")
+                      | _ -> "stream-content" in (item, sid)) items in
                   let data_items = match data_result with
                     | Dict _ -> [(data_result, "stream-content")]
-                    | List items -> List.map (fun item ->
-                        let sid = match item with Dict d ->
-                          (match Hashtbl.find_opt d "stream-id" with Some (String s) -> s | _ -> "stream-content")
-                          | _ -> "stream-content" in (item, sid)) items
+                    | List items -> extract_sid items
+                    | ListRef { contents = items } -> extract_sid items
                     | _ -> [] in
                   let buf = Buffer.create 1024 in
                   List.iter (fun (item, stream_id) ->
diff --git a/tests/playwright/streaming.spec.js b/tests/playwright/streaming.spec.js
index 6dbe2777..e84fde61 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/streaming.spec.js
+++ b/tests/playwright/streaming.spec.js
@@ -263,6 +263,34 @@ test.describe('Streaming sandbox', () => {
     await expect(page.locator('[data-suspense="stream-slow"]')).toContainText('Slow resolved!');
   });
 
+  test('streaming-demo-data returns iterable list of dicts with stream-ids', async ({ page }) => {
+    const errors = await bootSandbox(page);
+    expect(errors).toEqual([]);
+
+    // Verify the data function returns a list that can be iterated
+    // (catches ListRef vs List type mismatch)
+    const result = await page.evaluate(() => {
+      const K = window.SxKernel;
+      try {
+        const type = K.eval('(type-of (streaming-demo-data))');
+        const len = K.eval('(len (streaming-demo-data))');
+        const ids = K.eval('(join "," (map (fn (item) (get item "stream-id")) (streaming-demo-data)))');
+        const delays = K.eval('(join "," (map (fn (item) (str (get item "delay"))) (streaming-demo-data)))');
+        return { type, len, ids, delays };
+      } catch(e) {
+        return { error: e.message };
+      }
+    });
+
+    expect(result.error || '').toBe('');
+    expect(result.type).toBe('list');
+    expect(result.len).toBe(3);
+    expect(result.ids).toContain('stream-fast');
+    expect(result.ids).toContain('stream-medium');
+    expect(result.ids).toContain('stream-slow');
+    expect(result.delays).toContain('1000');
+  });
+
   test('streaming shell renders with outer layout gutters', async ({ page }) => {
     const errors = await bootSandbox(page);
     expect(errors).toEqual([]);