diff --git a/packages/bridge-redis/src/index.ts b/packages/bridge-redis/src/index.ts
index c4f5dfd..43008da 100644
--- a/packages/bridge-redis/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/bridge-redis/src/index.ts
@@ -134,8 +134,20 @@ export class RedisPlugin implements BackendPlugin {
     this.readers.push(reader);
     const key = this.key(topic);
 
+    // Capture the stream tail *before* subscribe() resolves, so a post() (XADD) racing in right
+    // after can't be missed. Starting the read loop at '$' is unsafe: '$' only resolves to "the
+    // last id" when the first blocking XREAD actually registers server-side, and subscribe()
+    // returns without awaiting that read (`void loop()` below). A message added in that window
+    // gets an id below the resolved '$' and is dropped forever. A concrete id has no such gap —
+    // XREAD returns everything strictly after it, including messages added during startup.
+    let lastId = '0';
+    try {
+      lastId = (await reader.xInfoStream(key)).lastGeneratedId;
+    } catch {
+      // stream doesn't exist yet → no history to skip; '0' delivers everything from here on
+    }
+
     const loop = async (): Promise<void> => {
-      let lastId = '$';
       while (!this.stopped) {
         let res:
           | Array<{ name: string; messages: Array<{ id: string; message: Record<string, string> }> }>