diff --git a/python/packages/core/agent_framework/_mcp.py b/python/packages/core/agent_framework/_mcp.py
index 0197d9a353..83410bd9d5 100644
--- a/python/packages/core/agent_framework/_mcp.py
+++ b/python/packages/core/agent_framework/_mcp.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     from typing_extensions import Self  # pragma: no cover
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from httpx import AsyncClient
+    from httpx import AsyncClient, Request, Response
     from mcp import types
     from mcp.client.session import ClientSession
     from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
@@ -437,6 +437,10 @@ def _tagged_kwargs(self, kwargs: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
     def stream(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
         return self._client.stream(*args, **self._tagged_kwargs(kwargs))
 
+    async def send(self, request: Request, **kwargs: Any) -> Response:
+        request.extensions[_MCP_HEADER_OWNER_EXTENSION] = self._owner
+        return await self._client.send(request, **kwargs)
+
     async def delete(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
         return await self._client.delete(*args, **self._tagged_kwargs(kwargs))
 
@@ -3682,7 +3686,7 @@ def get_mcp_client(self) -> _AsyncGeneratorContextManager[Any, None]:
         Returns:
             An async context manager for the streamable HTTP client transport.
         """
-        from httpx import URL, AsyncClient, Request, Timeout
+        from httpx import URL, AsyncClient, Timeout
 
         http_client = self._httpx_client
         if self._header_provider is not None:
diff --git a/python/packages/core/tests/core/test_mcp.py b/python/packages/core/tests/core/test_mcp.py
index 063ffc288a..7102dbd7e3 100644
--- a/python/packages/core/tests/core/test_mcp.py
+++ b/python/packages/core/tests/core/test_mcp.py
@@ -7464,6 +7464,29 @@ async def delayed_close() -> None:
         await user_client.aclose()
 
 
+async def test_mcp_header_scoped_client_tags_send_requests():
+    """The transport wrapper must identify requests sent through AsyncClient.send."""
+    import httpx
+
+    from agent_framework._mcp import _MCP_HEADER_OWNER_EXTENSION, _MCPHeaderScopedClient
+
+    owner = object()
+    observed_owners: list[object | None] = []
+
+    async def handle(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+        observed_owners.append(request.extensions.get(_MCP_HEADER_OWNER_EXTENSION))
+        return httpx.Response(200)
+
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(transport=httpx.MockTransport(handle)) as user_client:
+        wrapper = _MCPHeaderScopedClient(user_client, owner)
+        request = user_client.build_request("POST", "http://example.com/mcp")
+
+        response = await wrapper.send(request)
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert observed_owners == [owner]
+
+
 async def test_mcp_header_scoped_client_delegates_unwrapped_attributes():
     """The transport wrapper must stay a drop-in for the caller's httpx client."""
     import httpx