diff --git a/sdk-core/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/core/StaticResponseRequestProcessor.java b/sdk-core/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/core/StaticResponseRequestProcessor.java
index afa07db5..b84e1783 100644
--- a/sdk-core/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/core/StaticResponseRequestProcessor.java
+++ b/sdk-core/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/core/StaticResponseRequestProcessor.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 import dev.restate.common.Slice;
 import java.util.concurrent.Flow;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
 class StaticResponseRequestProcessor implements RequestProcessor {
 
@@ -37,6 +38,12 @@ public String responseContentType() {
   public void subscribe(Flow.Subscriber<? super Slice> subscriber) {
     subscriber.onSubscribe(
         new Flow.Subscription() {
+          // Reactive Streams rules 1.7/2.12: the single response body must be emitted exactly
+          // once, no matter how many times request() is invoked. Re-emitting on every request()
+          // used to be masked by subscribers requesting Long.MAX_VALUE exactly once, and
+          // duplicated the whole response once subscribers switched to bounded re-requests.
+          private final AtomicBoolean emitted = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+
           @Override
           public void request(long l) {
             if (l <= 0) {
@@ -44,6 +51,9 @@ public void request(long l) {
                   new IllegalStateException("subscription request is negative: " + l));
               return;
             }
+            if (this.emitted.getAndSet(true)) {
+              return;
+            }
             subscriber.onNext(responseBody);
             subscriber.onComplete();
           }
diff --git a/sdk-core/src/test/java/dev/restate/sdk/core/StaticResponseRequestProcessorTest.java b/sdk-core/src/test/java/dev/restate/sdk/core/StaticResponseRequestProcessorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2de3454
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-core/src/test/java/dev/restate/sdk/core/StaticResponseRequestProcessorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2023 - Restate Software, Inc., Restate GmbH
+//
+// This file is part of the Restate Java SDK,
+// which is released under the MIT license.
+//
+// You can find a copy of the license in file LICENSE in the root
+// directory of this repository or package, or at
+// https://github.com/restatedev/sdk-java/blob/main/LICENSE
+package dev.restate.sdk.core;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import dev.restate.common.Slice;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.Flow;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+/**
+ * The static response (discovery, health) must be emitted exactly once, no matter how the
+ * subscriber shapes its demand (Reactive Streams rules 1.7/2.12). Before this test, every {@code
+ * request()} call re-emitted the whole body and re-signalled completion, which duplicated the
+ * discovery response as soon as a subscriber used bounded per-item requests instead of a single
+ * {@code request(Long.MAX_VALUE)}.
+ */
+class StaticResponseRequestProcessorTest {
+
+  @Test
+  void shouldEmitTheResponseBodyExactlyOnceForBoundedDemand() {
+    StaticResponseRequestProcessor processor =
+        new StaticResponseRequestProcessor(200, "application/json", Slice.wrap("{\"a\":1}"));
+    RecordingSubscriber subscriber = new RecordingSubscriber();
+
+    processor.subscribe(subscriber);
+    subscriber.subscription.request(1);
+    // A well-behaved publisher must ignore further demand after completion
+    subscriber.subscription.request(1);
+    subscriber.subscription.request(Long.MAX_VALUE);
+
+    assertThat(subscriber.received).hasSize(1);
+    assertThat(subscriber.completions).isEqualTo(1);
+    assertThat(subscriber.errors).isEmpty();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void shouldEmitTheResponseBodyExactlyOnceForUnboundedDemand() {
+    StaticResponseRequestProcessor processor =
+        new StaticResponseRequestProcessor(200, "application/json", Slice.wrap("{\"a\":1}"));
+    RecordingSubscriber subscriber = new RecordingSubscriber();
+
+    processor.subscribe(subscriber);
+    subscriber.subscription.request(Long.MAX_VALUE);
+
+    assertThat(subscriber.received).hasSize(1);
+    assertThat(subscriber.completions).isEqualTo(1);
+    assertThat(subscriber.errors).isEmpty();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void shouldSignalAnErrorForNonPositiveDemand() {
+    StaticResponseRequestProcessor processor =
+        new StaticResponseRequestProcessor(200, "application/json", Slice.wrap("{\"a\":1}"));
+    RecordingSubscriber subscriber = new RecordingSubscriber();
+
+    processor.subscribe(subscriber);
+    subscriber.subscription.request(0);
+
+    assertThat(subscriber.received).isEmpty();
+    assertThat(subscriber.errors).hasSize(1);
+  }
+
+  private static final class RecordingSubscriber implements Flow.Subscriber<Slice> {
+    private Flow.Subscription subscription;
+    private final List<Slice> received = new ArrayList<>();
+    private final List<Throwable> errors = new ArrayList<>();
+    private int completions = 0;
+
+    @Override
+    public void onSubscribe(Flow.Subscription subscription) {
+      this.subscription = subscription;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onNext(Slice slice) {
+      received.add(slice);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onError(Throwable throwable) {
+      errors.add(throwable);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onComplete() {
+      completions++;
+    }
+  }
+}