diff --git a/src/react/useDeltaStreams.ts b/src/react/useDeltaStreams.ts
index 799feca1..3acb5288 100644
--- a/src/react/useDeltaStreams.ts
+++ b/src/react/useDeltaStreams.ts
@@ -103,36 +103,51 @@ export function useDeltaStreams<
     | undefined;
 
   const newDeltas = cursorQuery?.streams.deltas;
-  if (newDeltas?.length && streamMessages) {
+  if (streamMessages) {
     const newDeltasByStreamId = new Map<string, StreamDelta[]>();
-    for (const delta of newDeltas) {
-      const oldCursor = cursors[delta.streamId];
-      if (oldCursor && delta.start < oldCursor) continue;
-      const existing = newDeltasByStreamId.get(delta.streamId);
-      if (existing) {
-        const previousEnd = existing.at(-1)!.end;
-        assert(
-          previousEnd === delta.start,
-          `Gap found in deltas for ${delta.streamId} jumping to ${delta.start} from ${previousEnd}`,
-        );
-        existing.push(delta);
-      } else {
-        assert(
-          !oldCursor || oldCursor === delta.start,
-          `Gap found - first delta after ${oldCursor} is ${delta.start} for stream ${delta.streamId}`,
-        );
-        newDeltasByStreamId.set(delta.streamId, [delta]);
+    if (newDeltas?.length) {
+      for (const delta of newDeltas) {
+        const oldCursor = cursors[delta.streamId];
+        if (oldCursor && delta.start < oldCursor) continue;
+        const existing = newDeltasByStreamId.get(delta.streamId);
+        if (existing) {
+          const previousEnd = existing.at(-1)!.end;
+          assert(
+            previousEnd === delta.start,
+            `Gap found in deltas for ${delta.streamId} jumping to ${delta.start} from ${previousEnd}`,
+          );
+          existing.push(delta);
+        } else {
+          assert(
+            !oldCursor || oldCursor === delta.start,
+            `Gap found - first delta after ${oldCursor} is ${delta.start} for stream ${delta.streamId}`,
+          );
+          newDeltasByStreamId.set(delta.streamId, [delta]);
+        }
       }
     }
     const newCursors: Record<string, number> = {};
+    let cursorsChanged = false;
     for (const { streamId } of streamMessages) {
       const cursor =
         newDeltasByStreamId.get(streamId)?.at(-1)?.end ?? cursors[streamId];
       if (cursor !== undefined) {
         newCursors[streamId] = cursor;
+        if (cursors[streamId] !== cursor) {
+          cursorsChanged = true;
+        }
       }
     }
-    setCursors(newCursors);
+    // Also check if any streams were removed from cursors
+    for (const streamId in cursors) {
+      if (!(streamId in newCursors)) {
+        cursorsChanged = true;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if (cursorsChanged) {
+      setCursors(newCursors);
+    }
 
     // we defensively create a new object so object identity matches contents
     state.deltaStreams = streamMessages.map((streamMessage) => {