diff --git a/src/a2a/client/client_factory.py b/src/a2a/client/client_factory.py
index a59189ade..75e4fe932 100644
--- a/src/a2a/client/client_factory.py
+++ b/src/a2a/client/client_factory.py
@@ -78,7 +78,13 @@ def __init__(
         config: ClientConfig | None = None,
     ):
         config = config or ClientConfig()
-        httpx_client = config.httpx_client or httpx.AsyncClient()
+        # Follow redirects by default: a server may 307 a trailing-slash
+        # variant of the JSON-RPC/REST endpoint (Starlette's default
+        # redirect_slashes). 307 preserves method and body, so this is safe
+        # for POST payloads and keeps the client robust to either spelling.
+        httpx_client = config.httpx_client or httpx.AsyncClient(
+            follow_redirects=True
+        )
         httpx_client.headers.setdefault(
             VERSION_HEADER, PROTOCOL_VERSION_CURRENT
         )
diff --git a/src/a2a/server/routes/jsonrpc_routes.py b/src/a2a/server/routes/jsonrpc_routes.py
index a94d513ae..5b44d7f76 100644
--- a/src/a2a/server/routes/jsonrpc_routes.py
+++ b/src/a2a/server/routes/jsonrpc_routes.py
@@ -64,5 +64,5 @@ def create_jsonrpc_routes(
             path=rpc_url,
             endpoint=dispatcher.handle_requests,
             methods=['POST'],
-        )
+        ),
     ]
diff --git a/tck/sut_agent.py b/tck/sut_agent.py
index 0ca3a1450..206774c64 100644
--- a/tck/sut_agent.py
+++ b/tck/sut_agent.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import a2a.types.a2a_pb2_grpc as a2a_grpc
 
 from a2a.compat.v0_3.grpc_handler import CompatGrpcHandler
+from a2a.helpers.proto_helpers import new_task_from_user_message
 from a2a.server.agent_execution.agent_executor import AgentExecutor
 from a2a.server.agent_execution.context import RequestContext
 from a2a.server.events.event_queue import EventQueue
@@ -87,6 +88,13 @@ async def execute(
 
         self.running_tasks.add(task_id)
 
+        # 1.0 semantics: the Task itself must be enqueued before any
+        # TaskStatusUpdateEvent (the SDK enforces this ordering).
+        task = context.current_task
+        if not task:
+            task = new_task_from_user_message(user_message)
+            await event_queue.enqueue_event(task)
+
         logger.info(
             '[SUTAgentExecutor] Processing message %s for task %s (context: %s)',
             user_message.message_id,
@@ -157,11 +165,11 @@ def serve(task_store: TaskStore) -> None:
             ),
             AgentInterface(
                 url=f'http://localhost:{http_port}{REST_URL}',
-                protocol_binding='REST',
+                protocol_binding='HTTP+JSON',
                 protocol_version='1.0.0',
             ),
             AgentInterface(
-                url=f'http://localhost:{grpc_port}',
+                url=f'localhost:{grpc_port}',
                 protocol_binding='GRPC',
                 protocol_version='1.0.0',
             ),
diff --git a/tests/client/test_client_factory.py b/tests/client/test_client_factory.py
index d211a7331..5683bcda3 100644
--- a/tests/client/test_client_factory.py
+++ b/tests/client/test_client_factory.py
@@ -136,6 +136,24 @@ def test_client_factory_create_with_default_config(
     assert client._transport.url == 'http://primary-url.com'  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
 
+def test_client_factory_default_client_follows_redirects(
+    base_agent_card: AgentCard,
+):
+    """Default factory client follows redirects (307 trailing-slash handling)."""
+    factory = ClientFactory()
+    assert factory._httpx_client.follow_redirects is True
+
+
+def test_client_factory_respects_custom_client_redirect_setting(
+    base_agent_card: AgentCard,
+):
+    """A user-supplied httpx client keeps its own redirect policy."""
+    custom = httpx.AsyncClient(follow_redirects=False)
+    factory = ClientFactory(ClientConfig(httpx_client=custom))
+    assert factory._httpx_client is custom
+    assert factory._httpx_client.follow_redirects is False
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_client_factory_create_from_url(base_agent_card: AgentCard):
     """Verify that create_from_url resolves the card and creates a client."""