diff --git a/examples/chat/python/src/streaming/a2ui_partial_handler.py b/examples/chat/python/src/streaming/a2ui_partial_handler.py
index 378b0ec53..7b08a606f 100644
--- a/examples/chat/python/src/streaming/a2ui_partial_handler.py
+++ b/examples/chat/python/src/streaming/a2ui_partial_handler.py
@@ -17,22 +17,33 @@
     `arguments` delta.
 
 The handler covers both shapes. For each delta belonging to our target
-tool name, it concatenates arguments per `tool_call_id` and dispatches
-an `a2ui-partial` custom event when the cumulative string grows. The
-frontend bridge (libs/chat partial-args-bridge) consumes these.
+tool name, it concatenates arguments per `tool_call_id` and writes an
+`a2ui-partial` event into LangGraph's custom stream via the writer
+returned by `langgraph.config.get_stream_writer()`. The writer's
+payload reaches the frontend under `stream_mode='custom'` as a
+`{type: 'custom', data: ...}` SSE event; the partial-args bridge
+consumes it.
+
+LangGraph's `custom` stream mode is decoupled from langchain_core's
+`adispatch_custom_event` — they're different layers. `adispatch_custom_event`
+emits callback events visible only via `stream_mode='events'`; the
+LangGraph writer is the canonical way to surface custom data on the
+SDK's `custom` channel.
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import Any
 from uuid import UUID
 
-from langchain_core.callbacks import AsyncCallbackHandler, adispatch_custom_event
+from langchain_core.callbacks import AsyncCallbackHandler
 from langchain_core.outputs import ChatGenerationChunk, GenerationChunk
+from langgraph.config import get_stream_writer
 
 
 class A2uiPartialHandler(AsyncCallbackHandler):
-    """Track per-tool_call_id cumulative arguments; dispatch a2ui-partial
-    custom events when the cumulative string grows."""
+    """Track per-tool_call_id cumulative arguments; write a2ui-partial
+    custom events to the LangGraph stream when the cumulative string
+    grows."""
 
     def __init__(self, tool_name: str = "render_a2ui_surface") -> None:
         super().__init__()
@@ -63,16 +74,16 @@ async def on_llm_new_token(
 
         # Path 1: Chat Completions API — classic tool_call_chunks list.
         for tc in getattr(message, "tool_call_chunks", None) or []:
-            await self._handle_classic_chunk(tc)
+            self._handle_classic_chunk(tc)
 
         # Path 2: Responses API — content blocks with type='function_call'.
         content = getattr(message, "content", None)
         if isinstance(content, list):
             for block in content:
                 if isinstance(block, dict) and block.get("type") == "function_call":
-                    await self._handle_responses_block(block)
+                    self._handle_responses_block(block)
 
-    async def _handle_classic_chunk(self, tc: dict) -> None:
+    def _handle_classic_chunk(self, tc: dict) -> None:
         """Chat Completions delta: {id, name?, args?, index}."""
         name = tc.get("name") or ""
         call_id = tc.get("id")
@@ -84,9 +95,9 @@ async def _handle_classic_chunk(self, tc: dict) -> None:
         # on every chunk in this shape).
         if name and name != self._tool_name:
             return
-        await self._dispatch_delta(call_id, delta)
+        self._dispatch_delta(call_id, delta)
 
-    async def _handle_responses_block(self, block: dict) -> None:
+    def _handle_responses_block(self, block: dict) -> None:
         """Responses API delta: {type, name?, call_id?, arguments, index}.
 
         The first block for a call carries `name` and `call_id`. Subsequent
@@ -101,7 +112,7 @@ async def _handle_responses_block(self, block: dict) -> None:
         if call_id:
             # First block for this call. Validate target tool name.
             if name and name != self._tool_name:
-                # Not our target — still remember the mapping is "ignore".
+                # Not our target — drop any prior mapping for this index.
                 if isinstance(index, int):
                     self._index_to_call_id.pop(index, None)
                 return
@@ -117,15 +128,26 @@ async def _handle_responses_block(self, block: dict) -> None:
                 # was for a non-target tool. Skip.
                 return
 
-        await self._dispatch_delta(call_id, delta)
+        self._dispatch_delta(call_id, delta)
 
-    async def _dispatch_delta(self, call_id: str, delta: str) -> None:
+    def _dispatch_delta(self, call_id: str, delta: str) -> None:
         existing = self._buffers.get(call_id, "")
         updated = existing + delta
         if updated == existing:
             return  # No growth — suppress duplicate dispatch.
         self._buffers[call_id] = updated
-        await adispatch_custom_event(
-            "a2ui-partial",
-            {"tool_call_id": call_id, "args_so_far": updated},
-        )
+        # `get_stream_writer()` is contextvar-scoped to the currently
+        # executing LangGraph node. Even though this handler runs deep
+        # inside the LLM's callback chain, the contextvar is inherited
+        # so the writer reaches the parent node's `custom` stream.
+        try:
+            writer = get_stream_writer()
+        except RuntimeError:
+            # No stream writer in this context — handler is being invoked
+            # outside a LangGraph stream run (e.g. in unit tests). Silently
+            # skip; tests can mock get_stream_writer to assert behavior.
+            return
+        writer({
+            "name": "a2ui-partial",
+            "data": {"tool_call_id": call_id, "args_so_far": updated},
+        })
diff --git a/examples/chat/python/tests/test_a2ui_partial_handler.py b/examples/chat/python/tests/test_a2ui_partial_handler.py
index 64d3858b5..3b7e1f729 100644
--- a/examples/chat/python/tests/test_a2ui_partial_handler.py
+++ b/examples/chat/python/tests/test_a2ui_partial_handler.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-"""Tests for A2uiPartialHandler — drives canned on_llm_new_token events."""
-from unittest.mock import patch, AsyncMock
+"""Tests for A2uiPartialHandler — drives canned on_llm_new_token events
+and asserts on the data written to the LangGraph stream writer."""
+from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 import pytest
@@ -18,21 +19,34 @@ def _make_chunk(tool_call_chunks: list[dict]) -> ChatGenerationChunk:
     )
 
 
+def _make_responses_chunk(blocks: list[dict]) -> ChatGenerationChunk:
+    """Wrap Responses-API content blocks (gpt-5 family) in a ChatGenerationChunk."""
+    return ChatGenerationChunk(
+        text="",
+        message=AIMessageChunk(content=blocks),
+    )
+
+
 class TestA2uiPartialHandler:
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_dispatches_event_when_chunk_grows_args(self):
         handler = A2uiPartialHandler(tool_name="render_a2ui_surface")
-        with patch("src.streaming.a2ui_partial_handler.adispatch_custom_event", new=AsyncMock()) as mock:
+        writer = MagicMock()
+        with patch("src.streaming.a2ui_partial_handler.get_stream_writer", return_value=writer):
             chunk = _make_chunk([
                 {"id": "tc-1", "name": "render_a2ui_surface", "args": "{\"envelopes\":[", "index": 0},
             ])
             await handler.on_llm_new_token("", chunk=chunk, run_id=uuid4())
-        mock.assert_awaited_once_with("a2ui-partial", {"tool_call_id": "tc-1", "args_so_far": "{\"envelopes\":["})
+        writer.assert_called_once_with({
+            "name": "a2ui-partial",
+            "data": {"tool_call_id": "tc-1", "args_so_far": "{\"envelopes\":["},
+        })
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_concatenates_args_across_chunks_same_tool_call_id(self):
         handler = A2uiPartialHandler(tool_name="render_a2ui_surface")
-        with patch("src.streaming.a2ui_partial_handler.adispatch_custom_event", new=AsyncMock()) as mock:
+        writer = MagicMock()
+        with patch("src.streaming.a2ui_partial_handler.get_stream_writer", return_value=writer):
             await handler.on_llm_new_token(
                 "",
                 chunk=_make_chunk([{"id": "tc-1", "name": "render_a2ui_surface", "args": "{", "index": 0}]),
@@ -43,29 +57,28 @@ async def test_concatenates_args_across_chunks_same_tool_call_id(self):
                 chunk=_make_chunk([{"id": "tc-1", "name": "render_a2ui_surface", "args": "\"x\":1}", "index": 0}]),
                 run_id=uuid4(),
             )
-        # Second dispatch carries the cumulative string.
-        assert mock.await_count == 2
-        args = [call.args for call in mock.await_args_list]
-        assert args[0][1]["args_so_far"] == "{"
-        assert args[1][1]["args_so_far"] == "{\"x\":1}"
+        assert writer.call_count == 2
+        args = [c.args[0] for c in writer.call_args_list]
+        assert args[0]["data"]["args_so_far"] == "{"
+        assert args[1]["data"]["args_so_far"] == "{\"x\":1}"
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_ignores_chunks_for_unrelated_tools(self):
         handler = A2uiPartialHandler(tool_name="render_a2ui_surface")
-        with patch("src.streaming.a2ui_partial_handler.adispatch_custom_event", new=AsyncMock()) as mock:
+        writer = MagicMock()
+        with patch("src.streaming.a2ui_partial_handler.get_stream_writer", return_value=writer):
             await handler.on_llm_new_token(
                 "",
                 chunk=_make_chunk([{"id": "tc-x", "name": "search_documents", "args": "x", "index": 0}]),
                 run_id=uuid4(),
             )
-        mock.assert_not_awaited()
+        writer.assert_not_called()
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_no_dispatch_when_args_did_not_grow(self):
         handler = A2uiPartialHandler(tool_name="render_a2ui_surface")
-        with patch("src.streaming.a2ui_partial_handler.adispatch_custom_event", new=AsyncMock()) as mock:
-            # First chunk grows the buffer; second chunk has empty args delta
-            # (a no-op chunk from the model) and must not re-dispatch.
+        writer = MagicMock()
+        with patch("src.streaming.a2ui_partial_handler.get_stream_writer", return_value=writer):
             await handler.on_llm_new_token(
                 "",
                 chunk=_make_chunk([{"id": "tc-1", "name": "render_a2ui_surface", "args": "{", "index": 0}]),
@@ -76,12 +89,13 @@ async def test_no_dispatch_when_args_did_not_grow(self):
                 chunk=_make_chunk([{"id": "tc-1", "name": "render_a2ui_surface", "args": "", "index": 0}]),
                 run_id=uuid4(),
             )
-        mock.assert_awaited_once()
+        writer.assert_called_once()
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_per_tool_call_id_state_isolation(self):
         handler = A2uiPartialHandler(tool_name="render_a2ui_surface")
-        with patch("src.streaming.a2ui_partial_handler.adispatch_custom_event", new=AsyncMock()) as mock:
+        writer = MagicMock()
+        with patch("src.streaming.a2ui_partial_handler.get_stream_writer", return_value=writer):
             await handler.on_llm_new_token(
                 "",
                 chunk=_make_chunk([
@@ -90,70 +104,64 @@ async def test_per_tool_call_id_state_isolation(self):
                 ]),
                 run_id=uuid4(),
             )
-        assert mock.await_count == 2
-        ids = {call.args[1]["tool_call_id"] for call in mock.await_args_list}
+        assert writer.call_count == 2
+        ids = {c.args[0]["data"]["tool_call_id"] for c in writer.call_args_list}
         assert ids == {"tc-A", "tc-B"}
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_ignores_token_event_without_chunk_message(self):
-        """Some emitters of on_llm_new_token may pass chunk=None (legacy LLM
-        path). Handler must silently skip — no crash, no dispatch."""
         handler = A2uiPartialHandler(tool_name="render_a2ui_surface")
-        with patch("src.streaming.a2ui_partial_handler.adispatch_custom_event", new=AsyncMock()) as mock:
+        writer = MagicMock()
+        with patch("src.streaming.a2ui_partial_handler.get_stream_writer", return_value=writer):
             await handler.on_llm_new_token("some token", chunk=None, run_id=uuid4())
-        mock.assert_not_awaited()
+        writer.assert_not_called()
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_silently_skips_when_no_stream_writer_context(self):
+        """When invoked outside a LangGraph stream context (e.g. raw script),
+        get_stream_writer() raises RuntimeError. Handler should swallow."""
+        handler = A2uiPartialHandler(tool_name="render_a2ui_surface")
+        with patch("src.streaming.a2ui_partial_handler.get_stream_writer", side_effect=RuntimeError("not in stream")):
+            # Must not raise.
+            await handler.on_llm_new_token(
+                "",
+                chunk=_make_chunk([{"id": "tc-1", "name": "render_a2ui_surface", "args": "{", "index": 0}]),
+                run_id=uuid4(),
+            )
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_responses_api_function_call_content_blocks(self):
         """gpt-5 / Responses API streams tool-call deltas as content blocks
-        of type='function_call' rather than tool_call_chunks. The first
-        block for each call carries name + call_id; subsequent blocks for
-        the same index carry only the args delta."""
+        of type='function_call'. The first block carries name + call_id;
+        subsequent blocks for the same index carry only args delta."""
         handler = A2uiPartialHandler(tool_name="render_a2ui_surface")
-        first = ChatGenerationChunk(
-            text="",
-            message=AIMessageChunk(content=[
+        writer = MagicMock()
+        with patch("src.streaming.a2ui_partial_handler.get_stream_writer", return_value=writer):
+            await handler.on_llm_new_token("", chunk=_make_responses_chunk([
                 {"type": "function_call", "name": "render_a2ui_surface",
-                 "call_id": "call_ABC", "id": "fc_1",
-                 "arguments": "", "index": 1},
-            ]),
-        )
-        next1 = ChatGenerationChunk(
-            text="",
-            message=AIMessageChunk(content=[
+                 "call_id": "call_ABC", "id": "fc_1", "arguments": "", "index": 1},
+            ]), run_id=uuid4())
+            await handler.on_llm_new_token("", chunk=_make_responses_chunk([
                 {"type": "function_call", "arguments": "{\"en", "index": 1},
-            ]),
-        )
-        next2 = ChatGenerationChunk(
-            text="",
-            message=AIMessageChunk(content=[
+            ]), run_id=uuid4())
+            await handler.on_llm_new_token("", chunk=_make_responses_chunk([
                 {"type": "function_call", "arguments": "velopes", "index": 1},
-            ]),
-        )
-        with patch("src.streaming.a2ui_partial_handler.adispatch_custom_event", new=AsyncMock()) as mock:
-            await handler.on_llm_new_token("", chunk=first, run_id=uuid4())
-            await handler.on_llm_new_token("", chunk=next1, run_id=uuid4())
-            await handler.on_llm_new_token("", chunk=next2, run_id=uuid4())
-        # First block has empty args — no dispatch. Two subsequent grow the buffer.
-        assert mock.await_count == 2
-        call1 = mock.await_args_list[0].args[1]
-        call2 = mock.await_args_list[1].args[1]
-        assert call1["tool_call_id"] == "call_ABC"
-        assert call1["args_so_far"] == "{\"en"
-        assert call2["tool_call_id"] == "call_ABC"
-        assert call2["args_so_far"] == "{\"envelopes"
+            ]), run_id=uuid4())
+        # First block has empty args — no dispatch. Two subsequent grow.
+        assert writer.call_count == 2
+        first = writer.call_args_list[0].args[0]
+        second = writer.call_args_list[1].args[0]
+        assert first["data"]["tool_call_id"] == "call_ABC"
+        assert first["data"]["args_so_far"] == "{\"en"
+        assert second["data"]["args_so_far"] == "{\"envelopes"
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_responses_api_ignores_non_target_tools(self):
-        """Responses-API content blocks for a different tool are ignored."""
         handler = A2uiPartialHandler(tool_name="render_a2ui_surface")
-        chunk = ChatGenerationChunk(
-            text="",
-            message=AIMessageChunk(content=[
+        writer = MagicMock()
+        with patch("src.streaming.a2ui_partial_handler.get_stream_writer", return_value=writer):
+            await handler.on_llm_new_token("", chunk=_make_responses_chunk([
                 {"type": "function_call", "name": "search_documents",
                  "call_id": "call_X", "arguments": "{}", "index": 0},
-            ]),
-        )
-        with patch("src.streaming.a2ui_partial_handler.adispatch_custom_event", new=AsyncMock()) as mock:
-            await handler.on_llm_new_token("", chunk=chunk, run_id=uuid4())
-        mock.assert_not_awaited()
+            ]), run_id=uuid4())
+        writer.assert_not_called()
diff --git a/examples/chat/python/tests/test_streaming_smoke.py b/examples/chat/python/tests/test_streaming_smoke.py
index 04e3b9795..960154bb7 100644
--- a/examples/chat/python/tests/test_streaming_smoke.py
+++ b/examples/chat/python/tests/test_streaming_smoke.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 """Integration smoke: when fed a canned chat-model token stream, the
-A2uiPartialHandler dispatches at least 3 a2ui-partial custom events
-carrying the cumulative tool_call.args string."""
+A2uiPartialHandler writes at least 3 a2ui-partial entries to the
+LangGraph stream writer carrying the cumulative tool_call.args string."""
 import json
-from unittest.mock import patch, AsyncMock
+from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 import pytest
@@ -36,16 +36,18 @@ def _make_canned_stream() -> list[ChatGenerationChunk]:
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_handler_dispatches_per_chunk():
-    """At least 3 a2ui-partial events fire as the canned stream advances."""
+async def test_handler_writes_per_chunk():
+    """At least 3 a2ui-partial entries written to the stream as the canned
+    stream advances."""
     handler = A2uiPartialHandler(tool_name="render_a2ui_surface")
-    with patch("src.streaming.a2ui_partial_handler.adispatch_custom_event", new=AsyncMock()) as mock:
+    writer = MagicMock()
+    with patch("src.streaming.a2ui_partial_handler.get_stream_writer", return_value=writer):
         for chunk in _make_canned_stream():
             await handler.on_llm_new_token("", chunk=chunk, run_id=uuid4())
-    assert mock.await_count >= 3
-    # Last cumulative string is the full envelope JSON.
-    last = mock.await_args_list[-1].args[1]
-    assert last["tool_call_id"] == "tc-1"
-    body = json.loads(last["args_so_far"])
+    assert writer.call_count >= 3
+    last = writer.call_args_list[-1].args[0]
+    assert last["name"] == "a2ui-partial"
+    assert last["data"]["tool_call_id"] == "tc-1"
+    body = json.loads(last["data"]["args_so_far"])
     assert "envelopes" in body
     assert len(body["envelopes"]) == 3