SSEs are great and more reliable than websockets in a smaller scale. So I'd reach for it despite the issues. But that being said, some websevers don't play well

SSEs are great and more reliable than websockets in a smaller scale. So I'd reach for it despite the issues. But that being said, some websevers don't play well with SSE and you'll need to fiddle with it. If you control the webserver, then it's not much of a problem.