diff --git a/airbyte_cdk/sources/message/concurrent_repository.py b/airbyte_cdk/sources/message/concurrent_repository.py
index e3bc7116a..ede405fba 100644
--- a/airbyte_cdk/sources/message/concurrent_repository.py
+++ b/airbyte_cdk/sources/message/concurrent_repository.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2025 Airbyte, Inc., all rights reserved.
 import logging
-import os
-from queue import Queue
+import threading
+from collections import deque
+from queue import Full, Queue
 from typing import Callable, Iterable
 
 from airbyte_cdk.models import AirbyteMessage, Level
-from airbyte_cdk.models import Type as MessageType
 from airbyte_cdk.sources.message.repository import LogMessage, MessageRepository
 from airbyte_cdk.sources.streams.concurrent.partitions.types import QueueItem
 
@@ -23,25 +23,61 @@ class ConcurrentMessageRepository(MessageRepository):
 
     This is particularly important for the connector builder which relies on grouping
     of messages to organize request/response, pages, and partitions.
+
+    DEADLOCK PREVENTION:
+    The main thread is the sole consumer of the shared queue. If it calls queue.put()
+    while the queue is full, it deadlocks — nobody else will drain the queue.
+    This happens in 3 code paths from _handle_item:
+      1. PartitionCompleteSentinel → _on_stream_is_done → ensure_at_least_one_state_emitted → emit_message → queue.put(state)
+      2. PartitionGenerationCompletedSentinel → _on_stream_is_done → same path
+      3. Partition → on_partition → emit_message(slice_log) → queue.put(log)
+    To prevent this, the main thread uses non-blocking put(block=False). If the queue
+    is full, messages are buffered in _pending and drained via consume_queue(), which
+    the main thread calls after processing every queue item.
+    Worker threads continue using blocking put() for normal backpressure.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, queue: Queue[QueueItem], message_repository: MessageRepository):
         self._queue = queue
         self._decorated_message_repository = message_repository
+        # Capture the thread ID of the consumer (main thread) at construction time.
+        # This is always the main thread because ConcurrentSource.__init__ (and the
+        # declarative source that creates this repository) runs on the main thread.
+        self._consumer_thread_id = threading.get_ident()
+        # Buffer for messages that couldn't be put on the queue from the main thread
+        # because the queue was full. Drained by consume_queue().
+        # deque.append() and deque.popleft() are atomic in CPython (GIL-protected).
+        self._pending: deque[AirbyteMessage] = deque()
+
+    def _put_on_queue(self, message: AirbyteMessage) -> None:
+        """Put a message on the shared queue, with deadlock prevention for the main thread."""
+        if threading.get_ident() == self._consumer_thread_id:
+            # Main thread (consumer): non-blocking to prevent self-deadlock.
+            # If queue is full, buffer the message — it will be drained via consume_queue().
+            try:
+                self._queue.put(message, block=False)
+            except Full:
+                self._pending.append(message)
+        else:
+            # Worker thread: blocking put for normal backpressure.
+            self._queue.put(message)
 
     def emit_message(self, message: AirbyteMessage) -> None:
         self._decorated_message_repository.emit_message(message)
-        for message in self._decorated_message_repository.consume_queue():
-            self._queue.put(message)
+        for msg in self._decorated_message_repository.consume_queue():
+            self._put_on_queue(msg)
 
     def log_message(self, level: Level, message_provider: Callable[[], LogMessage]) -> None:
         self._decorated_message_repository.log_message(level, message_provider)
-        for message in self._decorated_message_repository.consume_queue():
-            self._queue.put(message)
+        for msg in self._decorated_message_repository.consume_queue():
+            self._put_on_queue(msg)
 
     def consume_queue(self) -> Iterable[AirbyteMessage]:
         """
-        This method shouldn't need to be called because as part of emit_message() we are already
-        loading messages onto the queue processed on the main thread.
+        Drain any messages that were buffered because the queue was full when the
+        main thread tried to put them. This is called by the main thread after
+        processing every queue item (in on_record, on_partition_complete_sentinel,
+        _on_stream_is_done), ensuring buffered messages are yielded promptly.
         """
-        yield from []
+        while self._pending:
+            yield self._pending.popleft()