diff --git a/api/src/lib.rs b/api/src/lib.rs
index 7624cc7..8bea31f 100644
--- a/api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/api/src/lib.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ pub enum NetEvent {
     // A user was forcibly removed (KILL). Handled like a quit, except a killed
     // services bot is reintroduced rather than forgotten.
     UserKilled { uid: String },
+    // A server split away (SQUIT). `server` is its SID; every user behind it
+    // (whose uid carries that SID prefix) is gone, since a split is signalled once
+    // rather than as a QUIT per user.
+    ServerSplit { server: String },
     // An ircd relaying an IRCv3 account-registration request to us as the authority.
     AccountRequest { reqid: String, origin: String, kind: String, account: String, p2: String, p3: String },
     // An ircd relaying a SASL exchange step to us (the SASL agent). mode = H/S/C/D.
diff --git a/modules/protocol/inspircd/src/lib.rs b/modules/protocol/inspircd/src/lib.rs
index 6735596..5f18119 100644
--- a/modules/protocol/inspircd/src/lib.rs
+++ b/modules/protocol/inspircd/src/lib.rs
@@ -208,6 +208,11 @@ impl Protocol for InspIrcd {
                 Some(uid) if !uid.is_empty() => vec![NetEvent::UserKilled { uid: uid.to_string() }],
                 _ => vec![],
             },
+            // :<src> SQUIT <sid> :<reason> — a server split; forget its users.
+            "SQUIT" => match tokens.next() {
+                Some(server) if !server.is_empty() => vec![NetEvent::ServerSplit { server: server.to_string() }],
+                _ => vec![],
+            },
             // ENCAP <target> <subcmd> …  — we care about relayed SASL and the
             // account-registration relay (the ircd's account module forwards a
             // leaf's REGISTER/VERIFY/RESEND/STATUS to us, the authority server).
@@ -478,6 +483,13 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(matches!(ev.as_slice(), [NetEvent::UserKilled { uid }] if uid == "0IRAAAAAB"), "{ev:?}");
     }
 
+    // A SQUIT surfaces as a ServerSplit carrying the departed server's SID.
+    #[test]
+    fn parses_squit() {
+        let ev = proto().parse(":42S SQUIT 0IR :ping timeout");
+        assert!(matches!(ev.as_slice(), [NetEvent::ServerSplit { server }] if server == "0IR"), "{ev:?}");
+    }
+
     // A UID burst introduces the user under their current nick.
     #[test]
     fn parses_uid_burst() {
diff --git a/src/engine/mod.rs b/src/engine/mod.rs
index 679f501..e374746 100644
--- a/src/engine/mod.rs
+++ b/src/engine/mod.rs
@@ -1057,6 +1057,14 @@ impl Engine {
                 self.forget_user(&uid);
                 Vec::new()
             }
+            NetEvent::ServerSplit { server } => {
+                // Every user behind the departed server is gone in one message;
+                // forget them so their sessions, slots and memberships don't linger.
+                for uid in self.network.uids_on_server(&server) {
+                    self.forget_user(&uid);
+                }
+                Vec::new()
+            }
             NetEvent::Privmsg { from, to, text } => self.dispatch(&from, &to, &text),
             NetEvent::AccountRequest { reqid, origin, kind, account, p2, p3 } => {
                 self.account_request(reqid, origin, kind, account, p2, p3)
diff --git a/src/engine/state.rs b/src/engine/state.rs
index c627c0f..12824e6 100644
--- a/src/engine/state.rs
+++ b/src/engine/state.rs
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ impl Network {
         self.users.get(uid).map(|u| u.host.as_str())
     }
 
+    // Every known user whose uid carries `sid` as its prefix — i.e. those behind
+    // a server, used to forget them all when it splits (SQUIT).
+    pub fn uids_on_server(&self, sid: &str) -> Vec<String> {
+        self.users.keys().filter(|u| u.starts_with(sid)).cloned().collect()
+    }
+
     pub fn user_nick_change(&mut self, uid: &str, nick: String) {
         if let Some(user) = self.users.get_mut(uid) {
             self.seen.insert(lc(&nick), Seen { nick: nick.clone(), ts: now(), what: format!("changing nick from {}", user.nick) });
diff --git a/src/engine/tests.rs b/src/engine/tests.rs
index e12609c..7e66e54 100644
--- a/src/engine/tests.rs
+++ b/src/engine/tests.rs
@@ -432,6 +432,25 @@
         assert!(parted, "the assigned bot parts the released channel");
     }
 
+    // A server split (SQUIT) forgets exactly the users behind it (uids carrying
+    // that SID), leaving users on other servers untouched.
+    #[test]
+    fn squit_forgets_users_behind_the_split() {
+        let mut e = engine_with("squit", "alice", "sesame");
+        e.db.register("bob", "hunter2", None).unwrap();
+        e.handle(NetEvent::UserConnect { uid: "0IRAAAAAB".into(), nick: "alice".into(), host: "h".into() , ip: "0.0.0.0".into() });
+        e.handle(NetEvent::UserConnect { uid: "0XYAAAAAB".into(), nick: "bob".into(), host: "h".into() , ip: "0.0.0.0".into() });
+        e.handle(NetEvent::Privmsg { from: "0IRAAAAAB".into(), to: "42SAAAAAA".into(), text: "IDENTIFY sesame".into() });
+        e.handle(NetEvent::Privmsg { from: "0XYAAAAAB".into(), to: "42SAAAAAA".into(), text: "IDENTIFY hunter2".into() });
+        assert_eq!(e.network.account_of("0IRAAAAAB"), Some("alice"));
+        assert_eq!(e.network.account_of("0XYAAAAAB"), Some("bob"));
+
+        // Server 0IR splits away.
+        e.handle(NetEvent::ServerSplit { server: "0IR".into() });
+        assert!(e.network.account_of("0IRAAAAAB").is_none(), "users behind the split are forgotten");
+        assert_eq!(e.network.account_of("0XYAAAAAB"), Some("bob"), "users on other servers are kept");
+    }
+
     // A netburst that replays a user's accountname restores their services login
     // (so a services restart doesn't silently log everyone out); empty = logout.
     #[test]