diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/live-run.ts b/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/live-run.ts
index ae0cc6b3..49c8cd69 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/live-run.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/live-run.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,12 @@ export function foldLiveRun(
       reload,
     };
   }
-  if (event.type === "message.run.ended" || event.type === "reactor.done") {
+  // A connector reply is terminal for this message even if the following end frame is missed.
+  if (
+    event.type === "connector.reply" ||
+    event.type === "message.run.ended" ||
+    event.type === "reactor.done"
+  ) {
     return {
       run: { ...run, ended: true, running: false, endedAt: Date.now() },
       reload,
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/transcript.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/transcript.test.tsx
index d62c89d2..be6d498b 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/transcript.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/transcript.test.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   awaitingCommit,
   emptyLiveRun,
   foldLiveRun,
+  pendingLiveTurn,
   waitingOnPerson,
 } from "./live-run.ts";
 import { RoomThread } from "./transcript.tsx";
@@ -164,6 +165,39 @@ describe("conversation transcript", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  test("a connector reply stops thinking without an end frame and keeps text until it is committed", () => {
+    const started = foldLiveRun(
+      emptyLiveRun,
+      { type: "inference.start" },
+      null,
+    ).run;
+    const generated = foldLiveRun(
+      started,
+      {
+        type: "inference.text.delta",
+        data: { partial: { text: "The constraints are ready." } },
+      },
+      null,
+    ).run;
+    const done = foldLiveRun(generated, { type: "inference.done" }, null).run;
+    expect(done.running).toBe(true);
+    const replied = foldLiveRun(done, { type: "connector.reply" }, null);
+    expect(replied.reload).toBe(true);
+    expect(replied.run.running).toBe(false);
+    expect(replied.run.ended).toBe(true);
+    expect(replied.run.endedAt).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(pendingLiveTurn(replied.run, [])?.text).toBe(
+      "The constraints are ready.",
+    );
+    const committed = [
+      { role: "assistant" as const, text: "The constraints are ready.", at: 1 },
+    ];
+    expect(pendingLiveTurn(replied.run, committed)).toBeNull();
+    const next = foldLiveRun(replied.run, { type: "inference.start" }, 1).run;
+    expect(next.running).toBe(true);
+    expect(next.ended).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   test("an inference call that finishes with tool work settles even while the message run stays open on a park", () => {
     const started = foldLiveRun(
       emptyLiveRun,