diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/live-run.ts b/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/live-run.ts
index ae0cc6b3..bbd84392 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/live-run.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/live-run.ts
@@ -111,9 +111,19 @@ 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() },
+      run: {
+        ...run,
+        ended: true,
+        running: false,
+        endedAt: run.ended ? run.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..7c73aae3 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/transcript.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/transcript.test.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { describe, expect, spyOn, test } from "bun:test";
 import { isValidElement, type ReactNode } from "react";
 import { renderToStaticMarkup } from "react-dom/server";
 import { wording } from "../../config.ts";
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   awaitingCommit,
   emptyLiveRun,
   foldLiveRun,
+  pendingLiveTurn,
   waitingOnPerson,
 } from "./live-run.ts";
 import { RoomThread } from "./transcript.tsx";
@@ -164,6 +165,68 @@ 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("duplicate completion frames keep the first end time before a new send", () => {
+    const clock = spyOn(Date, "now").mockReturnValue(100);
+    try {
+      const replied = foldLiveRun(
+        emptyLiveRun,
+        { type: "connector.reply" },
+        null,
+      ).run;
+      const sentAt = 150;
+      clock.mockReturnValue(200);
+      const ended = foldLiveRun(
+        replied,
+        { type: "message.run.ended" },
+        null,
+      ).run;
+      expect(ended.endedAt).toBe(replied.endedAt);
+      expect(ended.endedAt).toBeLessThan(sentAt);
+      const next = foldLiveRun(ended, { type: "inference.start" }, null).run;
+      const nextReply = foldLiveRun(
+        next,
+        { type: "connector.reply" },
+        null,
+      ).run;
+      expect(nextReply.endedAt).toBe(200);
+    } finally {
+      clock.mockRestore();
+    }
+  });
+
   test("an inference call that finishes with tool work settles even while the message run stays open on a park", () => {
     const started = foldLiveRun(
       emptyLiveRun,