diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/baseline/reasoning.py b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/baseline/reasoning.py
index 0c689ed4a7..9dc246a058 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/baseline/reasoning.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/baseline/reasoning.py
@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@ class BaselineReasoningEmitter:
     fresh ``ChatMessage(role="reasoning")`` is appended and mutated
     in-place as further deltas arrive; :meth:`close` drops the reference
     but leaves the appended row intact.
+
+    ``render_in_ui=False`` suppresses wire events + persistence row;
+    state machine still advances.
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -250,21 +253,20 @@ class BaselineReasoningEmitter:
         *,
         coalesce_min_chars: int = _COALESCE_MIN_CHARS,
         coalesce_max_interval_ms: float = _COALESCE_MAX_INTERVAL_MS,
+        render_in_ui: bool = True,
     ) -> None:
         self._block_id: str = str(uuid.uuid4())
         self._open: bool = False
         self._session_messages = session_messages
         self._current_row: ChatMessage | None = None
         # Coalescing state — ``_pending_delta`` accumulates reasoning text
-        # between wire flushes.  Providers like Kimi K2.6 emit very fine-
-        # grained chunks; batching them reduces Redis ``xadd`` + SSE + React
-        # re-render load by ~100x for equivalent text output.  Tuning knobs
-        # are kwargs so tests can disable coalescing (``=0``) for
-        # deterministic event assertions.
+        # between wire flushes.  Tuning knobs are kwargs so tests can
+        # disable coalescing (``=0``) for deterministic event assertions.
         self._coalesce_min_chars = coalesce_min_chars
         self._coalesce_max_interval_ms = coalesce_max_interval_ms
         self._pending_delta: str = ""
         self._last_flush_monotonic: float = 0.0
+        self._render_in_ui = render_in_ui
 
     @property
     def is_open(self) -> bool:
@@ -296,26 +298,25 @@ class BaselineReasoningEmitter:
         # syscalls off the hot path without changing semantics.
         now = time.monotonic()
         if not self._open:
-            events.append(StreamReasoningStart(id=self._block_id))
-            events.append(StreamReasoningDelta(id=self._block_id, delta=text))
+            if self._render_in_ui:
+                events.append(StreamReasoningStart(id=self._block_id))
+                events.append(StreamReasoningDelta(id=self._block_id, delta=text))
             self._open = True
             self._last_flush_monotonic = now
-            if self._session_messages is not None:
+            if self._render_in_ui and self._session_messages is not None:
                 self._current_row = ChatMessage(role="reasoning", content=text)
                 self._session_messages.append(self._current_row)
             return events
 
-        # Persist per-delta (no coalescing here — the session snapshot stays
-        # consistent at every chunk boundary, independent of the wire
-        # coalesce window).
         if self._current_row is not None:
             self._current_row.content = (self._current_row.content or "") + text
 
         self._pending_delta += text
         if self._should_flush_pending(now):
-            events.append(
-                StreamReasoningDelta(id=self._block_id, delta=self._pending_delta)
-            )
+            if self._render_in_ui:
+                events.append(
+                    StreamReasoningDelta(id=self._block_id, delta=self._pending_delta)
+                )
             self._pending_delta = ""
             self._last_flush_monotonic = now
         return events
@@ -348,12 +349,13 @@ class BaselineReasoningEmitter:
         if not self._open:
             return []
         events: list[StreamBaseResponse] = []
-        if self._pending_delta:
-            events.append(
-                StreamReasoningDelta(id=self._block_id, delta=self._pending_delta)
-            )
-            self._pending_delta = ""
-        events.append(StreamReasoningEnd(id=self._block_id))
+        if self._render_in_ui:
+            if self._pending_delta:
+                events.append(
+                    StreamReasoningDelta(id=self._block_id, delta=self._pending_delta)
+                )
+            events.append(StreamReasoningEnd(id=self._block_id))
+        self._pending_delta = ""
         self._open = False
         self._block_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
         self._current_row = None
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/baseline/reasoning_test.py b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/baseline/reasoning_test.py
index e18c8066e4..8283b3e0ad 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/baseline/reasoning_test.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/baseline/reasoning_test.py
@@ -452,3 +452,60 @@ class TestReasoningPersistence:
         events = emitter.on_delta(_delta(reasoning="pure wire"))
         assert len(events) == 2  # start + delta, no crash
         # Nothing else to assert — just proves None session is supported.
+
+
+class TestBaselineReasoningEmitterRenderFlag:
+    """``render_in_ui=False`` must silence ``StreamReasoning*`` wire events
+    AND drop persistence of ``role="reasoning"`` rows — the operator hides
+    the collapse on both the live wire and on reload.  Persistence is tied
+    to the wire events because the frontend's hydration path unconditionally
+    re-renders persisted reasoning rows; keeping them would make the flag a
+    no-op post-reload.  These tests pin the contract in both directions so
+    future refactors can't flip only one half."""
+
+    def test_render_off_suppresses_start_and_delta(self):
+        emitter = BaselineReasoningEmitter(render_in_ui=False)
+        events = emitter.on_delta(_delta(reasoning="hidden"))
+        # No wire events, but state advanced (is_open == True) so close()
+        # below has something to rotate.
+        assert events == []
+        assert emitter.is_open is True
+
+    def test_render_off_suppresses_close_end(self):
+        emitter = BaselineReasoningEmitter(render_in_ui=False)
+        emitter.on_delta(_delta(reasoning="hidden"))
+        events = emitter.close()
+        assert events == []
+        assert emitter.is_open is False
+
+    def test_render_off_skips_persistence(self):
+        """When render is off the emitter must NOT append a ``role="reasoning"``
+        row to ``session_messages`` — hydration would re-render it, undoing
+        the operator's intent."""
+        session: list[ChatMessage] = []
+        emitter = BaselineReasoningEmitter(session, render_in_ui=False)
+
+        emitter.on_delta(_delta(reasoning="part one "))
+        emitter.on_delta(_delta(reasoning="part two"))
+        emitter.close()
+
+        assert session == []
+
+    def test_render_off_rotates_block_id_between_sessions(self):
+        """Even with wire events silenced the block id must rotate on close,
+        otherwise a hypothetical mid-session flip would reuse a stale id."""
+        emitter = BaselineReasoningEmitter(render_in_ui=False)
+        emitter.on_delta(_delta(reasoning="first"))
+        first_block_id = emitter._block_id
+        emitter.close()
+        emitter.on_delta(_delta(reasoning="second"))
+        assert emitter._block_id != first_block_id
+
+    def test_render_on_is_default(self):
+        """Defaulting to True preserves backward compat — existing callers
+        that don't pass the kwarg keep emitting wire events as before."""
+        emitter = BaselineReasoningEmitter()
+        events = emitter.on_delta(_delta(reasoning="hello"))
+        assert len(events) == 2
+        assert isinstance(events[0], StreamReasoningStart)
+        assert isinstance(events[1], StreamReasoningDelta)
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/baseline/service.py b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/baseline/service.py
index 6aa88e9d41..f95157ea2b 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/baseline/service.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/baseline/service.py
@@ -382,7 +382,13 @@ class _BaselineStreamState:
         # frontend's ``convertChatSessionToUiMessages`` relies on these
         # rows to render the Reasoning collapse after the AI SDK's
         # stream-end hydrate swaps in the DB-backed message list.
-        self.reasoning_emitter = BaselineReasoningEmitter(self.session_messages)
+        # ``render_in_ui`` is sourced from ``config.render_reasoning_in_ui``
+        # so the operator can silence the reasoning collapse globally
+        # without dropping the persisted audit trail.
+        self.reasoning_emitter = BaselineReasoningEmitter(
+            self.session_messages,
+            render_in_ui=config.render_reasoning_in_ui,
+        )
 
 
 def _is_anthropic_model(model: str) -> bool:
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/config.py b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/config.py
index 1183217f37..5226007e39 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/config.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/config.py
@@ -249,6 +249,18 @@ class ChatConfig(BaseSettings):
         "``max_thinking_tokens`` kwarg so the CLI falls back to model default "
         "(which, without the flag, leaves extended thinking off).",
     )
+    render_reasoning_in_ui: bool = Field(
+        default=True,
+        description="Render reasoning as live UI parts + persist "
+        "``role='reasoning'`` rows. False suppresses both; tokens are still "
+        "billed upstream.",
+    )
+    stream_replay_count: int = Field(
+        default=200,
+        ge=1,
+        le=10000,
+        description="Max Redis stream entries replayed on SSE reconnect.",
+    )
     claude_agent_thinking_effort: Literal["low", "medium", "high", "max"] | None = (
         Field(
             default=None,
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/config_test.py b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/config_test.py
index fe8e67b7ff..25f9f477f2 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/config_test.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/config_test.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ _ENV_VARS_TO_CLEAR = (
     "OPENAI_BASE_URL",
     "CHAT_CLAUDE_AGENT_CLI_PATH",
     "CLAUDE_AGENT_CLI_PATH",
+    "CHAT_RENDER_REASONING_IN_UI",
+    "CHAT_STREAM_REPLAY_COUNT",
 )
 
 
@@ -164,3 +166,38 @@ class TestClaudeAgentCliPathEnvFallback:
         monkeypatch.setenv("CLAUDE_AGENT_CLI_PATH", str(tmp_path))
         with pytest.raises(Exception, match="not a regular file"):
             ChatConfig()
+
+
+class TestRenderReasoningInUi:
+    """``render_reasoning_in_ui`` gates reasoning wire events globally."""
+
+    def test_defaults_to_true(self):
+        """Default must stay True — flipping it silences the reasoning
+        collapse for every user, which is an opt-in operator decision."""
+        cfg = ChatConfig()
+        assert cfg.render_reasoning_in_ui is True
+
+    def test_env_override_false(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        monkeypatch.setenv("CHAT_RENDER_REASONING_IN_UI", "false")
+        cfg = ChatConfig()
+        assert cfg.render_reasoning_in_ui is False
+
+
+class TestStreamReplayCount:
+    """``stream_replay_count`` caps the SSE reconnect replay batch size."""
+
+    def test_default_is_200(self):
+        """200 covers a full Kimi turn after coalescing (~150 events) while
+        bounding the replay storm from 1000+ chunks."""
+        cfg = ChatConfig()
+        assert cfg.stream_replay_count == 200
+
+    def test_env_override(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+        monkeypatch.setenv("CHAT_STREAM_REPLAY_COUNT", "500")
+        cfg = ChatConfig()
+        assert cfg.stream_replay_count == 500
+
+    def test_zero_rejected(self):
+        """count=0 would make XREAD replay nothing — rejected via ge=1."""
+        with pytest.raises(Exception):
+            ChatConfig(stream_replay_count=0)
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/sdk/p0_guardrails_test.py b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/sdk/p0_guardrails_test.py
index 17b54797b8..be80f2901b 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/sdk/p0_guardrails_test.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/sdk/p0_guardrails_test.py
@@ -714,10 +714,13 @@ class TestDoTransientBackoff:
         mock_sleep.assert_called_once_with(7)
 
     async def test_replaces_adapter_with_new_instance(self):
-        """state.adapter is replaced with a new SDKResponseAdapter after yield."""
+        """state.adapter is replaced with a new SDKResponseAdapter after yield,
+        and ``render_reasoning_in_ui`` is threaded from the SDK service config
+        (not hardcoded) so ``CHAT_RENDER_REASONING_IN_UI=false`` at runtime
+        flips the reconstruction consistently with the rest of the path."""
         from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
 
-        from backend.copilot.sdk.service import _do_transient_backoff
+        from backend.copilot.sdk.service import _do_transient_backoff, config
 
         original_adapter = MagicMock()
         state = MagicMock()
@@ -733,7 +736,11 @@ class TestDoTransientBackoff:
             async for _ in _do_transient_backoff(3, state, "msg-1", "sess-1"):
                 pass
 
-        mock_cls.assert_called_once_with(message_id="msg-1", session_id="sess-1")
+        mock_cls.assert_called_once_with(
+            message_id="msg-1",
+            session_id="sess-1",
+            render_reasoning_in_ui=config.render_reasoning_in_ui,
+        )
         assert state.adapter is new_adapter
 
     async def test_resets_usage_after_yield(self):
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/sdk/response_adapter.py b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/sdk/response_adapter.py
index fbd73d9277..0da78c5f9e 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/sdk/response_adapter.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/sdk/response_adapter.py
@@ -53,7 +53,13 @@ class SDKResponseAdapter:
     text blocks, tool calls, and message lifecycle.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, message_id: str | None = None, session_id: str | None = None):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        message_id: str | None = None,
+        session_id: str | None = None,
+        *,
+        render_reasoning_in_ui: bool = True,
+    ):
         self.message_id = message_id or str(uuid.uuid4())
         self.session_id = session_id
         self.text_block_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
@@ -62,6 +68,9 @@ class SDKResponseAdapter:
         self.reasoning_block_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
         self.has_started_reasoning = False
         self.has_ended_reasoning = True
+        # When False, reasoning wire events + persisted reasoning rows are
+        # suppressed; transcript continuity is unaffected.
+        self._render_reasoning_in_ui = render_reasoning_in_ui
         self.current_tool_calls: dict[str, dict[str, str]] = {}
         self.resolved_tool_calls: set[str] = set()
         self.step_open = False
@@ -142,15 +151,27 @@ class SDKResponseAdapter:
                     # it live, extended_thinking turns that end
                     # thinking-only left the UI stuck on "Thought for Xs"
                     # with nothing rendered until a page refresh.
+                    #
+                    # When ``render_reasoning_in_ui=False`` the three
+                    # reasoning helpers below (and the append) no-op, so
+                    # the frontend sees a text-only stream AND no
+                    # ``ChatMessage(role='reasoning')`` row is persisted
+                    # (the row is only created by ``_dispatch_response``
+                    # when ``StreamReasoningStart`` arrives, which is
+                    # suppressed here).  Persistence of the thinking text
+                    # into the SDK transcript via
+                    # ``_format_sdk_content_blocks`` is unaffected — that
+                    # feeds ``--resume`` continuity, not the UI.
                     if block.thinking:
                         self._end_text_if_open(responses)
                         self._ensure_reasoning_started(responses)
-                        responses.append(
-                            StreamReasoningDelta(
-                                id=self.reasoning_block_id,
-                                delta=block.thinking,
+                        if self._render_reasoning_in_ui:
+                            responses.append(
+                                StreamReasoningDelta(
+                                    id=self.reasoning_block_id,
+                                    delta=block.thinking,
+                                )
                             )
-                        )
 
                 elif isinstance(block, ToolUseBlock):
                     self._end_text_if_open(responses)
@@ -349,7 +370,13 @@ class SDKResponseAdapter:
         Each ``ThinkingBlock`` the SDK emits gets its own streaming block
         on the wire so the frontend can render a new ``Reasoning`` part
         per LLM turn (rather than concatenating across the whole session).
+
+        No-op when ``render_reasoning_in_ui=False`` — callers still drive
+        the method on every ``ThinkingBlock`` so persistence stays in
+        lockstep, but nothing reaches the wire.
         """
+        if not self._render_reasoning_in_ui:
+            return
         if not self.has_started_reasoning or self.has_ended_reasoning:
             if self.has_ended_reasoning:
                 self.reasoning_block_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
@@ -358,7 +385,13 @@ class SDKResponseAdapter:
             self.has_started_reasoning = True
 
     def _end_reasoning_if_open(self, responses: list[StreamBaseResponse]) -> None:
-        """End the current reasoning block if one is open."""
+        """End the current reasoning block if one is open.
+
+        No-op when ``render_reasoning_in_ui=False`` — no start was emitted,
+        so no end is needed.
+        """
+        if not self._render_reasoning_in_ui:
+            return
         if self.has_started_reasoning and not self.has_ended_reasoning:
             responses.append(StreamReasoningEnd(id=self.reasoning_block_id))
             self.has_ended_reasoning = True
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/sdk/response_adapter_test.py b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/sdk/response_adapter_test.py
index 634454f9e5..ada472561a 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/sdk/response_adapter_test.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/sdk/response_adapter_test.py
@@ -331,6 +331,64 @@ def test_empty_thinking_block_is_ignored():
     assert [type(r).__name__ for r in results] == ["StreamStartStep"]
 
 
+def test_render_reasoning_in_ui_false_suppresses_thinking_events():
+    """``render_reasoning_in_ui=False`` silences ``StreamReasoning*`` on
+    the wire — the frontend sees a text-only stream.  Persistence via
+    ``_format_sdk_content_blocks`` is handled elsewhere; this test only
+    pins the wire contract.
+    """
+    adapter = SDKResponseAdapter(
+        message_id="m",
+        session_id="s",
+        render_reasoning_in_ui=False,
+    )
+    msg = AssistantMessage(
+        content=[ThinkingBlock(thinking="plan", signature="sig")],
+        model="test",
+    )
+    results = adapter.convert_message(msg)
+    types = [type(r).__name__ for r in results]
+    assert "StreamReasoningStart" not in types
+    assert "StreamReasoningDelta" not in types
+    assert "StreamReasoningEnd" not in types
+
+
+def test_render_reasoning_off_text_after_thinking_emits_no_reasoning_end():
+    """With rendering off the ReasoningEnd is never synthesized when text
+    follows — no ReasoningStart ever hit the wire, so no close is due."""
+    adapter = SDKResponseAdapter(
+        message_id="m",
+        session_id="s",
+        render_reasoning_in_ui=False,
+    )
+    adapter.convert_message(
+        AssistantMessage(
+            content=[ThinkingBlock(thinking="warming up", signature="sig")],
+            model="test",
+        )
+    )
+    results = adapter.convert_message(
+        AssistantMessage(content=[TextBlock(text="hello")], model="test")
+    )
+    types = [type(r).__name__ for r in results]
+    assert "StreamReasoningEnd" not in types
+    assert "StreamTextStart" in types
+    assert "StreamTextDelta" in types
+
+
+def test_render_reasoning_on_is_default():
+    """Default is True — existing callers keep emitting reasoning events."""
+    adapter = SDKResponseAdapter(message_id="m", session_id="s")
+    msg = AssistantMessage(
+        content=[ThinkingBlock(thinking="plan", signature="sig")],
+        model="test",
+    )
+    results = adapter.convert_message(msg)
+    types = [type(r).__name__ for r in results]
+    assert "StreamReasoningStart" in types
+    assert "StreamReasoningDelta" in types
+
+
 def test_result_success_synthesizes_fallback_text_when_final_turn_is_thinking_only():
     """If the model's last LLM call after a tool_result produced only a
     ThinkingBlock (no TextBlock), the UI would hang on the tool output
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/sdk/service.py b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/sdk/service.py
index 69dda8f227..647e10e8d0 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/sdk/service.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/sdk/service.py
@@ -823,7 +823,11 @@ async def _do_transient_backoff(
     """
     yield StreamStatus(message=f"Connection interrupted, retrying in {backoff}s…")
     await asyncio.sleep(backoff)
-    state.adapter = SDKResponseAdapter(message_id=message_id, session_id=session_id)
+    state.adapter = SDKResponseAdapter(
+        message_id=message_id,
+        session_id=session_id,
+        render_reasoning_in_ui=config.render_reasoning_in_ui,
+    )
     state.usage.reset()
 
 
@@ -3160,7 +3164,11 @@ async def stream_chat_completion_sdk(
 
         options = ClaudeAgentOptions(**sdk_options_kwargs)  # type: ignore[arg-type]  # dynamic kwargs
 
-        adapter = SDKResponseAdapter(message_id=message_id, session_id=session_id)
+        adapter = SDKResponseAdapter(
+            message_id=message_id,
+            session_id=session_id,
+            render_reasoning_in_ui=config.render_reasoning_in_ui,
+        )
 
         # Propagate user_id/session_id as OTEL context attributes so the
         # langsmith tracing integration attaches them to every span.  This
@@ -3494,7 +3502,9 @@ async def stream_chat_completion_sdk(
                     session, user_id, is_user_message, state.query_message
                 )
                 state.adapter = SDKResponseAdapter(
-                    message_id=message_id, session_id=session_id
+                    message_id=message_id,
+                    session_id=session_id,
+                    render_reasoning_in_ui=config.render_reasoning_in_ui,
                 )
                 # Reset token accumulators so a failed attempt's partial
                 # usage is not double-counted in the successful attempt.
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/stream_registry.py b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/stream_registry.py
index 424964e075..e4559c46e5 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/stream_registry.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/copilot/stream_registry.py
@@ -485,9 +485,11 @@ async def subscribe_to_session(
     subscriber_queue: asyncio.Queue[StreamBaseResponse] = asyncio.Queue()
     stream_key = _get_turn_stream_key(session.turn_id)
 
-    # Step 1: Replay messages from Redis Stream
+    # Replay batch capped by ``stream_replay_count``.
     xread_start = time.perf_counter()
-    messages = await redis.xread({stream_key: last_message_id}, block=None, count=1000)
+    messages = await redis.xread(
+        {stream_key: last_message_id}, block=None, count=config.stream_replay_count
+    )
     xread_time = (time.perf_counter() - xread_start) * 1000
     logger.info(
         f"[TIMING] Redis xread (replay) took {xread_time:.1f}ms, status={session_status}",
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/__tests__/useCopilotStream.test.ts b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/__tests__/useCopilotStream.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e56317bf04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/__tests__/useCopilotStream.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+import { act, renderHook } from "@testing-library/react";
+import type { UIMessage } from "ai";
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import { useCopilotStream } from "../useCopilotStream";
+
+// Capture the args passed to ``useChat`` so tests can invoke onFinish/onError
+// directly — that's the only way to drive handleReconnect without a real SSE.
+let lastUseChatArgs: {
+  onFinish?: (args: { isDisconnect?: boolean; isAbort?: boolean }) => void;
+  onError?: (err: Error) => void;
+} | null = null;
+
+const resumeStreamMock = vi.fn();
+const sdkStopMock = vi.fn();
+const sdkSendMessageMock = vi.fn();
+const setMessagesMock = vi.fn();
+
+function resetSdkMocks() {
+  lastUseChatArgs = null;
+  resumeStreamMock.mockReset();
+  sdkStopMock.mockReset();
+  sdkSendMessageMock.mockReset();
+  setMessagesMock.mockReset();
+}
+
+vi.mock("@ai-sdk/react", () => ({
+  useChat: (args: unknown) => {
+    lastUseChatArgs = args as typeof lastUseChatArgs;
+    return {
+      messages: [] as UIMessage[],
+      sendMessage: sdkSendMessageMock,
+      stop: sdkStopMock,
+      status: "ready" as const,
+      error: undefined,
+      setMessages: setMessagesMock,
+      resumeStream: resumeStreamMock,
+    };
+  },
+}));
+
+vi.mock("ai", async () => {
+  const actual = await vi.importActual<typeof import("ai")>("ai");
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    DefaultChatTransport: class {
+      constructor(public opts: unknown) {}
+    },
+  };
+});
+
+vi.mock("@tanstack/react-query", () => ({
+  useQueryClient: () => ({ invalidateQueries: vi.fn() }),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/app/api/__generated__/endpoints/chat/chat", () => ({
+  getGetV2GetCopilotUsageQueryKey: () => ["copilot-usage"],
+  getGetV2GetSessionQueryKey: (id: string) => ["session", id],
+  postV2CancelSessionTask: vi.fn(),
+  deleteV2DisconnectSessionStream: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/components/molecules/Toast/use-toast", () => ({
+  toast: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/services/environment", () => ({
+  environment: {
+    getAGPTServerBaseUrl: () => "http://localhost",
+  },
+}));
+
+vi.mock("../helpers", async () => {
+  const actual =
+    await vi.importActual<typeof import("../helpers")>("../helpers");
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    getCopilotAuthHeaders: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+    disconnectSessionStream: vi.fn(),
+  };
+});
+
+vi.mock("../useHydrateOnStreamEnd", () => ({
+  useHydrateOnStreamEnd: () => undefined,
+}));
+
+function renderStream() {
+  return renderHook(() =>
+    useCopilotStream({
+      sessionId: "sess-1",
+      hydratedMessages: [],
+      hasActiveStream: false,
+      refetchSession: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ data: undefined }),
+      copilotMode: undefined,
+      copilotModel: undefined,
+    }),
+  );
+}
+
+describe("useCopilotStream — reconnect debounce", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    resetSdkMocks();
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    // Pin Date.now so sinceLastResume math is deterministic. The hook reads
+    // Date.now() both when stashing lastReconnectResumeAtRef and when
+    // deciding whether to debounce.
+    vi.setSystemTime(new Date(2025, 0, 1, 12, 0, 0));
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
+  it("coalesces a burst of disconnect events into one resumeStream call", async () => {
+    renderStream();
+
+    // First disconnect — schedules a reconnect at the exponential backoff
+    // delay (1000ms for attempt #1).
+    await act(async () => {
+      await lastUseChatArgs!.onFinish!({ isDisconnect: true });
+    });
+
+    // Fire the scheduled timer → resumeStream runs once and stamps
+    // lastReconnectResumeAtRef.current = Date.now().
+    await act(async () => {
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1_000);
+    });
+    expect(resumeStreamMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    // A second disconnect arrives immediately after (still inside the
+    // 1500ms debounce window) — the debounce path must fire and queue a
+    // coalesced timer, NOT a fresh resume.
+    await act(async () => {
+      await lastUseChatArgs!.onFinish!({ isDisconnect: true });
+    });
+    expect(resumeStreamMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    // The coalesced timer fires at the window boundary and reschedules a
+    // real reconnect. Advance past the window AND past the second
+    // reconnect's backoff (attempt #2 = 2000ms) so resume runs.
+    await act(async () => {
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1_500);
+    });
+    await act(async () => {
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(2_000);
+    });
+    expect(resumeStreamMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
+  it("does not debounce a reconnect that arrives after the window closes", async () => {
+    renderStream();
+
+    // First reconnect cycle.
+    await act(async () => {
+      await lastUseChatArgs!.onFinish!({ isDisconnect: true });
+    });
+    await act(async () => {
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1_000);
+    });
+    expect(resumeStreamMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    // Wait past the debounce window before the next disconnect.
+    await act(async () => {
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(2_000);
+    });
+
+    // Now a fresh disconnect should go through the normal path (NOT the
+    // debounce branch) and schedule a backoff of 2000ms (attempt #2).
+    await act(async () => {
+      await lastUseChatArgs!.onFinish!({ isDisconnect: true });
+    });
+    await act(async () => {
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(2_000);
+    });
+    expect(resumeStreamMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/helpers.test.ts b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/helpers.test.ts
index 91e09efde3..7c61390f1f 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/helpers.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   formatNotificationTitle,
   getSendSuppressionReason,
   parseSessionIDs,
+  shouldDebounceReconnect,
   shouldSuppressDuplicateSend,
 } from "./helpers";
 
@@ -466,3 +467,88 @@ describe("deduplicateMessages", () => {
     expect(result).toHaveLength(2); // duplicate step-start messages are deduped
   });
 });
+
+describe("shouldDebounceReconnect", () => {
+  const WINDOW_MS = 1_500;
+
+  it("returns null for the first reconnect (lastResumeAt === 0)", () => {
+    expect(shouldDebounceReconnect(0, 10_000, WINDOW_MS)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns null for a negative lastResumeAt sentinel", () => {
+    // Defensive: a negative value is still treated as "no reconnect yet".
+    expect(shouldDebounceReconnect(-1, 10_000, WINDOW_MS)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns the remaining delay when now is inside the window", () => {
+    // 500ms since the last resume — the caller must wait another 1000ms
+    // before the storm cap reopens.
+    const remaining = shouldDebounceReconnect(1_000, 1_500, WINDOW_MS);
+    expect(remaining).toBe(1_000);
+  });
+
+  it("coalesces a reconnect that arrives immediately after the previous resume", () => {
+    // now === lastResumeAt → sinceLastResume === 0, so the full window remains.
+    const remaining = shouldDebounceReconnect(5_000, 5_000, WINDOW_MS);
+    expect(remaining).toBe(WINDOW_MS);
+  });
+
+  it("returns null when exactly on the window boundary", () => {
+    // sinceLastResume === windowMs is NOT inside the window — the next
+    // reconnect should fire immediately.
+    expect(shouldDebounceReconnect(1_000, 2_500, WINDOW_MS)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns null when the window has elapsed", () => {
+    expect(shouldDebounceReconnect(1_000, 5_000, WINDOW_MS)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns a small remaining delay at the far edge of the window", () => {
+    // 1ms before the window closes → 1ms left.
+    const remaining = shouldDebounceReconnect(1_000, 2_499, WINDOW_MS);
+    expect(remaining).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("collapses a burst of reconnects into one debounced scheduling", () => {
+    // Simulates the browser tab-throttle storm: three reconnect calls fire
+    // within a single second after the last resume. Only the first slot
+    // would actually run; subsequent calls must always be coalesced.
+    const lastResumeAt = 10_000;
+    const firstCallRemaining = shouldDebounceReconnect(
+      lastResumeAt,
+      10_100,
+      WINDOW_MS,
+    );
+    const secondCallRemaining = shouldDebounceReconnect(
+      lastResumeAt,
+      10_200,
+      WINDOW_MS,
+    );
+    const thirdCallRemaining = shouldDebounceReconnect(
+      lastResumeAt,
+      10_300,
+      WINDOW_MS,
+    );
+    expect(firstCallRemaining).toBe(1_400);
+    expect(secondCallRemaining).toBe(1_300);
+    expect(thirdCallRemaining).toBe(1_200);
+  });
+
+  it("allows a reconnect to fire immediately once the window has passed", () => {
+    // After the window expires, a retry that came in earlier can now fire
+    // rather than stalling the loop. Guards against the regression that
+    // motivated the coalesce-instead-of-drop fix.
+    const lastResumeAt = 10_000;
+    expect(
+      shouldDebounceReconnect(lastResumeAt, 10_500, WINDOW_MS),
+    ).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(shouldDebounceReconnect(lastResumeAt, 11_500, WINDOW_MS)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("honours a custom windowMs value", () => {
+    // Shouldn't hard-code 1500 anywhere: the helper is generic over the
+    // window.
+    expect(shouldDebounceReconnect(1_000, 1_500, 2_000)).toBe(1_500);
+    expect(shouldDebounceReconnect(1_000, 3_500, 2_000)).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/helpers.ts b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/helpers.ts
index b1d87a25d2..131a721117 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/helpers.ts
+++ b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/helpers.ts
@@ -184,6 +184,28 @@ export function disconnectSessionStream(sessionId: string): void {
   deleteV2DisconnectSessionStream(sessionId).catch(() => {});
 }
 
+/**
+ * Decide whether a reconnect request must be coalesced onto the debounce
+ * window boundary, rather than firing immediately.
+ *
+ * Returns the remaining milliseconds until the window closes (so the caller
+ * can schedule a `setTimeout` for that delay) when the previous resume
+ * happened inside the window, or `null` to let the reconnect proceed now.
+ *
+ * `lastResumeAt === 0` signals "no reconnect has fired yet in this session"
+ * — the first reconnect always passes through regardless of `now`.
+ */
+export function shouldDebounceReconnect(
+  lastResumeAt: number,
+  now: number,
+  windowMs: number,
+): number | null {
+  if (lastResumeAt <= 0) return null;
+  const sinceLastResume = now - lastResumeAt;
+  if (sinceLastResume >= windowMs) return null;
+  return windowMs - sinceLastResume;
+}
+
 /**
  * Deduplicate messages by ID and by consecutive content fingerprint.
  *
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/useCopilotStream.ts b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/useCopilotStream.ts
index 2412ff5988..afef20c85a 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/useCopilotStream.ts
+++ b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/useCopilotStream.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   resolveInProgressTools,
   getSendSuppressionReason,
   disconnectSessionStream,
+  shouldDebounceReconnect,
 } from "./helpers";
 import type { CopilotLlmModel, CopilotMode } from "./store";
 import { useHydrateOnStreamEnd } from "./useHydrateOnStreamEnd";
@@ -25,6 +26,19 @@ import { useHydrateOnStreamEnd } from "./useHydrateOnStreamEnd";
 const RECONNECT_BASE_DELAY_MS = 1_000;
 const RECONNECT_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 3;
 
+/**
+ * Minimum spacing between successive reconnect attempts.
+ * `isReconnectScheduledRef` already prevents OVERLAPPING reconnects, but
+ * tab-throttle / visibility wake bursts can fire `onFinish(isDisconnect)`
+ * several times inside a single second — each one would schedule a fresh
+ * reconnect the moment the previous timer cleared the ref. Requests that
+ * arrive inside this window since the last reconnect's resume are COALESCED:
+ * scheduled to run at the window boundary rather than dropped, so a
+ * fast-failing resume (e.g. a 502 on GET /stream that trips `onError` inside
+ * 500 ms) still retries instead of stalling the retry loop.
+ */
+const RECONNECT_DEBOUNCE_MS = 1_500;
+
 /** Minimum time the page must have been hidden to trigger a wake re-sync. */
 const WAKE_RESYNC_THRESHOLD_MS = 30_000;
 
@@ -110,6 +124,11 @@ export function useCopilotStream({
   const isReconnectScheduledRef = useRef(false);
   const [isReconnectScheduled, setIsReconnectScheduled] = useState(false);
   const reconnectTimerRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>>();
+  // Timestamp of the last reconnect's actual resume call — used together
+  // with RECONNECT_DEBOUNCE_MS to drop rapid duplicate reconnect requests
+  // (e.g. visibility throttle firing onFinish(isDisconnect) several times
+  // in the same second). 0 = no reconnect has fired yet in this session.
+  const lastReconnectResumeAtRef = useRef(0);
   const hasShownDisconnectToast = useRef(false);
   // Set when the user explicitly clicks stop — prevents onError from
   // triggering a reconnect cycle for the resulting AbortError.
@@ -127,6 +146,32 @@ export function useCopilotStream({
   function handleReconnect(sid: string) {
     if (isReconnectScheduledRef.current || !sid) return;
 
+    // Debounce: if the previous reconnect resumed within the last
+    // RECONNECT_DEBOUNCE_MS, COALESCE this request onto the window boundary
+    // rather than dropping it. Browser tab-throttle bursts can fire
+    // onFinish(isDisconnect) 2–3 times in a second; without the debounce,
+    // each fires its own GET /stream, each one replays the Redis stream,
+    // and the flicker storm is back. Dropping the request silently (the
+    // previous behaviour) stalled the retry loop when a resume failed
+    // quickly — e.g. a 502 on GET /stream that trips onError inside 500 ms
+    // while the 1500 ms window is still open. Scheduling the retry for
+    // the remaining window preserves both the storm cap and the retry.
+    const remainingDelay = shouldDebounceReconnect(
+      lastReconnectResumeAtRef.current,
+      Date.now(),
+      RECONNECT_DEBOUNCE_MS,
+    );
+    if (remainingDelay !== null) {
+      isReconnectScheduledRef.current = true;
+      setIsReconnectScheduled(true);
+      reconnectTimerRef.current = setTimeout(() => {
+        isReconnectScheduledRef.current = false;
+        setIsReconnectScheduled(false);
+        handleReconnect(sid);
+      }, remainingDelay);
+      return;
+    }
+
     const nextAttempt = reconnectAttemptsRef.current + 1;
     if (nextAttempt > RECONNECT_MAX_ATTEMPTS) {
       setReconnectExhausted(true);
@@ -163,6 +208,7 @@ export function useCopilotStream({
         }
         return prev;
       });
+      lastReconnectResumeAtRef.current = Date.now();
       resumeStreamRef.current();
     }, delay);
   }
@@ -469,6 +515,7 @@ export function useCopilotStream({
     setRateLimitMessage(null);
     hasShownDisconnectToast.current = false;
     lastSubmittedMsgRef.current = null;
+    lastReconnectResumeAtRef.current = 0;
     setReconnectExhausted(false);
     setIsSyncing(false);
     hasResumedRef.current.clear();