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+/**
+ * Regression coverage for Stop while an assistant reply is streaming.
+ *
+ * Desktop keeps the visible partial reply optimistically when Stop is clicked.
+ * That same partial reply must survive the actual interrupted-turn persistence
+ * path: release the blocked provider stream, restart Desktop, then hydrate the
+ * saved session again. Without persistence, the restart drops the partial
+ * assistant work even though it appeared correct at the instant of cancellation.
+ */
+
+import { type TestInfo } from '@playwright/test'
+
+import { expect, test, type Page } from './test'
+
+import {
+  buildAppEnv,
+  launchDesktop,
+  type MockBackendFixture,
+  setupMockBackend,
+  waitForAppReady,
+} from './fixtures'
+import { CORRECTION_SWITCH_TRIGGER, MOCK_REPLY } from './mock-server'
+
+const CANCELLED_PROMPT = `${CORRECTION_SWITCH_TRIGGER}: stop must retain prior streamed work.`
+const STREAMED_WORK = 'Checking the long-running task before I continue.'
+const INFERENCE_SESSION_PREFIX = 'E2E_CANCELLED_INFERENCE'
+const INFERENCE_PROMPT = `${INFERENCE_SESSION_PREFIX}: keep only the partial reply after Stop.`
+const FIRST_INFERENCE_TOKEN = 'Hello'
+
+async function send(page: Page, text: string): Promise<void> {
+  const composer = page.locator('[contenteditable="true"]').first()
+  await composer.waitFor({ state: 'visible', timeout: 15_000 })
+  await composer.click()
+  await composer.type(text, { delay: 5 })
+  await page.keyboard.press('Enter')
+}
+
+async function waitForTranscriptText(page: Page, text: string, timeout = 30_000): Promise<void> {
+  await page.waitForFunction(
+    expected => (document.querySelector('[data-slot="aui_thread-viewport"]')?.textContent ?? '').includes(expected),
+    text,
+    { timeout },
+  )
+}
+
+test('Stop preserves streamed assistant text after Desktop restarts and rehydrates the session', async ({}, testInfo: TestInfo) => {
+  const fixture: MockBackendFixture = await setupMockBackend()
+
+  try {
+    const { sandbox } = fixture
+    let { page } = fixture
+    await waitForAppReady(fixture, 120_000)
+
+    await send(page, CANCELLED_PROMPT)
+    // This trigger streams real assistant commentary then starts a foreground
+    // tool which remains active for five seconds. Stop during that tool phase:
+    // it exercises both the sealed interim message and the interrupted tool
+    // history cleanup, rather than only a one-token inference cancellation.
+    await waitForTranscriptText(page, STREAMED_WORK)
+
+    const stop = page.locator('[data-slot="composer-root"] button[aria-label="Stop"]')
+    await expect(stop).toBeVisible()
+    await stop.click()
+    await waitForTranscriptText(page, STREAMED_WORK)
+    await page.screenshot({ path: testInfo.outputPath('cancelled-turn-before-restart.png') })
+
+    // Let the cooperative tool cancellation settle so the gateway persists its
+    // authoritative interrupted history before we restart Desktop.
+    await expect(stop).toHaveCount(0)
+
+    await fixture.app.close()
+    const relaunched = await launchDesktop(buildAppEnv(sandbox))
+    fixture.app = relaunched.app
+    page = relaunched.page
+    fixture.page = page
+    await waitForAppReady(fixture, 120_000)
+
+    // Session titles are preview-truncated in the persisted sidebar. Match the
+    // stable trigger prefix rather than assuming the full prompt is retained as
+    // the title, then activate it to exercise the real resume/hydration path.
+    const sessionRow = page.locator('[data-slot="sidebar"] button').filter({ hasText: CORRECTION_SWITCH_TRIGGER }).first()
+    await sessionRow.waitFor({ state: 'visible', timeout: 30_000 })
+    await sessionRow.click()
+    await waitForTranscriptText(page, CANCELLED_PROMPT)
+
+    const transcript = page.locator('[data-slot="aui_thread-viewport"]')
+    await expect(transcript).toContainText(CANCELLED_PROMPT)
+    await expect(transcript).toContainText(STREAMED_WORK)
+    await expect(transcript).toContainText('Ran sleep')
+    await page.screenshot({ path: testInfo.outputPath('cancelled-turn-after-restart.png') })
+  } finally {
+    await fixture.cleanup()
+  }
+})
+
+test('Stop preserves a partial inference reply after Desktop restarts and rehydrates the session', async ({}, testInfo: TestInfo) => {
+  const fixture: MockBackendFixture = await setupMockBackend({
+    mockServer: { holdFirstStreamForPrompt: INFERENCE_SESSION_PREFIX },
+  })
+
+  try {
+    const { mock, sandbox } = fixture
+    let { page } = fixture
+    await waitForAppReady(fixture, 120_000)
+
+    await send(page, INFERENCE_PROMPT)
+    await mock.waitForHeldStream()
+    await waitForTranscriptText(page, FIRST_INFERENCE_TOKEN)
+
+    const stop = page.locator('[data-slot="composer-root"] button[aria-label="Stop"]')
+    await expect(stop).toBeVisible()
+    await stop.click()
+    await waitForTranscriptText(page, FIRST_INFERENCE_TOKEN)
+    await page.screenshot({ path: testInfo.outputPath('cancelled-inference-before-restart.png') })
+
+    // The provider completes after Stop, so this proves Desktop does not merely
+    // keep a live optimistic buffer — it must preserve the interrupted partial
+    // through the backend's terminal event and subsequent persistence.
+    mock.releaseHeldStream()
+    await expect(stop).toHaveCount(0)
+
+    await fixture.app.close()
+    const relaunched = await launchDesktop(buildAppEnv(sandbox))
+    fixture.app = relaunched.app
+    page = relaunched.page
+    fixture.page = page
+    await waitForAppReady(fixture, 120_000)
+
+    const sessionRow = page.locator('[data-slot="sidebar"] button').filter({ hasText: INFERENCE_SESSION_PREFIX }).first()
+    await sessionRow.waitFor({ state: 'visible', timeout: 30_000 })
+    await sessionRow.click()
+
+    const transcript = page.locator('[data-slot="aui_thread-viewport"]')
+    await expect(transcript).toContainText(INFERENCE_PROMPT)
+    await expect(transcript).toContainText(FIRST_INFERENCE_TOKEN)
+    await expect(transcript).not.toContainText(MOCK_REPLY)
+    await page.screenshot({ path: testInfo.outputPath('cancelled-inference-after-restart.png') })
+  } finally {
+    await fixture.cleanup()
+  }
+})