diff --git a/ui-tui/src/__tests__/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts b/ui-tui/src/__tests__/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts
index 43a17e669..f8d88a50f 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/__tests__/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/__tests__/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts
@@ -175,14 +175,16 @@ describe('createGatewayEventHandler', () => {
 
     onEvent({ payload: { text: 'patch applied' }, type: 'message.complete' } as any)
 
-    // Three transcript messages: pre-tool narration → diff (kind='diff',
-    // so MessageLine gives it blank-line breathing room) → post-tool
-    // narration. The final message does NOT contain a diff.
-    expect(appended).toHaveLength(3)
+    // Four transcript messages: pre-tool narration → tool trail → diff
+    // (kind='diff', so MessageLine gives it blank-line breathing room) →
+    // post-tool narration. The final message does NOT contain a diff.
+    expect(appended).toHaveLength(4)
     expect(appended[0]?.text).toBe('Editing the file')
-    expect(appended[1]).toMatchObject({ kind: 'diff', text: block })
-    expect(appended[2]?.text).toBe('patch applied')
-    expect(appended[2]?.text).not.toContain('```diff')
+    expect(appended[1]).toMatchObject({ kind: 'trail' })
+    expect(appended[1]?.tools?.[0]).toContain('Patch')
+    expect(appended[2]).toMatchObject({ kind: 'diff', text: block })
+    expect(appended[3]?.text).toBe('patch applied')
+    expect(appended[3]?.text).not.toContain('```diff')
   })
 
   it('drops the diff segment when the final assistant text narrates the same diff', () => {
@@ -209,12 +211,13 @@ describe('createGatewayEventHandler', () => {
     onEvent({ payload: { inline_diff: raw, summary: 'patched', tool_id: 'tool-1' }, type: 'tool.complete' } as any)
     onEvent({ payload: { text: 'done' }, type: 'message.complete' } as any)
 
-    // diff segment first (kind='diff'), final narration second
-    expect(appended).toHaveLength(2)
-    expect(appended[0]?.kind).toBe('diff')
-    expect(appended[0]?.text).not.toContain('┊ review diff')
-    expect(appended[0]?.text).toContain('--- a/foo.ts')
-    expect(appended[1]?.text).toBe('done')
+    // Tool trail first, then diff segment (kind='diff'), then final narration.
+    expect(appended).toHaveLength(3)
+    expect(appended[0]?.kind).toBe('trail')
+    expect(appended[1]?.kind).toBe('diff')
+    expect(appended[1]?.text).not.toContain('┊ review diff')
+    expect(appended[1]?.text).toContain('--- a/foo.ts')
+    expect(appended[2]?.text).toBe('done')
   })
 
   it('drops the diff segment when assistant writes its own ```diff fence', () => {
@@ -242,16 +245,17 @@ describe('createGatewayEventHandler', () => {
     } as any)
     onEvent({ payload: { text: 'done' }, type: 'message.complete' } as any)
 
-    // Two segments: the diff block (kind='diff', no tool row) and the final
-    // narration (tool row belongs here since pendingSegmentTools carries
-    // across the flushStreamingSegment call).
-    expect(appended).toHaveLength(2)
-    expect(appended[0]?.kind).toBe('diff')
-    expect(appended[0]?.text).toContain('```diff')
-    expect(appended[0]?.tools ?? []).toEqual([])
-    expect(appended[1]?.text).toBe('done')
-    expect(appended[1]?.tools?.[0]).toContain('Review Diff')
-    expect(appended[1]?.tools?.[0]).not.toContain('--- a/foo.ts')
+    // Tool row is now placed before the diff, so telemetry does not render
+    // below the patch that came from that tool.
+    expect(appended).toHaveLength(3)
+    expect(appended[0]?.kind).toBe('trail')
+    expect(appended[0]?.tools?.[0]).toContain('Review Diff')
+    expect(appended[0]?.tools?.[0]).not.toContain('--- a/foo.ts')
+    expect(appended[1]?.kind).toBe('diff')
+    expect(appended[1]?.text).toContain('```diff')
+    expect(appended[1]?.tools ?? []).toEqual([])
+    expect(appended[2]?.text).toBe('done')
+    expect(appended[2]?.tools ?? []).toEqual([])
   })
 
   it('shows setup panel for missing provider startup error', () => {
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/app/turnController.ts b/ui-tui/src/app/turnController.ts
index cbb03b444..f45cab241 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/app/turnController.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/app/turnController.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ const diffSegmentBody = (msg: Msg): null | string => {
   return m ? m[1]! : null
 }
 
+const insertBeforeFirstDiff = (segments: Msg[], msg: Msg): Msg[] => {
+  const index = segments.findIndex(segment => segment.kind === 'diff')
+
+  return index < 0 ? [...segments, msg] : [...segments.slice(0, index), msg, ...segments.slice(index)]
+}
+
 export interface InterruptDeps {
   appendMessage: (msg: Msg) => void
   gw: { request: <T = unknown>(method: string, params?: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<T> }
@@ -292,16 +298,30 @@ class TurnController {
       return body === null || (!finalHasOwnDiffFence && !finalText.includes(body))
     })
 
-    const finalMessages = [...segments]
+    const hasDiffSegment = segments.some(msg => msg.kind === 'diff')
+    const detailsBelongBeforeDiff = hasDiffSegment && (tools.length > 0 || Boolean(savedReasoning))
+    const finalMessages = detailsBelongBeforeDiff
+      ? insertBeforeFirstDiff(segments, {
+          kind: 'trail',
+          role: 'system',
+          text: '',
+          thinking: savedReasoning || undefined,
+          thinkingTokens: savedReasoning ? savedReasoningTokens : undefined,
+          toolTokens: savedToolTokens || undefined,
+          ...(tools.length && { tools })
+        })
+      : [...segments]
 
     if (finalText) {
       finalMessages.push({
         role: 'assistant',
         text: finalText,
-        thinking: savedReasoning || undefined,
-        thinkingTokens: savedReasoning ? savedReasoningTokens : undefined,
-        toolTokens: savedToolTokens || undefined,
-        ...(tools.length && { tools })
+        ...(!detailsBelongBeforeDiff && {
+          thinking: savedReasoning || undefined,
+          thinkingTokens: savedReasoning ? savedReasoningTokens : undefined,
+          toolTokens: savedToolTokens || undefined,
+          ...(tools.length && { tools })
+        })
       })
     }
 
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/components/messageLine.tsx b/ui-tui/src/components/messageLine.tsx
index a73a4f01d..3fc40528a 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/components/messageLine.tsx
+++ b/ui-tui/src/components/messageLine.tsx
@@ -31,11 +31,20 @@ export const MessageLine = memo(function MessageLine({
   const thinkingMode = sectionMode('thinking', detailsMode, sections)
   const toolsMode = sectionMode('tools', detailsMode, sections)
   const activityMode = sectionMode('activity', detailsMode, sections)
+  const thinking = msg.thinking?.trim() ?? ''
 
-  if (msg.kind === 'trail' && msg.tools?.length) {
-    return toolsMode !== 'hidden' || activityMode !== 'hidden' ? (
+  if (msg.kind === 'trail' && (msg.tools?.length || thinking)) {
+    return thinkingMode !== 'hidden' || toolsMode !== 'hidden' || activityMode !== 'hidden' ? (
       <Box flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
-        <ToolTrail detailsMode={detailsMode} sections={sections} t={t} trail={msg.tools} />
+        <ToolTrail
+          detailsMode={detailsMode}
+          reasoning={thinking}
+          reasoningTokens={msg.thinkingTokens}
+          sections={sections}
+          t={t}
+          toolTokens={msg.toolTokens}
+          trail={msg.tools ?? []}
+        />
       </Box>
     ) : null
   }
@@ -61,7 +70,6 @@ export const MessageLine = memo(function MessageLine({
   }
 
   const { body, glyph, prefix } = ROLE[msg.role](t)
-  const thinking = msg.thinking?.trim() ?? ''
 
   const showDetails =
     (toolsMode !== 'hidden' && Boolean(msg.tools?.length)) ||