diff --git a/crates/jp_cli/src/cmd/query/stream.rs b/crates/jp_cli/src/cmd/query/stream.rs
index 857d4edf..5f6aefd5 100644
--- a/crates/jp_cli/src/cmd/query/stream.rs
+++ b/crates/jp_cli/src/cmd/query/stream.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 pub(crate) mod retry;
 
 pub(crate) use retry::{
-    RebuildRefusal, StreamErrorOutcome, StreamRetryState, commit_partial_response,
-    handle_stream_error,
+    RebuildRefusal, ResponseBoundary, StreamErrorOutcome, StreamRetryState,
+    commit_partial_response, handle_stream_error,
 };
 
 pub(crate) use crate::render::TurnView;
diff --git a/crates/jp_cli/src/cmd/query/stream/retry.rs b/crates/jp_cli/src/cmd/query/stream/retry.rs
index ff6746dc..fd44ad38 100644
--- a/crates/jp_cli/src/cmd/query/stream/retry.rs
+++ b/crates/jp_cli/src/cmd/query/stream/retry.rs
@@ -255,6 +255,17 @@ impl StreamRetryState {
     }
 }
 
+/// Whether the assistant's response continues past a flush boundary.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum ResponseBoundary {
+    /// The request is resent and the same response continues on screen, with
+    /// nothing persistent rendered in between.
+    Continuation,
+
+    /// The response ends here: nothing more of it will be rendered.
+    Final,
+}
+
 /// Flush buffered output and commit any unflushed partial assistant content to
 /// the conversation stream.
 ///
@@ -263,12 +274,22 @@ impl StreamRetryState {
 /// user already saw on screen.
 /// Call this before ending a turn on any path that bypasses the coordinator's
 /// own terminal handling.
+///
+/// `boundary` decides how the renderer treats an open reasoning region.
+/// A continuation keeps the gap the region owes pending for the resent
+/// request's output to resolve (the retry notification is a transient line that
+/// leaves nothing behind); a final boundary closes the region with an unshaded
+/// gap.
 pub fn commit_partial_response(
     turn_coordinator: &mut TurnCoordinator,
     conv: &ConversationMut,
     printer: &Arc<Printer>,
+    boundary: ResponseBoundary,
 ) {
-    turn_coordinator.flush_renderer();
+    match boundary {
+        ResponseBoundary::Continuation => turn_coordinator.flush_renderer_for_continuation(),
+        ResponseBoundary::Final => turn_coordinator.flush_renderer(),
+    }
     printer.flush_instant();
 
     let partial = turn_coordinator.peek_partial_events();
@@ -320,9 +341,17 @@ pub async fn handle_stream_error(
     // to the stream BEFORE deciding whether to retry or abort. Streamed text
     // the user already saw must never be dropped just because the error turned
     // out to be fatal.
-    commit_partial_response(turn_coordinator, conv, printer);
+    // The retry decision does feed the flush: an aborted response ends its
+    // reasoning region here, while a retry hands the region to the resent
+    // request.
+    let boundary = if retry_state.can_retry(&error) {
+        ResponseBoundary::Continuation
+    } else {
+        ResponseBoundary::Final
+    };
+    commit_partial_response(turn_coordinator, conv, printer, boundary);
 
-    if !retry_state.can_retry(&error) {
+    if boundary == ResponseBoundary::Final {
         // Clear the temp line before printing the final error so it doesn't
         // linger on screen.
         retry_state.clear_line(printer);
@@ -337,7 +366,7 @@ pub async fn handle_stream_error(
     // Reset the coordinator for the next streaming cycle. The committed partial
     // response becomes continuation context in the rebuilt Thread; the Provider
     // decides how to encode it for the target model.
-    turn_coordinator.prepare_continuation();
+    turn_coordinator.prepare_retry_continuation();
 
     // Notify the user.
     let attempt = retry_state.consecutive_failures;
diff --git a/crates/jp_cli/src/cmd/query/stream/retry_tests.rs b/crates/jp_cli/src/cmd/query/stream/retry_tests.rs
index a0fbbfa9..28f015a2 100644
--- a/crates/jp_cli/src/cmd/query/stream/retry_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/jp_cli/src/cmd/query/stream/retry_tests.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use jp_conversation::{
     event::{ChatRequest, ChatResponse},
 };
 use jp_llm::{StreamError, event::Event};
-use jp_printer::{OutputFormat, Printer};
+use jp_printer::{OutputFormat, Printer, SharedBuffer};
 use jp_workspace::{ConversationLock, Workspace};
 
 use super::*;
@@ -38,6 +38,22 @@ fn make_turn_coordinator() -> TurnCoordinator {
     )
 }
 
+/// Create a coordinator that shares its printer with the caller, so a test can
+/// read what the renderer wrote.
+fn make_turn_coordinator_with_output() -> (TurnCoordinator, Arc<Printer>, SharedBuffer) {
+    let (printer, out, _err) = Printer::memory(OutputFormat::TextPretty);
+    let printer = Arc::new(printer);
+    let coordinator = TurnCoordinator::new(
+        Arc::clone(&printer),
+        AppConfig::new_test().style,
+        None,
+        None,
+        None,
+    );
+
+    (coordinator, printer, out)
+}
+
 /// Create a workspace with a single conversation and return a test lock.
 fn make_test_lock() -> (Workspace, ConversationLock) {
     let config = Arc::new(AppConfig::new_test());
@@ -332,6 +348,45 @@ async fn retry_without_partial_content_still_works() {
     );
 }
 
+/// A fatal error ends the response, so the gap the interrupted reasoning block
+/// owes closes its region: the reasoning background must stop before it, not
+/// leave a shaded strip under the error message.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn fatal_error_after_reasoning_leaves_the_gap_unshaded() {
+    let (mut turn_coordinator, printer, out) = make_turn_coordinator_with_output();
+    let mut retry_state = make_retry_state(3);
+    let (_ws, lock) = make_test_lock();
+    let conv = lock.as_mut();
+    conv.update_events(|stream| {
+        turn_coordinator.start_turn(stream, ChatRequest::from("test"));
+    });
+
+    conv.update_events(|stream| {
+        turn_coordinator.handle_event(stream, Event::reasoning(0, "Thinking.\n\n"));
+    });
+
+    let router = detached_router();
+    let result = handle_stream_error(
+        StreamError::other("auth failure"),
+        &mut retry_state,
+        &mut turn_coordinator,
+        &conv,
+        &printer,
+        &router,
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    assert!(matches!(result, StreamErrorOutcome::Fatal(_)));
+
+    printer.flush();
+    assert_eq!(
+        out.lock().clone(),
+        "\n── \u{1b}[1mjp\u{1b}[0m \
+         ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\n\n\u{1b}[48;\
+         5;236mThinking.\u{1b}[48;5;236m\u{1b}[K\u{1b}[0m\n\n"
+    );
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn interrupt_during_backoff_cuts_wait_short() {
     let (printer, _out, _err) = Printer::memory(OutputFormat::TextPretty);
diff --git a/crates/jp_cli/src/cmd/query/turn/coordinator.rs b/crates/jp_cli/src/cmd/query/turn/coordinator.rs
index 67b4539e..58b8a2f3 100644
--- a/crates/jp_cli/src/cmd/query/turn/coordinator.rs
+++ b/crates/jp_cli/src/cmd/query/turn/coordinator.rs
@@ -422,9 +422,27 @@ impl TurnCoordinator {
     /// The Provider decides whether the target model accepts native assistant
     /// prefill or needs another supported wire representation.
     pub fn prepare_continuation(&mut self) {
+        self.prepare_next_cycle();
+        self.view.reset_for_continuation();
+    }
+
+    /// Reset per-request state before resending a request a stream error cut
+    /// short.
+    ///
+    /// Like [`prepare_continuation`], but keeps the renderer's content region
+    /// open: a retry puts nothing persistent on the terminal, so the reasoning
+    /// region and the separator it owes span the boundary.
+    ///
+    /// [`prepare_continuation`]: Self::prepare_continuation
+    pub fn prepare_retry_continuation(&mut self) {
+        self.prepare_next_cycle();
+        self.view.reset_for_stream_retry();
+    }
+
+    /// Drop the per-request event buffer and re-enter the streaming phase.
+    fn prepare_next_cycle(&mut self) {
         // The committed partial response replaces these per-request buffers.
         self.event_builder = EventBuilder::new();
-        self.view.reset_for_continuation();
         self.state = TurnPhase::Streaming;
     }
 
@@ -437,6 +455,19 @@ impl TurnCoordinator {
         self.view.flush();
     }
 
+    /// Flush the renderer at a streaming-cycle boundary the same response
+    /// continues across.
+    ///
+    /// Commits buffered content like [`flush_renderer`], but leaves a separator
+    /// owed by reasoning pending: the continuation resends the request with no
+    /// persistent content rendered in between, so its first content decides the
+    /// gap's shading.
+    ///
+    /// [`flush_renderer`]: Self::flush_renderer
+    pub fn flush_renderer_for_continuation(&mut self) {
+        self.view.flush_for_continuation();
+    }
+
     /// Resolve the live tool-call boundary, returning the background the tool's
     /// chrome should be filled with to keep a reasoning region continuous.
     ///
diff --git a/crates/jp_cli/src/cmd/query/turn_loop.rs b/crates/jp_cli/src/cmd/query/turn_loop.rs
index a751b030..3d3183b9 100644
--- a/crates/jp_cli/src/cmd/query/turn_loop.rs
+++ b/crates/jp_cli/src/cmd/query/turn_loop.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ use super::{
         LoopAction, StreamingInterruptResult, handle_llm_event, handle_streaming_interrupt,
         reply_edit_mode,
     },
-    stream::{StreamErrorOutcome, StreamRetryState, commit_partial_response, handle_stream_error},
+    stream::{
+        ResponseBoundary, StreamErrorOutcome, StreamRetryState, commit_partial_response,
+        handle_stream_error,
+    },
     tool::{
         PendingEntry, PendingTools, ToolCallDecision, ToolCallState, ToolCoordinator, ToolPrompter,
         ToolRenderer, build_execution_plan,
@@ -595,7 +598,12 @@ pub(super) async fn run_turn_loop(
                                     // buffered output, which would otherwise land
                                     // after the parked cursor.
                                     stream_retry.clear_line(&printer);
-                                    commit_partial_response(&mut turn_coordinator, &conv, &printer);
+                                    commit_partial_response(
+                                        &mut turn_coordinator,
+                                        &conv,
+                                        &printer,
+                                        ResponseBoundary::Final,
+                                    );
                                     if let Err(err) = conv.flush() {
                                         warn!("Failed to persist before abort: {err}");
                                     }
diff --git a/crates/jp_cli/src/render/chat.rs b/crates/jp_cli/src/render/chat.rs
index ace3c643..074ee28b 100644
--- a/crates/jp_cli/src/render/chat.rs
+++ b/crates/jp_cli/src/render/chat.rs
@@ -664,6 +664,23 @@ impl ChatRenderer {
         self.emit_pending_separator(false);
     }
 
+    /// Commit buffered content at a streaming-cycle boundary the same response
+    /// continues across, leaving the deferred separator unresolved.
+    ///
+    /// A stream error commits what was streamed and resends the request, with
+    /// nothing persistent rendered in between.
+    /// A separator owed by reasoning therefore stays pending and the
+    /// continuation's first content decides its shading, exactly as the next
+    /// block would inside one streaming cycle.
+    /// Pair with [`reset_preserving_region`], which carries the pending
+    /// separator across the reset the continuation performs.
+    ///
+    /// [`reset_preserving_region`]: Self::reset_preserving_region
+    pub fn flush_for_continuation(&mut self) {
+        self.cancel_reasoning_timer();
+        self.drain_buffer();
+    }
+
     /// Drain the buffer's end-of-region events to the printer, committing
     /// buffered blocks and closing any open code block.
     ///
@@ -833,6 +850,24 @@ impl ChatRenderer {
         self.para_source.clear();
         self.para_emitted = 0;
     }
+
+    /// Reset the renderer state, keeping the content region open.
+    ///
+    /// Used at a streaming-cycle boundary the same response continues across:
+    /// the deferred separator survives, along with the content kinds that
+    /// decide its shading, so the continuation's first content resolves the gap
+    /// the interrupted block owed.
+    pub fn reset_preserving_region(&mut self) {
+        let last_content_kind = self.last_content_kind;
+        let last_response_kind = self.last_response_kind;
+        let pending_separator = self.pending_separator;
+
+        self.reset();
+
+        self.last_content_kind = last_content_kind;
+        self.last_response_kind = last_response_kind;
+        self.pending_separator = pending_separator;
+    }
 }
 
 /// Build a labeled horizontal rule used as a role-boundary marker.
diff --git a/crates/jp_cli/src/render/chat_tests.rs b/crates/jp_cli/src/render/chat_tests.rs
index 8e2da0c7..e33adf37 100644
--- a/crates/jp_cli/src/render/chat_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/jp_cli/src/render/chat_tests.rs
@@ -573,6 +573,67 @@ fn test_reasoning_block_gap_is_shaded() {
     );
 }
 
+/// A stream error mid-reasoning commits what was streamed and resets the
+/// renderer before the continuation request goes out.
+/// The reasoning region spans that boundary, so the gap the interrupted block
+/// owes stays inside the region and keeps its background.
+#[test]
+fn test_reasoning_gap_across_a_continuation_is_shaded() {
+    let mut config = AppConfig::new_test();
+    config.style.reasoning.display = ReasoningDisplayConfig::Full;
+    config.style.reasoning.background = Some(Color::Ansi256(236));
+    let (mut renderer, out, _err) = create_renderer_with_config(config);
+
+    renderer.render_response(&ChatResponse::Reasoning {
+        reasoning: "First section.\n\n".into(),
+    });
+    renderer.flush_for_continuation();
+    renderer.reset_preserving_region();
+    renderer.render_response(&ChatResponse::Reasoning {
+        reasoning: "Second section.\n\n".into(),
+    });
+    renderer.flush();
+    renderer.printer.flush();
+
+    let output = out.lock().clone();
+    assert_eq!(
+        output,
+        "\u{1b}[48;5;236mFirst \
+         section.\u{1b}[48;5;236m\u{1b}[K\u{1b}[0m\n\u{1b}[48;5;236m\u{1b}[K\u{1b}[49m\n\u{1b}[48;\
+         5;236mSecond section.\u{1b}[48;5;236m\u{1b}[K\u{1b}[0m\n\n"
+    );
+}
+
+/// The provider is free to resume an interrupted reasoning block with the
+/// answer instead of more reasoning.
+/// The gap then leaves the reasoning region, so it is unshaded — the same
+/// output the reasoning-to-answer transition produces without a retry in
+/// between.
+#[test]
+fn test_reasoning_gap_across_a_continuation_into_a_message_is_unshaded() {
+    let mut config = AppConfig::new_test();
+    config.style.reasoning.display = ReasoningDisplayConfig::Full;
+    config.style.reasoning.background = Some(Color::Ansi256(236));
+    let (mut renderer, out, _err) = create_renderer_with_config(config);
+
+    renderer.render_response(&ChatResponse::Reasoning {
+        reasoning: "First section.\n\n".into(),
+    });
+    renderer.flush_for_continuation();
+    renderer.reset_preserving_region();
+    renderer.render_response(&ChatResponse::Message {
+        message: "Answer.\n\n".into(),
+    });
+    renderer.flush();
+    renderer.printer.flush();
+
+    let output = out.lock().clone();
+    assert_eq!(
+        output,
+        "\u{1b}[48;5;236mFirst section.\u{1b}[48;5;236m\u{1b}[K\u{1b}[0m\n\nAnswer.\n\n"
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_message_buffer_flushed_on_explicit_flush() {
     let (mut renderer, out, _err) = create_renderer();
diff --git a/crates/jp_cli/src/render/turn_view.rs b/crates/jp_cli/src/render/turn_view.rs
index 876ef5fa..86531f56 100644
--- a/crates/jp_cli/src/render/turn_view.rs
+++ b/crates/jp_cli/src/render/turn_view.rs
@@ -248,6 +248,17 @@ impl TurnView {
         self.structured.flush();
     }
 
+    /// Flush pending output at a streaming-cycle boundary the same response
+    /// continues across.
+    ///
+    /// The chat renderer keeps its content region open, leaving a separator
+    /// owed by reasoning pending: nothing persistent renders between the two
+    /// cycles, so the continuation's first content decides the gap's shading.
+    pub fn flush_for_continuation(&mut self) {
+        self.chat.flush_for_continuation();
+        self.structured.flush();
+    }
+
     /// Signal to the printer that the current streaming cycle has ended.
     ///
     /// Forwards to the chat renderer, which switches the printer's
@@ -272,6 +283,17 @@ impl TurnView {
         self.structured.reset();
     }
 
+    /// Reset internal renderer state at a stream-retry boundary, keeping the
+    /// chat renderer's content region open.
+    ///
+    /// A retry resends the request without rendering anything persistent in
+    /// between, so the reasoning region and the separator it owes span the
+    /// boundary and the continuation's first content resolves the gap.
+    pub fn reset_for_stream_retry(&mut self) {
+        self.chat.reset_preserving_region();
+        self.structured.reset();
+    }
+
     /// Replace the underlying renderers and identity.
     ///
     /// Used by replay's per-turn config rebuild when the conversation's