diff --git a/desktop/frontend/src/lib/rafBatch.ts b/desktop/frontend/src/lib/rafBatch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f114d8f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/frontend/src/lib/rafBatch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Coalesces text/reasoning stream deltas into one flush per animation frame.
+// Non-text events must drain() first so causal ordering is preserved.
+
+type Flush<T> = (batch: T[]) => void;
+
+interface BatchHandle<T> {
+  push: (item: T) => void;
+  drain: () => void;
+  size: () => number;
+}
+
+export function createRafBatch<T>(flush: Flush<T>): BatchHandle<T> {
+  let buffer: T[] = [];
+  let scheduled: number | null = null;
+
+  const run = () => {
+    scheduled = null;
+    // Snapshot + clear before flushing so a re-entrant push() lands next frame.
+    const out = buffer;
+    buffer = [];
+    if (out.length > 0) flush(out);
+  };
+
+  const handle: BatchHandle<T> = {
+    push(item: T) {
+      buffer.push(item);
+      if (scheduled === null && typeof requestAnimationFrame !== "undefined") {
+        scheduled = requestAnimationFrame(run);
+      } else if (scheduled === null) {
+        // No rAF (SSR / JSDOM) — fall back to a microtask.
+        scheduled = 1;
+        Promise.resolve().then(run);
+      }
+    },
+    drain() {
+      if (scheduled !== null) {
+        if (typeof cancelAnimationFrame !== "undefined" && scheduled !== 1) {
+          cancelAnimationFrame(scheduled);
+        }
+        scheduled = null;
+      }
+      run();
+    },
+    size() {
+      return buffer.length;
+    },
+  };
+  return handle;
+}
diff --git a/desktop/frontend/src/lib/useController.ts b/desktop/frontend/src/lib/useController.ts
index cb96201a0..0089c1d06 100644
--- a/desktop/frontend/src/lib/useController.ts
+++ b/desktop/frontend/src/lib/useController.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { asArray } from "./array";
 import { app, onEvent, onReady } from "./bridge";
+import { createRafBatch } from "./rafBatch";
 import { t } from "./i18n";
 import type {
   BalanceInfo,
@@ -561,10 +562,18 @@ export function useController() {
   }, [dispatchTo, loadSessionDataForTab]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    const textBatch = createRafBatch<{ tabId: string; e: WireEvent }>((batch) => {
+      for (const { tabId, e } of batch) dispatchTo(tabId, { type: "event", e });
+    });
     const off = onEvent((e) => {
       const targetTabId = e.tabId || activeTabIdRef.current;
       if (!targetTabId) return;
-      dispatchTo(targetTabId, { type: "event", e });
+      if (e.kind === "text" || e.kind === "reasoning") {
+        textBatch.push({ tabId: targetTabId, e });
+      } else {
+        textBatch.drain();
+        dispatchTo(targetTabId, { type: "event", e });
+      }
       if (e.kind === "turn_done") {
         app
           .ContextUsageForTab(targetTabId)
@@ -590,7 +599,7 @@ export function useController() {
 
     void syncActiveTabFromBackend();
 
-    return () => { off(); offReady(); };
+    return () => { textBatch.drain(); off(); offReady(); };
   }, [dispatchTo, loadSessionDataForTab, refreshCheckpoints, syncActiveTabFromBackend]);
 
   const send = useCallback((displayText: string, submitText = displayText) => {