diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatReasoningRow.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatReasoningRow.test.tsx
index fe59a95b546..75a019edcac 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatReasoningRow.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatReasoningRow.test.tsx
@@ -72,6 +72,19 @@ describe('reasoning disclosure', () => {
     expect(screen.getByRole('button')).toHaveTextContent('Thought for 1m 5s')
   })
 
+  it('excludes later turn work after the block stops changing', () => {
+    const now = vi.spyOn(Date, 'now').mockReturnValue(10_000)
+    const { rerender } = render(<NativeChatReasoningRow markdown="Starting" isStreaming />)
+    now.mockReturnValue(22_000)
+    rerender(<NativeChatReasoningRow markdown="Reasoning complete" isStreaming />)
+    now.mockReturnValue(70_000)
+    rerender(<NativeChatReasoningRow markdown="Reasoning complete" isStreaming />)
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button')).toHaveTextContent('Thinking...')
+    now.mockReturnValue(100_000)
+    rerender(<NativeChatReasoningRow markdown="Reasoning complete" />)
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button')).toHaveTextContent('Thought for 12s')
+  })
+
   it('resets the clock when block identity changes without a streaming-state transition', () => {
     const now = vi.spyOn(Date, 'now').mockReturnValue(10_000)
     const { rerender } = render(<NativeChatReasoningRow blockId="a" markdown="First" isStreaming />)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatReasoningRow.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatReasoningRow.tsx
index 1ed9f02120e..d930d67dbc1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatReasoningRow.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatReasoningRow.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ export function NativeChatReasoningRow({
   const [timing, setTiming] = useState(() => ({
     blockId,
     streaming: isStreaming,
+    markdown,
+    lastUpdatedAt: Date.now(),
     startedAt: isStreaming ? Date.now() : null,
     elapsedMs: null as number | null
   }))
@@ -33,22 +35,31 @@ export function NativeChatReasoningRow({
         return {
           blockId,
           streaming: isStreaming,
+          markdown,
+          lastUpdatedAt: now,
           startedAt: isStreaming ? now : null,
           elapsedMs: null
         }
       }
-      if (previous.streaming === isStreaming) {
+      if (previous.streaming === isStreaming && (!isStreaming || previous.markdown === markdown)) {
         return previous
       }
       // Only an observed stream supplies a duration; journal history has no local start.
+      const lastUpdatedAt =
+        (isStreaming && !previous.streaming) || previous.markdown !== markdown
+          ? now
+          : previous.lastUpdatedAt
       return {
         ...previous,
+        markdown,
+        lastUpdatedAt,
         streaming: isStreaming,
-        startedAt: isStreaming ? now : previous.startedAt,
-        elapsedMs: isStreaming || previous.startedAt === null ? null : now - previous.startedAt
+        startedAt: isStreaming && !previous.streaming ? now : previous.startedAt,
+        elapsedMs:
+          isStreaming || previous.startedAt === null ? null : lastUpdatedAt - previous.startedAt
       }
     })
-  }, [blockId, isStreaming])
+  }, [blockId, isStreaming, markdown])
   if (!markdown.trim()) {
     return null
   }