diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-new-rows-marker.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-new-rows-marker.test.tsx
index 063b444e718..8f6e3e00e73 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-new-rows-marker.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-new-rows-marker.test.tsx
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@ function row(
 }
 
 /** The rows as one turn: still `working`, or settled after `worked` seconds, or neither. */
-type Turn = { working?: boolean; worked?: number }
+type Turn = { working?: boolean; worked?: number; expanded?: boolean }
 
-function slotsOf(messages: NativeChatMessage[], { working = false, worked }: Turn = {}) {
+function slotsOf(
+  messages: NativeChatMessage[],
+  { working = false, worked, expanded = false }: Turn = {}
+) {
   const turnKey = working || worked !== undefined ? 'prompt' : undefined
   return buildNativeChatTranscriptSlots({
     messages,
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ function slotsOf(messages: NativeChatMessage[], { working = false, worked }: Tur
           : { prompt: { startedAt: null, thinking: false, workedSeconds: worked } }
     },
     turnDiffs: new Map(),
-    expandedTurnKeys: new Set(),
+    expandedTurnKeys: new Set(expanded && turnKey ? [turnKey] : []),
     isWorking: working,
     lifecycleWorking: working
   })
@@ -54,10 +57,19 @@ function slotsOf(messages: NativeChatMessage[], { working = false, worked }: Tur
 
 const SEEN = [row('prompt', 1, 'user'), row('reply', 2)]
 const LATER = [...SEEN, row('answer', 3), row('more', 4)]
+/** The reader asks, then the agent works a step and answers. */
+const ASKED = [row('prompt', 1, 'user')]
+const DONE = [...ASKED, row('step', 2), row('answer', 3)]
+
+const missed = (key: string, after: number, through: number) => ({
+  key,
+  after: at(after),
+  through: at(through)
+})
 
 describe('where the "New" marker draws', () => {
   it('is above the first row that came while the reader was away', () => {
-    expect(nativeChatNewRowsMarkerPlacement(slotsOf(LATER), 'answer')).toEqual({
+    expect(nativeChatNewRowsMarkerPlacement(slotsOf(LATER), missed('answer', 2, 4))).toEqual({
       key: 'answer',
       place: 'above-row'
     })
@@ -66,15 +78,36 @@ describe('where the "New" marker draws', () => {
   // The bar's own line would otherwise sit against the marker's.
   it("is above the turn bar when only that bar parts the row from the reader's prompt", () => {
     const asked = [row('prompt', 1, 'user'), row('answer', 2)]
-    expect(nativeChatNewRowsMarkerPlacement(slotsOf(asked, { worked: 17 }), 'answer')).toEqual({
-      key: 'prompt',
-      place: 'above-turn-bar'
-    })
+    expect(
+      nativeChatNewRowsMarkerPlacement(slotsOf(asked, { worked: 17 }), missed('answer', 1, 2))
+    ).toEqual({ key: 'prompt', place: 'above-turn-bar' })
+  })
+
+  it('stays under the rows of an opened turn the reader had already seen', () => {
+    expect(
+      nativeChatNewRowsMarkerPlacement(
+        slotsOf(DONE, { worked: 17, expanded: true }),
+        missed('answer', 2, 3)
+      )
+    ).toEqual({ key: 'answer', place: 'above-row' })
+  })
+
+  // With no prompt of the reader's, the turn's bar draws above its first row, folded or not.
+  it('is above the bar of a turn the agent opened, whether the turn is open or shut', () => {
+    const turn = DONE.slice(1)
+    for (const expanded of [false, true]) {
+      expect(
+        nativeChatNewRowsMarkerPlacement(
+          slotsOf(turn, { worked: 17, expanded }),
+          missed('answer', 1, 3)
+        )
+      ).toEqual({ key: 'step', place: 'above-row' })
+    }
   })
 
   it('is absent when nothing came, or the row that did is gone', () => {
     expect(nativeChatNewRowsMarkerPlacement(slotsOf(LATER), null)).toBeUndefined()
-    expect(nativeChatNewRowsMarkerPlacement(slotsOf(SEEN), 'answer')).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(nativeChatNewRowsMarkerPlacement(slotsOf(SEEN), missed('answer', 2, 4))).toBeUndefined()
   })
 })
 
@@ -89,6 +122,7 @@ describe('useNativeChatNewRowsMarker', () => {
     messages: NativeChatMessage[]
     showing: boolean
     waiting?: NativeChatMessage[]
+    turn?: Turn
   }
 
   function chat(messages: NativeChatMessage[], turn?: Turn) {
@@ -96,7 +130,7 @@ describe('useNativeChatNewRowsMarker', () => {
     return renderHook(
       (props: ChatProps) =>
         useNativeChatNewRowsMarker(
-          slotsOf(props.messages, turn),
+          slotsOf(props.messages, props.turn ?? turn),
           slotsOf(props.waiting ?? []),
           props.showing
         ),
@@ -230,6 +264,23 @@ describe('useNativeChatNewRowsMarker', () => {
     expect(view.result.current.marker?.key).toBe('held')
   })
 
+  it('keeps its place when the reader opens the turn that came while they were away', () => {
+    const view = leaveAndReturn(ASKED, DONE, { worked: 17 })
+    expect(view.result.current.marker).toMatchObject({ key: 'prompt', place: 'above-turn-bar' })
+
+    view.rerender({ messages: DONE, showing: true, turn: { worked: 17, expanded: true } })
+    expect(view.result.current.marker).toMatchObject({ key: 'prompt', place: 'above-turn-bar' })
+  })
+
+  it('stays through another look away after the reader shuts the turn they opened', () => {
+    const shut = { worked: 17 }
+    const view = leaveAndReturn(ASKED, DONE, { worked: 17, expanded: true })
+    view.rerender({ messages: DONE, showing: true, turn: shut })
+    view.rerender({ messages: DONE, showing: false, turn: shut })
+    view.rerender({ messages: DONE, showing: true, turn: shut })
+    expect(view.result.current.marker).toMatchObject({ key: 'prompt', place: 'above-turn-bar' })
+  })
+
   describe('a reply still being written when the reader left', () => {
     const begun = [row('prompt', 1, 'user'), row('reply', 2, 'assistant', 'The plan')]
     const grown = [row('prompt', 1, 'user'), row('reply', 2, 'assistant', 'The plan has parts.')]
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-new-rows-marker.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-new-rows-marker.ts
index a95d3529144..8a817dc84c9 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-new-rows-marker.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-new-rows-marker.ts
@@ -5,16 +5,12 @@ import { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 import { useOrcaWindowForegroundFocused } from '@/hooks/use-orca-window-foreground-focused'
 import { compareAgentJournalPositions } from '../../../../shared/agent-session-journal-position'
 import type { AgentJournalPosition } from '../../../../shared/agent-session-journal-types'
-import {
-  nativeChatSlotIndexOf,
-  nativeChatSlotKey,
-  type NativeChatTranscriptSlot
-} from './native-chat-transcript-slots'
+import { nativeChatSlotKey, type NativeChatTranscriptSlot } from './native-chat-transcript-slots'
 
 /** A drawn row of the conversation itself, as the journal places it. A terminal-backed chat's
- *  rows carry no position, so it marks nothing. */
+ *  rows carry no position, so it marks nothing. A folded row still draws its turn's bar above. */
 function rowPosition(slot: NativeChatTranscriptSlot): AgentJournalPosition | undefined {
-  return slot.kind === 'message' && slot.depth === 0 && slot.drawsMessage
+  return slot.kind === 'message' && slot.depth === 0 && (slot.drawsMessage || slot.statusAbove)
     ? slot.message.journalPosition
     : undefined
 }
@@ -77,24 +73,38 @@ function nativeChatLeftAt(
   return { position: newestRowPosition(all), writing }
 }
 
-/** Key of the first row that came, or kept growing, while the reader was away and that they
- *  did not write, or null. The row, not a position: a queued message is placed again when it
- *  is handed over. */
-function nativeChatFirstNewRow(
+/** The first row that came while the reader was away, and the journal stretch it came in. */
+export type NativeChatMissedRows = {
+  /** The row, not a position: a queued message is placed again when it is handed over. */
+  key: string
+  after: AgentJournalPosition
+  /** The newest row on the return: what is written after it was watched arriving. */
+  through: AgentJournalPosition
+}
+
+function isMissedRow(
+  slot: NativeChatTranscriptSlot,
+  after: AgentJournalPosition,
+  through: AgentJournalPosition
+): boolean {
+  const at = rowPosition(slot)
+  return (
+    at !== undefined &&
+    compareAgentJournalPositions(at, after) > 0 &&
+    compareAgentJournalPositions(at, through) <= 0 &&
+    (slot.kind !== 'message' || slot.message.role !== 'user' || slot.message.from !== undefined)
+  )
+}
+
+function nativeChatMissedRows(
   slots: readonly NativeChatTranscriptSlot[],
   { position, writing }: NativeChatLeftAt
-): string | null {
+): NativeChatMissedRows | null {
   const row = writing && slots.find((slot) => nativeChatSlotKey(slot) === writing.key)
-  const readTo = writing && !(row && rowSize(row) === writing.size) ? writing.before : position
-  const first = slots.find((slot) => {
-    const at = rowPosition(slot)
-    return (
-      at !== undefined &&
-      compareAgentJournalPositions(at, readTo) > 0 &&
-      (slot.kind !== 'message' || slot.message.role !== 'user' || slot.message.from !== undefined)
-    )
-  })
-  return first ? nativeChatSlotKey(first) : null
+  const after = writing && !(row && rowSize(row) === writing.size) ? writing.before : position
+  const through = newestRowPosition(slots)
+  const first = slots.find((slot) => isMissedRow(slot, after, through))
+  return first ? { key: nativeChatSlotKey(first), after, through } : null
 }
 
 export type NativeChatNewRowsMarkerPlacement = {
@@ -111,16 +121,20 @@ export type NativeChatNewRowsMarkerState = NativeChatNewRowsMarkerPlacement & {
   onDismiss: () => void
 }
 
-/** Above the row `firstNew` names, or above the turn bar when that bar is all that parts the
- *  row from the reader's prompt: the two lines would touch. */
+/** Above the first missed row, or above the turn bar when only that bar parts the row from the
+ *  reader's prompt: the two lines would touch. */
 export function nativeChatNewRowsMarkerPlacement(
   slots: readonly NativeChatTranscriptSlot[],
-  firstNew: string | null
+  missed: NativeChatMissedRows | null
 ): NativeChatNewRowsMarkerPlacement | undefined {
-  if (firstNew === null) {
+  if (missed === null) {
     return undefined
   }
-  const index = nativeChatSlotIndexOf(slots, firstNew)
+  const { key, after, through } = missed
+  // Opening a folded turn draws missed rows above the one marked while it was shut.
+  const index = slots.findIndex(
+    (slot) => nativeChatSlotKey(slot) === key || isMissedRow(slot, after, through)
+  )
   const first = slots[index]
   if (!first) {
     return undefined
@@ -147,30 +161,27 @@ export function useNativeChatNewRowsMarker(
     watching: boolean
     /** While the reader is away: where they had read to. */
     left: NativeChatLeftAt | null
-    /** Key of the first row that came while the reader was away. It stands until they answer. */
-    firstNew: string | null
+    /** Stands until the reader answers. */
+    missed: NativeChatMissedRows | null
     arriving: boolean
-  }>({ watching, left: null, firstNew: null, arriving: false })
+  }>({ watching, left: null, missed: null, arriving: false })
   if (seen.watching !== watching) {
     const all = [...slots, ...waitingSlots]
     if (watching) {
-      const firstNew = seen.left ? nativeChatFirstNewRow(all, seen.left) : seen.firstNew
-      setSeen({ watching, left: null, firstNew, arriving: seen.left !== null && firstNew !== null })
+      const missed = seen.left ? nativeChatMissedRows(all, seen.left) : seen.missed
+      setSeen({ watching, left: null, missed, arriving: seen.left !== null && missed !== null })
     } else {
       // An unanswered marker whose row still stands is kept: the reader may be midway through it.
-      const marked = seen.firstNew !== null && nativeChatSlotIndexOf(all, seen.firstNew) >= 0
+      const marked = nativeChatNewRowsMarkerPlacement(all, seen.missed) !== undefined
       setSeen({ ...seen, watching, left: marked ? null : nativeChatLeftAt(slots, waitingSlots) })
     }
   }
-  const { firstNew } = seen
-  const placement = useMemo(
-    () => nativeChatNewRowsMarkerPlacement(slots, firstNew),
-    [slots, firstNew]
-  )
+  const { missed } = seen
+  const placement = useMemo(() => nativeChatNewRowsMarkerPlacement(slots, missed), [slots, missed])
   const dismiss = useCallback(() => {
     // Where they left as well: an answer sent before the chat has caught up settles that too.
     setSeen((held) =>
-      held.firstNew === null && held.left === null ? held : { ...held, firstNew: null, left: null }
+      held.missed === null && held.left === null ? held : { ...held, missed: null, left: null }
     )
   }, [])
   const onArrived = useCallback(() => {