fix(flow-chat): Respect thinking scrollbar drags

src/web-ui/src/flow_chat/tool-cards/ModelThinkingDisplay.test.tsx

@@ -144,3 +144,121 @@ describe('ModelThinkingDisplay reasoning summary', () => {
       ?.getAttribute('data-expanded')).toBe('true');
   });
 });
+
+describe('ModelThinkingDisplay scroll ownership', () => {
+  let container: HTMLDivElement;
+  let root: Root;
+  let frames: Map<number, FrameRequestCallback>;
+  let frameId: number;
+  let height: number;
+  let viewport: number;
+  let clockMs: number;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    (globalThis as typeof globalThis & { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean })
+      .IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true;
+    frames = new Map();
+    frameId = 0;
+    height = 1000;
+    viewport = 300;
+    clockMs = 1000;
+    vi.spyOn(performance, 'now').mockImplementation(() => clockMs);
+    vi.stubGlobal('requestAnimationFrame', (callback: FrameRequestCallback) => {
+      frames.set(++frameId, callback);
+      return frameId;
+    });
+    vi.stubGlobal('cancelAnimationFrame', (id: number) => frames.delete(id));
+    vi.stubGlobal('ResizeObserver', class {
+      observe() {}
+      disconnect() {}
+    });
+    container = document.createElement('div');
+    document.body.appendChild(container);
+    root = createRoot(container);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    act(() => root.unmount());
+    container.remove();
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+  });
+
+  function render(content = 'Thinking') {
+    act(() => root.render(<ModelThinkingDisplay thinkingItem={{
+      ...summaryItem(content), reasoningKind: 'reasoning',
+    }} />));
+  }
+
+  function nextFrame() {
+    const pending = [...frames.values()];
+    frames.clear();
+    act(() => pending.forEach((callback) => callback(clockMs)));
+  }
+
+  function startFollow(initialTop = 640) {
+    render();
+    const el = container.querySelector('[data-testid="chat-thinking-content"]') as HTMLDivElement;
+    Object.defineProperties(el, {
+      scrollHeight: { get: () => height },
+      clientHeight: { get: () => viewport },
+    });
+    el.scrollTop = initialTop;
+    nextFrame();
+    expect(el.scrollTop).toBeGreaterThan(initialTop);
+    expect(frames.size).toBe(1);
+    return el;
+  }
+
+  it.each([true, false])('pauses a scrollbar drag with scroll event delivered: %s', (deliverScroll) => {
+    const el = startFollow();
+    el.scrollTop = 400;
+    if (deliverScroll) act(() => el.dispatchEvent(new Event('scroll')));
+    nextFrame();
+    expect(el.scrollTop).toBe(400);
+    expect(frames.size).toBe(0);
+    clockMs += 1000;
+    height += 20;
+    render('More thinking');
+    nextFrame();
+    expect(el.scrollTop).toBe(400);
+  });
+
+  it('continues following after its own scroll events', () => {
+    const el = startFollow();
+    const before = el.scrollTop;
+    act(() => el.dispatchEvent(new Event('scroll')));
+    nextFrame();
+    expect(el.scrollTop).toBeGreaterThan(before);
+  });
+
+  it.each(['shrink', 'resize', 'rounding'])('does not pause for %s', (change) => {
+    const el = startFollow();
+    if (change === 'shrink') height -= 20;
+    if (change === 'resize') viewport += 20;
+    el.scrollTop -= change === 'rounding' ? 0.5 : 20;
+    const before = el.scrollTop;
+    act(() => el.dispatchEvent(new Event('scroll')));
+    nextFrame();
+    expect(el.scrollTop).toBeGreaterThan(before);
+  });
+
+  it.each([19, 20, 75])('only resumes within 20 px after the 700 ms pause (gap: %s)', (gap) => {
+    const el = startFollow(690);
+    const pausedTop = 700 - gap;
+    el.scrollTop = pausedTop;
+    act(() => el.dispatchEvent(new Event('scroll')));
+    clockMs += 600;
+    render('Still paused');
+    nextFrame();
+    expect(el.scrollTop).toBe(pausedTop);
+    clockMs += 101;
+    render('Resume near bottom');
+    nextFrame();
+    if (gap < 20) {
+      expect(el.scrollTop).toBeGreaterThan(pausedTop);
+    } else {
+      expect(el.scrollTop).toBe(pausedTop);
+    }
+  });
+});

src/web-ui/src/flow_chat/tool-cards/ModelThinkingDisplay.tsx

@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ export const ModelThinkingDisplay: React.FC<ModelThinkingDisplayProps> = ({
   /** Frame the follow has booked, and the sign that it is still travelling. */
   const tailFollowFrameRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
   const touchScrollStartYRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
+  const lastScrollPositionRef = useRef<{
+    top: number;
+    height: number;
+    viewport: number;
+  } | null>(null);
 
   const isActive = isStreaming || status === 'streaming';
   const { displayText: displayContent, isRevealing } = useTypewriter(
@@ -98,6 +103,38 @@ export const ModelThinkingDisplay: React.FC<ModelThinkingDisplayProps> = ({
     tailFollowFrameRef.current = null;
   }, []);
 
+  const pauseTailFollowForUserScroll = useCallback(() => {
+    shouldFollowTailRef.current = false;
+    tailFollowPauseVersionRef.current += 1;
+    tailFollowUserPauseUntilMsRef.current = performance.now() + 700;
+    stopTailFollow();
+  }, [stopTailFollow]);
+
+  const recordScrollPosition = useCallback((el: HTMLElement) => {
+    lastScrollPositionRef.current = {
+      top: el.scrollTop,
+      height: el.scrollHeight,
+      viewport: el.clientHeight,
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  const detectUpwardScroll = useCallback((el: HTMLElement) => {
+    const previous = lastScrollPositionRef.current;
+    // Scrollbar drags have no wheel/key event. Compare with our last actual
+    // offset, allowing rounding noise and excluding layout-driven movement.
+    const movedUp = isExpanded && previous !== null &&
+      el.scrollHeight >= previous.height &&
+      el.clientHeight === previous.viewport &&
+      el.scrollTop < previous.top - 1;
+    recordScrollPosition(el);
+    if (movedUp) pauseTailFollowForUserScroll();
+    return movedUp;
+  }, [isExpanded, pauseTailFollowForUserScroll, recordScrollPosition]);
+
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    lastScrollPositionRef.current = null;
+  }, [isExpanded]);
+
   /**
    * Follow the tail across the frames it is given, rather than in one write.
    *
@@ -119,6 +156,8 @@ export const ModelThinkingDisplay: React.FC<ModelThinkingDisplayProps> = ({
       tailFollowFrameRef.current = null;
       const el = contentRef.current;
       if (!el) return;
+      // The browser may update the offset before delivering its scroll event.
+      if (detectUpwardScroll(el)) return;
       if (expectedPauseVersion !== tailFollowPauseVersionRef.current) return;
       if (!shouldFollowTailRef.current) return;
 
@@ -132,6 +171,7 @@ export const ModelThinkingDisplay: React.FC<ModelThinkingDisplayProps> = ({
         : { offsetPx: targetPx, outcome: 'snapped' as const };
 
       el.scrollTop = step.offsetPx;
+      recordScrollPosition(el);
       // Read back rather than taken from the step: the browser clamps to the
       // scrollable range, and a platform without fractional scroll offsets
       // rounds the last part of an ease away entirely. Believing the step there
@@ -155,23 +195,17 @@ export const ModelThinkingDisplay: React.FC<ModelThinkingDisplayProps> = ({
     };
 
     tailFollowFrameRef.current = requestAnimationFrame(runFrame);
-  }, []);
+  }, [detectUpwardScroll, recordScrollPosition]);
 
   /** A follow in flight outlives neither the card nor its collapse. */
   useEffect(() => stopTailFollow, [isExpanded, stopTailFollow]);
 
-  const pauseTailFollowForUserScroll = useCallback(() => {
-    shouldFollowTailRef.current = false;
-    tailFollowPauseVersionRef.current += 1;
-    tailFollowUserPauseUntilMsRef.current = performance.now() + 700;
-  }, []);
-
   // Auto-scroll to bottom while content grows.
   useEffect(() => {
     if (isExpanded && contentRef.current) {
       const el = contentRef.current;
       const gap = getThinkingScrollGap(el);
-      const wasNearBottom = gap < 80;
+      const wasNearBottom = gap < 20;
       const userPauseActive = performance.now() <= tailFollowUserPauseUntilMsRef.current;
       if (wasNearBottom && !userPauseActive) {
         shouldFollowTailRef.current = true;
@@ -215,6 +249,7 @@ export const ModelThinkingDisplay: React.FC<ModelThinkingDisplayProps> = ({
   const checkScrollState = useCallback(() => {
     const el = contentRef.current;
     if (!el) return;
+    detectUpwardScroll(el);
     const gap = getThinkingScrollGap(el);
     const nextScrollState = {
       hasScroll: el.scrollHeight > el.clientHeight,
@@ -249,7 +284,7 @@ export const ModelThinkingDisplay: React.FC<ModelThinkingDisplayProps> = ({
           atBottom: nextScrollState.atBottom,
         }
     ));
-  }, [getThinkingScrollGap]);
+  }, [detectUpwardScroll, getThinkingScrollGap]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (isExpanded) {