diff --git a/tests/webview/live-stream-response-rendering.test.mjs b/tests/webview/live-stream-response-rendering.test.mjs
index 09f652a..2ca5169 100644
--- a/tests/webview/live-stream-response-rendering.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/webview/live-stream-response-rendering.test.mjs
@@ -321,6 +321,17 @@ test("the live response card owns the AI loading text until its response finishe
   );
 });
 
+test("the live loading text follows the response card", () => {
+  const responseSectionIndex = messageSource.lastIndexOf(
+    'data-assistant-section="response"',
+  );
+  const loadingTextIndex = messageSource.indexOf(
+    'data-assistant-section="live-loading-text"',
+  );
+  assert.ok(responseSectionIndex >= 0, "the assistant response section must render");
+  assert.ok(loadingTextIndex > responseSectionIndex, "the loading text must render below the latest response card");
+});
+
 test("active assistant cards do not use intrinsic virtualization height", () => {
   assert.match(
     messageSource,
diff --git a/webview/shared/src/chat/MessageComponents.tsx b/webview/shared/src/chat/MessageComponents.tsx
index 0dc3c87..911c720 100644
--- a/webview/shared/src/chat/MessageComponents.tsx
+++ b/webview/shared/src/chat/MessageComponents.tsx
@@ -12664,26 +12664,6 @@ const hasVisibleResponseSectionContent =
                   );
                 })}
 
-                {/*
-                 * Keep the live status text attached to the assistant card.
-                 * The ticker used to be mounted only by the session-switch
-                 * spinner, so normal SSE responses could lose the loading
-                 * text while their activity rows were still streaming. It
-                 * must not be rendered in the composer: mounting it here
-                 * preserves the card's ownership and prevents a response
-                 * rerender from moving the scroll target to the user prompt.
-                 */}
-                {shouldShowLiveLoadingText ? (
-                  <div
-                    data-assistant-section="live-loading-text"
-                    className="px-1 py-1"
-                    role="status"
-                    aria-live="polite"
-                  >
-                    <AIStatusTicker />
-                  </div>
-                ) : null}
-
               </section>
             )}
 
@@ -12852,6 +12832,17 @@ const hasVisibleResponseSectionContent =
             />
           )}
 
+          {shouldShowLiveLoadingText ? (
+            <div
+              data-assistant-section="live-loading-text"
+              className="px-1 py-1"
+              role="status"
+              aria-live="polite"
+            >
+              <AIStatusTicker />
+            </div>
+          ) : null}
+
           {/* Block-level pill for the last card in a multi-card block.
               When expanded: shows a single Collapse link at the very end to fold the whole block. */}
           {isLastInBlock && blockSize > 1 && !isBlockStreaming && isBlockExpanded && (