diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/AppContainer.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/AppContainer.tsx
index 37dc325180f..1465a176399 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/AppContainer.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/AppContainer.tsx
@@ -697,6 +697,7 @@ export const AppContainer = (props: AppContainerProps) => {
   }, [config, historyManager, settings.merged]);
 
   const cancelHandlerRef = useRef<() => void>(() => {});
+  const midTurnDrainRef = useRef<(() => string[]) | null>(null);
 
   const {
     streamingState,
@@ -728,6 +729,7 @@ export const AppContainer = (props: AppContainerProps) => {
     setEmbeddedShellFocused,
     terminalWidth,
     terminalHeight,
+    midTurnDrainRef,
   );
 
   // Track whether suggestions are visible for Tab key handling
@@ -751,6 +753,18 @@ export const AppContainer = (props: AppContainerProps) => {
       submitQuery,
     });
 
+  // Bridge message queue to mid-turn drain via ref.
+  // Sync ref on every render so the drain callback always reads latest state.
+  const messageQueueRef = useRef(messageQueue);
+  messageQueueRef.current = messageQueue;
+  midTurnDrainRef.current = () => {
+    const queue = messageQueueRef.current;
+    if (queue.length === 0) return [];
+    messageQueueRef.current = [];
+    clearQueue();
+    return [...queue];
+  };
+
   // Callback for handling final submit (must be after addMessage from useMessageQueue)
   const handleFinalSubmit = useCallback(
     (submittedValue: string) => {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts
index 4dd2e952193..979f84748e4 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ export const useGeminiStream = (
   setShellInputFocused: (value: boolean) => void,
   terminalWidth: number,
   terminalHeight: number,
+  midTurnDrainRef?: React.RefObject<(() => string[]) | null>,
 ) => {
   const [initError, setInitError] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const abortControllerRef = useRef<AbortController | null>(null);
@@ -1561,6 +1562,23 @@ export const useGeminiStream = (
         return;
       }
 
+      // Mid-turn queue drain: inject queued user messages alongside tool
+      // results so the model sees them in the next API call.
+      // Skip if the turn was cancelled — messages stay in queue for next turn.
+      const drained =
+        turnCancelledRef.current || abortControllerRef.current?.signal.aborted
+          ? []
+          : (midTurnDrainRef?.current?.() ?? []);
+      if (drained.length > 0) {
+        for (const msg of drained) {
+          responsesToSend.push({
+            text: `\n[User message received during tool execution]: ${msg}`,
+          });
+          // Record in UI history so the transcript stays complete.
+          addItem({ type: MessageType.USER, text: msg }, Date.now());
+        }
+      }
+
       submitQuery(responsesToSend, SendMessageType.ToolResult, prompt_ids[0]);
     },
     [
@@ -1571,6 +1589,8 @@ export const useGeminiStream = (
       performMemoryRefresh,
       modelSwitchedFromQuotaError,
       config,
+      midTurnDrainRef,
+      addItem,
     ],
   );
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useMessageQueue.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useMessageQueue.ts
index 517040fecfa..00af564b38f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useMessageQueue.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useMessageQueue.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { StreamingState } from '../types.js';
 
 export interface UseMessageQueueOptions {
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ export interface UseMessageQueueReturn {
   addMessage: (message: string) => void;
   clearQueue: () => void;
   getQueuedMessagesText: () => string;
+  /**
+   * Atomically drain all queued messages. Returns the drained messages
+   * and clears both the synchronous ref and React state. Safe to call
+   * from non-React contexts (e.g., tool completion callbacks).
+   */
+  drainQueue: () => string[];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -31,17 +37,22 @@ export function useMessageQueue({
   submitQuery,
 }: UseMessageQueueOptions): UseMessageQueueReturn {
   const [messageQueue, setMessageQueue] = useState<string[]>([]);
+  // Synchronous ref mirrors React state so non-React callbacks (e.g.,
+  // mid-turn drain in handleCompletedTools) always see the latest queue.
+  const queueRef = useRef<string[]>([]);
 
   // Add a message to the queue
   const addMessage = useCallback((message: string) => {
     const trimmedMessage = message.trim();
     if (trimmedMessage.length > 0) {
-      setMessageQueue((prev) => [...prev, trimmedMessage]);
+      queueRef.current = [...queueRef.current, trimmedMessage];
+      setMessageQueue(queueRef.current);
     }
   }, []);
 
   // Clear the entire queue
   const clearQueue = useCallback(() => {
+    queueRef.current = [];
     setMessageQueue([]);
   }, []);
 
@@ -51,6 +62,15 @@ export function useMessageQueue({
     return messageQueue.join('\n\n');
   }, [messageQueue]);
 
+  // Atomically drain all queued messages (synchronous, safe from callbacks).
+  const drainQueue = useCallback((): string[] => {
+    const drained = queueRef.current;
+    if (drained.length === 0) return [];
+    queueRef.current = [];
+    setMessageQueue([]);
+    return drained;
+  }, []);
+
   // Process queued messages when streaming becomes idle
   useEffect(() => {
     if (
@@ -61,15 +81,22 @@ export function useMessageQueue({
       // Combine all messages with double newlines for clarity
       const combinedMessage = messageQueue.join('\n\n');
       // Clear the queue and submit
-      setMessageQueue([]);
+      clearQueue();
       submitQuery(combinedMessage);
     }
-  }, [isConfigInitialized, streamingState, messageQueue, submitQuery]);
+  }, [
+    isConfigInitialized,
+    streamingState,
+    messageQueue,
+    submitQuery,
+    clearQueue,
+  ]);
 
   return {
     messageQueue,
     addMessage,
     clearQueue,
     getQueuedMessagesText,
+    drainQueue,
   };
 }