diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.logic.test.ts b/apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.logic.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d4da8e8a44b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.logic.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
+
+import {
+  STREAMING_MARKDOWN_RENDER_INTERVAL_MS,
+  streamingMarkdownRenderDelay,
+} from "./ChatMarkdown.logic";
+
+describe("streamingMarkdownRenderDelay", () => {
+  it("coalesces updates inside the render interval", () => {
+    expect(streamingMarkdownRenderDelay({ lastRenderedAt: 1_000, now: 1_020 })).toBe(30);
+  });
+
+  it("allows an immediate refresh once the interval elapsed", () => {
+    expect(
+      streamingMarkdownRenderDelay({
+        lastRenderedAt: 1_000,
+        now: 1_000 + STREAMING_MARKDOWN_RENDER_INTERVAL_MS,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(0);
+    expect(streamingMarkdownRenderDelay({ lastRenderedAt: 1_000, now: 2_000 })).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("handles a clock moving backwards without exceeding the interval", () => {
+    expect(streamingMarkdownRenderDelay({ lastRenderedAt: 1_000, now: 900 })).toBe(
+      STREAMING_MARKDOWN_RENDER_INTERVAL_MS,
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.logic.ts b/apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.logic.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a49195e32e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.logic.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export const STREAMING_MARKDOWN_RENDER_INTERVAL_MS = 50;
+
+export function streamingMarkdownRenderDelay(input: {
+  lastRenderedAt: number;
+  now: number;
+}): number {
+  const elapsed = Math.max(0, input.now - input.lastRenderedAt);
+  return Math.max(0, STREAMING_MARKDOWN_RENDER_INTERVAL_MS - elapsed);
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.test.tsx
index 2c4a1fa7af6..1d590d90d11 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.test.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { getSyntaxHighlighterPromise } from "../lib/syntaxHighlighting";
 import { GitHubIcon } from "./Icons";
 import { Button } from "./ui/button";
 import { setMarkdownTaskChecked } from "./files/filePreviewMode";
+import { STREAMING_MARKDOWN_RENDER_INTERVAL_MS } from "./ChatMarkdown.logic";
 
 vi.mock("@effect/atom-react", () => ({ useAtomValue: () => null }));
 vi.mock("../hooks/useTheme", () => ({ useTheme: () => ({ resolvedTheme: "dark" }) }));
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ describe("ChatMarkdown streaming", () => {
     vi.spyOn(console, "error").mockImplementation(() => {});
     vi.spyOn(console, "warn").mockImplementation(() => {});
     vi.stubGlobal("IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT", true);
+    vi.useFakeTimers({ toFake: ["setTimeout", "clearTimeout"] });
     let renderer: ReactTestRenderer | undefined;
 
     try {
@@ -144,11 +146,15 @@ describe("ChatMarkdown streaming", () => {
           <ChatMarkdown cwd="/tmp/project" text={"```text\nrecovered\n```"} isStreaming />,
         );
       });
+      await act(async () => {
+        await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(STREAMING_MARKDOWN_RENDER_INTERVAL_MS);
+      });
       expect(mounted.root.findAllByProps({ className: "chat-markdown-shiki" })).toHaveLength(1);
       expect(mounted.root.findByProps({ "data-language": "text" })).toBe(codeBlock);
       expect(codeBlock.props["data-wrap"]).toBe(String(!initialWrap));
     } finally {
       await act(async () => renderer?.unmount());
+      vi.useRealTimers();
       vi.unstubAllGlobals();
       vi.restoreAllMocks();
     }
@@ -222,6 +228,9 @@ describe("ChatMarkdown streaming", () => {
           />,
         );
       });
+      await act(async () => {
+        await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(STREAMING_MARKDOWN_RENDER_INTERVAL_MS);
+      });
       const copyUpdated = codeButton(mounted, "Copied");
       await act(async () => {
         copyUpdated.onClick?.({} as Parameters<NonNullable<typeof copyUpdated.onClick>>[0]);
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx
index d72001eb9dd..7edfe5fe6a7 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ import {
 } from "../browser/openFileInPreview";
 import { resolveLinkTarget } from "../browser/browserLinkTarget";
 import { PullRequestLinkPreview } from "./pullRequest/PullRequestLinkPreview";
+import { streamingMarkdownRenderDelay } from "./ChatMarkdown.logic";
 
 interface ChatMarkdownProps {
   text: string;
@@ -324,6 +325,33 @@ const highlightedCodeCache = new LRUCache<string>(
   MAX_HIGHLIGHT_CACHE_MEMORY_BYTES,
 );
 
+function useStreamingMarkdownText(text: string, isStreaming: boolean): string {
+  const [renderedText, setRenderedText] = useState(text);
+  const lastRenderedAtRef = useRef(Date.now());
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isStreaming) {
+      lastRenderedAtRef.current = Date.now();
+      setRenderedText((current) => (current === text ? current : text));
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const delay = streamingMarkdownRenderDelay({
+      lastRenderedAt: lastRenderedAtRef.current,
+      now: Date.now(),
+    });
+    const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
+      lastRenderedAtRef.current = Date.now();
+      setRenderedText(text);
+    }, delay);
+    return () => {
+      clearTimeout(timeout);
+    };
+  }, [isStreaming, text]);
+
+  return isStreaming ? renderedText : text;
+}
+
 function findTaskListMarkerOffset(markdown: string, listItemStart: number): number | null {
   const firstLineEnd = markdown.indexOf("\n", listItemStart);
   const firstLine = markdown.slice(
@@ -2168,6 +2196,7 @@ function useChatMarkdownState({
   imageBaseDir,
   onImageExpand,
 }: ChatMarkdownProps) {
+  const renderedText = useStreamingMarkdownText(text, isStreaming);
   const { resolvedTheme } = useTheme();
   const [localMediaPreview, setLocalMediaPreview] = useState<ExpandedImagePreview | null>(null);
   const expandMedia = onImageExpand ?? setLocalMediaPreview;
@@ -2588,7 +2617,7 @@ function useChatMarkdownState({
       resolvedTheme,
       serverConfig,
       skills,
-      text,
+      text: renderedText,
       threadRef,
       updateThreadPullRequestLink,
     }),
@@ -2614,7 +2643,7 @@ function useChatMarkdownState({
       resolvedTheme,
       serverConfig,
       skills,
-      text,
+      renderedText,
       threadRef,
       updateThreadPullRequestLink,
     ],
@@ -2624,6 +2653,7 @@ function useChatMarkdownState({
     handleCopy,
     markdownUrlTransform,
     localMediaPreview,
+    renderedText,
     setLocalMediaPreview,
   };
 }
@@ -3110,6 +3140,7 @@ function ChatMarkdown({
     handleCopy,
     markdownUrlTransform,
     localMediaPreview,
+    renderedText,
     setLocalMediaPreview,
   } = useChatMarkdownState({ text, ...props });
   const remarkPlugins = useMemo(
@@ -3139,7 +3170,7 @@ function ChatMarkdown({
           components={CHAT_MARKDOWN_COMPONENTS}
           urlTransform={markdownUrlTransform}
         >
-          {text}
+          {renderedText}
         </ReactMarkdown>
       </ChatMarkdownRendererContext>
       {localMediaPreview ? (