A reply that works through tools now shows its latest tool step under
"is thinking…" (not its closing note, which is the answer). While a reply
is due, the open conversation checks the session's latest messages every
few seconds (api/admin/bots/session-messages) and replays any it missed
as server:bot-message, so the thread, rail and unread all take it and the
thinking row can't stay up until a reload. MCP and custom tool steps read
in words ("Using Exa search (web search exa)").
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
