diff --git a/packages/react-ui/src/components/AgentInterface/Thread.tsx b/packages/react-ui/src/components/AgentInterface/Thread.tsx
index 9b5b6fd03..001b6ccd8 100644
--- a/packages/react-ui/src/components/AgentInterface/Thread.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-ui/src/components/AgentInterface/Thread.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { MarkDownRenderer } from "../MarkDownRenderer";
 import { AgentInterfaceTooltip } from "./_shared/AgentInterfaceTooltip";
 import { GalleryHorizontalEndIcon } from "./_shared/GalleryHorizontalEndIcon";
 import { AmbientLoader } from "./components/AmbientLoader";
+import { ScrollToLatest } from "./components/ScrollToLatest";
 import { ResizableSeparator } from "./ResizableSeparator";
 import { useDetailedViewResize } from "./useDetailedViewResize";
 import { UserMessageContent } from "./UserMessageContent";
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ export const ScrollArea = ({
       >
         {children}
       </div>
+      <ScrollToLatest scrollRef={ref} />
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/packages/react-ui/src/components/AgentInterface/components/ScrollToLatest.tsx b/packages/react-ui/src/components/AgentInterface/components/ScrollToLatest.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c9701640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-ui/src/components/AgentInterface/components/ScrollToLatest.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
+
+// Hysteresis: a single cutoff made the arrow blink while streaming content
+// hovered around the line.
+const SHOW_BELOW_PX = 96;
+const HIDE_BELOW_PX = 24;
+
+/**
+ * Bottom of the last message's rendered CONTENT, in viewport coordinates.
+ * The user-message-anchor spacer inflates the last message's own box, so
+ * measure its children instead.
+ */
+function lastContent(scroller: HTMLElement): { el: HTMLElement; bottom: number } | null {
+  const messages = scroller.querySelector(".openui-agent-thread-messages");
+  const last = messages?.lastElementChild as HTMLElement | null;
+  if (!last) return null;
+  const children = Array.from(last.children) as HTMLElement[];
+  if (children.length === 0) return { el: last, bottom: last.getBoundingClientRect().bottom };
+  let el = children[0]!;
+  let bottom = last.getBoundingClientRect().top;
+  for (const child of children) {
+    const r = child.getBoundingClientRect();
+    if (r.bottom > bottom) {
+      bottom = r.bottom;
+      el = child;
+    }
+  }
+  return { el, bottom };
+}
+
+/** Down-arrow above the composer, shown only when content sits below the fold. */
+export const ScrollToLatest = ({
+  scrollRef,
+}: {
+  scrollRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement | null>;
+}) => {
+  const [belowFold, setBelowFold] = useState(false);
+
+  const measure = useCallback(() => {
+    const el = scrollRef.current;
+    if (!el) return;
+    const content = lastContent(el);
+    if (!content) {
+      setBelowFold(false);
+      return;
+    }
+    const delta = content.bottom - el.getBoundingClientRect().bottom;
+    setBelowFold((prev) => (prev ? delta > HIDE_BELOW_PX : delta > SHOW_BELOW_PX));
+  }, [scrollRef]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const el = scrollRef.current;
+    if (!el) return;
+    measure();
+    el.addEventListener("scroll", measure, { passive: true });
+    return () => el.removeEventListener("scroll", measure);
+  }, [scrollRef, measure]);
+
+  // Content changes fire no scroll events: a thread can load taller than the
+  // viewport at scrollTop 0, and streaming grows below the fold in place.
+  // The scroller is observed too — a viewport resize moves the line content
+  // is measured against without changing the content.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const el = scrollRef.current;
+    measure();
+    if (!el || typeof ResizeObserver === "undefined") return;
+    const ro = new ResizeObserver(measure);
+    ro.observe(el);
+    const content = el.firstElementChild;
+    if (content) ro.observe(content);
+    return () => ro.disconnect();
+  }, [measure, scrollRef]);
+
+  const jump = useCallback(() => {
+    const el = scrollRef.current;
+    if (!el) return;
+    const content = lastContent(el);
+    if (!content) return;
+    // `block: "end"` applies the scroller's scroll-padding-bottom, landing
+    // where the built-in scroll variants land instead of under the fade mask.
+    content.el.scrollIntoView({ block: "end", behavior: "smooth" });
+  }, [scrollRef]);
+
+  if (!belowFold) return null;
+
+  return (
+    <button
+      type="button"
+      className="openui-agent-thread-scroll-latest"
+      onClick={jump}
+      aria-label="Scroll to latest message"
+    >
+      <svg
+        className="openui-agent-thread-scroll-latest__arrow"
+        width="16"
+        height="16"
+        viewBox="0 0 24 24"
+        fill="none"
+        stroke="currentColor"
+        strokeWidth="2"
+        strokeLinecap="round"
+        strokeLinejoin="round"
+        aria-hidden
+      >
+        <path d="M12 5v14" />
+        <path d="m19 12-7 7-7-7" />
+      </svg>
+    </button>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/packages/react-ui/src/components/AgentInterface/thread.scss b/packages/react-ui/src/components/AgentInterface/thread.scss
index e5325a748..4394f28c0 100644
--- a/packages/react-ui/src/components/AgentInterface/thread.scss
+++ b/packages/react-ui/src/components/AgentInterface/thread.scss
@@ -228,6 +228,44 @@ $thread-content-max-width: calc(
   }
 }
 
+// =============================================================================
+// Scroll-to-latest affordance
+// =============================================================================
+
+.openui-agent-thread-scroll-latest {
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: cssUtils.$space-m;
+  left: 50%;
+  transform: translateX(-50%);
+  z-index: 5;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  width: 32px;
+  height: 32px;
+  padding: 0;
+  border: 1px solid cssUtils.$border-default;
+  border-radius: cssUtils.$radius-full;
+  background-color: cssUtils.$background;
+  color: cssUtils.$text-neutral-secondary;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  box-shadow: cssUtils.$shadow-m;
+
+  &:hover {
+    color: cssUtils.$text-neutral-primary;
+    border-color: cssUtils.$border-interactive;
+  }
+
+  &:focus-visible {
+    outline: 2px solid cssUtils.$border-interactive-emphasis;
+    outline-offset: 2px;
+  }
+
+  &__arrow {
+    display: block;
+  }
+}
+
 // =============================================================================
 // Messages
 // =============================================================================
@@ -249,6 +287,7 @@ $thread-content-max-width: calc(
 .openui-agent-thread-message-assistant {
   width: 100%;
   display: flex;
+  align-items: flex-start;
   gap: cssUtils.$space-s;
   padding-right: $center-align-spacing;
   overflow: hidden;