diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6f55e67..c83d7f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased - Answer visible at the end of the stream
+
+- The turn's redacted transcript (the question and answer parts, pending actions, stored events) is now written before `message.end` is sent. The panel reloads the conversation the moment the stream ends, and used to read the empty placeholders (`[]`) the transcript redactor stores until its flush, so the newest question and answer showed as empty bubbles until the panel was closed and reopened.
+
 ## Unreleased - Clear reason without a model provider (UI API extension 1.7.0)
 
 - `GET /config` checks the server-wide causes before the user's permission: `DISABLED`, then `NOT_CONFIGURED` (no usable model provider), then `NO_PERMISSION`, then `KILL_SWITCH`. A server with no provider no longer tells users to ask for access (#82).
@@ -34,6 +38,7 @@
 - Provider SPI: `ModelPart.Type.IMAGE` (`mediaType`, base64 `data`), mapped by the Anthropic, Bedrock and OpenAI-compatible providers. Claude models report vision. `ModelPart.toString()` never includes text or image data.
 - `GET /config`: `features.attachments`, `limits.maxAttachmentBytes`, `limits.maxAttachments`, `limits.attachmentTypes`.
 - System prompt: when `create_record` / `update_record` are offered, the model proposes the change instead of saying it cannot create records.
+||||||| parent of c5125f9 (fix(assistant): store the transcript before message.end so the panel shows the answer)
 
 ## Unreleased - Optional provider health
 
diff --git a/qbit-assistant/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/assistant/engine/TurnEngine.java b/qbit-assistant/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/assistant/engine/TurnEngine.java
index 0c3e269..4e2f034 100644
--- a/qbit-assistant/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/assistant/engine/TurnEngine.java
+++ b/qbit-assistant/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/assistant/engine/TurnEngine.java
@@ -1343,6 +1343,17 @@ public class TurnEngine implements Runnable
             String finalErrorText = errorText;
             safely(() -> emit(TurnEvent.ERROR, map("code", finalErrorCode, "message", finalErrorText)));
          }
+
+         ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         // the stream ends at message.end and the panel reloads the          //
+         // conversation at once, so the redacted transcript (message parts,  //
+         // pending actions, events) must be stored before that event is sent //
+         ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         if(!alreadyTerminal)
+         {
+            safely(this::persistPendingEvents);
+            safely(() -> transcript.flush(store));
+         }
          safely(() -> emit(TurnEvent.MESSAGE_END, map("messageId", assistantMessage.getId(), "status", finalStatus, "stopReason", finalStopReason)));
          if(!alreadyTerminal)
          {
diff --git a/qbit-assistant/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/assistant/engine/TurnEngineTest.java b/qbit-assistant/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/assistant/engine/TurnEngineTest.java
index 8bab8ea..7660df2 100644
--- a/qbit-assistant/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/assistant/engine/TurnEngineTest.java
+++ b/qbit-assistant/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/assistant/engine/TurnEngineTest.java
@@ -141,6 +141,27 @@ class TurnEngineTest extends BaseAssistantTest
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The panel reloads the conversation as soon as message.end arrives, so the
+    ** question and the answer must already be stored then, not after it.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void testMessagesAreStoredBeforeMessageEnd() throws Exception
+   {
+      provider.thenText("Four posts are published.");
+
+      TurnRunner.Outcome outcome = runner.run(EDITOR, "how many published posts?");
+      assertThat(outcome.end()).containsEntry("status", "COMPLETE");
+
+      List<AssistantMessage> stored = runner.messagesAtEnd();
+      assertThat(stored).hasSize(2);
+      assertThat(stored).extracting(AssistantMessage::getPartsJson).allSatisfy(parts -> assertThat(parts).isNotEqualTo("[]"));
+      assertThat(stored.get(0).getPartsJson()).contains("how many published posts?");
+      assertThat(stored.get(1).getPartsJson()).contains("Four posts are published.");
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Parallel tool calls: all results in ONE user message, in order.
     *******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/qbit-assistant/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/assistant/testing/TurnRunner.java b/qbit-assistant/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/assistant/testing/TurnRunner.java
index 82a3df2..00f17ac 100644
--- a/qbit-assistant/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/assistant/testing/TurnRunner.java
+++ b/qbit-assistant/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/assistant/testing/TurnRunner.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import com.kingsrook.qbits.assistant.AssistantRuntime;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.assistant.api.AssistantApi;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.assistant.engine.RunningTurn;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.assistant.engine.TurnEvent;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.assistant.model.AssistantMessage;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.assistant.model.AssistantToolCall;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.assistant.persistence.AssistantStore;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.context.QContext;
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ public class TurnRunner
    private final QInstance           qInstance;
    private final AssistantQBitConfig config;
 
+   private List<AssistantMessage> messagesAtEnd = List.of();
+
 
 
    /*******************************************************************************
@@ -169,6 +172,10 @@ public class TurnRunner
       {
          List<TurnEvent> batch = running.getLog().after(last, 1000);
          events.addAll(batch);
+         if(batch.stream().anyMatch(e -> TurnEvent.MESSAGE_END.equals(e.getType())))
+         {
+            messagesAtEnd = messagesOf(userId, convId);
+         }
          if(!batch.isEmpty())
          {
             last = batch.get(batch.size() - 1).getSeq();
@@ -194,6 +201,36 @@ public class TurnRunner
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The conversation's stored messages, read the moment the run's message.end
+    ** was seen: what the panel finds when it reloads the conversation at the end
+    ** of the stream.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public List<AssistantMessage> messagesAtEnd()
+   {
+      return (messagesAtEnd);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The stored messages of a conversation (read as the user).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private List<AssistantMessage> messagesOf(String userId, Integer conversationId) throws Exception
+   {
+      QContext.init(qInstance, AssistantTestFixture.ownerSession(userId, config));
+      try
+      {
+         return (new AssistantStore().listMessages(userId, conversationId, null, 50));
+      }
+      finally
+      {
+         QContext.clear();
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** The audited tool calls of a turn (read as the user).
     *******************************************************************************/