diff --git a/e2e/specs/mock/steering.spec.ts b/e2e/specs/mock/steering.spec.ts
index e229a2ae6e..8e58466019 100644
--- a/e2e/specs/mock/steering.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/specs/mock/steering.spec.ts
@@ -481,4 +481,57 @@ test.describe('mid-run steering and queuing', () => {
     // arrived (an uninterrupted slow run always ends with it).
     await expect(messagesView(page).getByText(SLOW_REPLY_LAST_CHUNK)).toHaveCount(0);
   });
+
+  /**
+   * Interrupt & steer is the only path that can inject with NO tool boundary
+   * ahead of it: the server asks the generating replica to seal the model
+   * stream at the next provider-safe chunk, keeps the partial answer, and
+   * resumes in the same message.
+   *
+   * The contrast with the two tests above IS the feature. `E2E_SLOW_REPLY`
+   * streams pure text with no tools, so an ordinary steer there provably
+   * degrades to a queued follow-up turn ("steer after the last tool boundary"
+   * above), and interrupt & send discards the half-written answer entirely.
+   * This path does neither: same absence of a boundary, opposite outcome.
+   */
+  test('interrupt & steer (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Enter) seals mid-stream and injects with no tool boundary', async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    test.setTimeout(150000);
+    const label = uniqueLabel('preempt');
+    const steerText = `Preempt steer ${label}`;
+
+    await page.goto(NEW_CHAT_PATH, { timeout: 10000 });
+    await selectMockEndpoint(page, MOCK_ENDPOINTS[0]);
+    await establishConversation(page, `preempt-setup-${label}`);
+
+    const run = await sendMessage(page, `E2E_SLOW_REPLY:${label}`);
+    expect(run.ok()).toBeTruthy();
+    // Let it visibly stream first, so the seal lands mid-generation.
+    await expect(messagesView(page).getByText('chunk-010')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15000 });
+
+    await typeDuringRun(page, steerText);
+    const [steerResponse] = await Promise.all([
+      page.waitForResponse(isSteerRequest, { timeout: 15000 }),
+      messageInput(page).press('ControlOrMeta+Shift+Enter'),
+    ]);
+    expect(steerResponse.status()).toBe(202);
+
+    // Injected in-thread with no tool boundary available — only a mid-stream
+    // seal can put a steer part here.
+    await expect(appliedSteerParts(page).filter({ hasText: steerText })).toHaveCount(1, {
+      timeout: 90000,
+    });
+    await expect(inFlightSteers(page)).toHaveCount(0);
+
+    // Sealed, not run to completion: the last chunk never arrives. And unlike
+    // interrupt & send, the text written before the seal survives.
+    await expect(messagesView(page).getByText(SLOW_REPLY_LAST_CHUNK)).toHaveCount(0);
+    await expect(messagesView(page).getByText('chunk-010')).toBeVisible();
+
+    // Stayed INSIDE the response: the setup pair plus this pair, with no
+    // auto-sent follow-up pair (which both degradation paths produce).
+    await expect(messageTurns(page)).toHaveCount(4);
+    await expect(queuedRows(page)).toHaveCount(0);
+  });
 });