diff --git a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/AskUserQuestionCall.tsx b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/AskUserQuestionCall.tsx
index a3d622ab9c..57675883ee 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/AskUserQuestionCall.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/AskUserQuestionCall.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react';
+import { useRecoilValue } from 'recoil';
 import { MessageCircleQuestion, TriangleAlert } from 'lucide-react';
 import type { Agents } from 'librechat-data-provider';
 import {
@@ -6,9 +8,11 @@ import {
   parseAskUserQuestionsArgs,
 } from '~/utils/approval';
 import AskUserQuestionProgress from './AskUserQuestionProgress';
+import { useLocalize, useExpandCollapse } from '~/hooks';
+import ProgressText from './ProgressText';
 import EmptyText from './Parts/EmptyText';
-import { useLocalize } from '~/hooks';
 import Container from './Container';
+import store from '~/store';
 
 /**
  * Static rendering of a COMPLETED (or abandoned) `ask_user_question` tool call —
@@ -16,6 +20,12 @@ import Container from './Container';
  * is wrong here: it labels a no-output call "cancelled" and shows raw JSON args.
  * The interactive card ({@link AskUserQuestion}) renders only while the pause is
  * live; this component owns the part everywhere else (history, reload, exports).
+ *
+ * Settled, it is history — so it reads as one collapsed tool-call line (status
+ * label plus the question itself) and opens on demand, under the same
+ * `autoExpandTools` preference every other tool card follows. Answers are
+ * frequently long, multi-paragraph text; left expanded they buried the reply
+ * that followed them.
  */
 export default function AskUserQuestionCall({
   args,
@@ -24,6 +34,7 @@ export default function AskUserQuestionCall({
   isSubmitting = false,
   failed = false,
   showCursor = false,
+  onExpand,
 }: {
   args: string | Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
   output: string;
@@ -31,8 +42,29 @@ export default function AskUserQuestionCall({
   isSubmitting?: boolean;
   failed?: boolean;
   showCursor?: boolean;
+  onExpand?: () => void;
 }) {
   const localize = useLocalize();
+  const autoExpand = useRecoilValue(store.autoExpandTools);
+  const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState(autoExpand);
+  const { style: expandStyle, ref: expandRef } = useExpandCollapse(expanded);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (autoExpand) {
+      setExpanded(true);
+    }
+  }, [autoExpand]);
+
+  const toggleExpanded = useCallback(() => {
+    setExpanded((prev) => {
+      const next = !prev;
+      if (next) {
+        onExpand?.();
+      }
+      return next;
+    });
+  }, [onExpand]);
+
   const question = parseAskUserQuestionArgs(args);
   const batch = parseAskUserQuestionsArgs(args);
   /**
@@ -88,137 +120,169 @@ export default function AskUserQuestionCall({
       </Container>
     ) : null;
 
-  if (batch != null) {
-    let statusLabel = localize('com_ui_asking');
+  const count = batch?.questions.length ?? 1;
+  /**
+   * Past tense unconditionally: a live, unanswered pause returns above, so
+   * every state that reaches this header is settled — answered, abandoned
+   * (the run stopped before an answer), or rejected. An abandoned pause was
+   * still ASKED; it explains itself with "no answer" inside the panel, and a
+   * present-tense summary would strand it as permanently in-flight now that
+   * the panel starts closed. Matches `ToolCallGroup`, which settles its own
+   * question header on `!isSubmitting`.
+   */
+  const statusLabel = (() => {
     if (failed) {
-      statusLabel = localize('com_ui_question_failed');
-    } else if (answered) {
-      statusLabel = localize('com_ui_asked');
+      return localize('com_ui_question_failed');
     }
-    return (
-      <>
-        <div className="my-2 flex w-full flex-col rounded-lg border border-border-light bg-surface-secondary">
-          <div className="flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-2 text-xs font-medium text-text-secondary">
-            {failed ? (
-              <TriangleAlert className="h-4 w-4 text-text-warning" aria-hidden="true" />
+    return count > 1
+      ? localize('com_ui_asked_n_questions', { 0: String(count) })
+      : localize('com_ui_asked');
+  })();
+  /** A batch is summarized by its count; a lone question is summarized by
+   *  itself, so the collapsed line still says what was asked. */
+  const summary = count > 1 ? undefined : (batch?.questions[0]?.question ?? question?.question);
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <div
+        className="relative my-1.5 flex h-5 shrink-0 items-center gap-2.5"
+        data-testid="ask-user-question-call"
+      >
+        <ProgressText
+          phase="completed"
+          onClick={toggleExpanded}
+          inProgressText={statusLabel}
+          finishedText={statusLabel}
+          subtitle={summary}
+          icon={
+            failed ? (
+              <TriangleAlert className="size-4 shrink-0 text-text-warning" aria-hidden="true" />
             ) : (
-              <MessageCircleQuestion className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
-            )}
-            {statusLabel}
-          </div>
-          <div className="px-3 pb-3">
-            {batch.questions.map((item, index) => {
-              const answer = batchAnswers?.[item.id];
-              return (
-                <div key={item.id} className={index > 0 ? 'border-t border-border-light pt-3' : ''}>
+              <MessageCircleQuestion
+                className="size-4 shrink-0 text-text-secondary"
+                aria-hidden="true"
+              />
+            )
+          }
+          isExpanded={expanded}
+        />
+      </div>
+      {/* A rejected call is the one state the reader did not ask for and
+          cannot see coming. The explanation lives in the panel, which starts
+          closed and is `inert` while it is — so the announcement has to sit
+          outside the disclosure to reach the accessibility tree at all. */}
+      {failed && (
+        <span className="sr-only" role="status">
+          {`${statusLabel}. ${localize('com_ui_question_failed_description')}`}
+        </span>
+      )}
+      <div style={expandStyle}>
+        <div className="overflow-hidden" ref={expandRef}>
+          <div className="my-2 flex w-full flex-col gap-4 rounded-lg border border-border-light bg-surface-secondary p-4">
+            {batch != null ? (
+              batch.questions.map((item, index) => (
+                <div
+                  key={item.id}
+                  className={index > 0 ? 'border-t border-border-light pt-4' : undefined}
+                >
                   {item.header != null && (
-                    <p className="text-xs font-medium text-text-secondary">{item.header}</p>
-                  )}
-                  <p className="text-sm font-medium text-text-primary [overflow-wrap:anywhere]">
-                    {item.question}
-                  </p>
-                  {item.description != null && (
-                    <p className="mt-1 text-sm text-text-secondary [overflow-wrap:anywhere]">
-                      {item.description}
-                    </p>
-                  )}
-                  {typeof answer === 'string' && (
-                    <p className="mt-1 text-sm text-text-primary [overflow-wrap:anywhere]">
-                      <span className="font-medium text-text-secondary">
-                        {localize('com_ui_you_answered')}
-                      </span>{' '}
-                      {formatAnswerLabel(item, answer)}
-                    </p>
-                  )}
-                  {typeof answer !== 'string' && !failed && (
-                    <p className="mt-1 text-sm italic text-text-secondary">
-                      {localize('com_ui_question_unanswered')}
-                    </p>
+                    <p className="mb-1 text-xs font-medium text-text-secondary">{item.header}</p>
                   )}
+                  <QuestionBody
+                    question={item.question}
+                    description={item.description}
+                    answer={batchAnswers?.[item.id]}
+                    options={item.options}
+                    multiSelect={item.multiSelect}
+                    failed={failed}
+                  />
                 </div>
-              );
-            })}
+              ))
+            ) : (
+              <QuestionBody
+                question={question?.question ?? ''}
+                description={question?.description}
+                answer={answered ? effectiveOutput : undefined}
+                options={question?.options}
+                multiSelect={question?.multiSelect}
+                failed={failed}
+              />
+            )}
             {failed && (
-              <p className="mt-3 text-sm text-text-secondary">
+              <p className="text-sm leading-relaxed text-text-secondary">
                 {localize('com_ui_question_failed_description')}
               </p>
             )}
           </div>
         </div>
-        {resumingCursor}
-      </>
-    );
-  }
-
-  if (failed) {
-    return (
-      <>
-        <div
-          className="my-2 flex w-full flex-col gap-1.5 rounded-lg border border-border-light bg-surface-secondary p-3"
-          role="status"
-        >
-          <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-xs font-medium text-text-warning">
-            <TriangleAlert className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
-            {localize('com_ui_question_failed')}
-          </div>
-          {question?.question != null && (
-            <p className="text-sm font-medium text-text-primary [overflow-wrap:anywhere]">
-              {question.question}
-            </p>
-          )}
-          <p className="text-sm text-text-secondary">
-            {localize('com_ui_question_failed_description')}
-          </p>
-        </div>
-        {resumingCursor}
-      </>
-    );
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Prefer the picked option's label over its wire value when they differ.
-   * Multi-select answers are option values joined by ", " — map the segments
-   * back to labels only when EVERY segment matches an option: values may
-   * legally contain ", " themselves, and a partial mapping could mis-split
-   * such a value into fragments that relabel as options the user never
-   * picked. When any segment misses, show the raw answer untouched.
-   */
-  const answerLabel =
-    question == null ? effectiveOutput : formatAnswerLabel(question, effectiveOutput);
-
-  return (
-    <>
-      <div className="my-2 flex w-full flex-col gap-1.5 rounded-lg border border-border-light bg-surface-secondary p-3">
-        <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-xs font-medium text-text-secondary">
-          <MessageCircleQuestion className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
-          {answered ? localize('com_ui_asked') : localize('com_ui_asking')}
-        </div>
-        <p className="text-sm font-medium text-text-primary [overflow-wrap:anywhere]">
-          {question?.question ?? (answered ? localize('com_ui_asked') : localize('com_ui_asking'))}
-        </p>
-        {question?.description != null && question.description.length > 0 && (
-          <p className="text-sm text-text-secondary [overflow-wrap:anywhere]">
-            {question.description}
-          </p>
-        )}
-        {answered ? (
-          <p className="text-sm text-text-primary [overflow-wrap:anywhere]">
-            <span className="font-medium text-text-secondary">
-              {localize('com_ui_you_answered')}
-            </span>{' '}
-            {answerLabel}
-          </p>
-        ) : (
-          <p className="text-sm italic text-text-secondary">
-            {localize('com_ui_question_unanswered')}
-          </p>
-        )}
       </div>
       {resumingCursor}
     </>
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * One question and its answer. Every text slot here is authored — by the model
+ * or by the user — so line breaks are content, not whitespace: `pre-wrap`
+ * keeps a numbered or paragraphed answer legible instead of collapsing it into
+ * one wall of text. The answer sits under its own label behind a rule rather
+ * than running on from it, so the eye can find where the reply starts.
+ */
+function QuestionBody({
+  question,
+  description,
+  answer,
+  options,
+  multiSelect,
+  failed,
+}: {
+  question: string;
+  description?: string;
+  answer?: string;
+  options?: Agents.AskUserQuestionRequest['options'];
+  multiSelect?: boolean;
+  failed: boolean;
+}) {
+  const localize = useLocalize();
+  return (
+    <div className="min-w-0">
+      {question.length > 0 && (
+        <p className="whitespace-pre-wrap text-sm font-medium leading-relaxed text-text-primary [overflow-wrap:anywhere]">
+          {question}
+        </p>
+      )}
+      {description != null && description.length > 0 && (
+        <p className="mt-1 whitespace-pre-wrap text-sm leading-relaxed text-text-secondary [overflow-wrap:anywhere]">
+          {description}
+        </p>
+      )}
+      {typeof answer === 'string' && (
+        <div className="mt-2.5 border-l-2 border-border-medium pl-3">
+          <p className="text-xs font-medium text-text-secondary">
+            {localize('com_ui_you_answered')}
+          </p>
+          <p className="mt-0.5 whitespace-pre-wrap text-sm leading-relaxed text-text-primary [overflow-wrap:anywhere]">
+            {formatAnswerLabel({ question, options, multiSelect }, answer)}
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      )}
+      {typeof answer !== 'string' && !failed && (
+        <p className="mt-2.5 text-sm italic text-text-secondary">
+          {localize('com_ui_question_unanswered')}
+        </p>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Prefer the picked option's label over its wire value when they differ.
+ * Multi-select answers are option values joined by ", " — map the segments
+ * back to labels only when EVERY segment matches an option: values may
+ * legally contain ", " themselves, and a partial mapping could mis-split
+ * such a value into fragments that relabel as options the user never
+ * picked. When any segment misses, show the raw answer untouched.
+ */
 function formatAnswerLabel(question: Agents.AskUserQuestionRequest, answer: string): string {
   const exactLabel = question.options?.find((option) => option.value === answer)?.label;
   if (exactLabel != null || question.multiSelect !== true || question.options == null) {
diff --git a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/Part.tsx b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/Part.tsx
index 4e0cc18119..aa025329b2 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/Part.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/Part.tsx
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ const Part = memo(function Part({
               isSubmitting={isSubmitting}
               showCursor={showCursor}
               failed={'inputValidationError' in toolCall && toolCall.inputValidationError === true}
+              onExpand={onToolExpand}
             />
           );
         } else if (toolCall.name === 'skill') {
diff --git a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/ProgressText.tsx b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/ProgressText.tsx
index 323d715ea9..0357a445bb 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/ProgressText.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/ProgressText.tsx
@@ -117,7 +117,15 @@ export default function ProgressText({
         <span className={cn(showShimmer ? 'shimmer' : '', 'min-w-0 truncate font-medium')}>
           {text}
         </span>
-        {subtitle && <span className="font-normal text-text-secondary">{subtitle}</span>}
+        {/* The label names the card and stays whole; a subtitle can be
+            arbitrary authored text (a question, a server name), so it takes
+            essentially all of the shrink and ellipsizes instead of pushing
+            the line past the message column. */}
+        {subtitle && (
+          <span className="min-w-0 shrink-[100] truncate font-normal text-text-secondary">
+            {subtitle}
+          </span>
+        )}
         {errorSuffix && <span className="font-normal text-status-error">· {errorSuffix}</span>}
         {duration && (
           <>
diff --git a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/__tests__/AskUserQuestionCall.test.tsx b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/__tests__/AskUserQuestionCall.test.tsx
index 2fd34dab71..eb3029fd78 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/__tests__/AskUserQuestionCall.test.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/__tests__/AskUserQuestionCall.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { RecoilRoot } from 'recoil';
+import { fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import AskUserQuestionCall from '../AskUserQuestionCall';
+import store from '~/store';
 
 const translations: Record<string, string> = {
   com_ui_asked: 'Asked',
@@ -10,10 +12,19 @@ const translations: Record<string, string> = {
     "The agent couldn't show this question and may retry automatically.",
   com_ui_question_unanswered: 'No answer was given',
   com_ui_you_answered: 'You answered:',
+  com_ui_asked_n_questions: 'Asked {{0}} questions',
+  com_ui_asking_n_questions: 'Asking {{0}} questions',
 };
 
 jest.mock('~/hooks', () => ({
-  useLocalize: () => (key: string) => translations[key] ?? key,
+  useLocalize: () => (key: string, values?: Record<string, string>) => {
+    const template = translations[key] ?? key;
+    return values == null
+      ? template
+      : template.replace(/\{\{(\w+)\}\}/g, (_match, name: string) => values[name] ?? '');
+  },
+  /** The disclosure is the behaviour under test — keep the real hook. */
+  useExpandCollapse: jest.requireActual('~/hooks/Messages/useExpandCollapse').default,
 }));
 
 jest.mock('~/utils/approval', () => ({
@@ -46,6 +57,14 @@ jest.mock('../Container', () => ({
   },
 }));
 
+/** Settled records mount collapsed, exactly like every other tool card. */
+const renderCall = (ui: React.ReactElement, autoExpand = false) =>
+  render(
+    <RecoilRoot initializeState={({ set }) => set(store.autoExpandTools, autoExpand)}>
+      {ui}
+    </RecoilRoot>,
+  );
+
 describe('AskUserQuestionCall', () => {
   const args = JSON.stringify({
     question: 'How would you like me to get the data?',
@@ -53,21 +72,93 @@ describe('AskUserQuestionCall', () => {
   });
 
   test('renders the progress card while the call is live and unanswered', () => {
-    render(<AskUserQuestionCall args={args} output="" toolCallId="call_1" isSubmitting />);
+    renderCall(<AskUserQuestionCall args={args} output="" toolCallId="call_1" isSubmitting />);
 
     expect(screen.getByTestId('ask-progress')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.queryByText('You answered:')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  test('mounts collapsed and opens on click, like any other tool card', () => {
+    renderCall(<AskUserQuestionCall args={args} output="public" />);
+
+    const header = screen.getByRole('button');
+    expect(header).toHaveAttribute('aria-expanded', 'false');
+    /** The collapsed line still says what was asked. */
+    expect(header).toHaveTextContent('Asked');
+    expect(header).toHaveTextContent('How would you like me to get the data?');
+
+    fireEvent.click(header);
+
+    expect(header).toHaveAttribute('aria-expanded', 'true');
+  });
+
+  test('opens at mount when auto-expand is on', () => {
+    renderCall(<AskUserQuestionCall args={args} output="public" />, true);
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button')).toHaveAttribute('aria-expanded', 'true');
+  });
+
+  test('summarizes a batch by its question count', () => {
+    renderCall(
+      <AskUserQuestionCall
+        args={JSON.stringify({
+          questions: [
+            { id: 'environment', question: 'Where should this run?' },
+            { id: 'window', question: 'Which window?' },
+          ],
+        })}
+        output={JSON.stringify({ answers: { environment: 'staging', window: '7d' } })}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button')).toHaveTextContent('Asked 2 questions');
+  });
+
+  test('keeps authored line breaks in a multi-paragraph answer', () => {
+    const answer = 'First point\n\nSecond point';
+    renderCall(<AskUserQuestionCall args={args} output={answer} />);
+
+    /** Identity normalizer: the default one collapses the very newlines
+     *  this asserts are preserved. */
+    expect(screen.getByText(answer, { normalizer: (text) => text })).toHaveClass(
+      'whitespace-pre-wrap',
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('reads as settled when a run is stopped before the question is answered', () => {
+    renderCall(<AskUserQuestionCall args={args} output="" toolCallId="call_1" />);
+
+    const header = screen.getByRole('button');
+    /** The pause ended; only its panel says the answer never came, and that
+     *  panel starts closed — a present-tense summary would strand the record
+     *  as permanently in flight. */
+    expect(header).toHaveTextContent('Asked');
+    expect(header).not.toHaveTextContent('Asking');
+    expect(screen.getByText('No answer was given')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  test('announces a rejected question from outside the collapsed panel', () => {
+    renderCall(<AskUserQuestionCall args={args} output="Error processing tool" failed />);
+
+    const announcement = screen.getByRole('status');
+    expect(announcement).toHaveTextContent("Question wasn't shown");
+    expect(announcement).toHaveTextContent(
+      "The agent couldn't show this question and may retry automatically.",
+    );
+    /** `useExpandCollapse` marks the closed panel inert, so an announcement
+     *  inside it would never reach the accessibility tree. */
+    expect(announcement.closest('[inert]')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   test('renders a successful tool result as the user answer', () => {
-    render(<AskUserQuestionCall args={args} output="public" />);
+    renderCall(<AskUserQuestionCall args={args} output="public" />);
 
     expect(screen.getByText('You answered:')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByText('Use public data')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
   test('holds the streaming cursor under the answered card while the resume is in flight', () => {
-    const { container } = render(
+    const { container } = renderCall(
       <AskUserQuestionCall
         args={args}
         output="public"
@@ -82,10 +173,10 @@ describe('AskUserQuestionCall', () => {
   });
 
   test('shows no cursor once the record is not the streaming tail', () => {
-    const settled = render(<AskUserQuestionCall args={args} output="public" showCursor />);
+    const settled = renderCall(<AskUserQuestionCall args={args} output="public" showCursor />);
     expect(settled.container.querySelector('.result-thinking')).toBeNull();
 
-    const midStream = render(
+    const midStream = renderCall(
       <AskUserQuestionCall args={args} output="public" toolCallId="call_1" isSubmitting />,
     );
     expect(midStream.container.querySelector('.result-thinking')).toBeNull();
@@ -96,7 +187,7 @@ describe('AskUserQuestionCall', () => {
       'Error processing tool: Received tool input did not match expected schema ' +
       '✖ String must contain at most 120 character(s) → at options[0].label';
 
-    render(<AskUserQuestionCall args={args} output={output} failed />);
+    renderCall(<AskUserQuestionCall args={args} output={output} failed />);
 
     expect(screen.getByText("Question wasn't shown")).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(
@@ -111,7 +202,7 @@ describe('AskUserQuestionCall', () => {
       'Error processing tool: Received tool input did not match expected schema ' +
       '✖ String must contain at most 120 character(s) → at options[0].label';
 
-    render(<AskUserQuestionCall args={args} output={output} />);
+    renderCall(<AskUserQuestionCall args={args} output={output} />);
 
     expect(screen.getByText('You answered:')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByText(output)).toBeInTheDocument();
@@ -119,7 +210,7 @@ describe('AskUserQuestionCall', () => {
   });
 
   test('renders each question and answer from one completed batch', () => {
-    render(
+    renderCall(
       <AskUserQuestionCall
         args={JSON.stringify({
           questions: [
@@ -146,7 +237,7 @@ describe('AskUserQuestionCall', () => {
   });
 
   test('renders a failed batch without implying the user declined to answer', () => {
-    render(
+    renderCall(
       <AskUserQuestionCall
         args={{ questions: [{ id: 'environment', question: 'Where should this run?' }] }}
         output="Error processing tool"
diff --git a/e2e/bombadil/hitl-lifecycle.specification.ts b/e2e/bombadil/hitl-lifecycle.specification.ts
index 0c00517559..aa7c90c898 100644
--- a/e2e/bombadil/hitl-lifecycle.specification.ts
+++ b/e2e/bombadil/hitl-lifecycle.specification.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ const HITL_PROMPT = `E2E_ASK_USER_QUESTION:${HITL_LABEL}`;
 const HITL_QUESTION = `Which environment should Bombadil use for ${HITL_LABEL}?`;
 const HITL_OPTION = 'Staging';
 const FINAL_REPLY = 'E2E mock reply: pong';
-const COMPLETED_ANSWER = 'You answered: Staging';
+const COMPLETED_ANSWER_LABEL = 'You answered:';
+/** The settled Q&A record: a collapsed tool-call line naming the question,
+ *  over a panel holding the description and the answer. */
+const ASK_RECORD = '[data-testid="ask-user-question-call"]';
 let reloadIssued = false;
 let pausedReloadIssued = false;
 
@@ -79,6 +82,12 @@ function target(
   return null;
 }
 
+function visibleCount(state: State, selector: string): number {
+  return Array.from(state.document.querySelectorAll(selector)).filter(
+    (element) => visiblePoint(state, element) !== null,
+  ).length;
+}
+
 function visibleTextCount(
   state: State,
   selector: string,
@@ -110,6 +119,7 @@ function clickOrWait(targetValue: Target | null): Action[] {
 
 const ui = extract((state: State) => {
   const messageElements = Array.from(state.document.querySelectorAll('.message-render'));
+  const askRecordCount = visibleCount(state, ASK_RECORD);
   const messageText = messageElements.map((element) => element.textContent ?? '').join('\n');
   const modelTrigger = state.document.querySelector('button[aria-label="Select a model"]');
   return {
@@ -124,14 +134,22 @@ const ui = extract((state: State) => {
     emailFocused: isFocused(state, '#email'),
     passwordValue: inputValue(state, '#password'),
     passwordFocused: isFocused(state, '#password'),
-    questionCount: visibleTextCount(state, 'p', HITL_QUESTION),
+    /** Once the pause settles, the record IS the question's presentation, so
+     *  count records rather than every node repeating their text — an
+     *  expanded record (Auto-expand tool details) shows the question in both
+     *  its summary line and its panel, and matching text would count one
+     *  record twice. Before a record exists the live pause renders the
+     *  question as a paragraph. */
+    questionCount:
+      askRecordCount > 0 ? askRecordCount : visibleTextCount(state, 'p', HITL_QUESTION),
     answerOptionCount: visibleTextCount(state, 'button', HITL_OPTION, true),
     finalReplyCount: messageElements.filter((element) =>
       (element.textContent ?? '').includes(FINAL_REPLY),
     ).length,
-    completedAnswerCount: messageElements.filter((element) =>
-      (element.textContent ?? '').includes(COMPLETED_ANSWER),
-    ).length,
+    completedAnswerCount: messageElements.filter((element) => {
+      const text = element.textContent ?? '';
+      return text.includes(COMPLETED_ANSWER_LABEL) && text.includes(HITL_OPTION);
+    }).length,
     isSubmitting: state.document.querySelector('button[aria-label="Stop generating"]') !== null,
     hasComposer: state.document.querySelector('#prompt-textarea') !== null,
     loginEmail: target(state, '#email', 'Login email'),