diff --git a/docs/mobile-testing.md b/docs/mobile-testing.md
index 7cb96deae..216c5d0cd 100644
--- a/docs/mobile-testing.md
+++ b/docs/mobile-testing.md
@@ -249,6 +249,23 @@ const { theme } = useUnistyles();
 
 Regular `View` components can safely use Unistyles dynamic styles — the conflict is specific to `Animated.View`.
 
+## Native Chat Stream Layout
+
+The native agent stream uses an inverted `FlatList`, so chat layout has three coordinate systems:
+
+- chronological stream order
+- strategy-ordered array order
+- native inverted cell visual order
+
+Do not compute stream neighbors, history/live-head seams, turn footer ownership, assistant block spacing, or tool sequence endings inside React render loops. Those policies live in `packages/app/src/agent-stream/layout.ts` and are unit-tested without React Native rendering.
+
+Platform-specific stream edges belong on `StreamStrategy`:
+
+- forward web uses the last history item as the history/live-head boundary and renders content before a footer
+- native inverted uses the first history item as the history/live-head boundary and compensates for inverted cell child order
+
+If a chat footer looks duplicated or appears above the assistant message on mobile, start with `packages/app/src/agent-stream/layout.test.ts`. Do not add a React Native renderer test for this class of bug; make the pure layout invariant fail first.
+
 ## iOS Simulator
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/use-bottom-anchor-controller.test.ts b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/bottom-anchor-controller.test.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from packages/app/src/components/use-bottom-anchor-controller.test.ts
rename to packages/app/src/agent-stream/bottom-anchor-controller.test.ts
index 3b710c730..06bcc4cd5 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/use-bottom-anchor-controller.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/bottom-anchor-controller.test.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import {
   __private__,
   deriveBottomAnchorBlockedReason,
   type BottomAnchorMode,
-} from "./use-bottom-anchor-controller";
-import type { BottomAnchorTransportBehavior } from "./agent-stream-render-strategy";
+} from "./bottom-anchor-controller";
+import type { BottomAnchorTransportBehavior } from "./strategy";
 
 type MeasurementState = ReturnType<typeof createMeasurementState>;
 
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/use-bottom-anchor-controller.ts b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/bottom-anchor-controller.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from packages/app/src/components/use-bottom-anchor-controller.ts
rename to packages/app/src/agent-stream/bottom-anchor-controller.ts
index 00fe07a2f..dd78dd5f7 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/use-bottom-anchor-controller.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/bottom-anchor-controller.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
-import type { BottomAnchorTransportBehavior } from "./agent-stream-render-strategy";
+import type { BottomAnchorTransportBehavior } from "./strategy";
 
 export type BottomAnchorMode = "sticky-bottom" | "detached";
 
diff --git a/packages/app/src/agent-stream/layout.test.ts b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/layout.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf39b6920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/layout.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { TurnTiming } from "@/timeline/turn-time";
+import type { StreamItem } from "@/types/stream";
+import {
+  orderHeadForStreamRenderStrategy,
+  orderTailForStreamRenderStrategy,
+  type StreamStrategy,
+} from "./strategy";
+import { resolveStreamRenderStrategy } from "./strategy-resolver";
+import { layoutStream, type StreamLayout, type StreamLayoutItem } from "./layout";
+
+function timestamp(seed: number): Date {
+  return new Date(`2026-01-01T00:00:${seed.toString().padStart(2, "0")}.000Z`);
+}
+
+function userMessage(id: string, seed: number): Extract<StreamItem, { kind: "user_message" }> {
+  return {
+    kind: "user_message",
+    id,
+    text: id,
+    timestamp: timestamp(seed),
+  };
+}
+
+function assistantMessage(
+  id: string,
+  seed: number,
+  block?: { groupId: string; index: number },
+): Extract<StreamItem, { kind: "assistant_message" }> {
+  return {
+    kind: "assistant_message",
+    id,
+    text: id,
+    timestamp: timestamp(seed),
+    ...(block ? { blockGroupId: block.groupId, blockIndex: block.index } : {}),
+  };
+}
+
+function toolCall(id: string, seed: number): Extract<StreamItem, { kind: "tool_call" }> {
+  return {
+    kind: "tool_call",
+    id,
+    timestamp: timestamp(seed),
+    payload: {
+      source: "orchestrator",
+      data: {
+        toolCallId: id,
+        toolName: "Shell",
+        arguments: "echo hi",
+        result: null,
+        status: "completed",
+      },
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function thought(id: string, seed: number): Extract<StreamItem, { kind: "thought" }> {
+  return {
+    kind: "thought",
+    id,
+    text: id,
+    timestamp: timestamp(seed),
+    status: "ready",
+  };
+}
+
+function timingFor(...ids: string[]): Map<string, TurnTiming> {
+  const timing = {
+    startedAt: timestamp(1),
+    completedAt: timestamp(9),
+    durationMs: 8000,
+  };
+  return new Map(ids.map((id) => [id, timing]));
+}
+
+function strategyFor(platform: "web" | "android"): StreamStrategy {
+  return resolveStreamRenderStrategy({
+    platform,
+    isMobileBreakpoint: false,
+  });
+}
+
+function layoutFor(input: {
+  platform: "web" | "android";
+  agentStatus?: string;
+  tail: StreamItem[];
+  head?: StreamItem[];
+  timingIds?: string[];
+}): StreamLayout {
+  const strategy = strategyFor(input.platform);
+  return layoutStream({
+    strategy,
+    agentStatus: input.agentStatus ?? "idle",
+    history: orderTailForStreamRenderStrategy({
+      strategy,
+      streamItems: input.tail,
+    }),
+    liveHead: orderHeadForStreamRenderStrategy({
+      strategy,
+      streamHead: input.head ?? [],
+    }),
+    timingByAssistantId: timingFor(...(input.timingIds ?? [])),
+  });
+}
+
+function footerOwners(layout: StreamLayout): string[] {
+  const owners = [
+    ...layout.history.flatMap((item) => (item.completedFooter ? [item.item.id] : [])),
+    ...layout.liveHead.flatMap((item) => (item.completedFooter ? [item.item.id] : [])),
+    ...(layout.auxiliaryTurnFooter ? [layout.auxiliaryTurnFooter.itemId] : []),
+  ];
+  return owners;
+}
+
+function findLayoutItem(layout: StreamLayout, id: string): StreamLayoutItem {
+  const item = [...layout.history, ...layout.liveHead].find(
+    (candidate) => candidate.item.id === id,
+  );
+  if (!item) {
+    throw new Error(`Missing layout item ${id}`);
+  }
+  return item;
+}
+
+describe("layoutStream", () => {
+  it("does not duplicate footers when a native assistant turn spans history and live head", () => {
+    const historyBlock = assistantMessage("turn:block:0", 2, { groupId: "turn", index: 0 });
+    const headBlock = assistantMessage("turn:head", 3, { groupId: "turn", index: 1 });
+    const layout = layoutFor({
+      platform: "android",
+      tail: [userMessage("u1", 1), historyBlock],
+      head: [headBlock],
+      timingIds: [historyBlock.id, headBlock.id],
+    });
+
+    expect(footerOwners(layout)).toEqual([headBlock.id]);
+    expect(findLayoutItem(layout, historyBlock.id).belowItem?.id).toBe(headBlock.id);
+    expect(findLayoutItem(layout, historyBlock.id).completedFooter).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("does not duplicate footers when a web assistant turn spans history and live head", () => {
+    const historyBlock = assistantMessage("turn:block:0", 2, { groupId: "turn", index: 0 });
+    const headBlock = assistantMessage("turn:head", 3, { groupId: "turn", index: 1 });
+    const layout = layoutFor({
+      platform: "web",
+      tail: [userMessage("u1", 1), historyBlock],
+      head: [headBlock],
+      timingIds: [historyBlock.id, headBlock.id],
+    });
+
+    expect(footerOwners(layout)).toEqual([headBlock.id]);
+    expect(findLayoutItem(layout, historyBlock.id).belowItem?.id).toBe(headBlock.id);
+    expect(findLayoutItem(layout, headBlock.id).aboveItem?.id).toBe(historyBlock.id);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the completed footer visually after the assistant after a native user reply", () => {
+    const assistant = assistantMessage("a1", 2);
+    const layout = layoutFor({
+      platform: "android",
+      tail: [userMessage("u1", 1), assistant, userMessage("u2", 3)],
+      timingIds: [assistant.id],
+    });
+    const assistantRow = findLayoutItem(layout, assistant.id);
+
+    expect(layout.auxiliaryTurnFooter).toBeNull();
+    expect(assistantRow.completedFooter?.itemId).toBe(assistant.id);
+    expect(assistantRow.belowItem?.id).toBe("u2");
+    expect(assistantRow.frameOrder).toBe("footer-then-content");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps forward stream content before its completed footer", () => {
+    const assistant = assistantMessage("a1", 2);
+    const layout = layoutFor({
+      platform: "web",
+      tail: [userMessage("u1", 1), assistant, userMessage("u2", 3)],
+      timingIds: [assistant.id],
+    });
+    const assistantRow = findLayoutItem(layout, assistant.id);
+
+    expect(assistantRow.completedFooter?.itemId).toBe(assistant.id);
+    expect(assistantRow.frameOrder).toBe("content-then-footer");
+  });
+
+  it("compacts assistant block spacing across the history and live-head boundary", () => {
+    const historyBlock = assistantMessage("turn:block:0", 2, { groupId: "turn", index: 0 });
+    const headBlock = assistantMessage("turn:head", 3, { groupId: "turn", index: 1 });
+    const layout = layoutFor({
+      platform: "android",
+      tail: [userMessage("u1", 1), historyBlock],
+      head: [headBlock],
+      timingIds: [historyBlock.id, headBlock.id],
+    });
+
+    expect(findLayoutItem(layout, historyBlock.id).assistantSpacing).toBe("compactBottom");
+    expect(findLayoutItem(layout, headBlock.id).assistantSpacing).toBe("compactTop");
+  });
+
+  it("computes tool sequence position from strategy-aware neighbors", () => {
+    const shell = toolCall("tool-1", 2);
+    const thinking = thought("thought-1", 3);
+    const layout = layoutFor({
+      platform: "android",
+      tail: [userMessage("u1", 1), shell, thinking, assistantMessage("a1", 4)],
+    });
+
+    expect(findLayoutItem(layout, shell.id).toolSequence).toBe("first");
+    expect(findLayoutItem(layout, thinking.id).toolSequence).toBe("last");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps bottom and inline footer ownership mutually exclusive", () => {
+    const assistant = assistantMessage("a1", 2);
+    const layout = layoutFor({
+      platform: "web",
+      tail: [userMessage("u1", 1), assistant],
+      timingIds: [assistant.id],
+    });
+
+    expect(layout.auxiliaryTurnFooter?.itemId).toBe(assistant.id);
+    expect(findLayoutItem(layout, assistant.id).completedFooter).toBeNull();
+    expect(footerOwners(layout)).toEqual([assistant.id]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/app/src/agent-stream/layout.ts b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/layout.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de0fe38f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/layout.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+import type { TurnTiming } from "@/timeline/turn-time";
+import type { StreamItem } from "@/types/stream";
+import { getAssistantBlockSpacing, getGapBetweenStreamItems } from "./spacing";
+import type { StreamFrameChildOrder, StreamStrategy } from "./strategy";
+
+export type StreamToolSequence = "single" | "first" | "middle" | "last" | "none";
+
+export interface TurnFooterHost {
+  itemId: string;
+  items: StreamItem[];
+  timing?: TurnTiming;
+  startIndex: number;
+}
+
+export interface StreamLayoutItem {
+  item: StreamItem;
+  index: number;
+  items: StreamItem[];
+  aboveItem: StreamItem | null;
+  belowItem: StreamItem | null;
+  gapBelow: number;
+  assistantSpacing: "default" | "compactTop" | "compactBottom" | "compactBoth";
+  completedFooter: TurnFooterHost | null;
+  toolSequence: StreamToolSequence;
+  isFirstInUserGroup: boolean;
+  isLastInUserGroup: boolean;
+  isLastInToolSequence: boolean;
+  frameOrder: StreamFrameChildOrder;
+}
+
+export interface StreamLayout {
+  history: StreamLayoutItem[];
+  liveHead: StreamLayoutItem[];
+  auxiliaryTurnFooter: TurnFooterHost | null;
+  historyToHeadGap: number;
+}
+
+export interface StreamLayoutInput {
+  strategy: StreamStrategy;
+  agentStatus: string;
+  history: StreamItem[];
+  liveHead: StreamItem[];
+  timingByAssistantId: Map<string, TurnTiming>;
+}
+
+interface LayoutSegmentInput {
+  strategy: StreamStrategy;
+  agentStatus: string;
+  items: StreamItem[];
+  timingByAssistantId: Map<string, TurnTiming>;
+  auxiliaryTurnFooter: TurnFooterHost | null;
+  frameOrder: StreamFrameChildOrder;
+  boundaryIndex: number | null;
+  boundaryAboveItem: StreamItem | null;
+  boundaryBelowItem: StreamItem | null;
+}
+
+function createTurnFooterHost(input: {
+  item: StreamItem;
+  items: StreamItem[];
+  index: number;
+  timingByAssistantId: Map<string, TurnTiming>;
+}): TurnFooterHost {
+  return {
+    itemId: input.item.id,
+    items: input.items,
+    timing: input.timingByAssistantId.get(input.item.id),
+    startIndex: input.index,
+  };
+}
+
+function resolveAuxiliaryTurnFooter(input: StreamLayoutInput): TurnFooterHost | null {
+  if (input.agentStatus === "running") {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const footerItems = input.liveHead.length > 0 ? input.liveHead : input.history;
+  const startIndex = input.strategy.getLatestItemIndex(footerItems);
+  if (startIndex === null) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const item = footerItems[startIndex];
+  if (!item || item.kind !== "assistant_message") {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return createTurnFooterHost({
+    item,
+    items: footerItems,
+    index: startIndex,
+    timingByAssistantId: input.timingByAssistantId,
+  });
+}
+
+function shouldRenderCompletedFooter(input: {
+  item: StreamItem;
+  belowItem: StreamItem | null;
+  agentStatus: string;
+  auxiliaryTurnFooter: TurnFooterHost | null;
+}): boolean {
+  return (
+    input.item.kind === "assistant_message" &&
+    input.auxiliaryTurnFooter?.itemId !== input.item.id &&
+    (input.belowItem?.kind === "user_message" ||
+      (input.belowItem === null && input.agentStatus !== "running"))
+  );
+}
+
+function isToolSequenceItem(item: StreamItem | null): boolean {
+  return item?.kind === "tool_call" || item?.kind === "thought" || item?.kind === "todo_list";
+}
+
+function getToolSequence(input: {
+  item: StreamItem;
+  aboveItem: StreamItem | null;
+  belowItem: StreamItem | null;
+}): StreamToolSequence {
+  if (!isToolSequenceItem(input.item)) {
+    return "none";
+  }
+
+  const hasAbove = isToolSequenceItem(input.aboveItem);
+  const hasBelow = isToolSequenceItem(input.belowItem);
+  if (hasAbove && hasBelow) {
+    return "middle";
+  }
+  if (hasAbove) {
+    return "last";
+  }
+  if (hasBelow) {
+    return "first";
+  }
+  return "single";
+}
+
+function getSegmentNeighbor(input: {
+  strategy: StreamStrategy;
+  items: StreamItem[];
+  index: number;
+  relation: "above" | "below";
+  boundaryIndex: number | null;
+  boundaryItem: StreamItem | null;
+}): StreamItem | null {
+  const neighbor = input.strategy.getNeighborItem(input.items, input.index, input.relation);
+  if (neighbor) {
+    return neighbor;
+  }
+  if (input.index === input.boundaryIndex) {
+    return input.boundaryItem;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function layoutSegment(input: LayoutSegmentInput): StreamLayoutItem[] {
+  return input.items.map((item, index) => {
+    const aboveItem = getSegmentNeighbor({
+      strategy: input.strategy,
+      items: input.items,
+      index,
+      relation: "above",
+      boundaryIndex: input.boundaryIndex,
+      boundaryItem: input.boundaryAboveItem,
+    });
+    const belowItem = getSegmentNeighbor({
+      strategy: input.strategy,
+      items: input.items,
+      index,
+      relation: "below",
+      boundaryIndex: input.boundaryIndex,
+      boundaryItem: input.boundaryBelowItem,
+    });
+    const assistantSpacing = getAssistantBlockSpacing({
+      item,
+      aboveItem,
+      belowItem,
+    });
+    const completedFooter = shouldRenderCompletedFooter({
+      item,
+      belowItem,
+      agentStatus: input.agentStatus,
+      auxiliaryTurnFooter: input.auxiliaryTurnFooter,
+    })
+      ? createTurnFooterHost({
+          item,
+          items: input.items,
+          index,
+          timingByAssistantId: input.timingByAssistantId,
+        })
+      : null;
+
+    return {
+      item,
+      index,
+      items: input.items,
+      aboveItem,
+      belowItem,
+      gapBelow: completedFooter ? 0 : getGapBetweenStreamItems(item, belowItem),
+      assistantSpacing,
+      completedFooter,
+      toolSequence: getToolSequence({ item, aboveItem, belowItem }),
+      isFirstInUserGroup: item.kind === "user_message" && aboveItem?.kind !== "user_message",
+      isLastInUserGroup: item.kind === "user_message" && belowItem?.kind !== "user_message",
+      isLastInToolSequence: isToolSequenceItem(item) && !isToolSequenceItem(belowItem),
+      frameOrder: input.frameOrder,
+    };
+  });
+}
+
+export function layoutStream(input: StreamLayoutInput): StreamLayout {
+  const auxiliaryTurnFooter = resolveAuxiliaryTurnFooter(input);
+  const historyBoundaryIndex = input.strategy.getHistoryLiveBoundaryIndex(input.history);
+  const liveHeadBoundaryIndex = input.strategy.getLiveHeadHistoryBoundaryIndex(input.liveHead);
+  const historyBoundaryItem =
+    historyBoundaryIndex === null ? null : (input.history[historyBoundaryIndex] ?? null);
+  const liveHeadBoundaryItem =
+    liveHeadBoundaryIndex === null ? null : (input.liveHead[liveHeadBoundaryIndex] ?? null);
+  const frameOrder = input.strategy.getFrameChildOrder();
+  const history = layoutSegment({
+    strategy: input.strategy,
+    agentStatus: input.agentStatus,
+    items: input.history,
+    timingByAssistantId: input.timingByAssistantId,
+    auxiliaryTurnFooter,
+    frameOrder,
+    boundaryIndex: historyBoundaryIndex,
+    boundaryAboveItem: null,
+    boundaryBelowItem: liveHeadBoundaryItem,
+  });
+  const liveHead = layoutSegment({
+    strategy: input.strategy,
+    agentStatus: input.agentStatus,
+    items: input.liveHead,
+    timingByAssistantId: input.timingByAssistantId,
+    auxiliaryTurnFooter,
+    frameOrder,
+    boundaryIndex: liveHeadBoundaryIndex,
+    boundaryAboveItem: historyBoundaryItem,
+    boundaryBelowItem: null,
+  });
+
+  return {
+    history,
+    liveHead,
+    auxiliaryTurnFooter,
+    historyToHeadGap: getGapBetweenStreamItems(historyBoundaryItem, liveHeadBoundaryItem),
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-render-model.test.ts b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/model.test.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-render-model.test.ts
rename to packages/app/src/agent-stream/model.test.ts
index 344e279be..806a501d6 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-render-model.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/model.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import type { StreamItem } from "@/types/stream";
-import { buildAgentStreamRenderModel } from "./agent-stream-render-model";
+import { buildAgentStreamRenderModel } from "./model";
 
 function createTimestamp(seed: number): Date {
   return new Date(`2026-01-01T00:00:${seed.toString().padStart(2, "0")}.000Z`);
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-render-model.ts b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/model.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-render-model.ts
rename to packages/app/src/agent-stream/model.ts
index b5e836a67..20f1f787c 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-render-model.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/model.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,9 @@ import {
   findMountedWindowStart,
   getWebMountedRecentStreamItems,
   getWebPartialVirtualizationThreshold,
-} from "./agent-stream-web-virtualization";
-import {
-  orderHeadForStreamRenderStrategy,
-  orderTailForStreamRenderStrategy,
-} from "./stream-strategy";
-import { resolveStreamRenderStrategy } from "./stream-strategy-resolver";
+} from "./web-virtualization";
+import { orderHeadForStreamRenderStrategy, orderTailForStreamRenderStrategy } from "./strategy";
+import { resolveStreamRenderStrategy } from "./strategy-resolver";
 
 export interface StreamRenderSegments {
   historyVirtualized: StreamItem[];
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-render-strategy.test.ts b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/render-strategy.test.ts
similarity index 77%
rename from packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-render-strategy.test.ts
rename to packages/app/src/agent-stream/render-strategy.test.ts
index 6530705dd..ef6478455 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-render-strategy.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/render-strategy.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import type { StreamItem } from "@/types/stream";
 import {
   collectAssistantTurnContentForStreamRenderStrategy,
   getBottomOffsetForStreamRenderStrategy,
+  getFrameChildOrderForStreamRenderStrategy,
+  getHistoryLiveBoundaryIndexForStreamRenderStrategy,
+  getLiveHeadHistoryBoundaryIndexForStreamRenderStrategy,
   getStreamEdgeSlotProps,
   getStreamNeighborIndex,
   getStreamNeighborItem,
@@ -10,8 +13,8 @@ import {
   orderHeadForStreamRenderStrategy,
   orderTailForStreamRenderStrategy,
   resolveBottomAnchorTransportBehavior,
-  resolveStreamRenderStrategy,
-} from "./agent-stream-render-strategy";
+} from "./strategy";
+import { resolveStreamRenderStrategy } from "./strategy-resolver";
 
 function createTimestamp(seed: number): Date {
   return new Date(`2026-01-01T00:00:0${seed}.000Z`);
@@ -328,3 +331,88 @@ describe("edge slot semantics", () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe("layout strategy edges", () => {
+  const streamItems: StreamItem[] = [
+    userMessage("u1", "user-1", 1),
+    assistantMessage("a1", "assistant-1", 2),
+  ];
+
+  it("uses the newest history edge as the history/live boundary", () => {
+    const forward = resolveStreamRenderStrategy({
+      platform: "web",
+      isMobileBreakpoint: false,
+    });
+    const inverted = resolveStreamRenderStrategy({
+      platform: "android",
+      isMobileBreakpoint: false,
+    });
+
+    const forwardHistory = orderTailForStreamRenderStrategy({ strategy: forward, streamItems });
+    const invertedHistory = orderTailForStreamRenderStrategy({ strategy: inverted, streamItems });
+
+    expect(
+      getHistoryLiveBoundaryIndexForStreamRenderStrategy({
+        strategy: forward,
+        history: forwardHistory,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(1);
+    expect(
+      getHistoryLiveBoundaryIndexForStreamRenderStrategy({
+        strategy: inverted,
+        history: invertedHistory,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("uses the oldest live-head edge as the live-head/history boundary", () => {
+    const forward = resolveStreamRenderStrategy({
+      platform: "web",
+      isMobileBreakpoint: false,
+    });
+    const inverted = resolveStreamRenderStrategy({
+      platform: "ios",
+      isMobileBreakpoint: false,
+    });
+
+    const forwardHead = orderHeadForStreamRenderStrategy({
+      strategy: forward,
+      streamHead: streamItems,
+    });
+    const invertedHead = orderHeadForStreamRenderStrategy({
+      strategy: inverted,
+      streamHead: streamItems,
+    });
+
+    expect(
+      getLiveHeadHistoryBoundaryIndexForStreamRenderStrategy({
+        strategy: forward,
+        liveHead: forwardHead,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(0);
+    expect(
+      getLiveHeadHistoryBoundaryIndexForStreamRenderStrategy({
+        strategy: inverted,
+        liveHead: invertedHead,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("names the frame child order needed by native inverted cells", () => {
+    const forward = resolveStreamRenderStrategy({
+      platform: "web",
+      isMobileBreakpoint: false,
+    });
+    const inverted = resolveStreamRenderStrategy({
+      platform: "android",
+      isMobileBreakpoint: false,
+    });
+
+    expect(getFrameChildOrderForStreamRenderStrategy({ strategy: forward })).toBe(
+      "content-then-footer",
+    );
+    expect(getFrameChildOrderForStreamRenderStrategy({ strategy: inverted })).toBe(
+      "footer-then-content",
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-view-data.test.ts b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/spacing.test.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-view-data.test.ts
rename to packages/app/src/agent-stream/spacing.test.ts
index dc9df12bc..fd883bd1c 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-view-data.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/spacing.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import type { StreamItem } from "@/types/stream";
-import { getAssistantBlockSpacing, isSameAssistantBlockGroup } from "./agent-stream-view-data";
+import { getAssistantBlockSpacing, isSameAssistantBlockGroup } from "./spacing";
 
 function assistantBlock(params: {
   id: string;
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-view-data.ts b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/spacing.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-view-data.ts
rename to packages/app/src/agent-stream/spacing.ts
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/stream-strategy-native.tsx b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/strategy-native.tsx
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/app/src/components/stream-strategy-native.tsx
rename to packages/app/src/agent-stream/strategy-native.tsx
index a31a771dc..5632c9129 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/stream-strategy-native.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/strategy-native.tsx
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ import {
 } from "react-native";
 import type { StreamItem } from "@/types/stream";
 import { useStableEvent } from "@/hooks/use-stable-event";
-import { useBottomAnchorController } from "./use-bottom-anchor-controller";
-import type { StreamRenderInput, StreamStrategy, StreamViewportHandle } from "./stream-strategy";
+import { useBottomAnchorController } from "./bottom-anchor-controller";
+import type { StreamRenderInput, StreamStrategy, StreamViewportHandle } from "./strategy";
 import {
   createStreamStrategy,
   isNearBottomForStreamRenderStrategy,
   resolveBottomAnchorTransportBehavior,
-} from "./stream-strategy";
+} from "./strategy";
 
 const DEFAULT_MAINTAIN_VISIBLE_CONTENT_POSITION = Object.freeze({
   minIndexForVisible: 0,
@@ -380,6 +380,9 @@ export function createNativeStreamStrategy(): StreamStrategy {
     orderHeadReverse: true,
     assistantTurnTraversalStep: 1,
     edgeSlot: "header",
+    historyLiveBoundaryEdge: "first",
+    liveHeadHistoryBoundaryEdge: "last",
+    frameChildOrder: "footer-then-content",
     flatListInverted: true,
     overlayScrollbarInverted: true,
     maintainVisibleContentPosition: DEFAULT_MAINTAIN_VISIBLE_CONTENT_POSITION,
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/stream-strategy-resolver.ts b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/strategy-resolver.ts
similarity index 68%
rename from packages/app/src/components/stream-strategy-resolver.ts
rename to packages/app/src/agent-stream/strategy-resolver.ts
index 6aa9e3773..5b21515e1 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/stream-strategy-resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/strategy-resolver.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import type { ResolveStreamRenderStrategyInput, StreamStrategy } from "./stream-strategy";
-import { createNativeStreamStrategy } from "./stream-strategy-native";
-import { createWebStreamStrategy } from "./stream-strategy-web";
+import type { ResolveStreamRenderStrategyInput, StreamStrategy } from "./strategy";
+import { createNativeStreamStrategy } from "./strategy-native";
+import { createWebStreamStrategy } from "./strategy-web";
 
 export function resolveStreamRenderStrategy(
   input: ResolveStreamRenderStrategyInput,
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/stream-strategy-web.test.tsx b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/strategy-web.test.tsx
similarity index 97%
rename from packages/app/src/components/stream-strategy-web.test.tsx
rename to packages/app/src/agent-stream/strategy-web.test.tsx
index 384abc502..b4e14f895 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/stream-strategy-web.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/strategy-web.test.tsx
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import { act } from "react";
 import { createRoot, type Root } from "react-dom/client";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { StreamItem } from "@/types/stream";
-import type { StreamSegmentRenderers, StreamViewportHandle } from "./stream-strategy";
-import { createWebStreamStrategy } from "./stream-strategy-web";
+import type { StreamSegmentRenderers, StreamViewportHandle } from "./strategy";
+import { createWebStreamStrategy } from "./strategy-web";
 
 vi.hoisted(() => {
   Object.defineProperty(window, "matchMedia", {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ vi.hoisted(() => {
   });
 });
 
-vi.mock("./use-web-scrollbar", () => ({ useWebElementScrollbar: () => null }));
+vi.mock("@/components/use-web-scrollbar", () => ({ useWebElementScrollbar: () => null }));
 
 function userMessage(index: number): StreamItem {
   return {
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/stream-strategy-web.tsx b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/strategy-web.tsx
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/app/src/components/stream-strategy-web.tsx
rename to packages/app/src/agent-stream/strategy-web.tsx
index 660e4ff3d..3053aded0 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/stream-strategy-web.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/strategy-web.tsx
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import React, {
 } from "react";
 import { ActivityIndicator } from "react-native";
 import { measureElement as measureVirtualElement, useVirtualizer } from "@tanstack/react-virtual";
-import { estimateStreamItemHeight } from "./agent-stream-web-virtualization";
-import type { StreamRenderInput, StreamStrategy, StreamViewportHandle } from "./stream-strategy";
-import { createStreamStrategy } from "./stream-strategy";
+import { estimateStreamItemHeight } from "./web-virtualization";
+import type { StreamRenderInput, StreamStrategy, StreamViewportHandle } from "./strategy";
+import { createStreamStrategy } from "./strategy";
 
 interface CreateWebStreamStrategyInput {
   isMobileBreakpoint: boolean;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const USER_SCROLL_DELTA_EPSILON = 1;
 const AUTO_SCROLL_BOTTOM_THRESHOLD_PX = 64;
 const AUTO_SCROLL_RESUME_THRESHOLD_PX = 1;
 const HISTORY_START_THRESHOLD_PX = 96;
-import { useWebElementScrollbar } from "./use-web-scrollbar";
+import { useWebElementScrollbar } from "@/components/use-web-scrollbar";
 
 const historyStartSlotStyle: CSSProperties = {
   display: "flex",
@@ -610,6 +610,9 @@ export function createWebStreamStrategy(input: CreateWebStreamStrategyInput): St
     orderHeadReverse: false,
     assistantTurnTraversalStep: -1,
     edgeSlot: "footer",
+    historyLiveBoundaryEdge: "last",
+    liveHeadHistoryBoundaryEdge: "first",
+    frameChildOrder: "content-then-footer",
     flatListInverted: false,
     overlayScrollbarInverted: false,
     maintainVisibleContentPosition: undefined,
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/stream-strategy.ts b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/strategy.ts
similarity index 84%
rename from packages/app/src/components/stream-strategy.ts
rename to packages/app/src/agent-stream/strategy.ts
index 67fb78da7..f8c272d28 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/stream-strategy.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/strategy.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 import type { ComponentType, ReactElement, ReactNode, RefObject } from "react";
 import type { StyleProp, ViewStyle } from "react-native";
 import type { StreamItem } from "@/types/stream";
-import type { StreamHistoryBoundary, StreamRenderSegments } from "./agent-stream-render-model";
+import type { StreamHistoryBoundary, StreamRenderSegments } from "./model";
 import type {
   BottomAnchorLocalRequest,
   BottomAnchorRouteRequest,
-} from "./use-bottom-anchor-controller";
+} from "./bottom-anchor-controller";
 
 type EdgeSlot = "header" | "footer";
 type NeighborRelation = "above" | "below";
 type AssistantTurnTraversalStep = -1 | 1;
+export type StreamFrameChildOrder = "content-then-footer" | "footer-then-content";
 
 export type MaintainVisibleContentPositionConfig = Readonly<{
   minIndexForVisible: number;
@@ -93,6 +94,10 @@ export interface StreamStrategy {
   ) => StreamEdgeSlotProps;
   getMaintainVisibleContentPosition: () => MaintainVisibleContentPositionConfig | undefined;
   getBottomAnchorTransportBehavior: () => BottomAnchorTransportBehavior;
+  getHistoryLiveBoundaryIndex: (history: StreamItem[]) => number | null;
+  getLiveHeadHistoryBoundaryIndex: (liveHead: StreamItem[]) => number | null;
+  getLatestItemIndex: (items: StreamItem[]) => number | null;
+  getFrameChildOrder: () => StreamFrameChildOrder;
   getFlatListInverted: () => boolean;
   getOverlayScrollbarInverted: () => boolean;
   shouldDisableParentScrollOnInlineDetailsExpansion: () => boolean;
@@ -107,6 +112,9 @@ interface StreamStrategyConfig {
   orderHeadReverse: boolean;
   assistantTurnTraversalStep: AssistantTurnTraversalStep;
   edgeSlot: EdgeSlot;
+  historyLiveBoundaryEdge: "first" | "last";
+  liveHeadHistoryBoundaryEdge: "first" | "last";
+  frameChildOrder: StreamFrameChildOrder;
   flatListInverted: boolean;
   overlayScrollbarInverted: boolean;
   maintainVisibleContentPosition?: MaintainVisibleContentPositionConfig;
@@ -175,6 +183,25 @@ export function createStreamStrategy(config: StreamStrategyConfig): StreamStrate
     },
     getMaintainVisibleContentPosition: () => config.maintainVisibleContentPosition,
     getBottomAnchorTransportBehavior: () => config.bottomAnchorTransportBehavior,
+    getHistoryLiveBoundaryIndex: (history) => {
+      if (history.length === 0) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      return config.historyLiveBoundaryEdge === "first" ? 0 : history.length - 1;
+    },
+    getLiveHeadHistoryBoundaryIndex: (liveHead) => {
+      if (liveHead.length === 0) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      return config.liveHeadHistoryBoundaryEdge === "first" ? 0 : liveHead.length - 1;
+    },
+    getLatestItemIndex: (items) => {
+      if (items.length === 0) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      return config.historyLiveBoundaryEdge === "first" ? 0 : items.length - 1;
+    },
+    getFrameChildOrder: () => config.frameChildOrder,
     getFlatListInverted: () => config.flatListInverted,
     getOverlayScrollbarInverted: () => config.overlayScrollbarInverted,
     shouldDisableParentScrollOnInlineDetailsExpansion: () =>
@@ -270,3 +297,23 @@ export function getStreamEdgeSlotProps(params: {
 }): StreamEdgeSlotProps {
   return params.strategy.getEdgeSlotProps(params.component, params.gapSize);
 }
+
+export function getHistoryLiveBoundaryIndexForStreamRenderStrategy(params: {
+  strategy: StreamStrategy;
+  history: StreamItem[];
+}): number | null {
+  return params.strategy.getHistoryLiveBoundaryIndex(params.history);
+}
+
+export function getLiveHeadHistoryBoundaryIndexForStreamRenderStrategy(params: {
+  strategy: StreamStrategy;
+  liveHead: StreamItem[];
+}): number | null {
+  return params.strategy.getLiveHeadHistoryBoundaryIndex(params.liveHead);
+}
+
+export function getFrameChildOrderForStreamRenderStrategy(params: {
+  strategy: StreamStrategy;
+}): StreamFrameChildOrder {
+  return params.strategy.getFrameChildOrder();
+}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-turn-footer.tsx b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/turn-footer.tsx
similarity index 75%
rename from packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-turn-footer.tsx
rename to packages/app/src/agent-stream/turn-footer.tsx
index 00e87d29c..4ca005234 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-turn-footer.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/turn-footer.tsx
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ import type { StreamItem } from "@/types/stream";
 import {
   collectAssistantTurnContentForStreamRenderStrategy,
   type StreamStrategy,
-} from "./agent-stream-render-strategy";
-import { AssistantTurnFooter, LiveElapsed, STREAM_METADATA_FONT_SIZE } from "./message";
-import { SyncedLoader } from "./synced-loader";
+} from "./strategy";
+import { AssistantTurnFooter, LiveElapsed, STREAM_METADATA_FONT_SIZE } from "@/components/message";
+import type { TurnFooterHost } from "./layout";
+import { SyncedLoader } from "@/components/synced-loader";
 
 const ThemedSyncedLoader = withUnistyles(SyncedLoader);
 const workingIndicatorColorMapping = (theme: Theme) => ({
@@ -22,52 +23,6 @@ const workingIndicatorColorMapping = (theme: Theme) => ({
 
 export type TurnContentStrategy = StreamStrategy;
 
-export interface TurnFooterHost {
-  itemId: string;
-  items: StreamItem[];
-  timing?: TurnTiming;
-  startIndex: number;
-}
-
-export function resolveBottomTurnFooterHost(input: {
-  agentStatus: string;
-  history: StreamItem[];
-  liveHead: StreamItem[];
-  isInverted: boolean;
-  timingByAssistantId: Map<string, TurnTiming>;
-}): TurnFooterHost | null {
-  if (input.agentStatus === "running") {
-    return null;
-  }
-  const usesLiveHead = input.liveHead.length > 0;
-  const footerItems = usesLiveHead ? input.liveHead : input.history;
-  const startIndex = input.isInverted ? 0 : footerItems.length - 1;
-  const item = footerItems[startIndex];
-  if (!item || item.kind !== "assistant_message") {
-    return null;
-  }
-  return {
-    itemId: item.id,
-    items: footerItems,
-    timing: input.timingByAssistantId.get(item.id),
-    startIndex,
-  };
-}
-
-export function shouldRenderCompletedTurnFooter(input: {
-  item: StreamItem;
-  belowItem: StreamItem | undefined;
-  agentStatus: string;
-  suppressTurnFooter: boolean | undefined;
-}): boolean {
-  return (
-    input.item.kind === "assistant_message" &&
-    !input.suppressTurnFooter &&
-    (input.belowItem?.kind === "user_message" ||
-      (input.belowItem === undefined && input.agentStatus !== "running"))
-  );
-}
-
 export const TurnFooter = memo(function TurnFooter({
   isRunning,
   inFlightTurnStartedAt,
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-view.tsx b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/view.tsx
similarity index 78%
rename from packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-view.tsx
rename to packages/app/src/agent-stream/view.tsx
index 8db233236..bbb212406 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-view.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/view.tsx
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ import {
   CompactionMarker,
   MessageOuterSpacingProvider,
   type InlinePathTarget,
-} from "./message";
-import { PlanCard } from "./plan-card";
+} from "@/components/message";
+import { PlanCard } from "@/components/plan-card";
 import type { StreamItem } from "@/types/stream";
 import type { PendingPermission } from "@/types/shared";
 import type {
@@ -50,30 +50,18 @@ import { useFileExplorerActions } from "@/hooks/use-file-explorer-actions";
 import { useLoadOlderAgentHistory } from "@/hooks/use-load-older-agent-history";
 import type { ToastApi } from "@/components/toast-host";
 import type { DaemonClient } from "@server/client/daemon-client";
-import { ToolCallDetailsContent } from "./tool-call-details";
-import { QuestionFormCard } from "./question-form-card";
-import { ToolCallSheetProvider } from "./tool-call-sheet";
-import {
-  buildAgentStreamRenderModel,
-  getStreamNeighborItem,
-  resolveStreamRenderStrategy,
-  type AgentStreamRenderModel,
-  type StreamSegmentRenderers,
-  type StreamViewportHandle,
-} from "./agent-stream-render-strategy";
-import { getAssistantBlockSpacing, getGapBetweenStreamItems } from "./agent-stream-view-data";
-import {
-  CompletedTurnFooterRow,
-  resolveBottomTurnFooterHost,
-  shouldRenderCompletedTurnFooter,
-  TurnFooter,
-  type TurnContentStrategy,
-  type TurnFooterHost,
-} from "./agent-stream-turn-footer";
+import { ToolCallDetailsContent } from "@/components/tool-call-details";
+import { QuestionFormCard } from "@/components/question-form-card";
+import { ToolCallSheetProvider } from "@/components/tool-call-sheet";
+import { type AgentStreamRenderModel, buildAgentStreamRenderModel } from "./model";
+import { resolveStreamRenderStrategy } from "./strategy-resolver";
+import { type StreamSegmentRenderers, type StreamViewportHandle } from "./strategy";
+import { CompletedTurnFooterRow, TurnFooter, type TurnContentStrategy } from "./turn-footer";
+import { layoutStream, type StreamLayoutItem } from "./layout";
 import {
   type BottomAnchorLocalRequest,
   type BottomAnchorRouteRequest,
-} from "./use-bottom-anchor-controller";
+} from "./bottom-anchor-controller";
 import {
   AssistantFileLinkResolverProvider,
   normalizeInlinePathTarget,
@@ -90,12 +78,6 @@ import { useStableEvent } from "@/hooks/use-stable-event";
 import { isWeb } from "@/constants/platform";
 import type { Theme } from "@/styles/theme";
 
-interface StreamItemBoundarySeams {
-  aboveItem?: StreamItem | null;
-  belowItem?: StreamItem | null;
-  suppressTurnFooter?: boolean;
-}
-
 function renderLiveAuxiliaryNode(input: {
   pendingPermissions: ReactNode;
   turnFooter: ReactNode;
@@ -133,40 +115,39 @@ function renderPendingPermissionsNode(input: {
 
 function renderStreamItemWithTurnFooter(input: {
   content: ReactNode;
-  item: StreamItem;
-  nextItem: StreamItem | undefined;
-  items: StreamItem[];
-  timing: AgentStreamRenderModel["turnTiming"]["byAssistantId"];
-  index: number;
-  agentStatus: string;
-  suppressTurnFooter: boolean | undefined;
+  layoutItem: StreamLayoutItem;
   strategy: TurnContentStrategy;
 }): ReactNode {
   if (!input.content) {
     return null;
   }
 
-  const showCompletedFooter = shouldRenderCompletedTurnFooter({
-    item: input.item,
-    belowItem: input.nextItem,
-    agentStatus: input.agentStatus,
-    suppressTurnFooter: input.suppressTurnFooter,
-  });
-  const gapBelow = showCompletedFooter
-    ? 0
-    : getGapBetweenStreamItems(input.item, input.nextItem ?? null);
+  const footerHost = input.layoutItem.completedFooter;
+  const footer = footerHost ? (
+    <CompletedTurnFooterRow
+      strategy={input.strategy}
+      items={footerHost.items}
+      timing={footerHost.timing}
+      startIndex={footerHost.startIndex}
+    />
+  ) : null;
+  const content = (
+    <StreamItemWrapper gapBelow={input.layoutItem.gapBelow}>{input.content}</StreamItemWrapper>
+  );
+
+  if (input.layoutItem.frameOrder === "footer-then-content") {
+    return (
+      <>
+        {footer}
+        {content}
+      </>
+    );
+  }
 
   return (
     <>
-      <StreamItemWrapper gapBelow={gapBelow}>{input.content}</StreamItemWrapper>
-      {showCompletedFooter ? (
-        <CompletedTurnFooterRow
-          strategy={input.strategy}
-          items={input.items}
-          timing={input.timing.get(input.item.id)}
-          startIndex={input.index}
-        />
-      ) : null}
+      {content}
+      {footer}
     </>
   );
 }
@@ -194,47 +175,26 @@ function renderListEmptyComponent(input: {
 
 function renderHistoryStreamItem(input: {
   item: StreamItem;
-  historyIndexById: Map<string, number>;
-  historyItems: StreamItem[];
-  lastHistoryItem: StreamItem | null;
-  firstLiveHeadItem: StreamItem | null;
-  bottomTurnFooterHost: TurnFooterHost | null;
-  renderStreamItem: (
-    item: StreamItem,
-    index: number,
-    items: StreamItem[],
-    seams?: StreamItemBoundarySeams,
-  ) => ReactNode;
+  layoutItemById: Map<string, StreamLayoutItem>;
+  renderStreamItem: (layoutItem: StreamLayoutItem) => ReactNode;
 }): ReactNode {
-  const historyIndex = input.historyIndexById.get(input.item.id);
-  if (historyIndex === undefined) {
+  const layoutItem = input.layoutItemById.get(input.item.id);
+  if (!layoutItem) {
     return null;
   }
-  const seamBelowItem =
-    input.item.id === input.lastHistoryItem?.id ? input.firstLiveHeadItem : null;
-  return input.renderStreamItem(input.item, historyIndex, input.historyItems, {
-    belowItem: seamBelowItem,
-    suppressTurnFooter: input.item.id === input.bottomTurnFooterHost?.itemId,
-  });
+  return input.renderStreamItem(layoutItem);
 }
 
 function renderLiveHeadStreamItem(input: {
   item: StreamItem;
-  index: number;
-  items: StreamItem[];
-  lastHistoryItem: StreamItem | null;
-  bottomTurnFooterHost: TurnFooterHost | null;
-  renderStreamItem: (
-    item: StreamItem,
-    index: number,
-    items: StreamItem[],
-    seams?: StreamItemBoundarySeams,
-  ) => ReactNode;
+  layoutItemById: Map<string, StreamLayoutItem>;
+  renderStreamItem: (layoutItem: StreamLayoutItem) => ReactNode;
 }): ReactNode {
-  return input.renderStreamItem(input.item, input.index, input.items, {
-    aboveItem: input.index === 0 ? input.lastHistoryItem : null,
-    suppressTurnFooter: input.item.id === input.bottomTurnFooterHost?.itemId,
-  });
+  const layoutItem = input.layoutItemById.get(input.item.id);
+  if (!layoutItem) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return input.renderStreamItem(layoutItem);
 }
 
 export interface AgentStreamViewHandle {
@@ -396,6 +356,23 @@ const AgentStreamViewComponent = forwardRef<AgentStreamViewHandle, AgentStreamVi
         isMobileBreakpoint: isMobile,
       });
     }, [agent.status, isMobile, streamHead, streamItems]);
+    const streamLayout = useMemo(
+      () =>
+        layoutStream({
+          strategy: streamRenderStrategy,
+          agentStatus: agent.status,
+          history: baseRenderModel.history,
+          liveHead: baseRenderModel.segments.liveHead,
+          timingByAssistantId: baseRenderModel.turnTiming.byAssistantId,
+        }),
+      [
+        agent.status,
+        baseRenderModel.history,
+        baseRenderModel.segments.liveHead,
+        baseRenderModel.turnTiming.byAssistantId,
+        streamRenderStrategy,
+      ],
+    );
     useImperativeHandle(
       ref,
       () => ({
@@ -432,73 +409,23 @@ const AgentStreamViewComponent = forwardRef<AgentStreamViewHandle, AgentStreamVi
     );
 
     const renderUserMessageItem = useCallback(
-      (
-        item: Extract<StreamItem, { kind: "user_message" }>,
-        index: number,
-        items: StreamItem[],
-        seamAboveItem: StreamItem | null,
-      ) => {
-        const aboveItem =
-          getStreamNeighborItem({
-            strategy: streamRenderStrategy,
-            items,
-            index,
-            relation: "above",
-          }) ??
-          seamAboveItem ??
-          undefined;
-        const belowItem = getStreamNeighborItem({
-          strategy: streamRenderStrategy,
-          items,
-          index,
-          relation: "below",
-        });
-        const isFirstInGroup = aboveItem?.kind !== "user_message";
-        const isLastInGroup = belowItem?.kind !== "user_message";
+      (layoutItem: StreamLayoutItem, item: Extract<StreamItem, { kind: "user_message" }>) => {
         return (
           <UserMessage
             message={item.text}
             images={item.images}
             attachments={item.attachments}
             timestamp={item.timestamp.getTime()}
-            isFirstInGroup={isFirstInGroup}
-            isLastInGroup={isLastInGroup}
+            isFirstInGroup={layoutItem.isFirstInUserGroup}
+            isLastInGroup={layoutItem.isLastInUserGroup}
           />
         );
       },
-      [streamRenderStrategy],
+      [],
     );
 
     const renderAssistantMessageItem = useCallback(
-      (
-        item: Extract<StreamItem, { kind: "assistant_message" }>,
-        index: number,
-        items: StreamItem[],
-        seams: StreamItemBoundarySeams,
-      ) => {
-        const aboveItem =
-          getStreamNeighborItem({
-            strategy: streamRenderStrategy,
-            items,
-            index,
-            relation: "above",
-          }) ??
-          seams.aboveItem ??
-          undefined;
-        const belowItem =
-          getStreamNeighborItem({
-            strategy: streamRenderStrategy,
-            items,
-            index,
-            relation: "below",
-          }) ??
-          seams.belowItem ??
-          undefined;
-        const spacing = getAssistantBlockSpacing({
-          item,
-          aboveItem,
-          belowItem,
-        });
+      (layoutItem: StreamLayoutItem, item: Extract<StreamItem, { kind: "assistant_message" }>) => {
         return (
           <AssistantFileLinkResolverProvider
             client={client}
@@ -513,23 +440,16 @@ const AgentStreamViewComponent = forwardRef<AgentStreamViewHandle, AgentStreamVi
               workspaceRoot={workspaceRoot}
               serverId={resolvedServerId}
               client={client}
-              spacing={spacing}
+              spacing={layoutItem.assistantSpacing}
             />
           </AssistantFileLinkResolverProvider>
         );
       },
-      [client, handleInlinePathPress, resolvedServerId, streamRenderStrategy, toast, workspaceRoot],
+      [client, handleInlinePathPress, resolvedServerId, toast, workspaceRoot],
     );
 
     const renderThoughtItem = useCallback(
-      (item: Extract<StreamItem, { kind: "thought" }>, index: number, items: StreamItem[]) => {
-        const nextItem = getStreamNeighborItem({
-          strategy: streamRenderStrategy,
-          items,
-          index,
-          relation: "below",
-        });
-        const isLastInSequence = nextItem?.kind !== "tool_call" && nextItem?.kind !== "thought";
+      (layoutItem: StreamLayoutItem, item: Extract<StreamItem, { kind: "thought" }>) => {
         return (
           <ToolCallSlot
             itemId={item.id}
@@ -537,23 +457,16 @@ const AgentStreamViewComponent = forwardRef<AgentStreamViewHandle, AgentStreamVi
             toolName="thinking"
             args={item.text}
             status={item.status === "ready" ? "completed" : "executing"}
-            isLastInSequence={isLastInSequence}
+            isLastInSequence={layoutItem.isLastInToolSequence}
           />
         );
       },
-      [streamRenderStrategy, setInlineDetailsExpanded],
+      [setInlineDetailsExpanded],
     );
 
     const renderToolCallItem = useCallback(
-      (item: Extract<StreamItem, { kind: "tool_call" }>, index: number, items: StreamItem[]) => {
+      (layoutItem: StreamLayoutItem, item: Extract<StreamItem, { kind: "tool_call" }>) => {
         const { payload } = item;
-        const nextItem = getStreamNeighborItem({
-          strategy: streamRenderStrategy,
-          items,
-          index,
-          relation: "below",
-        });
-        const isLastInSequence = nextItem?.kind !== "tool_call" && nextItem?.kind !== "thought";
 
         if (payload.source === "agent") {
           const data = payload.data;
@@ -579,7 +492,7 @@ const AgentStreamViewComponent = forwardRef<AgentStreamViewHandle, AgentStreamVi
               detail={data.detail}
               cwd={agent.cwd}
               metadata={data.metadata}
-              isLastInSequence={isLastInSequence}
+              isLastInSequence={layoutItem.isLastInToolSequence}
               onOpenFilePath={handleToolCallOpenFile}
             />
           );
@@ -594,33 +507,29 @@ const AgentStreamViewComponent = forwardRef<AgentStreamViewHandle, AgentStreamVi
             args={data.arguments}
             result={data.result}
             status={data.status}
-            isLastInSequence={isLastInSequence}
+            isLastInSequence={layoutItem.isLastInToolSequence}
             onOpenFilePath={handleToolCallOpenFile}
           />
         );
       },
-      [agent.cwd, streamRenderStrategy, setInlineDetailsExpanded, handleToolCallOpenFile],
+      [agent.cwd, setInlineDetailsExpanded, handleToolCallOpenFile],
     );
 
     const renderStreamItemContent = useCallback(
-      (
-        item: StreamItem,
-        index: number,
-        items: StreamItem[],
-        seams: StreamItemBoundarySeams = {},
-      ) => {
+      (layoutItem: StreamLayoutItem) => {
+        const item = layoutItem.item;
         switch (item.kind) {
           case "user_message":
-            return renderUserMessageItem(item, index, items, seams.aboveItem ?? null);
+            return renderUserMessageItem(layoutItem, item);
 
           case "assistant_message":
-            return renderAssistantMessageItem(item, index, items, seams);
+            return renderAssistantMessageItem(layoutItem, item);
 
           case "thought":
-            return renderThoughtItem(item, index, items);
+            return renderThoughtItem(layoutItem, item);
 
           case "tool_call":
-            return renderToolCallItem(item, index, items);
+            return renderToolCallItem(layoutItem, item);
 
           case "activity_log":
             return (
@@ -651,54 +560,18 @@ const AgentStreamViewComponent = forwardRef<AgentStreamViewHandle, AgentStreamVi
       [renderUserMessageItem, renderAssistantMessageItem, renderThoughtItem, renderToolCallItem],
     );
 
-    const bottomTurnFooterHost = useMemo(() => {
-      return resolveBottomTurnFooterHost({
-        agentStatus: agent.status,
-        history: baseRenderModel.history,
-        liveHead: baseRenderModel.segments.liveHead,
-        isInverted: streamRenderStrategy.getFlatListInverted(),
-        timingByAssistantId: baseRenderModel.turnTiming.byAssistantId,
-      });
-    }, [
-      agent.status,
-      baseRenderModel.history,
-      baseRenderModel.segments.liveHead,
-      baseRenderModel.turnTiming.byAssistantId,
-      streamRenderStrategy,
-    ]);
+    const bottomTurnFooterHost = streamLayout.auxiliaryTurnFooter;
 
     const renderStreamItem = useCallback(
-      (
-        item: StreamItem,
-        index: number,
-        items: StreamItem[],
-        seams: StreamItemBoundarySeams = {},
-      ) => {
-        const content = renderStreamItemContent(item, index, items, seams);
-        const nextItem = getStreamNeighborItem({
-          strategy: streamRenderStrategy,
-          items,
-          index,
-          relation: "below",
-        });
+      (layoutItem: StreamLayoutItem) => {
+        const content = renderStreamItemContent(layoutItem);
         return renderStreamItemWithTurnFooter({
           content,
-          item,
-          nextItem,
-          items,
-          timing: baseRenderModel.turnTiming.byAssistantId,
-          index,
-          agentStatus: agent.status,
-          suppressTurnFooter: seams.suppressTurnFooter,
+          layoutItem,
           strategy: streamRenderStrategy,
         });
       },
-      [
-        agent.status,
-        baseRenderModel.turnTiming.byAssistantId,
-        renderStreamItemContent,
-        streamRenderStrategy,
-      ],
+      [renderStreamItemContent, streamRenderStrategy],
     );
 
     const pendingPermissionItems = useMemo(
@@ -737,17 +610,14 @@ const AgentStreamViewComponent = forwardRef<AgentStreamViewHandle, AgentStreamVi
         ...baseRenderModel,
         boundary: {
           ...baseRenderModel.boundary,
-          historyToHeadGap: getGapBetweenStreamItems(
-            baseRenderModel.history.at(-1) ?? null,
-            baseRenderModel.segments.liveHead[0] ?? null,
-          ),
+          historyToHeadGap: streamLayout.historyToHeadGap,
         },
         auxiliary: {
           pendingPermissions: pendingPermissionsNode,
           turnFooter: turnFooterNode,
         },
       };
-    }, [baseRenderModel, pendingPermissionsNode, turnFooterNode]);
+    }, [baseRenderModel, pendingPermissionsNode, streamLayout.historyToHeadGap, turnFooterNode]);
 
     const emptyStateStyle = useMemo(() => [stylesheet.emptyState, stylesheet.contentWrapper], []);
     const listEmptyComponent = useMemo(
@@ -755,38 +625,32 @@ const AgentStreamViewComponent = forwardRef<AgentStreamViewHandle, AgentStreamVi
       [renderModel, emptyStateStyle],
     );
 
-    const historyItems = renderModel.history;
     const { boundary, auxiliary } = renderModel;
-    const lastHistoryItem = historyItems.at(-1) ?? null;
-    const firstLiveHeadItem = renderModel.segments.liveHead[0] ?? null;
 
-    const historyIndexById = useMemo(() => {
-      const indexById = new Map<string, number>();
-      historyItems.forEach((item, index) => {
-        indexById.set(item.id, index);
-      });
-      return indexById;
-    }, [historyItems]);
+    const layoutHistoryItemById = useMemo(() => {
+      const itemById = new Map<string, StreamLayoutItem>();
+      for (const item of streamLayout.history) {
+        itemById.set(item.item.id, item);
+      }
+      return itemById;
+    }, [streamLayout.history]);
+
+    const layoutLiveHeadItemById = useMemo(() => {
+      const itemById = new Map<string, StreamLayoutItem>();
+      for (const item of streamLayout.liveHead) {
+        itemById.set(item.item.id, item);
+      }
+      return itemById;
+    }, [streamLayout.liveHead]);
 
     const renderHistoryRow = useCallback(
       (item: StreamItem) =>
         renderHistoryStreamItem({
           item,
-          historyIndexById,
-          historyItems,
-          lastHistoryItem,
-          firstLiveHeadItem,
-          bottomTurnFooterHost,
+          layoutItemById: layoutHistoryItemById,
           renderStreamItem,
         }),
-      [
-        bottomTurnFooterHost,
-        firstLiveHeadItem,
-        historyIndexById,
-        historyItems,
-        lastHistoryItem,
-        renderStreamItem,
-      ],
+      [layoutHistoryItemById, renderStreamItem],
     );
 
     const renderHistoryVirtualizedRow = useCallback<
@@ -797,16 +661,13 @@ const AgentStreamViewComponent = forwardRef<AgentStreamViewHandle, AgentStreamVi
       [renderHistoryRow],
     );
     const renderLiveHeadRow = useCallback<StreamSegmentRenderers["renderLiveHeadRow"]>(
-      (item, index, items) =>
+      (item) =>
         renderLiveHeadStreamItem({
           item,
-          index,
-          items,
-          lastHistoryItem,
-          bottomTurnFooterHost,
+          layoutItemById: layoutLiveHeadItemById,
           renderStreamItem,
         }),
-      [bottomTurnFooterHost, lastHistoryItem, renderStreamItem],
+      [layoutLiveHeadItemById, renderStreamItem],
     );
     const renderLiveAuxiliary = useCallback<StreamSegmentRenderers["renderLiveAuxiliary"]>(() => {
       return renderLiveAuxiliaryNode({
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-web-virtualization.test.ts b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/web-virtualization.test.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-web-virtualization.test.ts
rename to packages/app/src/agent-stream/web-virtualization.test.ts
index 736fef315..de6fe1052 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-web-virtualization.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/web-virtualization.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   getWebPartialVirtualizationThreshold,
   splitWebVirtualizedHistory,
   type IndexedStreamItem,
-} from "./agent-stream-web-virtualization";
+} from "./web-virtualization";
 
 function createTimestamp(seed: number): Date {
   return new Date(`2026-01-01T00:00:${seed.toString().padStart(2, "0")}.000Z`);
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-web-virtualization.ts b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/web-virtualization.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-web-virtualization.ts
rename to packages/app/src/agent-stream/web-virtualization.ts
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-render-strategy.ts b/packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-render-strategy.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9965bdeb3..000000000
--- a/packages/app/src/components/agent-stream-render-strategy.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-export * from "./stream-strategy";
-export * from "./stream-strategy-resolver";
-export * from "./agent-stream-render-model";
diff --git a/packages/app/src/panels/agent-panel.tsx b/packages/app/src/panels/agent-panel.tsx
index 6798f471e..6c40eab6d 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/panels/agent-panel.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/panels/agent-panel.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { StyleSheet, withUnistyles } from "react-native-unistyles";
 import invariant from "tiny-invariant";
 import { shallow, useShallow } from "zustand/shallow";
 import { useStoreWithEqualityFn } from "zustand/traditional";
-import { AgentStreamView, type AgentStreamViewHandle } from "@/components/agent-stream-view";
+import { AgentStreamView, type AgentStreamViewHandle } from "@/agent-stream/view";
 import { ArchivedAgentCallout } from "@/components/archived-agent-callout";
 import { Composer } from "@/components/composer";
 import { FileDropZone } from "@/components/file-drop-zone";
diff --git a/packages/app/src/screens/agent/agent-ready-screen-bottom-anchor.ts b/packages/app/src/screens/agent/agent-ready-screen-bottom-anchor.ts
index 7b2bedf13..7bd3498b6 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/screens/agent/agent-ready-screen-bottom-anchor.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/screens/agent/agent-ready-screen-bottom-anchor.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { BottomAnchorRouteRequest } from "@/components/use-bottom-anchor-controller";
+import type { BottomAnchorRouteRequest } from "@/agent-stream/bottom-anchor-controller";
 
 export interface RouteBottomAnchorIntent {
   routeKey: string;
diff --git a/packages/app/src/screens/workspace/workspace-draft-agent-tab.tsx b/packages/app/src/screens/workspace/workspace-draft-agent-tab.tsx
index 28442654e..fdf5024f9 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/screens/workspace/workspace-draft-agent-tab.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/screens/workspace/workspace-draft-agent-tab.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import invariant from "tiny-invariant";
 import { Composer } from "@/components/composer";
 import { ComposerImportPill } from "@/screens/workspace/composer-import-pill";
 import { FileDropZone } from "@/components/file-drop-zone";
-import { AgentStreamView } from "@/components/agent-stream-view";
+import { AgentStreamView } from "@/agent-stream/view";
 import { composerWorkspaceAttachment } from "@/attachments/composer-workspace-attachments";
 import type { ImageAttachment } from "@/components/message-input";
 import { useAgentInputDraft } from "@/hooks/use-agent-input-draft";