Hide working status before final single-line answers render

codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs

@@ -1017,6 +1017,9 @@ impl ChatWidget {
         if let Some(mut controller) = self.stream_controller.take()
             && let Some(cell) = controller.finalize()
         {
+            // Match newline-committed streaming behavior: once assistant output is committed into
+            // history, hide the inline status row so the new transcript content takes its place.
+            self.bottom_pane.hide_status_indicator();
             self.add_boxed_history(cell);
         }
         self.adaptive_chunking.reset();

codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/snapshots/codex_tui__chatwidget__tests__single_line_final_answer_hides_working_status_in_transcript_snapshot.snap

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+source: tui/src/chatwidget/tests.rs
+expression: term.backend().vt100().screen().contents()
+---
+
+› count to 1
+
+
+• 1
+
+
+› Ask Codex to do anything
+
+  ? for shortcuts    100% context left

codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/tests.rs

@@ -3971,6 +3971,49 @@ async fn unified_exec_begin_restores_working_status_snapshot() {
     );
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn single_line_final_answer_hides_working_status_in_transcript_snapshot() {
+    let (mut chat, mut rx, _op_rx) = make_chatwidget_manual(None).await;
+    chat.thread_id = Some(ThreadId::new());
+
+    chat.on_user_message_event(UserMessageEvent {
+        message: "count to 1".to_string(),
+        images: None,
+        local_images: Vec::new(),
+        text_elements: Vec::new(),
+    });
+    chat.on_task_started();
+    complete_assistant_message(
+        &mut chat,
+        "msg-final-single-line",
+        "1",
+        Some(MessagePhase::FinalAnswer),
+    );
+
+    assert!(!chat.bottom_pane.status_indicator_visible());
+
+    let width: u16 = 40;
+    let vt_height: u16 = 10;
+    let ui_height: u16 = chat.desired_height(width);
+    let viewport = Rect::new(0, vt_height - ui_height - 1, width, ui_height);
+
+    let backend = VT100Backend::new(width, vt_height);
+    let mut term = crate::custom_terminal::Terminal::with_options(backend).expect("terminal");
+    term.set_viewport_area(viewport);
+
+    for lines in drain_insert_history(&mut rx) {
+        crate::insert_history::insert_history_lines(&mut term, lines)
+            .expect("Failed to insert history lines in test");
+    }
+
+    term.draw(|f| {
+        chat.render(f.area(), f.buffer_mut());
+    })
+    .expect("draw chatwidget");
+
+    assert_snapshot!(term.backend().vt100().screen().contents());
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn steer_enter_queues_while_plan_stream_is_active() {
     let (mut chat, mut rx, mut op_rx) = make_chatwidget_manual(None).await;