diff --git a/webui/src/components/thread/AgentActivityCluster.tsx b/webui/src/components/thread/AgentActivityCluster.tsx
index 13e502d5c..fe821317f 100644
--- a/webui/src/components/thread/AgentActivityCluster.tsx
+++ b/webui/src/components/thread/AgentActivityCluster.tsx
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ export function AgentActivityCluster({
     }
     if (!wasStreaming || userToggledOuter) return undefined;
     setCompletionHoldOpen(true);
-    const timeout = window.setTimeout(() => setCompletionHoldOpen(false), 900);
+    const timeout = window.setTimeout(() => setCompletionHoldOpen(false), 300);
     return () => window.clearTimeout(timeout);
   }, [isTurnStreaming, userToggledOuter]);
 
diff --git a/webui/src/components/thread/ThreadComposer.tsx b/webui/src/components/thread/ThreadComposer.tsx
index d930e7c7c..66de104e6 100644
--- a/webui/src/components/thread/ThreadComposer.tsx
+++ b/webui/src/components/thread/ThreadComposer.tsx
@@ -2226,7 +2226,7 @@ export function ThreadComposer({
             role="alert"
             className={cn(
               "mx-3 mb-1 max-h-10 overflow-hidden rounded-md border border-destructive/40 bg-destructive/8 px-2.5 py-1",
-              "text-[11.5px] font-medium text-destructive transition-[max-height,margin,padding,opacity] duration-500 ease-out",
+              "text-[11.5px] font-medium text-destructive transition-[max-height,margin,padding,opacity] [transition-duration:220ms] ease-out motion-reduce:transition-none",
               voiceErrorFading && "mb-0 max-h-0 border-transparent py-0 opacity-0",
             )}
           >
diff --git a/webui/src/components/thread/ThreadShell.tsx b/webui/src/components/thread/ThreadShell.tsx
index cfca2096e..eccfba003 100644
--- a/webui/src/components/thread/ThreadShell.tsx
+++ b/webui/src/components/thread/ThreadShell.tsx
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ export function ThreadShell({
       {t("thread.loadingConversation")}
     </div>
   ) : (
-    <div className="flex w-full flex-col items-center text-center animate-in fade-in-0 slide-in-from-bottom-2 duration-500">
+    <div className="flex w-full flex-col items-center text-center animate-in fade-in-0 slide-in-from-bottom-2 [animation-duration:220ms] motion-reduce:animate-none">
       <HeroGreeting text={t(heroGreetingKey)} />
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/webui/src/components/thread/ThreadViewport.tsx b/webui/src/components/thread/ThreadViewport.tsx
index df3c8214d..5c5c5c1bf 100644
--- a/webui/src/components/thread/ThreadViewport.tsx
+++ b/webui/src/components/thread/ThreadViewport.tsx
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ function isKeyboardEditableElement(element: Element | null): element is HTMLElem
   ].includes(element.type);
 }
 
+function isThreadDisclosureTarget(target: EventTarget | null): boolean {
+  return target instanceof Element
+    && target.closest("[data-thread-disclosure]") !== null;
+}
+
 type ThreadScrollDirection = "backward" | "forward";
 
 const KEYBOARD_SCROLL_DIRECTIONS: Readonly<
@@ -572,7 +577,12 @@ export const ThreadViewport = forwardRef<ThreadViewportHandle, ThreadViewportPro
       handleDirectionalInput(directionFromDelta(event.deltaY));
     };
     const handlePointerDown = (event: PointerEvent) => {
-      if (event.button === 0 && event.target === el) yieldCameraToUser();
+      if (
+        event.button === 0
+        && (event.target === el || isThreadDisclosureTarget(event.target))
+      ) {
+        yieldCameraToUser();
+      }
     };
     let lastTouchY: number | null = null;
     const handleTouchStart = (event: TouchEvent) => {
@@ -600,6 +610,13 @@ export const ThreadViewport = forwardRef<ThreadViewportHandle, ThreadViewportPro
       ) {
         return;
       }
+      if (
+        (event.key === "Enter" || event.key === " ")
+        && isThreadDisclosureTarget(event.target)
+      ) {
+        yieldCameraToUser();
+        return;
+      }
       handleDirectionalInput(keyboardScrollDirection(event));
     };
     el.addEventListener("scroll", handleScroll, { passive: true });
diff --git a/webui/src/components/thread/activity/ReasoningRow.tsx b/webui/src/components/thread/activity/ReasoningRow.tsx
index 1dbcf2217..dcca377a0 100644
--- a/webui/src/components/thread/activity/ReasoningRow.tsx
+++ b/webui/src/components/thread/activity/ReasoningRow.tsx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ function ReasoningMarker({ streaming }: { streaming: boolean }) {
   useEffect(() => {
     if (wasStreamingRef.current && !streaming) {
       setJustCompleted(true);
-      const timeout = window.setTimeout(() => setJustCompleted(false), 650);
+      const timeout = window.setTimeout(() => setJustCompleted(false), 300);
       wasStreamingRef.current = streaming;
       return () => window.clearTimeout(timeout);
     }
diff --git a/webui/src/components/thread/activity/ThinkingReasoningShell.tsx b/webui/src/components/thread/activity/ThinkingReasoningShell.tsx
index 26666ee2d..7825cc0af 100644
--- a/webui/src/components/thread/activity/ThinkingReasoningShell.tsx
+++ b/webui/src/components/thread/activity/ThinkingReasoningShell.tsx
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export function ThinkingReasoningShell({
     >
       <button
         type="button"
+        data-thread-disclosure=""
         className="group inline-flex min-h-5 items-center self-start gap-1.5 bg-transparent p-0"
         onClick={onToggle}
         aria-expanded={expanded}
@@ -51,8 +52,8 @@ export function ThinkingReasoningShell({
         </span>
         <span
           className={cn(
-            "inline-flex shrink-0 transition-transform [transition-duration:600ms] ease-out",
-            "motion-reduce:[transition-duration:220ms]",
+            "inline-flex shrink-0 transition-transform [transition-duration:220ms] ease-out",
+            "motion-reduce:transition-none",
             expanded && "rotate-180",
           )}
         >
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ export function ThinkingReasoningShell({
 
       <div
         className={cn(
-          "grid transition-[grid-template-rows,opacity] [transition-duration:600ms] ease-out motion-reduce:[transition-duration:220ms]",
+          "grid transition-[grid-template-rows,opacity] [transition-duration:220ms] ease-out motion-reduce:transition-none",
           expanded
             ? "grid-rows-[1fr] opacity-100"
             : "pointer-events-none grid-rows-[0fr] opacity-0",
diff --git a/webui/src/globals.css b/webui/src/globals.css
index 720326445..6f7febab1 100644
--- a/webui/src/globals.css
+++ b/webui/src/globals.css
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
     pointer-events: none;
     background-color: rgb(236 141 49);
     opacity: 0;
-    transition: opacity 600ms ease-in-out;
+    transition: opacity 220ms ease-out;
   }
 
   .composer-model-badge[data-fallback="true"]::before {
@@ -352,8 +352,7 @@
    */
   .thread-layout {
     grid-template-rows: minmax(min-content, 1fr) auto 0fr;
-    transition:
-      grid-template-rows 900ms cubic-bezier(0.33, 1, 0.68, 1);
+    transition: grid-template-rows 220ms ease-out;
   }
   .thread-layout[data-layout="thread"] {
     grid-template-rows: minmax(0, 1fr) auto 0fr;
@@ -404,7 +403,7 @@
     animation: composer-status-strip-exit 180ms ease-in both;
   }
   .composer-status-drawer {
-    --composer-status-drawer-duration: 600ms;
+    --composer-status-drawer-duration: 220ms;
     --composer-status-drawer-easing: ease-out;
 
     display: grid;
@@ -501,14 +500,14 @@
       animation: none;
     }
     .composer-status-drawer {
-      transition-duration: 220ms;
+      transition-duration: 0.01ms;
     }
     .composer-status-drawer-content {
-      transform: translateY(2px);
-      transition-duration: 140ms, 220ms;
+      transform: none;
+      transition-duration: 120ms, 0.01ms;
     }
     .thread-layout {
-      transition-duration: 360ms;
+      transition-duration: 0.01ms;
     }
     .run-pulse-icon,
     .run-pulse-icon * {
diff --git a/webui/src/tests/agent-activity-cluster.test.tsx b/webui/src/tests/agent-activity-cluster.test.tsx
index 147054200..29f328cce 100644
--- a/webui/src/tests/agent-activity-cluster.test.tsx
+++ b/webui/src/tests/agent-activity-cluster.test.tsx
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ describe("AgentActivityCluster", () => {
 
       expect(screen.getByTestId("agent-activity-scroll")).toBeInTheDocument();
       act(() => {
-        vi.advanceTimersByTime(901);
+        vi.advanceTimersByTime(301);
       });
       expect(screen.queryByTestId("agent-activity-scroll")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
       expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Thought" })).toHaveAttribute(
@@ -413,12 +413,13 @@ describe("AgentActivityCluster", () => {
     );
 
     const button = screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Thought" });
+    expect(button).toHaveAttribute("data-thread-disclosure");
     const chevron = button.querySelector("svg");
     expect(chevron).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(chevron).toHaveClass("transition-colors", "duration-200");
     expect(chevron?.parentElement).toHaveClass(
       "transition-transform",
-      "[transition-duration:600ms]",
+      "[transition-duration:220ms]",
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/webui/src/tests/thread-viewport.test.tsx b/webui/src/tests/thread-viewport.test.tsx
index 4e5552414..2e2f7c71f 100644
--- a/webui/src/tests/thread-viewport.test.tsx
+++ b/webui/src/tests/thread-viewport.test.tsx
@@ -215,6 +215,34 @@ function ViewportWithPromptNavigator({ messages }: { messages: UIMessage[] }) {
 }
 
 describe("ThreadViewport", () => {
+  it("keeps reasoning disclosure anchored for pointer and keyboard toggles", () => {
+    const takeUserControl = vi.spyOn(
+      ThreadMotionCoordinator.prototype,
+      "takeUserControl",
+    );
+    render(
+      <ThreadViewport
+        messages={[{
+          id: "reasoning-1",
+          role: "assistant",
+          content: "",
+          reasoning: "A completed thought",
+          createdAt: 1,
+        }]}
+        isStreaming={false}
+        composer={<div>composer</div>}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    const disclosure = screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Thought" });
+    fireEvent.pointerDown(disclosure, { button: 0 });
+    expect(takeUserControl).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    takeUserControl.mockClear();
+    fireEvent.keyDown(disclosure, { key: "Enter" });
+    expect(takeUserControl).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
   it("top-aligns short threads in the message rendering area", () => {
     render(
       <ThreadViewport