diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive-mode.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive-mode.ts
index 5a271f936..e69c1ca9a 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive-mode.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive-mode.ts
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ export class InteractiveMode implements InteractiveModeContext {
 		// unless the user opts in, and never emits raw escapes on other terminals.
 		setTerminalTextSizing(settings.get("tui.textSizing") && TERMINAL.textSizing);
 		this.chatContainer = new TranscriptContainer();
-		this.pendingMessagesContainer = new Container();
+		this.pendingMessagesContainer = new AnchoredLiveContainer();
 		this.statusContainer = new AnchoredLiveContainer();
 		this.todoContainer = new AnchoredLiveContainer();
 		this.subagentContainer = new AnchoredLiveContainer();
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/interactive-mode-plan-review.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/interactive-mode-plan-review.test.ts
index 0b91c96e5..7efce822d 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/interactive-mode-plan-review.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/interactive-mode-plan-review.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { AuthStorage } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/session/auth-storage";
 import { SILENT_ABORT_MARKER, USER_INTERRUPT_LABEL } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/session/messages";
 import { SessionManager } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/session/session-manager";
 import { AUTO_THINKING } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/thinking";
-import { setKeybindings } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-tui";
+import { setKeybindings, Text } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-tui";
 import { formatNumber, TempDir } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-utils";
 
 /**
@@ -131,6 +131,16 @@ describe("InteractiveMode plan review rendering", () => {
 		resetSettingsForTest();
 	});
 
+	it("keeps queued-message rows in the live region instead of native scrollback", () => {
+		const liveRegion = mode.pendingMessagesContainer as {
+			getNativeScrollbackLiveRegionStart?: () => number | undefined;
+		};
+
+		expect(liveRegion.getNativeScrollbackLiveRegionStart?.()).toBeUndefined();
+		mode.pendingMessagesContainer.addChild(new Text("Queued: follow-up"));
+		expect(liveRegion.getNativeScrollbackLiveRegionStart?.()).toBe(0);
+	});
+
 	it("exits empty plan mode without confirmation", async () => {
 		const planFilePath = "local://PLAN.md";
 		const resolvedPlanPath = resolveLocalUrlToPath(planFilePath, {