diff --git a/packages/app/src/agent-stream/bottom-anchor-controller.test.ts b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/bottom-anchor-controller.test.ts
index f37b79a23e..7a701294fa 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/agent-stream/bottom-anchor-controller.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/bottom-anchor-controller.test.ts
@@ -257,6 +257,35 @@ describe("bottom anchor controller driver", () => {
     expect(harness.scrollToBottom).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("pauses sticky maintenance while a user scroll owns the viewport", () => {
+    const harness = createDriverHarness({
+      transportBehavior: {
+        verificationDelayFrames: 2,
+        verificationRetryMode: "recheck",
+      },
+    });
+
+    harness.driver.prepareForStickyContentChange();
+    harness.driver.beginUserScroll();
+    harness.driver.handleContentSizeChange({
+      previousContentHeight: 1200,
+      contentHeight: 1400,
+    });
+    harness.context.nearBottom = false;
+    harness.driver.handleScrollNearBottomChange({
+      nextIsNearBottom: false,
+      scrollDelta: 1,
+    });
+    harness.scheduler.flushAll();
+
+    expect(harness.scrollToBottom).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(harness.driver.getSnapshot()).toMatchObject({
+      mode: "detached",
+      pendingRequest: null,
+      pendingVerification: null,
+    });
+  });
+
   it("switches back to sticky-bottom for explicit jump-to-bottom", () => {
     const harness = createDriverHarness({
       isNearBottom: false,
diff --git a/packages/app/src/agent-stream/bottom-anchor-controller.ts b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/bottom-anchor-controller.ts
index b9f77c13cf..895343194a 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/agent-stream/bottom-anchor-controller.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/bottom-anchor-controller.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ interface BottomAnchorControllerDriver {
   resetForAgent: () => void;
   applyRouteRequest: (request: BottomAnchorRouteRequest | null) => void;
   requestLocalAnchor: (request: BottomAnchorLocalRequest) => void;
+  beginUserScroll: () => void;
+  endUserScroll: () => void;
   detachByUser: () => void;
   handleViewportMetricsChange: (params: {
     previousViewportWidth: number;
@@ -243,6 +245,7 @@ function createBottomAnchorControllerDriver(
   let lastRouteRequestKey: string | null = null;
   let stickyMeasurementRevision = 0;
   let lastVerifiedStickyMeasurementRevision = 0;
+  let isUserScrollActive = false;
 
   const setBlockedReason = (nextBlockedReason: BottomAnchorBlockedReason | null) => {
     if (blockedReason === nextBlockedReason) {
@@ -481,6 +484,7 @@ function createBottomAnchorControllerDriver(
       cancelPendingAttempt();
       stickyMeasurementRevision = 0;
       lastVerifiedStickyMeasurementRevision = 0;
+      isUserScrollActive = false;
       mode = "sticky-bottom";
       input.onModeChange("sticky-bottom");
     },
@@ -497,6 +501,21 @@ function createBottomAnchorControllerDriver(
     requestLocalAnchor(request) {
       createRequest(request);
     },
+    beginUserScroll() {
+      isUserScrollActive = true;
+      cancelPendingRequest("user_scroll_started");
+    },
+    endUserScroll() {
+      isUserScrollActive = false;
+      if (mode !== "sticky-bottom") {
+        return;
+      }
+      if (input.isNearBottom()) {
+        markStickyMeasurementVerified();
+        return;
+      }
+      this.detachByUser();
+    },
     detachByUser() {
       if (mode === "detached") {
         return;
@@ -511,6 +530,9 @@ function createBottomAnchorControllerDriver(
       ) {
         markStickyMeasurementChanged();
       }
+      if (isUserScrollActive) {
+        return;
+      }
       const shouldRestick = __private__.shouldRestickOnViewportChange({
         mode,
         previousViewportWidth: params.previousViewportWidth,
@@ -529,6 +551,9 @@ function createBottomAnchorControllerDriver(
       if (params.previousContentHeight !== params.contentHeight) {
         markStickyMeasurementChanged();
       }
+      if (isUserScrollActive) {
+        return;
+      }
       const shouldRestick = __private__.shouldRestickOnContentChange({
         mode,
         previousContentHeight: params.previousContentHeight,
@@ -558,6 +583,9 @@ function createBottomAnchorControllerDriver(
         return;
       }
       markStickyMeasurementChanged();
+      if (isUserScrollActive) {
+        return;
+      }
       if (!pendingRequest) {
         pendingVerification = { requestId: null, retries: 0 };
         if (attemptHandle) {
@@ -571,6 +599,12 @@ function createBottomAnchorControllerDriver(
     },
     handleScrollNearBottomChange(params) {
       const { nextIsNearBottom, scrollDelta } = params;
+      if (isUserScrollActive) {
+        if (mode === "sticky-bottom" && !nextIsNearBottom) {
+          this.detachByUser();
+        }
+        return;
+      }
       if (
         nextIsNearBottom &&
         mode === "sticky-bottom" &&
@@ -737,6 +771,12 @@ export function useBottomAnchorController(input: {
     requestLocalAnchor(request: BottomAnchorLocalRequest) {
       driverRef.current?.requestLocalAnchor(request);
     },
+    beginUserScroll() {
+      driverRef.current?.beginUserScroll();
+    },
+    endUserScroll() {
+      driverRef.current?.endUserScroll();
+    },
     detachByUser() {
       driverRef.current?.detachByUser();
     },
diff --git a/packages/app/src/agent-stream/strategy-native.tsx b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/strategy-native.tsx
index 4463aae6fd..ef710f53f4 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/agent-stream/strategy-native.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/strategy-native.tsx
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ function NativeStreamViewport(props: StreamRenderInput & { strategy: StreamStrat
     contentMeasuredForKey: null as string | null,
   });
   const scrollOffsetYRef = useRef(0);
+  const isUserScrollActiveRef = useRef(false);
+  const userScrollEndFrameIdRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
   const programmaticScrollEventBudgetRef = useRef(0);
   const [isNativeViewportSettling, setIsNativeViewportSettling] = useState(false);
   const nativeViewportSettlingFrameIdRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
@@ -129,6 +131,13 @@ function NativeStreamViewport(props: StreamRenderInput & { strategy: StreamStrat
     }
   }, []);
 
+  const clearPendingUserScrollEnd = useCallback(() => {
+    if (userScrollEndFrameIdRef.current !== null) {
+      cancelAnimationFrame(userScrollEndFrameIdRef.current);
+      userScrollEndFrameIdRef.current = null;
+    }
+  }, []);
+
   const markNativeViewportSettling = useCallback(() => {
     clearNativeViewportSettling();
     setIsNativeViewportSettling(true);
@@ -208,6 +217,8 @@ function NativeStreamViewport(props: StreamRenderInput & { strategy: StreamStrat
       contentMeasuredForKey: null,
     };
     scrollOffsetYRef.current = 0;
+    isUserScrollActiveRef.current = false;
+    clearPendingUserScrollEnd();
     clearNativeViewportSettling();
     setIsNativeViewportSettling(false);
     historyStartReadyRef.current = false;
@@ -216,8 +227,9 @@ function NativeStreamViewport(props: StreamRenderInput & { strategy: StreamStrat
     });
     return () => {
       cancelAnimationFrame(frame);
+      clearPendingUserScrollEnd();
     };
-  }, [agentId, clearNativeViewportSettling]);
+  }, [agentId, clearNativeViewportSettling, clearPendingUserScrollEnd]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const keyboardEvents = [
@@ -301,7 +313,11 @@ function NativeStreamViewport(props: StreamRenderInput & { strategy: StreamStrat
       onNearHistoryStart();
     }
 
-    if (programmaticScrollEventBudgetRef.current > 0 && contentOffset.y <= 8) {
+    if (
+      !isUserScrollActiveRef.current &&
+      programmaticScrollEventBudgetRef.current > 0 &&
+      contentOffset.y <= 8
+    ) {
       programmaticScrollEventBudgetRef.current -= 1;
     } else {
       programmaticScrollEventBudgetRef.current = 0;
@@ -312,6 +328,31 @@ function NativeStreamViewport(props: StreamRenderInput & { strategy: StreamStrat
     }
   });
 
+  const handleScrollBeginDrag = useStableEvent(() => {
+    clearPendingUserScrollEnd();
+    isUserScrollActiveRef.current = true;
+    bottomAnchorController.beginUserScroll();
+  });
+
+  const handleScrollEndDrag = useStableEvent(() => {
+    clearPendingUserScrollEnd();
+    userScrollEndFrameIdRef.current = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      userScrollEndFrameIdRef.current = null;
+      isUserScrollActiveRef.current = false;
+      bottomAnchorController.endUserScroll();
+    });
+  });
+
+  const handleMomentumScrollBegin = useStableEvent(() => {
+    clearPendingUserScrollEnd();
+  });
+
+  const handleMomentumScrollEnd = useStableEvent(() => {
+    clearPendingUserScrollEnd();
+    isUserScrollActiveRef.current = false;
+    bottomAnchorController.endUserScroll();
+  });
+
   const handleListLayout = useStableEvent((event: LayoutChangeEvent) => {
     const previousViewportWidth = streamViewportMetricsRef.current.viewportWidth;
     const previousViewportHeight = streamViewportMetricsRef.current.viewportHeight;
@@ -419,6 +460,10 @@ function NativeStreamViewport(props: StreamRenderInput & { strategy: StreamStrat
       style={listStyle}
       onLayout={handleListLayout}
       onScroll={handleScroll}
+      onScrollBeginDrag={handleScrollBeginDrag}
+      onScrollEndDrag={handleScrollEndDrag}
+      onMomentumScrollBegin={handleMomentumScrollBegin}
+      onMomentumScrollEnd={handleMomentumScrollEnd}
       scrollEventThrottle={16}
       onContentSizeChange={handleContentSizeChange}
       maintainVisibleContentPosition={maintainVisibleContentPosition}