diff --git a/docs/changes/unreleased/1681-stopped-answer-reopens-behind-its-chip.md b/docs/changes/unreleased/1681-stopped-answer-reopens-behind-its-chip.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40db1eb274
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changes/unreleased/1681-stopped-answer-reopens-behind-its-chip.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+kind: fixed
+title: a stopped answer can still be opened after reopening its conversation
+pr: 1681
+surface: [chat, docs]
+invalidates:
+  - "Reopening a conversation whose last answer you stopped showed only your message: no `▸ stopped by you` chip, and ctrl+e opened nothing, though the words were in the journal (dev only, since #1627). The reopened turn now draws the same stopped chip, and ctrl+e shows the words that arrived before the stop, as unfinished work."
+---
diff --git a/internal/manual/chat/keys.md b/internal/manual/chat/keys.md
index c69c758bae..48b3b08812 100644
--- a/internal/manual/chat/keys.md
+++ b/internal/manual/chat/keys.md
@@ -410,6 +410,14 @@ land, stops the answer and then quits. Nothing you typed is lost when it does: t
 and anything waiting for an answer are written to disk on the way out. See "Quitting
 codeaf — how do I exit, close it, or why did ctrl+c not quit" below.
 
+## Reopen a conversation after stopping an answer — where did the answer I stopped go
+
+When you stop an answer with `esc` or `ctrl+c`, its unfinished words fold behind
+`▸ stopped by you`. Reopening the conversation keeps that chip. Press `ctrl+e`
+to open it and read the words that arrived before you stopped. They stay
+unfinished work, not a completed answer. After reopening, the chip may leave out
+how long the answer ran, because that time is not saved.
+
 ## Esc is not stopping it — how long does a stop take, why the turn is still finishing, how long stopping takes, and what happens if it will not stop or will not let go
 
 **I pressed escape and it is still running.** That is this section: escape is not being
diff --git a/internal/tui3/replay.go b/internal/tui3/replay.go
index 691a685e56..82f9c47013 100644
--- a/internal/tui3/replay.go
+++ b/internal/tui3/replay.go
@@ -781,6 +781,17 @@ func (a *app) replayBlocks(entries []session.DisplayEntry, shape replayShape) ([
 			if text == "" {
 				continue
 			}
+			// AN INTERRUPTED OPERATIONAL PARTIAL IS STILL THE MODEL'S WORK.
+			// The journal gives it an aside audience so it cannot stand as an
+			// answer, but a generic note at the end of a stopped turn is left
+			// outside the fold as news from the surface. Keep the partial as cut
+			// assistant work so the stopped chip can disclose its exact words.
+			if e.Interrupted {
+				blocks = append(blocks, entry{
+					kind: entryAssistant, text: text, turn: turn, settled: true, cut: true,
+				})
+				continue
+			}
 			// A LINE THE TEAM SENT IS A CARD, headed by who said it to whom
 			// (teamcard.go), and never the person's `›`. A TEAM WAKE WITH
 			// NOTHING DELIVERED IN IT IS NOT DRAWN: it is the sentence that told
diff --git a/internal/tui3/stopped_replay_test.go b/internal/tui3/stopped_replay_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d400604cac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tui3/stopped_replay_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+package tui3
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/Agent-Field/codeaf/internal/config"
+	"github.com/Agent-Field/codeaf/internal/session"
+)
+
+// A real stopped session writes the partial answer before the surface reopens
+// it, so this test crosses the same journal boundary as leaving for Home.
+func TestAStoppedPlainAnswerReopensBehindAReadableDisclosure(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name, streamed, visible string
+		tool                    bool
+	}{
+		{"plain answer", "The river bends past the old bridge.", "The river bends past the old bridge.", false},
+		{"explicit update", "[update] The first file is ready.", "The first file is ready.", false},
+		{"forming tool call", "I am checking the river map.", "I am checking the river map.", true},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/event-stream")
+				_, _ = io.WriteString(w, `data: {"choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"role":"assistant","content":`+strconv.Quote(tc.streamed)+`}}]}`+"\n\n")
+				w.(http.Flusher).Flush()
+				if tc.tool {
+					_, _ = io.WriteString(w, `data: {"choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"tool_calls":[{"index":0,"id":"call_1","type":"function","function":{"name":"read","arguments":"{\"path\":"}}]}}]}`+"\n\n")
+					w.(http.Flusher).Flush()
+				}
+				<-r.Context().Done()
+			}))
+			defer server.Close()
+
+			dir := t.TempDir()
+			path := filepath.Join(dir, "session.jsonl")
+			agent, err := session.New(session.Config{Workspace: dir, SessionFile: path, Model: "vendor/m", APIKey: "test", BaseURL: server.URL, System: "SYSTEM"})
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			events, err := agent.Submit(t.Context(), "Tell me about the river")
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			gotText, gotTool := false, !tc.tool
+			for !gotText || !gotTool {
+				select {
+				case ev, ok := <-events:
+					if !ok {
+						t.Fatal("stream ended before the person stopped it")
+					}
+					gotText = gotText || ev.Kind == session.EventTextDelta && strings.Contains(ev.Text, tc.streamed)
+					gotTool = gotTool || ev.Kind == session.EventToolForming
+				case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
+					t.Fatal("stream did not reach the stop point")
+				}
+			}
+			agent.Interrupt()
+			for range events {
+			}
+			if err := agent.Close(); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			record := session.ReadTranscript(path)
+			if len(record.Entries) < 2 || !record.Entries[1].Interrupted || record.Entries[1].Answer {
+				t.Fatalf("journal did not keep the interrupted response: %#v", record.Entries)
+			}
+			if tc.name == "plain answer" && (record.Entries[1].Role != "aside" || record.Entries[1].Addressed) {
+				t.Fatalf("the unmarked partial changed audience: %#v", record.Entries[1])
+			}
+			if tc.tool {
+				for _, e := range record.Entries {
+					if e.Role == "tool" {
+						t.Fatalf("a forming call that never ran entered the record: %#v", e)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			reopened := resumedAgent(t, dir, path)
+			a := newApp(t.Context(), Options{Agent: reopened, Workspace: dir, Resumed: true})
+			a.width, a.height = 90, 30
+			a.workMode = config.WorkFold
+			a.touch()
+			closed := strings.Join(plainRows(a), "\n")
+			if tc.name == "explicit update" {
+				if strings.Count(closed, tc.visible) != 1 || !strings.Contains(closed, "interrupted") {
+					t.Fatalf("the addressed update changed on reopen:\n%s", closed)
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			if !strings.Contains(closed, "▸ stopped by you") || strings.Contains(closed, tc.visible) {
+				t.Fatalf("the stopped response has no closed disclosure:\n%s", closed)
+			}
+			drive(t, a, key("ctrl+e"))
+			opened := strings.Join(plainRows(a), "\n")
+			if strings.Count(opened, tc.visible) != 1 || !strings.Contains(opened, "▾ stopped by you") {
+				t.Fatalf("opening the stopped turn did not reveal its words once:\n%s", opened)
+			}
+			if line := rowWithText(t, a, tc.visible); !strings.HasPrefix(plain(line.text), "  ") || !strings.Contains(line.text, sgrOf(a.pal.narr)) {
+				t.Fatalf("the stopped words were promoted to an answer: %q", line.text)
+			}
+			for _, e := range a.entries {
+				if e.kind == entryAssistant && confirmedAnswer(&e) {
+					t.Fatal("the stopped turn reopened as a completed answer")
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}