diff --git a/frontend/src/client/paliadin.ts b/frontend/src/client/paliadin.ts
index d3c174e..a7abd73 100644
--- a/frontend/src/client/paliadin.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/client/paliadin.ts
@@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ async function sendTurn(text: string): Promise<void> {
   es.addEventListener("content", (ev) => {
     const data = JSON.parse((ev as MessageEvent).data);
     const text = String(data.text || "");
+    // Cache the full text on the bubble so finishBubble can render the
+    // complete response even when the typewriter is mid-flight when end
+    // arrives. textContent reflects only what's been typed so far and
+    // would otherwise truncate the rendered Markdown (m, 2026-05-08 —
+    // saw "## Proje" instead of the full 1408-byte body).
+    placeholder.dataset.fullText = text;
     typewriter(placeholder, text);
   });
 
@@ -282,8 +288,9 @@ function typewriter(bubble: HTMLElement, text: string): void {
   const speed = 6;
   const tick = () => {
     if (bubble.dataset.streaming !== "true") {
-      // Aborted — flush remaining text instantly.
-      node.textContent = text;
+      // Streaming finished — finishBubble has already rendered the full
+      // Markdown via dataset.fullText. Return without writing so we
+      // don't replace the rendered HTML with raw text on a delayed tick.
       return;
     }
     if (i >= text.length) return;
@@ -307,7 +314,9 @@ function getBubbleText(bubble: HTMLElement): string {
 // "ran search_my_deadlines (3 results)".
 function finishBubble(bubble: HTMLElement, data: any): void {
   const textNode = bubble.querySelector(".paliadin-bubble-text")! as HTMLElement;
-  const raw = textNode.textContent || "";
+  // Prefer the full text cached on the bubble at content-event time;
+  // textContent may still reflect the typewriter's partial state.
+  const raw = bubble.dataset.fullText ?? textNode.textContent ?? "";
   textNode.innerHTML = renderResponseHTML(raw);
 
   const metaEl = bubble.querySelector(".paliadin-bubble-meta") as HTMLElement | null;
diff --git a/internal/services/paliadin.go b/internal/services/paliadin.go
index 6669481..36f0d2f 100644
--- a/internal/services/paliadin.go
+++ b/internal/services/paliadin.go
@@ -750,6 +750,14 @@ func (s *paliadinDB) insertTurnRow(ctx context.Context, t *PaliadinTurn) error {
 func (s *paliadinDB) completeTurn(ctx context.Context, turnID uuid.UUID,
 	finishedAt time.Time, durationMS int, response string, tokens int,
 	meta trailerMeta, chipCount int) error {
+	// used_tools and rows_seen are NOT NULL in the schema (default '{}').
+	// parseTrailer leaves them nil when Claude omits the trailer or the
+	// turn has no tool calls (casual chat). pq treats nil slices as NULL,
+	// so we must coerce to a non-nil empty array on every path.
+	usedTools := make(pq.StringArray, 0, len(meta.UsedTools))
+	for _, t := range meta.UsedTools {
+		usedTools = append(usedTools, t)
+	}
 	rowsSeen := make(pq.Int64Array, 0, len(meta.RowsSeen))
 	for _, n := range meta.RowsSeen {
 		rowsSeen = append(rowsSeen, int64(n))
@@ -768,7 +776,7 @@ func (s *paliadinDB) completeTurn(ctx context.Context, turnID uuid.UUID,
 	`
 	_, err := s.db.ExecContext(ctx, q,
 		turnID, finishedAt, durationMS, response, tokens,
-		pq.StringArray(meta.UsedTools), rowsSeen, chipCount,
+		usedTools, rowsSeen, chipCount,
 		optionalString(meta.ClassifierTag))
 	return err
 }