diff --git a/tools/ui/src/app.d.ts b/tools/ui/src/app.d.ts
index b9484d9503..814fcf5231 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/app.d.ts
+++ b/tools/ui/src/app.d.ts
@@ -143,10 +143,8 @@ declare global {
 		idxThemeStyle?: number;
 		idxCodeBlock?: number;
 
-		// File System Access API - missing from older DOM lib versions.
-		// Used by ChatFormWorkingDirectory's native folder picker. Feature availability
-		// is gated at runtime via `typeof window.showDirectoryPicker === 'function'`.
-		showDirectoryPicker: (options?: {
+		// File System Access API - not in the DOM lib and unavailable in some browsers
+		showDirectoryPicker?: (options?: {
 			id?: string;
 			mode?: 'read' | 'readwrite';
 			startIn?: FileSystemHandle | string;
diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatMessages/ChatMessage/ChatMessageAssistant/ChatMessageAssistant.svelte b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatMessages/ChatMessage/ChatMessageAssistant/ChatMessageAssistant.svelte
index 199d75fcec..ec1214d180 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatMessages/ChatMessage/ChatMessageAssistant/ChatMessageAssistant.svelte
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatMessages/ChatMessage/ChatMessageAssistant/ChatMessageAssistant.svelte
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@
 		<ChatMessageAssistantProcessingInfo {modelLoadingText} {processingState} position="bottom" />
 	{/if}
 
-	<div class="info my-6 grid gap-4 tabular-nums">
-		{#if displayedModel}
+	{#if displayedModel}
+		<div class="info my-6 grid gap-4 tabular-nums">
 			<div class="inline-flex flex-wrap items-start gap-2 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
 				<ChatMessageAssistantModel
 					{displayedModel}
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@
 					showMessageStats={currentConfig.showMessageStats}
 				/>
 			</div>
-		{/if}
-	</div>
+		</div>
+	{/if}
 
 	{#if message.timestamp && !editCtx.isEditing}
 		<ChatMessageActionIcons
diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatMessages/ChatMessage/ChatMessageToolCall/ToolCallBlock.svelte b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatMessages/ChatMessage/ChatMessageToolCall/ToolCallBlock.svelte
index a17a74e161..3b5e87e894 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatMessages/ChatMessage/ChatMessageToolCall/ToolCallBlock.svelte
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatMessages/ChatMessage/ChatMessageToolCall/ToolCallBlock.svelte
@@ -98,9 +98,10 @@
 		showSpinner || (toolUi?.icon ?? null) || !mcpServerFavicon ? null : mcpServerFavicon
 	);
 
+	// No subtitle while the call is in flight - the spinner already
+	// signals activity; only terminal states get a pill.
 	function subtitleFor(errorMessage?: string): string | undefined {
-		if (extraLiveStreaming) return 'streaming...';
-		if (showSpinner) return 'executing...';
+		if (showSpinner) return undefined;
 		if (errorMessage) return 'failed';
 		if (isStreamingCall && !isStreaming) return 'incomplete';
 		return undefined;
diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/utils/progress.ts b/tools/ui/src/lib/utils/progress.ts
index 4d7e223882..a88213904b 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/utils/progress.ts
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/utils/progress.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ export function modelLoadStageLabel(stage: ApiModelLoadStage): string {
 export function modelLoadFraction(progress: ModelLoadProgress | null): number {
 	if (!progress) return 0;
 
-	const { stages, current, value } = progress;
+	// The server may emit a progress event before the stage plan is known, so
+	// `stages` can be absent. Fall back to the raw value in that case.
+	const { stages = [], current, value } = progress;
 	const tailCount = Math.max(stages.length - 1, 0);
 	const textCeiling = 1 - tailCount * MODEL_LOAD_TAIL_SHARE;
 	const idx = stages.indexOf(current);
@@ -39,5 +41,7 @@ export function modelLoadProgressText(progress: ModelLoadProgress | null): strin
 	if (!progress) return null;
 
 	const label = modelLoadStageLabel(progress.current);
+	if (!label) return null;
+
 	return `${label} ${Math.round(modelLoadFraction(progress) * 100)}%`;
 }