diff --git a/src/pages/AskPage.tsx b/src/pages/AskPage.tsx
index 52c2d31a9..39c233e79 100644
--- a/src/pages/AskPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/AskPage.tsx
@@ -84,9 +84,38 @@ export default function AskPage() {
     setAskLoading(false);
   };
 
+  // Leaving the page aborts the request. The in-flight handler then sees a new
+  // request id and will not clear the flags, so do it here or Ask comes back
+  // stuck on Typing with the composer disabled. A partial answer is kept.
+  const leaveCleanupRef = useRef({
+    abortActiveRequest,
+    addAskMessage,
+    setAskLoading,
+    setAskStreamingAssistant,
+    stoppedNote: t('ask.stopped', 'You stopped this answer before it finished.'),
+  });
+  leaveCleanupRef.current = {
+    abortActiveRequest,
+    addAskMessage,
+    setAskLoading,
+    setAskStreamingAssistant,
+    stoppedNote: t('ask.stopped', 'You stopped this answer before it finished.'),
+  };
   useEffect(() => () => {
-    abortActiveRequest();
-  }, [abortActiveRequest]);
+    const cleanup = leaveCleanupRef.current;
+    const partial = useSessionStore.getState().askStreamingAssistant;
+    cleanup.abortActiveRequest();
+    cleanup.setAskLoading(false);
+    cleanup.setAskStreamingAssistant(null);
+    const kept = partial?.content.trim();
+    if (!kept) return;
+    cleanup.addAskMessage({
+      id: partial?.id,
+      role: 'assistant',
+      content: kept,
+      output: { response: kept, followUpQuestions: [], uncertainties: [cleanup.stoppedNote] },
+    });
+  }, []);
 
   // A reply still in flight belongs to the scope it was asked in; a new debate
   // or one-off mode starts a fresh conversation, so drop the late answer.
diff --git a/src/test/pages/AskAccountSwitch.test.tsx b/src/test/pages/AskAccountSwitch.test.tsx
index 92035fd5a..0656610e6 100644
--- a/src/test/pages/AskAccountSwitch.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/pages/AskAccountSwitch.test.tsx
@@ -61,4 +61,22 @@ describe('Ask across an account change', () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText(/Account A private answer/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(useSessionStore.getState().askStreamingAssistant).toBeNull();
   });
+
+  it('does not stay on Typing after you leave mid-answer', async () => {
+    mocks.userId = 'user-a';
+    enableOneOffMode();
+    useSessionStore.getState().clearAskMessages();
+    const view = render(<MemoryRouter initialEntries={['/app/ask']}><AskPage /></MemoryRouter>);
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByPlaceholderText('Ask your debate coach...'), { target: { value: 'How do I weigh cost?' } });
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Send message' }));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(mocks.live).toBeDefined());
+    act(() => mocks.live!.onDraft({ response: 'A partial answer' }));
+    expect(useSessionStore.getState().askLoading).toBe(true);
+
+    view.unmount();
+
+    expect(useSessionStore.getState().askLoading).toBe(false);
+    expect(useSessionStore.getState().askStreamingAssistant).toBeNull();
+    expect(useSessionStore.getState().askMessages.map((message) => message.content)).toContain('A partial answer');
+  });
 });