diff --git a/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js b/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js
index d1895ad4..a4bf0758 100644
--- a/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js
+++ b/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js
@@ -545,8 +545,11 @@ import {
       // assistant is still working — drawing a figure, completing a cut-off
       // reply. It now sits above the partial answer until the answer is done.
       showStreamStatus(bubble, streamStatus);
-      var wrap = document.getElementById('assistant-messages');
-      if (wrap) wrap.scrollTop = wrap.scrollHeight;
+      // The view stays where the reader left it while the answer streams in.
+      // It used to be dragged to the bottom on every render, so the reader
+      // could not start at the top of a long answer, and a finger on the
+      // screen fought the auto-scroll. The answer grows below the fold; the
+      // reader scrolls into it at their own pace.
     }
 
     function handleEvent(type, data) {
@@ -950,8 +953,8 @@ import {
         '<button type="button" data-assistant-msg-regenerate title="Regenerate"><i class="fas fa-rotate-right"></i></button>';
       row.appendChild(actions);
     }
-    var wrap = document.getElementById('assistant-messages');
-    if (wrap) wrap.scrollTop = wrap.scrollHeight;
+    // No jump to the end when the answer completes either: the reader may be
+    // partway through it.
     messages.push({ role: 'assistant', content: content, sources: sources || [] });
     row.dataset.messageIndex = String(messages.length - 1);
     updateConversationBudget();