diff --git a/vibn-frontend/components/vibn-chat/chat-panel.tsx b/vibn-frontend/components/vibn-chat/chat-panel.tsx
index 2ad39673..321e5743 100644
--- a/vibn-frontend/components/vibn-chat/chat-panel.tsx
+++ b/vibn-frontend/components/vibn-chat/chat-panel.tsx
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ function Timeline({ entries }: { entries: TimelineEntry[] }) {
     <div style={{ marginBottom: 6 }}>
       {items.map((item, i) => {
         if (item.kind === "thought") {
-          return <TimelineThought key={i} text={item.text} />;
+          return <TimelineText key={i} text={item.text} />;
         }
         if (item.kind === "text") {
           return <TimelineText key={i} text={item.text} />;
@@ -2898,86 +2898,3 @@ export function ChatPanel({
   );
 }
 
-function TimelineThought({ text }: { text: string }) {
-  // Auto-expand if the thought is actively streaming (i.e., less than a full turn old)
-  // but let the user collapse it. To keep it simple, we default to false (collapsed),
-  // but if the component mounts and text is very short (just starting to stream), we could
-  // expand it. A better UX is to collapse it by default but allow expanding. 
-  // However, you asked that the final message display before the final thinking hides the response.
-  // Wait, the prompt: "most tools collapse the thinking text once the next action starts to make the chat less noisy. But also gives the user to the option to expand it."
-  
-  // We can track if we are the "latest" thought, but an easier way is to just use a ref
-  // to see if we're actively receiving new props (streaming).
-  
-  const [expanded, setExpanded] = React.useState(true);
-  const textLenRef = React.useRef(text.length);
-  
-  React.useEffect(() => {
-    // If text stops growing for a bit, auto-collapse
-    let t = setTimeout(() => {
-      if (text.length === textLenRef.current) {
-        setExpanded(false);
-      }
-    }, 1500);
-    return () => clearTimeout(t);
-  }, [text]);
-
-  React.useEffect(() => {
-    textLenRef.current = text.length;
-  }, [text]);
-
-  return (
-    <div
-      style={{
-        margin: "8px 0",
-        fontFamily: "var(--font-inter),ui-sans-serif,sans-serif",
-      }}
-    >
-      <button
-        onClick={() => setExpanded((v) => !v)}
-        style={{
-          display: "flex",
-          alignItems: "center",
-          gap: 6,
-          background: "transparent",
-          border: "none",
-          padding: 0,
-          cursor: "pointer",
-          fontSize: "0.85rem",
-          color: "#9ca3af",
-          fontWeight: 500,
-        }}
-      >
-        <span
-          style={{
-            transform: expanded ? "rotate(90deg)" : "rotate(0deg)",
-            transition: "transform 0.15s ease",
-            display: "inline-block",
-            fontSize: "0.6rem",
-          }}
-        >
-          ▶
-        </span>
-        Thinking...
-      </button>
-      {expanded && (
-        <div
-          style={{
-            marginTop: 6,
-            marginLeft: 4,
-            padding: "8px 12px",
-            borderLeft: "2px solid #e5e7eb",
-            fontSize: "0.85rem",
-            color: "#6b7280",
-            fontStyle: "italic",
-            background: "#f9fafb",
-            whiteSpace: "pre-wrap",
-            borderRadius: "0 4px 4px 0",
-          }}
-        >
-          {text.trim()}
-        </div>
-      )}
-    </div>
-  );
-}