diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/__tests__/transcriptExport.test.ts b/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/__tests__/transcriptExport.test.ts
index 834b472e4..ac31dbb48 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/__tests__/transcriptExport.test.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/__tests__/transcriptExport.test.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,34 @@ describe('Assistant transcript export', () => {
     expect(transcript).toContain('No active alerts');
   });
 
+  it('exports persisted tool calls before reconstructed assistant answer text', () => {
+    const transcript = formatAssistantTranscript({
+      messages: [
+        {
+          id: 'assistant-1',
+          role: 'assistant',
+          content: 'I checked the resource.',
+          timestamp,
+          toolCalls: [
+            {
+              name: 'pulse_read',
+              input: JSON.stringify({ target: 'vm-100' }),
+              output: 'Resource is running',
+              success: true,
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+      generatedAt: timestamp,
+    });
+
+    const toolIndex = transcript.indexOf('[tool:read]');
+    const answerIndex = transcript.indexOf('I checked the resource.');
+    expect(toolIndex).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+    expect(answerIndex).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+    expect(toolIndex).toBeLessThan(answerIndex);
+  });
+
   it('formats initially selected model route events distinctly from fallback switches', () => {
     const transcript = formatAssistantTranscript({
       messages: [
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/__tests__/useChat.test.ts b/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/__tests__/useChat.test.ts
index d8320b1bd..c0c5cdfea 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/__tests__/useChat.test.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/__tests__/useChat.test.ts
@@ -2753,11 +2753,11 @@ describe('useChat', () => {
       expect(msgs[0].content).toBe('hello');
       expect(msgs[1].toolCalls).toHaveLength(1);
       expect(msgs[1].streamEvents).toEqual([
-        { type: 'content', content: 'hi there' },
         {
           type: 'tool',
           tool: { name: 'test', input: '{}', output: 'ok', success: true },
         },
+        { type: 'content', content: 'hi there' },
       ]);
       expect(msgs[1].timestamp).toBeInstanceOf(Date);
       dispose();
@@ -2873,7 +2873,6 @@ describe('useChat', () => {
       expect(assistant.model).toBe('openai:gpt-4');
       expect(assistant.content).toBe('I checked the resource.');
       expect(assistant.streamEvents).toEqual([
-        { type: 'content', content: 'I checked the resource.' },
         {
           type: 'tool',
           tool: {
@@ -2883,6 +2882,7 @@ describe('useChat', () => {
             success: true,
           },
         },
+        { type: 'content', content: 'I checked the resource.' },
       ]);
       dispose();
     });
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/hooks/useChat.ts b/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/hooks/useChat.ts
index 4a0e42916..ab40265d9 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/hooks/useChat.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/hooks/useChat.ts
@@ -1135,15 +1135,15 @@ export function useChat(options: UseChatOptions = {}) {
     toolCalls?: PersistedToolCall[],
   ): StreamDisplayEvent[] | undefined => {
     const events: StreamDisplayEvent[] = [];
-    if (content.trim()) {
-      events.push({ type: 'content', content });
-    }
     for (const tool of toolCalls || []) {
       events.push({
         type: 'tool',
         tool: normalizePersistedToolExecution(tool),
       });
     }
+    if (content.trim()) {
+      events.push({ type: 'content', content });
+    }
     return events.length > 0 ? events : undefined;
   };
 
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/transcriptExport.ts b/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/transcriptExport.ts
index e47e55922..8f30158a0 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/transcriptExport.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/AI/Chat/transcriptExport.ts
@@ -287,16 +287,16 @@ const appendAssistantStreamEvents = (
     }
   }
 
-  if (!contentAppended) {
-    appendBlock(lines, visibleAssistantContent(message));
-  }
-
   if (!toolAppended) {
     for (const tool of message.toolCalls || []) {
       appendBlock(lines, formatCompletedTool(tool, options.includeToolOutput === true));
     }
   }
 
+  if (!contentAppended) {
+    appendBlock(lines, visibleAssistantContent(message));
+  }
+
   if (!pendingToolAppended) {
     for (const tool of message.pendingTools || []) {
       appendBlock(lines, formatPendingTool(tool));