diff --git a/packages/loopover-ui-kit/src/hooks/use-streaming-text.test.ts b/packages/loopover-ui-kit/src/hooks/use-streaming-text.test.ts
index 58446f86e9..00baecbe2f 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-ui-kit/src/hooks/use-streaming-text.test.ts
+++ b/packages/loopover-ui-kit/src/hooks/use-streaming-text.test.ts
@@ -122,4 +122,70 @@ describe("useStreamingText (#6516)", () => {
     expect(result.current.error?.message).toBe("stream boom");
     expect(result.current.text).toBe("partial");
   });
+
+  describe("cancel() after settle is a no-op (#10050)", () => {
+    it("cancel() on a null source leaves status idle", () => {
+      const { result } = renderHook(() => useStreamingText(null));
+      expect(result.current.status).toBe("idle");
+
+      act(() => result.current.cancel());
+
+      expect(result.current.status).toBe("idle");
+      expect(result.current.text).toBe("");
+      expect(result.current.error).toBe(null);
+    });
+
+    it("cancel() on a completed stream leaves status done and text unchanged", async () => {
+      const src = deferredSource();
+      const { result } = renderHook(() => useStreamingText(src.source));
+      await src.push("Hello");
+      await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.text).toBe("Hello"));
+      await src.finish();
+      await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.status).toBe("done"));
+
+      act(() => result.current.cancel());
+
+      expect(result.current.status).toBe("done");
+      expect(result.current.text).toBe("Hello");
+    });
+
+    it("cancel() on a failed stream leaves status error and the error intact", async () => {
+      const src = deferredSource();
+      const { result } = renderHook(() => useStreamingText(src.source));
+      await src.push("partial");
+      await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.text).toBe("partial"));
+      await src.fail(new Error("stream boom"));
+      await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.status).toBe("error"));
+
+      act(() => result.current.cancel());
+
+      expect(result.current.status).toBe("error");
+      expect(result.current.error?.message).toBe("stream boom");
+    });
+
+    it("swapping in a new source after a settled cancel() still starts and can be cancelled", async () => {
+      const first = deferredSource();
+      const { result, rerender } = renderHook(
+        ({ s }: { s: ChunkSource | null }) => useStreamingText(s),
+        { initialProps: { s: first.source as ChunkSource | null } },
+      );
+      await first.push("old");
+      await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.text).toBe("old"));
+      await first.finish();
+      await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.status).toBe("done"));
+
+      act(() => result.current.cancel()); // settled cancel — no-op
+      expect(result.current.status).toBe("done");
+
+      const second = deferredSource();
+      rerender({ s: second.source });
+      await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.status).toBe("streaming"));
+
+      await second.push("new");
+      await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.text).toBe("new"));
+
+      act(() => result.current.cancel());
+      await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.status).toBe("cancelled"));
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/loopover-ui-kit/src/hooks/use-streaming-text.ts b/packages/loopover-ui-kit/src/hooks/use-streaming-text.ts
index 03c3923517..6c69a714c1 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-ui-kit/src/hooks/use-streaming-text.ts
+++ b/packages/loopover-ui-kit/src/hooks/use-streaming-text.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ export interface StreamingTextState {
   text: string;
   status: StreamingStatus;
   error: Error | null;
-  /** Stop consuming the current source; no later chunk from it reaches state. Idempotent, safe post-unmount. */
+  /**
+   * Stop consuming the current source; no later chunk from it reaches state. Idempotent, safe
+   * post-unmount. A no-op once the stream has already settled (reached `idle`, `done` or `error`
+   * for the current source) — it never overwrites a settled status with `"cancelled"`.
+   */
   cancel: () => void;
 }
 
@@ -39,8 +43,11 @@ export function useStreamingText(
     // Per-effect flag (a fresh closure each run): the cleanup below flips it on a new source or unmount, so the
     // previous run's worker stops and writes no more state. cancel() flips this same flag for an explicit stop.
     let cancelled = false;
+    // Per-effect flag mirroring `cancelled`, but set on each terminal transition (idle/done/error) instead of
+    // by cancel()/cleanup. Once the stream has settled, cancel() must leave status/text/error untouched.
+    let settled = false;
     cancelRef.current = () => {
-      if (!cancelled) {
+      if (!cancelled && !settled) {
         cancelled = true;
         setStatus("cancelled");
       }
@@ -55,6 +62,7 @@ export function useStreamingText(
       setText("");
       setError(null);
       if (!source) {
+        settled = true;
         setStatus("idle");
         return;
       }
@@ -64,9 +72,13 @@ export function useStreamingText(
           if (cancelled) return;
           setText((prev) => prev + chunk);
         }
-        if (!cancelled) setStatus("done");
+        if (!cancelled) {
+          settled = true;
+          setStatus("done");
+        }
       } catch (err) {
         if (!cancelled) {
+          settled = true;
           setError(err instanceof Error ? err : new Error(String(err)));
           setStatus("error");
         }