diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ml/aiops_components/src/progress_controls/progress_controls.tsx b/x-pack/packages/ml/aiops_components/src/progress_controls/progress_controls.tsx
index 8fff372570505c..03ebe7b57ed031 100644
--- a/x-pack/packages/ml/aiops_components/src/progress_controls/progress_controls.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ml/aiops_components/src/progress_controls/progress_controls.tsx
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ export const ProgressControls: FC<PropsWithChildren<ProgressControlProps>> = (pr
     runAnalysisDisabled = false,
   } = props;
 
+  const progressOutput = Math.round(progress * 100);
+
   const { euiTheme } = useEuiTheme();
   const runningProgressBarStyles = useAnimatedProgressBarBackground(euiTheme.colors.success);
   const analysisCompleteStyle = { display: 'none' };
@@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ export const ProgressControls: FC<PropsWithChildren<ProgressControlProps>> = (pr
                 data-test-subj="aiopsProgressTitleMessage"
                 id="xpack.aiops.progressTitle"
                 defaultMessage="Progress: {progress}% — {progressMessage}"
-                values={{ progress: Math.round(progress * 100), progressMessage }}
+                values={{ progress: progressOutput, progressMessage }}
               />
             </EuiText>
           </EuiFlexItem>
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ export const ProgressControls: FC<PropsWithChildren<ProgressControlProps>> = (pr
               aria-label={i18n.translate('xpack.aiops.progressAriaLabel', {
                 defaultMessage: 'Progress',
               })}
-              value={Math.round(progress * 100)}
+              value={progressOutput}
               max={100}
               size="m"
             />
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ml/aiops_log_rate_analysis/api/stream_reducer.ts b/x-pack/packages/ml/aiops_log_rate_analysis/api/stream_reducer.ts
index ca6148c133ccad..c4bde0b90c0fd9 100644
--- a/x-pack/packages/ml/aiops_log_rate_analysis/api/stream_reducer.ts
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ml/aiops_log_rate_analysis/api/stream_reducer.ts
@@ -34,12 +34,8 @@ export const initialState: StreamState = {
 
 export function streamReducer(
   state: StreamState,
-  action: AiopsLogRateAnalysisApiAction | AiopsLogRateAnalysisApiAction[]
+  action: AiopsLogRateAnalysisApiAction
 ): StreamState {
-  if (Array.isArray(action)) {
-    return action.reduce(streamReducer, state);
-  }
-
   switch (action.type) {
     case API_ACTION_NAME.ADD_SIGNIFICANT_ITEMS:
       return { ...state, significantItems: [...state.significantItems, ...action.payload] };
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/client/fetch_stream.ts b/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/client/fetch_stream.ts
index 7c4ad7789a3b67..6c45d8c99ce732 100644
--- a/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/client/fetch_stream.ts
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/client/fetch_stream.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export async function* fetchStream<B extends object, R extends Reducer<any, any>
   body?: B,
   ndjson = true,
   headers?: HttpFetchOptions['headers']
-): AsyncGenerator<[GeneratorError, ReducerAction<R> | Array<ReducerAction<R>> | undefined]> {
+): AsyncGenerator<[GeneratorError, ReducerAction<R> | undefined]> {
   let stream: Readonly<Response> | undefined;
 
   try {
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ export async function* fetchStream<B extends object, R extends Reducer<any, any>
             : parts
         ) as Array<ReducerAction<R>>;
 
-        yield [null, actions];
+        for (const action of actions) {
+          yield [null, action];
+        }
       } catch (error) {
         if (error.name !== 'AbortError') {
           yield [error.toString(), undefined];
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/client/index.ts b/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/client/index.ts
index 750442161a5699..a8b02cecd9cf6b 100644
--- a/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/client/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/client/index.ts
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
+export { fetchStream } from './fetch_stream';
 export { useFetchStream } from './use_fetch_stream';
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/client/string_reducer.ts b/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/client/string_reducer.ts
index f77b31e1fed1e0..d14990947fd059 100644
--- a/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/client/string_reducer.ts
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/client/string_reducer.ts
@@ -7,20 +7,14 @@
 
 import type { Reducer, ReducerAction, ReducerState } from 'react';
 
-type StringReducerPayload = string | string[] | undefined;
+type StringReducerPayload = string | undefined;
 export type StringReducer = Reducer<string, StringReducerPayload>;
 
 /**
  * The `stringReducer` is provided to handle plain string based streams with `streamFactory()`.
  *
  * @param state   - The current state, being the string fetched so far.
- * @param payload — The state update can be a plain string, an array of strings or `undefined`.
- *                  * An array of strings will be joined without a delimiter and added to the current string.
- *                    In combination with `useFetchStream`'s buffering this allows to do bulk updates
- *                    within the reducer without triggering a React/DOM update on every stream chunk.
- *                  * `undefined` can be used to reset the state to an empty string, for example, when a
- *                    UI has the option to trigger a refetch of a stream.
- *
+ * @param payload — The state update can be a plain string to be added or `undefined` to reset the state.
  * @returns The updated state, a string that combines the previous string and the payload.
  */
 export function stringReducer(
@@ -31,5 +25,5 @@ export function stringReducer(
     return '';
   }
 
-  return `${state}${Array.isArray(payload) ? payload.join('') : payload}`;
+  return `${state}${payload}`;
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/client/use_fetch_stream.ts b/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/client/use_fetch_stream.ts
index 309d53e8dd4bda..55950c6ee8f774 100644
--- a/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/client/use_fetch_stream.ts
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/client/use_fetch_stream.ts
@@ -7,14 +7,12 @@
 
 import {
   useEffect,
-  useReducer,
   useRef,
   useState,
   type Reducer,
-  type ReducerAction,
   type ReducerState,
+  type ReducerAction,
 } from 'react';
-import useThrottle from 'react-use/lib/useThrottle';
 
 import type { HttpSetup, HttpFetchOptions } from '@kbn/core/public';
 import { isPopulatedObject } from '@kbn/ml-is-populated-object';
@@ -22,6 +20,8 @@ import { isPopulatedObject } from '@kbn/ml-is-populated-object';
 import { fetchStream } from './fetch_stream';
 import { stringReducer, type StringReducer } from './string_reducer';
 
+const DATA_THROTTLE_MS = 100;
+
 // This pattern with a dual ternary allows us to default to StringReducer
 // and if a custom reducer is supplied fall back to that one instead.
 // The complexity in here allows us to create a simpler API surface where
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ function isReducerOptions<T>(arg: unknown): arg is CustomReducer<T> {
  * @param apiVersion Optional API version.
  * @param body Optional API request body.
  * @param customReducer Optional custom reducer and initial state.
+ * @param headers Optional headers.
  * @returns An object with streaming data and methods to act on the stream.
  */
 export function useFetchStream<B extends object, R extends Reducer<any, any>>(
@@ -75,11 +76,41 @@ export function useFetchStream<B extends object, R extends Reducer<any, any>>(
     ? customReducer
     : ({ reducer: stringReducer, initialState: '' } as FetchStreamCustomReducer<R>);
 
-  const [data, dispatch] = useReducer(
-    reducerWithFallback.reducer,
-    reducerWithFallback.initialState
-  );
-  const dataThrottled = useThrottle(data, 100);
+  // We used `useReducer` in previous iterations of this hook, but it caused
+  // a lot of unnecessary re-renders even in combination with `useThrottle`.
+  // We're now using `dataRef` to allow updates outside of the render cycle.
+  // When the stream is running, we'll update `data` with the `dataRef` value
+  // periodically.
+  const [data, setData] = useState(reducerWithFallback.initialState);
+  const dataRef = useRef(reducerWithFallback.initialState);
+
+  // This effect is used to throttle the data updates while the stream is running.
+  // It will update the `data` state with the current `dataRef` value every 100ms.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // We cannot check against `isRunning` in the `setTimeout` callback, because
+    // we would check against a stale value. Instead, we use a mutable
+    // object to keep track of the current state of the effect.
+    const effectState = { isActive: true };
+
+    if (isRunning) {
+      setData(dataRef.current);
+
+      function updateData() {
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          setData(dataRef.current);
+          if (effectState.isActive) {
+            updateData();
+          }
+        }, DATA_THROTTLE_MS);
+      }
+
+      updateData();
+    }
+
+    return () => {
+      effectState.isActive = false;
+    };
+  }, [isRunning]);
 
   const abortCtrl = useRef(new AbortController());
 
@@ -99,7 +130,7 @@ export function useFetchStream<B extends object, R extends Reducer<any, any>>(
 
     abortCtrl.current = new AbortController();
 
-    for await (const [fetchStreamError, actions] of fetchStream<B, CustomReducer<R>>(
+    for await (const [fetchStreamError, action] of fetchStream<B, CustomReducer<R>>(
       http,
       endpoint,
       apiVersion,
@@ -110,14 +141,26 @@ export function useFetchStream<B extends object, R extends Reducer<any, any>>(
     )) {
       if (fetchStreamError !== null) {
         addError(fetchStreamError);
-      } else if (Array.isArray(actions) && actions.length > 0) {
-        dispatch(actions as ReducerAction<CustomReducer<R>>);
+      } else if (action) {
+        dataRef.current = reducerWithFallback.reducer(dataRef.current, action) as ReducerState<
+          CustomReducer<R>
+        >;
       }
     }
 
     setIsRunning(false);
   };
 
+  // This custom dispatch function allows us to update the `dataRef` value and will
+  // then trigger an update of `data` right away as we don't want to have the
+  // throttling in place for these types of updates.
+  const dispatch = (action: ReducerAction<FetchStreamCustomReducer<R>['reducer']>) => {
+    dataRef.current = reducerWithFallback.reducer(dataRef.current, action) as ReducerState<
+      CustomReducer<R>
+    >;
+    setData(dataRef.current);
+  };
+
   const cancel = () => {
     abortCtrl.current.abort();
     setIsCancelled(true);
@@ -131,10 +174,10 @@ export function useFetchStream<B extends object, R extends Reducer<any, any>>(
 
   return {
     cancel,
-    // To avoid a race condition where the stream already ended but `useThrottle` would
-    // yet have to trigger another update within the throttling interval, we'll return
+    // To avoid a race condition where the stream already ended but the throttling would
+    // yet have to trigger another update within the interval, we'll return
     // the unthrottled data once the stream is complete.
-    data: isRunning ? dataThrottled : data,
+    data: isRunning ? data : dataRef.current,
     dispatch,
     errors,
     isCancelled,
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/server/index.ts b/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/server/index.ts
index 2beb7223026174..ae337aa99898f2 100644
--- a/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/server/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/server/index.ts
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@
 export {
   streamFactory,
   type StreamFactoryReturnType,
+  type StreamResponseWithHeaders,
   type UncompressedResponseStream,
 } from './stream_factory';
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/server/stream_factory.ts b/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/server/stream_factory.ts
index 29c570c2fb564d..779e3457c7dac3 100644
--- a/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/server/stream_factory.ts
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ml/response_stream/server/stream_factory.ts
@@ -26,35 +26,25 @@ export class UncompressedResponseStream extends Stream.PassThrough {}
 
 const DELIMITER = '\n';
 
-type StreamType = 'string' | 'ndjson';
+type StreamTypeUnion = string | object;
+type StreamType<T extends StreamTypeUnion> = T extends string
+  ? string
+  : T extends object
+  ? T
+  : never;
+
+export interface StreamResponseWithHeaders {
+  body: zlib.Gzip | UncompressedResponseStream;
+  headers?: ResponseHeaders;
+}
 
-export interface StreamFactoryReturnType<T = unknown> {
+export interface StreamFactoryReturnType<T extends StreamTypeUnion> {
   DELIMITER: string;
   end: () => void;
-  push: (d: T, drain?: boolean) => void;
-  responseWithHeaders: {
-    body: zlib.Gzip | UncompressedResponseStream;
-    headers?: ResponseHeaders;
-  };
+  push: (d: StreamType<T>, drain?: boolean) => void;
+  responseWithHeaders: StreamResponseWithHeaders;
 }
 
-/**
- * Overload to set up a string based response stream with support
- * for gzip compression depending on provided request headers.
- *
- * @param headers - Request headers.
- * @param logger - Kibana logger.
- * @param compressOverride - Optional flag to override header based compression setting.
- * @param flushFix - Adds an attribute with a random string payload to overcome buffer flushing with certain proxy configurations.
- *
- * @returns An object with stream attributes and methods.
- */
-export function streamFactory<T = string>(
-  headers: Headers,
-  logger: Logger,
-  compressOverride?: boolean,
-  flushFix?: boolean
-): StreamFactoryReturnType<T>;
 /**
  * Sets up a response stream with support for gzip compression depending on provided
  * request headers. Any non-string data pushed to the stream will be streamed as NDJSON.
@@ -66,13 +56,13 @@ export function streamFactory<T = string>(
  *
  * @returns An object with stream attributes and methods.
  */
-export function streamFactory<T = unknown>(
+export function streamFactory<T extends StreamTypeUnion>(
   headers: Headers,
   logger: Logger,
   compressOverride: boolean = true,
   flushFix: boolean = false
 ): StreamFactoryReturnType<T> {
-  let streamType: StreamType;
+  let streamType: 'string' | 'ndjson';
   const isCompressed = compressOverride && acceptCompression(headers);
   const flushPayload = flushFix
     ? crypto.randomBytes(FLUSH_PAYLOAD_SIZE).toString('hex')
@@ -82,7 +72,7 @@ export function streamFactory<T = unknown>(
   const stream = isCompressed ? zlib.createGzip() : new UncompressedResponseStream();
 
   // If waiting for draining of the stream, items will be added to this buffer.
-  const backPressureBuffer: T[] = [];
+  const backPressureBuffer: Array<StreamType<T>> = [];
 
   // Flag will be set when the "drain" listener is active so we can avoid setting multiple listeners.
   let waitForDrain = false;
@@ -120,7 +110,7 @@ export function streamFactory<T = unknown>(
     }
   }
 
-  function push(d: T, drain = false) {
+  function push(d: StreamType<T>, drain = false) {
     logDebugMessage(
       `Push to stream. Current backPressure buffer size: ${backPressureBuffer.length}, drain flag: ${drain}`
     );
@@ -144,7 +134,7 @@ export function streamFactory<T = unknown>(
         function repeat() {
           if (!tryToEnd) {
             if (responseSizeSinceLastKeepAlive < FLUSH_PAYLOAD_SIZE) {
-              push({ flushPayload } as unknown as T);
+              push({ flushPayload, type: 'flushPayload' } as StreamType<T>);
             }
             responseSizeSinceLastKeepAlive = 0;
             setTimeout(repeat, FLUSH_KEEP_ALIVE_INTERVAL_MS);
@@ -222,7 +212,7 @@ export function streamFactory<T = unknown>(
     }
   }
 
-  const responseWithHeaders: StreamFactoryReturnType['responseWithHeaders'] = {
+  const responseWithHeaders: StreamResponseWithHeaders = {
     body: stream,
     headers: {
       ...(isCompressed ? { 'content-encoding': 'gzip' } : {}),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/elastic_assistant/server/lib/langchain/executors/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/elastic_assistant/server/lib/langchain/executors/types.ts
index 0e7925df202811..ce2833fa144804 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/elastic_assistant/server/lib/langchain/executors/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/elastic_assistant/server/lib/langchain/executors/types.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { KibanaRequest, ResponseHeaders } from '@kbn/core-http-server';
 import type { LangChainTracer } from '@langchain/core/tracers/tracer_langchain';
 import type { AnalyticsServiceSetup } from '@kbn/core-analytics-server';
 import { ExecuteConnectorRequestBody, Message, Replacements } from '@kbn/elastic-assistant-common';
-import { StreamFactoryReturnType } from '@kbn/ml-response-stream/server';
+import { StreamResponseWithHeaders } from '@kbn/ml-response-stream/server';
 import { AnonymizationFieldResponse } from '@kbn/elastic-assistant-common/impl/schemas/anonymization_fields/bulk_crud_anonymization_fields_route.gen';
 import { ResponseBody } from '../types';
 import type { AssistantTool } from '../../../types';
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export interface StaticReturnType {
   headers: ResponseHeaders;
 }
 export type AgentExecutorResponse<T extends boolean> = T extends true
-  ? StreamFactoryReturnType['responseWithHeaders']
+  ? StreamResponseWithHeaders
   : StaticReturnType;
 
 export type AgentExecutor<T extends boolean> = (
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/elastic_assistant/server/routes/post_actions_connector_execute.ts b/x-pack/plugins/elastic_assistant/server/routes/post_actions_connector_execute.ts
index e579996eb13d19..e76b7cd3377835 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/elastic_assistant/server/routes/post_actions_connector_execute.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/elastic_assistant/server/routes/post_actions_connector_execute.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import { IRouter, Logger } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import { transformError } from '@kbn/securitysolution-es-utils';
 import { getRequestAbortedSignal } from '@kbn/data-plugin/server';
-import { StreamFactoryReturnType } from '@kbn/ml-response-stream/server';
+import { StreamResponseWithHeaders } from '@kbn/ml-response-stream/server';
 
 import { schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 import {
@@ -323,42 +323,41 @@ export const postActionsConnectorExecuteRoute = (
               page: 1,
             });
 
-          const result: StreamFactoryReturnType['responseWithHeaders'] | StaticReturnType =
-            await callAgentExecutor({
-              abortSignal,
-              alertsIndexPattern: request.body.alertsIndexPattern,
-              anonymizationFields: anonymizationFieldsRes
-                ? transformESSearchToAnonymizationFields(anonymizationFieldsRes.data)
-                : undefined,
-              actions,
-              isEnabledKnowledgeBase: request.body.isEnabledKnowledgeBase ?? false,
-              assistantTools,
-              connectorId,
-              elserId,
-              esClient,
-              isStream:
-                // TODO implement llmClass for bedrock streaming
-                // tracked here: https://github.com/elastic/security-team/issues/7363
-                request.body.subAction !== 'invokeAI' && actionTypeId === '.gen-ai',
-              llmType: getLlmType(actionTypeId),
-              kbResource: ESQL_RESOURCE,
-              langChainMessages,
-              logger,
-              onNewReplacements,
-              onLlmResponse,
-              request,
-              replacements: request.body.replacements,
-              size: request.body.size,
-              telemetry,
-              traceOptions: {
+          const result: StreamResponseWithHeaders | StaticReturnType = await callAgentExecutor({
+            abortSignal,
+            alertsIndexPattern: request.body.alertsIndexPattern,
+            anonymizationFields: anonymizationFieldsRes
+              ? transformESSearchToAnonymizationFields(anonymizationFieldsRes.data)
+              : undefined,
+            actions,
+            isEnabledKnowledgeBase: request.body.isEnabledKnowledgeBase ?? false,
+            assistantTools,
+            connectorId,
+            elserId,
+            esClient,
+            isStream:
+              // TODO implement llmClass for bedrock streaming
+              // tracked here: https://github.com/elastic/security-team/issues/7363
+              request.body.subAction !== 'invokeAI' && actionTypeId === '.gen-ai',
+            llmType: getLlmType(actionTypeId),
+            kbResource: ESQL_RESOURCE,
+            langChainMessages,
+            logger,
+            onNewReplacements,
+            onLlmResponse,
+            request,
+            replacements: request.body.replacements,
+            size: request.body.size,
+            telemetry,
+            traceOptions: {
+              projectName: langSmithProject,
+              tracers: getLangSmithTracer({
+                apiKey: langSmithApiKey,
                 projectName: langSmithProject,
-                tracers: getLangSmithTracer({
-                  apiKey: langSmithApiKey,
-                  projectName: langSmithProject,
-                  logger,
-                }),
-              },
-            });
+                logger,
+              }),
+            },
+          });
 
           telemetry.reportEvent(INVOKE_ASSISTANT_SUCCESS_EVENT.eventType, {
             actionTypeId,
@@ -371,9 +370,7 @@ export const postActionsConnectorExecuteRoute = (
               request.body.subAction !== 'invokeAI' && actionTypeId === '.gen-ai',
           });
 
-          return response.ok<
-            StreamFactoryReturnType['responseWithHeaders']['body'] | StaticReturnType['body']
-          >(result);
+          return response.ok<StreamResponseWithHeaders['body'] | StaticReturnType['body']>(result);
         } catch (err) {
           logger.error(err);
           const error = transformError(err);