diff --git a/chat/static/app.css b/chat/static/app.css
index 86d8b72..66e76ef 100644
--- a/chat/static/app.css
+++ b/chat/static/app.css
@@ -113,3 +113,13 @@ code { font-family: ui-monospace, "SF Mono", Menlo, monospace; }
 .memory-list li { padding: 4px 0; font-size: 13px; }
 .sig { display: inline-block; min-width: 16px; }
 .sig-3 { color: #d4af37; }
+/* Streaming UX (T34): typing indicator, Stop button, disconnect banner. */
+.streaming { opacity: 0.85; }
+.streaming-text:after {
+    content: "\025AE";
+    margin-left: 2px;
+    animation: blink 1s steps(2, start) infinite;
+}
+@keyframes blink { to { visibility: hidden; } }
+.stop-streaming { background: #c33; border-color: #a00; margin-bottom: 8px; align-self: flex-start; }
+.connection-lost { margin-bottom: 8px; }
diff --git a/chat/templates/chat.html b/chat/templates/chat.html
index 0cadfd6..4d9d24b 100644
--- a/chat/templates/chat.html
+++ b/chat/templates/chat.html
@@ -46,4 +46,107 @@ document.querySelector('.drawer-toggle')?.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
   e.target.setAttribute('aria-expanded', String(isHidden));
 });
 </script>
+<script>
+// Streaming UX (T34): typing indicator, Stop button, send-lock,
+// disconnect banner. Listens to the existing HTMX SSE channel for
+// `token` (per-chunk) and `turn_html` (final swap) events. The
+// mid-stream disconnect path is server-side: ``request.is_disconnected()``
+// in T19 commits truncated; this script just shows the banner when
+// the SSE EventSource fires `error` after the connection drops.
+(function () {
+  const shell = document.querySelector('.chat-shell');
+  if (!shell) return;
+  const chatId = shell.dataset.chatId;
+  const form = shell.querySelector('.turn-input');
+  if (!form) return;
+  const textarea = form.querySelector('textarea[name="prose"]');
+  const sendBtn = form.querySelector('button[type="submit"]');
+  const timeline = document.getElementById('timeline');
+
+  let isStreaming = false;
+  let typingEl = null;
+
+  function ensureTypingEl() {
+    if (typingEl) return typingEl;
+    typingEl = document.createElement('div');
+    typingEl.className = 'turn turn-bot streaming';
+    typingEl.innerHTML = '<strong>...</strong><p class="streaming-text"></p>';
+    timeline.appendChild(typingEl);
+    return typingEl;
+  }
+
+  function unlock() {
+    isStreaming = false;
+    if (sendBtn) sendBtn.disabled = false;
+    if (textarea) textarea.disabled = false;
+    const stop = shell.querySelector('.stop-streaming');
+    if (stop) stop.remove();
+  }
+
+  function showBanner(msg) {
+    let banner = shell.querySelector('.connection-lost');
+    if (banner) return;
+    banner = document.createElement('div');
+    banner.className = 'connection-lost error';
+    banner.textContent = msg;
+    form.parentElement.insertBefore(banner, form);
+  }
+
+  // HTMX SSE extension dispatches `htmx:sseMessage` with detail.type
+  // (event name) and detail.data (payload string).
+  shell.addEventListener('htmx:sseMessage', (e) => {
+    const evt = e.detail.type;
+    const data = e.detail.data;
+    if (evt === 'token' && isStreaming) {
+      let parsed;
+      try { parsed = JSON.parse(data); } catch (_) { return; }
+      const el = ensureTypingEl();
+      el.querySelector('.streaming-text').textContent += (parsed.text || '');
+    } else if (evt === 'turn_html') {
+      // The server already pushes the final HTML via sse-swap on the
+      // timeline element; we just remove the typing placeholder and
+      // unlock the input. (Don't replace innerHTML here — HTMX has
+      // already done the append by the time this fires.)
+      if (typingEl) {
+        typingEl.remove();
+        typingEl = null;
+      }
+      unlock();
+    }
+  });
+
+  // SSE connection lost — show a banner and unlock so the user can
+  // retry. The server commits the partial as truncated when its
+  // request.is_disconnected() poll trips (T19).
+  shell.addEventListener('htmx:sseError', () => {
+    if (isStreaming) {
+      showBanner('connection lost — partial response saved');
+      unlock();
+    }
+  });
+
+  form.addEventListener('submit', () => {
+    isStreaming = true;
+    if (sendBtn) sendBtn.disabled = true;
+    if (textarea) textarea.disabled = true;
+    if (!shell.querySelector('.stop-streaming')) {
+      const stopBtn = document.createElement('button');
+      stopBtn.type = 'button';
+      stopBtn.className = 'stop-streaming btn';
+      stopBtn.textContent = 'Stop';
+      stopBtn.addEventListener('click', async () => {
+        try {
+          await fetch('/chats/' + encodeURIComponent(chatId) + '/turns/cancel', {
+            method: 'POST',
+          });
+        } catch (_) {
+          // Network error on cancel is non-fatal — server will time out
+          // its own stream eventually and commit truncated.
+        }
+      });
+      form.parentElement.insertBefore(stopBtn, form);
+    }
+  });
+})();
+</script>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/chat/web/turns.py b/chat/web/turns.py
index 4105704..7a7db0e 100644
--- a/chat/web/turns.py
+++ b/chat/web/turns.py
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ from chat.web.render import render_turn_html as _render_turn_html
 router = APIRouter()
 
 
+# Module-level registry of in-flight streaming tasks, keyed by chat_id.
+# The POST /chats/<id>/turns/cancel route looks up the task and calls
+# .cancel(); the streaming coroutine in post_turn catches the resulting
+# CancelledError, commits the partial as truncated, and unregisters.
+# Single-process v1 only — sufficient for one user with multiple tabs.
+_in_flight_tasks: dict[str, asyncio.Task] = {}
+
+
 def _strip_ooc_for_prompt(parsed: ParsedTurn) -> str:
     """Concatenate non-OOC segments back to a prose string for the prompt.
 
@@ -70,16 +78,17 @@ def _strip_ooc_for_prompt(parsed: ParsedTurn) -> str:
 
 
 def _read_recent_dialogue(conn, chat_id: str, limit: int = 200) -> list[dict]:
-    """Return ``user_turn`` and ``assistant_turn`` events for ``chat_id``.
+    """Return user-side and assistant_turn events for ``chat_id``.
 
-    Ordered oldest-first. Skips superseded and hidden rows so regenerated
-    turns (T29) drop out of the rendered timeline. Each entry is shaped
-    ``{"speaker": <id-or-"you">, "text": <prose>}`` for the prompt
-    assembler and the chat-detail template.
+    Includes ``user_turn``, ``user_turn_edit`` (T29 edited prose), and
+    ``assistant_turn``. Ordered oldest-first; superseded/hidden rows are
+    skipped so regenerated turns (T29) drop out of the rendered timeline.
+    Each entry is shaped ``{"speaker": <id-or-"you">, "text": <prose>}``
+    for the prompt assembler and the chat-detail template.
     """
     cur = conn.execute(
         "SELECT id, kind, payload_json FROM event_log "
-        "WHERE kind IN ('user_turn', 'assistant_turn') "
+        "WHERE kind IN ('user_turn', 'user_turn_edit', 'assistant_turn') "
         "  AND superseded_by IS NULL AND hidden = 0 "
         "ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT ?",
         (limit,),
@@ -91,7 +100,9 @@ def _read_recent_dialogue(conn, chat_id: str, limit: int = 200) -> list[dict]:
         p = json.loads(payload_json)
         if p.get("chat_id") != chat_id:
             continue
-        if kind == "user_turn":
+        if kind in ("user_turn", "user_turn_edit"):
+            # Edited prose substitutes for the original user_turn (the
+            # original is marked superseded_by and filtered above).
             out.append({"speaker": "you", "text": p.get("prose", "")})
         else:
             out.append(
@@ -173,11 +184,16 @@ async def post_turn(
         budget_hard=settings.narrative_budget_hard,
     )
 
-    # 5. Stream and accumulate tokens.
+    # 5. Stream and accumulate tokens. The stream runs as a Task so the
+    # /turns/cancel route can invoke ``Task.cancel()`` to abort it
+    # mid-stream. ``accumulated`` is a closure over the inner coroutine,
+    # so when the await on ``stream_task`` raises CancelledError below
+    # we still see whatever tokens were appended before cancellation.
     accumulated: list[str] = []
     truncated = False
     cancelled = False
-    try:
+
+    async def _stream() -> None:
         async for chunk in client.stream(
             messages, model=settings.narrative_model
         ):
@@ -190,6 +206,11 @@ async def post_turn(
                     "speaker_id": host_bot["id"],
                 },
             )
+
+    stream_task = asyncio.create_task(_stream())
+    _in_flight_tasks[chat_id] = stream_task
+    try:
+        await stream_task
     except asyncio.CancelledError:
         # Preserve the partial output before letting the cancellation
         # propagate so the transcript reflects what the user actually saw.
@@ -198,6 +219,9 @@ async def post_turn(
     except Exception:
         # Surface as a truncated turn rather than losing the partial output.
         truncated = True
+    finally:
+        # Always unregister so a subsequent turn can register a fresh task.
+        _in_flight_tasks.pop(chat_id, None)
 
     full_text = "".join(accumulated)
 
@@ -403,6 +427,29 @@ async def post_turn(
     return Response(status_code=204)
 
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Cancel route (Task 34).
+#
+# Fire-and-forget: the Stop button POSTs here, we mark the in-flight
+# streaming Task as cancelled, and return 204 immediately. The cancel
+# propagates into the streaming coroutine on its next await, the
+# CancelledError handler in ``post_turn`` catches it, and the partial
+# is committed with ``truncated=True``. No body is needed — the SSE
+# channel is the conveyor of state. If no turn is in flight (or the
+# task already completed), we 204 silently so the client can fire the
+# Stop button without a precondition check.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@router.post("/chats/{chat_id}/turns/cancel")
+async def cancel_turn(chat_id: str, request: Request):
+    task = _in_flight_tasks.get(chat_id)
+    if task is None or task.done():
+        return Response(status_code=204)
+    task.cancel()
+    return Response(status_code=204)
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Rewind routes (Task 28).
 #
diff --git a/tests/test_streaming_ux.py b/tests/test_streaming_ux.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45bf773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_streaming_ux.py
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+"""Streaming UX tests (T34): cancel route, recent-dialogue user_turn_edit
+inclusion, and the chat-shell embeds the streaming JS hooks.
+
+The cancel route is exercised at the no-op level only — the full mid-stream
+cancel path is covered indirectly by T19's CancelledError handling. We
+verify here that the route itself is registered and silently 204s when no
+in-flight task exists, since the JS Stop button fires unconditionally.
+
+The user_turn_edit inclusion test is the T29 follow-up fix: without it,
+the original user_turn drops out of the timeline (correctly) but the
+edited prose never lands (incorrectly), so the rendered chat detail is
+missing the user's most recent words.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+from chat.app import app
+from chat.db.connection import open_db
+from chat.eventlog.log import append_event
+from chat.eventlog.projector import project
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def client(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    cfg = tmp_path / "config.toml"
+    cfg.write_text('featherless_api_key = "test"\n')
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CHAT_CONFIG_PATH", str(cfg))
+    db = tmp_path / "test.db"
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CHAT_DB_PATH", str(db))
+    with TestClient(app) as c:
+        # Disable the lifespan-managed background worker so it doesn't
+        # try to score significance through Featherless with the fake key.
+        worker = getattr(app.state, "background_worker", None)
+        if worker is not None:
+            worker.enabled = False
+        yield c
+
+
+def _seed_chat(
+    db_path: Path,
+    bot_id: str = "bot_a",
+    chat_id: str = "chat_bot_a",
+) -> None:
+    """Seed a bot + chat with the activity rows the prompt assembler expects."""
+    with open_db(db_path) as conn:
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="bot_authored",
+            payload={
+                "id": bot_id,
+                "name": "BotA",
+                "persona": "...",
+                "voice_samples": [],
+                "traits": [],
+                "backstory": "",
+                "initial_relationship_to_you": "",
+                "kickoff_prose": "...",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="chat_created",
+            payload={
+                "id": chat_id,
+                "host_bot_id": bot_id,
+                "initial_time": "2026-04-26T20:00:00+00:00",
+                "narrative_anchor": "Day 1",
+                "weather": "",
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="edge_update",
+            payload={
+                "source_id": bot_id,
+                "target_id": "you",
+                "chat_id": chat_id,
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="edge_update",
+            payload={
+                "source_id": "you",
+                "target_id": bot_id,
+                "chat_id": chat_id,
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="activity_change",
+            payload={
+                "entity_id": "you",
+                "posture": "sitting",
+                "action": {"verb": "talking"},
+            },
+        )
+        append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="activity_change",
+            payload={
+                "entity_id": bot_id,
+                "posture": "sitting",
+                "action": {"verb": "listening"},
+            },
+        )
+        project(conn)
+
+
+def test_cancel_route_no_op_when_no_in_flight(client, tmp_path):
+    """Hitting cancel with nothing streaming returns 204 silently."""
+    _seed_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    response = client.post("/chats/chat_bot_a/turns/cancel")
+    assert response.status_code == 204
+
+
+def test_user_turn_edit_appears_in_recent_dialogue(client, tmp_path):
+    """The chat-detail timeline includes a user_turn_edit's prose.
+
+    Original user_turn is superseded by the edit, so it drops out, but
+    the edit's prose should render in its place.
+    """
+    db_path = tmp_path / "test.db"
+    _seed_chat(db_path)
+    with open_db(db_path) as conn:
+        ut_id = append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="user_turn",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "prose": "OriginalUserText",
+                "segments": [],
+            },
+        )
+        edit_id = append_event(
+            conn,
+            kind="user_turn_edit",
+            payload={
+                "chat_id": "chat_bot_a",
+                "prose": "EditedUserText",
+                "supersedes_user_turn_id": ut_id,
+            },
+        )
+        conn.execute(
+            "UPDATE event_log SET superseded_by = ? WHERE id = ?",
+            (edit_id, ut_id),
+        )
+        conn.commit()
+        # No project() call — user_turn / user_turn_edit have no projector
+        # handlers (transcript-only kinds), and re-projecting would replay
+        # chat_created and trip its UNIQUE constraint.
+
+    response = client.get("/chats/chat_bot_a")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    body = response.text
+    assert "EditedUserText" in body
+    # The original (now-superseded) prose must not render.
+    assert "OriginalUserText" not in body
+
+
+def test_chat_html_includes_stop_streaming_script(client, tmp_path):
+    """The chat shell embeds the streaming-JS hooks (Stop button + send-lock)."""
+    _seed_chat(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    response = client.get("/chats/chat_bot_a")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    body = response.text
+    # Either the CSS class for the Stop button or the JS state flag must
+    # appear in the embedded script — both are load-bearing for T34.
+    assert "stop-streaming" in body or "isStreaming" in body
+    # Cancel route reference must be wired so the Stop button can call it.
+    assert "/turns/cancel" in body