Interrupt and Resume
Interrupt and resume is a chat UX pattern that lets users barge in during generation or speech, stop the current turn, and continue without losing conversation state. Instead of discarding progress, the interface preserves partial context and supports a clean restart from the interruption point. This reduces frustration in long outputs and allows faster course correction when the model heads in the wrong direction.
Use Case
Critical for voice assistants, long-form chat responses, and agentic chats where users need to redirect the model quickly without resetting the entire thread.
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