diff --git a/.changeset/restore-virtual-history.md b/.changeset/restore-virtual-history.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..433d931ca94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/restore-virtual-history.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"kilo-code": patch
+---
+
+Restore earlier chat history when scrolling through virtualized message lists.
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/src/kilo-provider/message-page.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/src/kilo-provider/message-page.ts
index b8fef78f2f3..aca1ba8b8a1 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/src/kilo-provider/message-page.ts
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/src/kilo-provider/message-page.ts
@@ -46,17 +46,11 @@ export async function fetchMessagePage(
     return { items, cursor }
   }
 
-  const suffix = (items: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof read>>["items"]) => {
-    const index = [...items].reverse().findIndex((item) => item.info.role === "user")
-    if (index === -1) return items
-    return items.slice(items.length - index - 1)
-  }
-
   const fill = async (page: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof read>>): Promise<Awaited<ReturnType<typeof read>>> => {
     if (page.items[0]?.info.role !== "assistant") return page
     if (!page.cursor || input.signal?.aborted) return page
     const next = await read(page.cursor)
-    const items = [...suffix(next.items), ...page.items]
+    const items = [...next.items, ...page.items]
     return fill({ items, cursor: next.cursor })
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/message-page.test.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/message-page.test.ts
index 4fed55e19d0..945ea2d6286 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/message-page.test.ts
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/message-page.test.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ describe("fetchMessagePage / cursor fallback", () => {
   })
 
   it("synthesized cursor round-trips through the server's before parameter", async () => {
-    // First page: server strips header, items fill limit → cursor synthesized.
+    // First page: server strips header, items fill limit -> cursor synthesized.
     // Next page request uses that cursor and returns more items.
     const { client, calls } = mockClient([
       {
@@ -115,4 +115,53 @@ describe("fetchMessagePage / cursor fallback", () => {
     })
     expect(calls[1]?.before).toBe(first.cursor)
   })
+
+  it("keeps all fetched older messages when filling a partial assistant turn", async () => {
+    const { client, calls } = mockClient([
+      {
+        items: [message("m4", "assistant", 40), message("m5", "user", 50)],
+        cursor: "c1",
+      },
+      {
+        items: [message("m1", "user", 10), message("m2", "assistant", 20), message("m3", "user", 30)],
+        cursor: "c2",
+      },
+    ])
+
+    const page = await fetchMessagePage(client as never, {
+      sessionID: "s1",
+      workspaceDir: "/repo",
+      limit: 3,
+    })
+
+    expect(calls.map((call) => call.before)).toEqual([undefined, "c1"])
+    expect(page.items.map((item) => item.info.id)).toEqual(["m1", "m2", "m3", "m4", "m5"])
+    expect(page.cursor).toBe("c2")
+  })
+
+  it("continues fetching until a partial assistant turn reaches the first user message", async () => {
+    const { client, calls } = mockClient([
+      {
+        items: [message("m4", "assistant", 40), message("m5", "user", 50)],
+        cursor: "c1",
+      },
+      {
+        items: [message("m2", "assistant", 20), message("m3", "user", 30)],
+        cursor: "c2",
+      },
+      {
+        items: [message("m1", "user", 10)],
+      },
+    ])
+
+    const page = await fetchMessagePage(client as never, {
+      sessionID: "s1",
+      workspaceDir: "/repo",
+      limit: 2,
+    })
+
+    expect(calls.map((call) => call.before)).toEqual([undefined, "c1", "c2"])
+    expect(page.items.map((item) => item.info.id)).toEqual(["m1", "m2", "m3", "m4", "m5"])
+    expect(page.cursor).toBeUndefined()
+  })
 })