diff --git a/libs/a2ui/package.json b/libs/a2ui/package.json
index d47134a0a..736f660f4 100644
--- a/libs/a2ui/package.json
+++ b/libs/a2ui/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ngaf/a2ui",
-  "version": "0.0.24",
+  "version": "0.0.25",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/libs/ag-ui/package.json b/libs/ag-ui/package.json
index dd44dde0a..16e1c623c 100644
--- a/libs/ag-ui/package.json
+++ b/libs/ag-ui/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ngaf/ag-ui",
-  "version": "0.0.24",
+  "version": "0.0.25",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@ngaf/chat": "*",
     "@ngaf/licensing": "*",
diff --git a/libs/chat/package.json b/libs/chat/package.json
index 6d0670ef4..09e3c4fe8 100644
--- a/libs/chat/package.json
+++ b/libs/chat/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ngaf/chat",
-  "version": "0.0.24",
+  "version": "0.0.25",
   "exports": {
     ".": {
       "types": "./index.d.ts",
diff --git a/libs/chat/src/lib/compositions/chat/chat.component.ts b/libs/chat/src/lib/compositions/chat/chat.component.ts
index 02a8499b8..4132174f0 100644
--- a/libs/chat/src/lib/compositions/chat/chat.component.ts
+++ b/libs/chat/src/lib/compositions/chat/chat.component.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ import type { ChatRenderEvent } from './chat-render-event';
                 @let classified = classifyMessage(content, message);
                 <chat-message
                   [role]="'assistant'"
+                  [message]="message"
                   [prevRole]="prevRole(i)"
                   [streaming]="agent().isLoading() && i === agent().messages().length - 1"
                   [current]="i === agent().messages().length - 1"
diff --git a/libs/chat/src/lib/markdown/views/markdown-image.component.ts b/libs/chat/src/lib/markdown/views/markdown-image.component.ts
index 83868f150..5f78b3302 100644
--- a/libs/chat/src/lib/markdown/views/markdown-image.component.ts
+++ b/libs/chat/src/lib/markdown/views/markdown-image.component.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,36 @@
 // libs/chat/src/lib/markdown/views/markdown-image.component.ts
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-import { Component, ChangeDetectionStrategy, input } from '@angular/core';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, input, signal } from '@angular/core';
 import type { MarkdownImageNode } from '@cacheplane/partial-markdown';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'chat-md-image',
   standalone: true,
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
-  template: `<img [src]="node().url" [alt]="node().alt" [attr.title]="node().title || null" />`,
+  template: `
+    @if (failed()) {
+      <span class="chat-md-image chat-md-image--broken"
+            role="img"
+            [attr.aria-label]="node().alt || node().url"
+            [attr.title]="node().title || node().url || null">
+        <span class="chat-md-image__icon" aria-hidden="true">🖼️</span>
+        @if (node().alt) {
+          <span class="chat-md-image__alt">{{ node().alt }}</span>
+        } @else {
+          <span class="chat-md-image__alt">image unavailable</span>
+        }
+      </span>
+    } @else {
+      <img
+        [src]="node().url"
+        [alt]="node().alt"
+        [attr.title]="node().title || null"
+        (error)="failed.set(true)"
+      />
+    }
+  `,
 })
 export class MarkdownImageComponent {
   readonly node = input.required<MarkdownImageNode>();
+  protected readonly failed = signal(false);
 }
diff --git a/libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-input/chat-input.component.spec.ts b/libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-input/chat-input.component.spec.ts
index 303b0b36f..5ba51e2af 100644
--- a/libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-input/chat-input.component.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-input/chat-input.component.spec.ts
@@ -121,4 +121,18 @@ describe('ChatInputComponent', () => {
     const controls = (fixture.nativeElement as HTMLElement).querySelector('.chat-input__controls');
     expect(controls).not.toBeNull();
   });
+
+  it('auto-resizes textarea height when messageText changes — bug #198 regression', () => {
+    // Live Chrome smoke caught: rows="1" textarea did not grow with
+    // multi-line input. clientHeight stayed at 24px while scrollHeight
+    // grew to 72px+, hiding lines past the first. Fix: an effect() sets
+    // el.style.height = scrollHeight (capped at 200px) on every change.
+    const textarea = (fixture.nativeElement as HTMLElement).querySelector('textarea') as HTMLTextAreaElement;
+    expect(textarea).not.toBeNull();
+    fixture.componentInstance.messageText.set('line one\nline two\nline three');
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    // The effect sets el.style.height; jsdom layout produces a value (
+    // possibly '0px' due to no real layout, but the property is set).
+    expect(textarea.style.height).not.toBe('');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-input/chat-input.component.ts b/libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-input/chat-input.component.ts
index b3ef9bb0d..04fab273c 100644
--- a/libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-input/chat-input.component.ts
+++ b/libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-input/chat-input.component.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import {
   Component,
   computed,
+  effect,
   input,
   output,
   signal,
@@ -116,6 +117,30 @@ export class ChatInputComponent {
 
   private readonly textareaEl = viewChild<ElementRef<HTMLTextAreaElement>>('textareaEl');
 
+  /** Maximum auto-grow height in pixels. Caps at ~8 lines; beyond that, scroll. */
+  private static readonly MAX_AUTO_HEIGHT_PX = 200;
+
+  /**
+   * Auto-resize the textarea to fit its content as the user types or pastes
+   * multi-line text. Caps at MAX_AUTO_HEIGHT_PX; beyond that the textarea
+   * scrolls. Without this, multi-line input is hidden behind the rows="1"
+   * fixed height (caught by live browser smoke).
+   */
+  constructor() {
+    effect(() => {
+      const text = this.messageText();
+      const el = this.textareaEl()?.nativeElement;
+      if (!el) return;
+      // Reset to allow scrollHeight to shrink when content shortens.
+      el.style.height = 'auto';
+      const next = Math.min(el.scrollHeight, ChatInputComponent.MAX_AUTO_HEIGHT_PX);
+      el.style.height = `${next}px`;
+      el.style.overflowY = el.scrollHeight > ChatInputComponent.MAX_AUTO_HEIGHT_PX ? 'auto' : 'hidden';
+      // Reference text so the effect re-runs on every change.
+      void text;
+    });
+  }
+
   focusTextarea(): void {
     this.textareaEl()?.nativeElement.focus();
   }
diff --git a/libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-message-actions/chat-message-actions.component.ts b/libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-message-actions/chat-message-actions.component.ts
index 3cee9cd4a..ee7b65333 100644
--- a/libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-message-actions/chat-message-actions.component.ts
+++ b/libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-message-actions/chat-message-actions.component.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import { CHAT_MESSAGE_ACTIONS_STYLES } from '../../styles/chat-message-actions.s
       type="button"
       class="chat-message-actions__btn"
       [class.is-active]="rating() === 'up'"
+      [attr.aria-pressed]="rating() === 'up'"
       aria-label="Thumbs up"
       title="Good response"
       (click)="onRate('up')"
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ import { CHAT_MESSAGE_ACTIONS_STYLES } from '../../styles/chat-message-actions.s
       type="button"
       class="chat-message-actions__btn"
       [class.is-active]="rating() === 'down'"
+      [attr.aria-pressed]="rating() === 'down'"
       aria-label="Thumbs down"
       title="Poor response"
       (click)="onRate('down')"
@@ -99,25 +101,38 @@ export class ChatMessageActionsComponent {
   protected async onCopy(): Promise<void> {
     const text = this.content();
     if (!text) return;
-    try {
-      const win = this.document.defaultView;
-      if (win?.navigator?.clipboard?.writeText) {
+    let succeeded = false;
+    const win = this.document.defaultView;
+    // Prefer Async Clipboard API; fall back to execCommand if it rejects
+    // (e.g. permissions, non-secure context, document-not-focused). The
+    // prior impl gated the fallback only on API absence, so a rejecting
+    // API silently failed with no user feedback.
+    if (win?.navigator?.clipboard?.writeText) {
+      try {
         await win.navigator.clipboard.writeText(text);
-      } else {
+        succeeded = true;
+      } catch {
+        // Async API failed — fall through to legacy path below.
+      }
+    }
+    if (!succeeded) {
+      try {
         const ta = this.document.createElement('textarea');
         ta.value = text;
         ta.style.position = 'fixed';
         ta.style.opacity = '0';
         this.document.body.appendChild(ta);
         ta.select();
-        this.document.execCommand?.('copy');
+        succeeded = !!this.document.execCommand?.('copy');
         ta.remove();
+      } catch {
+        // Both paths failed — leave copied state unchanged.
       }
+    }
+    if (succeeded) {
       this.copied.set(true);
       this.contentCopied.emit(text);
       setTimeout(() => this.copied.set(false), 2000);
-    } catch {
-      // Silent fail — clipboard may be blocked by permissions.
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-select/chat-select.component.spec.ts b/libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-select/chat-select.component.spec.ts
index b7c933268..2f017e29f 100644
--- a/libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-select/chat-select.component.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-select/chat-select.component.spec.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,21 @@ describe('ChatSelectComponent', () => {
     expect(host.querySelector('.chat-select__menu')).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  it('closes the menu on Escape when focus is still on the trigger — bug #198 regression', () => {
+    // Live Chrome smoke caught: clicking the trigger to open the menu leaves
+    // focus on the trigger (not the menu). Pressing Escape there used to be
+    // ignored — only Escape inside the menu was handled. Fix: handle Escape
+    // in onTriggerKeydown when the menu is open.
+    const trigger = host.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('.chat-select__trigger')!;
+    trigger.click();
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    expect(host.querySelector('.chat-select__menu')).not.toBeNull();
+    const evt = new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'Escape', bubbles: true });
+    trigger.dispatchEvent(evt);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    expect(host.querySelector('.chat-select__menu')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it('disables the trigger when [disabled]=true', () => {
     setSignalInput(fixture, 'disabled', true);
     fixture.detectChanges();
diff --git a/libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-select/chat-select.component.ts b/libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-select/chat-select.component.ts
index 80114ae9b..e012f0068 100644
--- a/libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-select/chat-select.component.ts
+++ b/libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-select/chat-select.component.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,15 @@ export class ChatSelectComponent {
 
   protected onTriggerKeydown(e: KeyboardEvent): void {
     if (this.disabled()) return;
+    // Escape closes an open menu when focus is still on the trigger
+    // (e.g. user clicked to open, then pressed Escape without arrowing
+    // into the menu). Caught by live browser smoke — without this, click
+    // + Escape leaves the menu open until the user clicks outside.
+    if (e.key === 'Escape' && this.open()) {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      this.open.set(false);
+      return;
+    }
     if (e.key === 'Enter' || e.key === ' ' || e.key === 'ArrowDown') {
       e.preventDefault();
       this.open.set(true);
diff --git a/libs/chat/src/lib/styles/chat-markdown.styles.ts b/libs/chat/src/lib/styles/chat-markdown.styles.ts
index db75d5416..ec72ff877 100644
--- a/libs/chat/src/lib/styles/chat-markdown.styles.ts
+++ b/libs/chat/src/lib/styles/chat-markdown.styles.ts
@@ -110,10 +110,19 @@ export const CHAT_MARKDOWN_STYLES = `
     vertical-align: top;
   }
   chat-streaming-md th { font-weight: 600; }
-  /* Component-rendered table: make wrapper elements layout-transparent */
-  chat-streaming-md chat-md-table { display: contents; }
+  /* Component-rendered table: chat-md-table becomes a horizontally-scrollable
+     wrapper for the inner <table>; row/cell elements stay layout-transparent
+     so the browser's table layout takes over. Without this overflow wrapper,
+     wide tables push their parent container past the viewport horizontally. */
+  chat-streaming-md chat-md-table {
+    display: block;
+    overflow-x: auto;
+    max-width: 100%;
+    margin: 0 0 0.75rem;
+  }
   chat-streaming-md chat-md-table-row { display: contents; }
   chat-streaming-md chat-md-table-cell { display: contents; }
+  chat-streaming-md chat-md-table > table { margin: 0; }
   /* Task-list items: checkbox + first paragraph render inline; subsequent
      blocks (sub-lists, multi-paragraph items) flow normally below. */
   chat-streaming-md li.chat-md-list-item--task {
@@ -143,4 +152,21 @@ export const CHAT_MARKDOWN_STYLES = `
 
   /* Media */
   chat-streaming-md img { max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px; }
+  /* Broken-image fallback: muted pill showing alt text + icon. Triggered
+     when <img> fires (error). Caught by live browser smoke — prior impl
+     showed only the browser's broken-image icon with no readable alt. */
+  chat-streaming-md .chat-md-image--broken {
+    display: inline-flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 0.4rem;
+    padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem;
+    background: var(--ngaf-chat-surface-alt);
+    border: 1px dashed var(--ngaf-chat-separator);
+    border-radius: 6px;
+    font-size: 0.9em;
+    color: var(--ngaf-chat-text-muted, currentColor);
+    opacity: 0.85;
+  }
+  chat-streaming-md .chat-md-image__icon { font-size: 1em; line-height: 1; }
+  chat-streaming-md .chat-md-image__alt { font-style: italic; }
 `;
diff --git a/libs/cockpit-docs/package.json b/libs/cockpit-docs/package.json
index bd79fe6c5..3178e2f81 100644
--- a/libs/cockpit-docs/package.json
+++ b/libs/cockpit-docs/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ngaf/cockpit-docs",
-  "version": "0.0.24",
+  "version": "0.0.25",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/libs/cockpit-registry/package.json b/libs/cockpit-registry/package.json
index 09c65328c..12a43f0c9 100644
--- a/libs/cockpit-registry/package.json
+++ b/libs/cockpit-registry/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ngaf/cockpit-registry",
-  "version": "0.0.24",
+  "version": "0.0.25",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/libs/cockpit-shell/package.json b/libs/cockpit-shell/package.json
index a2e588291..1b5bab0fa 100644
--- a/libs/cockpit-shell/package.json
+++ b/libs/cockpit-shell/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ngaf/cockpit-shell",
-  "version": "0.0.24",
+  "version": "0.0.25",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/libs/cockpit-testing/package.json b/libs/cockpit-testing/package.json
index e1ef6b44d..ebc4fe005 100644
--- a/libs/cockpit-testing/package.json
+++ b/libs/cockpit-testing/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ngaf/cockpit-testing",
-  "version": "0.0.24",
+  "version": "0.0.25",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/libs/cockpit-ui/package.json b/libs/cockpit-ui/package.json
index 3e46e4b6a..fd3c3cfd8 100644
--- a/libs/cockpit-ui/package.json
+++ b/libs/cockpit-ui/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ngaf/cockpit-ui",
-  "version": "0.0.24",
+  "version": "0.0.25",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/libs/db/package.json b/libs/db/package.json
index a14f756e5..be991ef5c 100644
--- a/libs/db/package.json
+++ b/libs/db/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ngaf/db",
-  "version": "0.0.24",
+  "version": "0.0.25",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/libs/design-tokens/package.json b/libs/design-tokens/package.json
index 5adea4849..e62f66286 100644
--- a/libs/design-tokens/package.json
+++ b/libs/design-tokens/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ngaf/design-tokens",
-  "version": "0.0.24",
+  "version": "0.0.25",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/libs/example-layouts/package.json b/libs/example-layouts/package.json
index 4bf750cda..5bb7c4e78 100644
--- a/libs/example-layouts/package.json
+++ b/libs/example-layouts/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ngaf/example-layouts",
-  "version": "0.0.24",
+  "version": "0.0.25",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@angular/core": "^20.0.0 || ^21.0.0",
     "@angular/common": "^20.0.0 || ^21.0.0"
diff --git a/libs/langgraph/package.json b/libs/langgraph/package.json
index baf5ea4cf..d6a8ee432 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/package.json
+++ b/libs/langgraph/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ngaf/langgraph",
-  "version": "0.0.24",
+  "version": "0.0.25",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@ngaf/chat": "*",
     "@ngaf/licensing": "*",
diff --git a/libs/licensing/package.json b/libs/licensing/package.json
index b8f803e83..3225d435e 100644
--- a/libs/licensing/package.json
+++ b/libs/licensing/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ngaf/licensing",
-  "version": "0.0.24",
+  "version": "0.0.25",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/libs/partial-json/package.json b/libs/partial-json/package.json
index a3285d050..912ac296b 100644
--- a/libs/partial-json/package.json
+++ b/libs/partial-json/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ngaf/partial-json",
-  "version": "0.0.24",
+  "version": "0.0.25",
   "deprecated": "Replaced by @cacheplane/partial-json. No further versions will be published from this package.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/libs/render/package.json b/libs/render/package.json
index 08f2fbcb7..c6f96abcc 100644
--- a/libs/render/package.json
+++ b/libs/render/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ngaf/render",
-  "version": "0.0.24",
+  "version": "0.0.25",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@angular/core": "^20.0.0 || ^21.0.0",
     "@angular/common": "^20.0.0 || ^21.0.0",
diff --git a/libs/ui-react/package.json b/libs/ui-react/package.json
index 3667e703e..89cfe3893 100644
--- a/libs/ui-react/package.json
+++ b/libs/ui-react/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ngaf/ui-react",
-  "version": "0.0.24",
+  "version": "0.0.25",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",