diff --git a/server/modules/websocket/services/websocket-server.service.ts b/server/modules/websocket/services/websocket-server.service.ts
index 7e5c12e4..2ba2ec6e 100644
--- a/server/modules/websocket/services/websocket-server.service.ts
+++ b/server/modules/websocket/services/websocket-server.service.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,24 @@ export function createWebSocketServer(
   });
 
   wss.on('connection', (ws, request) => {
+    // Keep WebSocket alive across reverse-proxy idle timeouts (Cloudflare ~100s,
+    // AWS ALB 60s, nginx 60s, etc.). Without app-level pings these connections
+    // are silently torn down even when the UI is active, causing repeated
+    // reconnect cycles. ws library heartbeat is opt-in.
+    const HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_MS = 30_000;
+    const heartbeat = setInterval(() => {
+      if (ws.readyState === ws.OPEN) {
+        try {
+          ws.ping();
+        } catch {
+          // socket may have been closed concurrently — interval will be cleared below
+        }
+      }
+    }, HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_MS);
+    const stopHeartbeat = () => clearInterval(heartbeat);
+    ws.on('close', stopHeartbeat);
+    ws.on('error', stopHeartbeat);
+
     const incomingRequest = request as AuthenticatedWebSocketRequest;
     const url = incomingRequest.url ?? '/';
     const pathname = new URL(url, 'http://localhost').pathname;
diff --git a/src/components/chat/view/subcomponents/ChatComposer.tsx b/src/components/chat/view/subcomponents/ChatComposer.tsx
index c447bc19..f041b773 100644
--- a/src/components/chat/view/subcomponents/ChatComposer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/chat/view/subcomponents/ChatComposer.tsx
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ export default function ChatComposer({
 
             <PromptInputTextarea
               ref={textareaRef}
+              dir="auto"
               value={input}
               onChange={onInputChange}
               onClick={onTextareaClick}
diff --git a/src/components/chat/view/subcomponents/MessageComponent.tsx b/src/components/chat/view/subcomponents/MessageComponent.tsx
index fa013783..c40e0b94 100644
--- a/src/components/chat/view/subcomponents/MessageComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/components/chat/view/subcomponents/MessageComponent.tsx
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ const MessageComponent = memo(({ message, prevMessage, createDiff, onFileOpen, o
         /* User message bubble on the right */
         <div className="flex w-full items-end space-x-0 sm:w-auto sm:max-w-[85%] sm:space-x-3 md:max-w-md lg:max-w-lg xl:max-w-xl">
           <div className="group flex-1 rounded-2xl rounded-br-md bg-blue-600 px-3 py-2 text-white shadow-sm sm:flex-initial sm:px-4">
-            <div className="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words text-sm">
+            <div dir="auto" className="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words text-sm">
               {message.content}
             </div>
             {message.images && message.images.length > 0 && (
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ const MessageComponent = memo(({ message, prevMessage, createDiff, onFileOpen, o
                 </ReasoningContent>
               </Reasoning>
             ) : (
-              <div className="text-sm text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300">
+              <div dir="auto" className="text-sm text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300">
                 {/* Reasoning accordion */}
                 {showThinking && message.reasoning && (
                   <Reasoning className="mb-3" defaultOpen={false}>
diff --git a/src/contexts/WebSocketContext.tsx b/src/contexts/WebSocketContext.tsx
index 116da6b9..456c0761 100644
--- a/src/contexts/WebSocketContext.tsx
+++ b/src/contexts/WebSocketContext.tsx
@@ -36,8 +36,12 @@ const useWebSocketProviderState = (): WebSocketContextType => {
   const { token } = useAuth();
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    // The cleanup below sets unmountedRef = true. Without this reset, every
+    // re-run of the effect (e.g. on token refresh) would short-circuit connect()
+    // at its unmounted guard and leave the socket permanently disconnected.
+    unmountedRef.current = false;
     connect();
-    
+
     return () => {
       unmountedRef.current = true;
       if (reconnectTimeoutRef.current) {
diff --git a/vite.config.js b/vite.config.js
index 61967cbe..664fd307 100755
--- a/vite.config.js
+++ b/vite.config.js
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
         '/shell': {
           target: `ws://${proxyHost}:${serverPort}`,
           ws: true
+        },
+        '/plugin-ws': {
+          target: `ws://${proxyHost}:${serverPort}`,
+          ws: true
         }
       }
     },