diff --git a/app/Models/Recording.php b/app/Models/Recording.php
index b3a51cb..2b686cf 100644
--- a/app/Models/Recording.php
+++ b/app/Models/Recording.php
@@ -595,6 +595,10 @@ class Recording extends Model
 
         $segments = is_array($verbose['segments'] ?? null) ? $verbose['segments'] : [];
 
+        if (isset($delta['segment']) && is_array($delta['segment'])) {
+            $segments = $this->appendVerboseSegment($segments, $delta['segment']);
+        }
+
         if (isset($delta['segments']) && is_array($delta['segments'])) {
             $incoming = [];
 
@@ -605,10 +609,14 @@ class Recording extends Model
             }
 
             if ($incoming !== []) {
-                $segments = $incoming;
+                if (isset($delta['segment'])) {
+                    foreach ($incoming as $segment) {
+                        $segments = $this->appendVerboseSegment($segments, $segment);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    $segments = $incoming;
+                }
             }
-        } elseif (isset($delta['segment']) && is_array($delta['segment'])) {
-            $segments = $this->appendVerboseSegment($segments, $delta['segment']);
         }
 
         if (isset($delta['words']) && is_array($delta['words']) && $delta['words'] !== []) {
diff --git a/app/Services/WhisperTranscriptionStream.php b/app/Services/WhisperTranscriptionStream.php
index d527645..8e2de69 100644
--- a/app/Services/WhisperTranscriptionStream.php
+++ b/app/Services/WhisperTranscriptionStream.php
@@ -95,6 +95,17 @@ class WhisperTranscriptionStream
             ];
         }
 
+        if ($this->isLiveSegmentEvent($type, $data)) {
+            return [
+                'append' => $data['text'],
+                'replace' => null,
+                'end' => $end,
+                'done' => false,
+                'legacy' => true,
+                'whisper' => $whisper,
+            ];
+        }
+
         if (isset($data['segments']) && is_array($data['segments'])) {
             $text = $data['text'] ?? '';
 
@@ -112,22 +123,6 @@ class WhisperTranscriptionStream
             ];
         }
 
-        if (
-            ($type === null || $type === 'segment')
-            && isset($data['text'])
-            && is_string($data['text'])
-            && $data['text'] !== ''
-        ) {
-            return [
-                'append' => $data['text'],
-                'replace' => null,
-                'end' => $end,
-                'done' => false,
-                'legacy' => true,
-                'whisper' => $whisper,
-            ];
-        }
-
         if ($whisper !== []) {
             return [
                 'append' => null,
@@ -217,7 +212,7 @@ class WhisperTranscriptionStream
                 }
             }
 
-            if ($segments !== []) {
+            if ($segments !== [] && ! isset($meta['segment'])) {
                 $meta['segments'] = $segments;
             }
         }
@@ -274,6 +269,34 @@ class WhisperTranscriptionStream
         return array_filter($segment, fn (mixed $value): bool => $value !== null && $value !== []);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * One streamed Whisper chunk (not a finished verbose_json document).
+     *
+     * @param  array<string, mixed>  $data
+     */
+    private function isLiveSegmentEvent(mixed $type, array $data): bool
+    {
+        $text = $data['text'] ?? null;
+
+        if (! is_string($text) || $text === '') {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if ($type === 'segment') {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if ($type !== null && $type !== '') {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (isset($data['start']) || isset($data['end'])) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return ! (isset($data['segments']) && is_array($data['segments']));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return list<string>
      */
diff --git a/resources/js/transcription.js b/resources/js/transcription.js
index 56eb859..2e12631 100644
--- a/resources/js/transcription.js
+++ b/resources/js/transcription.js
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ function unwrapBroadcast(event) {
     if (
         event.transcript_delta === undefined
         && event.transcriptDelta === undefined
+        && event.whisper_delta === undefined
+        && event.whisperDelta === undefined
         && event.data
         && typeof event.data === 'object'
     ) {
@@ -100,13 +102,13 @@ function whisperSnapshot(snapshot) {
     return {
         language: snapshot?.language ?? null,
         duration: snapshot?.duration ?? null,
-        segments: Array.isArray(snapshot?.segments) ? snapshot.segments : [],
-        logprobs: Array.isArray(snapshot?.logprobs) ? snapshot.logprobs : [],
+        segments: Array.isArray(snapshot?.segments) ? snapshot.segments.slice() : [],
+        logprobs: Array.isArray(snapshot?.logprobs) ? snapshot.logprobs.slice() : [],
     };
 }
 
 function segmentKey(segment) {
-    return [segment?.id ?? '', segment?.start ?? '', segment?.end ?? '', segment?.text ?? ''].join('|');
+    return [segment?.start ?? '', segment?.end ?? '', segment?.text ?? ''].join('|');
 }
 
 export function formatClock(seconds) {
@@ -138,7 +140,8 @@ export function wordConfidenceClass(probability) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Hydrate once at start and again when the run finishes; do not poll the full transcript.
+ * Live updates come from Echo. While a run is active we also hydrate from HTTP
+ * so segment cards keep appearing even if Livewire remorphs or an Echo frame is missed.
  */
 export function transcriptionMonitor({ statusUrl, initial, userId }) {
     return {
@@ -150,6 +153,7 @@ export function transcriptionMonitor({ statusUrl, initial, userId }) {
         },
         pollError: null,
         tickTimer: null,
+        hydrateTimer: null,
         leaveChannel: null,
         liveFromEcho: false,
         lastDeltaStamp: null,
@@ -183,12 +187,14 @@ export function transcriptionMonitor({ statusUrl, initial, userId }) {
 
             if (this.status.is_active) {
                 this.beginTick();
+                this.beginHydratePoll();
                 this.hydrateOnce();
             }
         },
 
         destroy() {
             this.stopTick();
+            this.stopHydratePoll();
 
             if (this.leaveChannel) {
                 this.leaveChannel();
@@ -210,16 +216,7 @@ export function transcriptionMonitor({ statusUrl, initial, userId }) {
                 badge_color: badgeColorFor(nextStatus),
             };
 
-            if (
-                payload.transcript_replace
-                || (
-                    fromEcho
-                    && payload.status === 'processing'
-                    && payload.percent === 0
-                    && ! payload.whisper_delta
-                    && ! payload.transcript_delta
-                )
-            ) {
+            if (this.shouldResetWhisper(payload, fromEcho)) {
                 this.whisper = whisperSnapshot(null);
             }
 
@@ -228,8 +225,10 @@ export function transcriptionMonitor({ statusUrl, initial, userId }) {
 
             if (this.status.is_active) {
                 this.beginTick();
+                this.beginHydratePoll();
             } else {
                 this.stopTick();
+                this.stopHydratePoll();
 
                 if (wasActive) {
                     this.hydrateOnce();
@@ -277,7 +276,14 @@ export function transcriptionMonitor({ statusUrl, initial, userId }) {
             }
 
             if (this.liveFromEcho && (payload.status ?? this.status.status) === 'processing') {
-                return this.status.transcript;
+                const incoming = typeof payload.transcript === 'string' ? payload.transcript : '';
+                const current = this.status.transcript || '';
+
+                if (incoming.length > current.length) {
+                    return incoming;
+                }
+
+                return current;
             }
 
             if (typeof payload.transcript === 'string') {
@@ -293,19 +299,74 @@ export function transcriptionMonitor({ statusUrl, initial, userId }) {
             return this.status.transcript;
         },
 
+        shouldResetWhisper(payload, fromEcho = false) {
+            const delta = payload.whisper_delta || payload.whisperDelta;
+            const segment = delta?.segment;
+
+            if (
+                fromEcho
+                && payload.status === 'processing'
+                && payload.percent === 0
+                && ! delta
+                && ! payload.transcript_delta
+                && ! payload.transcriptDelta
+            ) {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (segment && this.whisper.segments.length) {
+                const last = this.whisper.segments[this.whisper.segments.length - 1];
+
+                if (segment.start != null && last.start != null && Number(segment.start) + 0.05 < Number(last.start)) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        },
+
         mergeWhisper(payload, fromEcho = false) {
             const snapshot = payload.whisper;
             const delta = payload.whisper_delta || payload.whisperDelta;
 
             if (snapshot && Array.isArray(snapshot.segments) && ! delta) {
-                if (fromEcho || (this.liveFromEcho && this.whisper.segments.length > snapshot.segments.length)) {
+                if (fromEcho) {
                     return this.whisper;
                 }
 
-                return whisperSnapshot(snapshot);
+                // HTTP hydrate is source of truth once it is ahead of (or equal to) local Echo state.
+                if (snapshot.segments.length >= this.whisper.segments.length) {
+                    return whisperSnapshot(snapshot);
+                }
+
+                const next = whisperSnapshot(this.whisper);
+
+                if (! next.language && snapshot.language) {
+                    next.language = snapshot.language;
+                }
+
+                if (next.duration == null && snapshot.duration != null) {
+                    next.duration = snapshot.duration;
+                }
+
+                return next;
             }
 
             if (! delta) {
+                if (snapshot) {
+                    const next = whisperSnapshot(this.whisper);
+
+                    if (snapshot.language) {
+                        next.language = snapshot.language;
+                    }
+
+                    if (snapshot.duration != null) {
+                        next.duration = snapshot.duration;
+                    }
+
+                    return next;
+                }
+
                 return this.whisper;
             }
 
@@ -323,12 +384,20 @@ export function transcriptionMonitor({ statusUrl, initial, userId }) {
                 next.duration = delta.duration;
             }
 
-            if (Array.isArray(delta.segments) && delta.segments.length) {
-                next.segments = delta.segments;
-            } else if (delta.segment) {
+            if (delta.segment) {
                 next.segments = this.appendSegment(next.segments, delta.segment);
             }
 
+            if (Array.isArray(delta.segments) && delta.segments.length) {
+                if (! delta.segment) {
+                    next.segments = delta.segments.slice();
+                } else {
+                    delta.segments.forEach((row) => {
+                        next.segments = this.appendSegment(next.segments, row);
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+
             if (Array.isArray(delta.logprobs) && delta.logprobs.length) {
                 next.logprobs = next.logprobs.concat(delta.logprobs);
             }
@@ -352,6 +421,10 @@ export function transcriptionMonitor({ statusUrl, initial, userId }) {
             return segments.concat([segment]);
         },
 
+        segmentDomKey(segment, index) {
+            return segmentKey(segment) + '#' + index;
+        },
+
         seekTo(seconds) {
             const player = this.$refs.player;
 
@@ -393,17 +466,49 @@ export function transcriptionMonitor({ statusUrl, initial, userId }) {
             }
         },
 
+        beginHydratePoll() {
+            if (this.hydrateTimer || ! this.statusUrl) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            this.hydrateTimer = setInterval(() => {
+                if (! this.status.is_active) {
+                    this.stopHydratePoll();
+
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                this.hydrateOnce();
+            }, 1000);
+        },
+
+        stopHydratePoll() {
+            if (this.hydrateTimer) {
+                clearInterval(this.hydrateTimer);
+                this.hydrateTimer = null;
+            }
+        },
+
         tickElapsed() {
             if (! this.status.is_active || this.status.elapsed_seconds == null) {
                 return;
             }
 
             const next = this.status.elapsed_seconds + 1;
+            const duration = Number(this.status.duration_seconds) || 0;
+            let percent = this.status.percent;
+
+            if (this.status.status === 'processing' && duration > 0) {
+                const elapsedPercent = Math.min(99, Math.round((100 * next) / duration));
+
+                percent = Math.max(Number(percent) || 0, elapsedPercent);
+            }
 
             this.status = {
                 ...this.status,
                 elapsed_seconds: next,
                 elapsed_human: formatElapsed(next),
+                percent,
             };
         },
 
diff --git a/resources/views/livewire/recordings/show.blade.php b/resources/views/livewire/recordings/show.blade.php
index 480a78c..28e8cd2 100644
--- a/resources/views/livewire/recordings/show.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/livewire/recordings/show.blade.php
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
+{{--
+    Full wire:ignore: Livewire must not remorph this tree while Echo/Alpine own the live UI.
+    Status + whisper segments hydrate over HTTP while active (no wire:poll here).
+--}}
 <div
-    @if ($recording->transcription_status === 'pending')
-        wire:poll.2s.visible
-    @endif
+    wire:ignore
+    wire:key="transcription-ui-{{ $recording->id }}-{{ $recording->transcription_status }}-{{ $recording->transcribed_at?->timestamp }}"
+    x-data="transcriptionMonitor(@js([
+        'statusUrl' => route('recordings.transcription-status', $recording),
+        'userId' => (int) $recording->user_id,
+        'initial' => $recording->transcriptionStatusPayload(),
+    ]))"
+    x-init="
+        start();
+        return () => destroy();
+    "
 >
-    <div
-        wire:ignore.self
-        wire:key="transcription-ui-{{ $recording->id }}-{{ $recording->transcription_status }}-{{ $recording->transcribed_at?->timestamp }}"
-        x-data="transcriptionMonitor(@js([
-            'statusUrl' => route('recordings.transcription-status', $recording),
-            'userId' => (int) $recording->user_id,
-            'initial' => $recording->transcriptionStatusPayload(),
-        ]))"
-        x-init="
-            start();
-            return () => destroy();
-        "
-    >
     <div class="mb-6 flex flex-col gap-4 sm:flex-row sm:items-start sm:justify-between">
         <div>
             <flux:link href="{{ route('recordings.index') }}" wire:navigate class="text-sm">← Recordings</flux:link>
@@ -181,7 +180,6 @@
             </div>
 
             <div
-                wire:ignore
                 class="mt-4 whitespace-pre-wrap text-sm leading-relaxed text-zinc-800 dark:text-zinc-100"
                 x-show="status.transcript && !whisper.segments.length"
                 x-text="status.transcript"
@@ -245,7 +243,6 @@
         </div>
 
         <div
-            wire:ignore
             class="mt-4 space-y-4"
             x-show="whisper.language || whisper.segments.length || whisper.logprobs.length"
         >
@@ -263,7 +260,7 @@
                 </span>
             </div>
 
-            <template x-for="(segment, index) in whisper.segments" :key="segment.id ?? (segment.start + '-' + index)">
+            <template x-for="(segment, index) in whisper.segments" :key="segmentDomKey(segment, index)">
                 <div class="rounded-lg border border-zinc-200 p-3 dark:border-zinc-700">
                     <div class="flex flex-wrap items-baseline justify-between gap-2 text-xs text-zinc-500 dark:text-zinc-400">
                         <span class="tabular-nums">
@@ -329,5 +326,4 @@
             No transcript yet. Transcription starts automatically after upload, or use the button above.
         </flux:text>
     </flux:card>
-    </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Recordings/ShowTest.php b/tests/Feature/Recordings/ShowTest.php
index 04e0ce4..67e3ca5 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Recordings/ShowTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Recordings/ShowTest.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class ShowTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertDatabaseMissing('recordings', ['id' => $recording->id]);
     }
 
-    public function test_show_polls_while_transcription_is_queued(): void
+    public function test_show_uses_alpine_hydrate_while_transcription_is_queued(): void
     {
         $user = User::factory()->create();
         $this->actingAs($user);
@@ -79,12 +79,13 @@ class ShowTest extends TestCase
         ]);
 
         Livewire::test(Show::class, ['recording' => $recording])
-            ->assertSee('wire:poll', false)
-            ->assertDontSee('echo-private', false)
+            ->assertDontSee('wire:poll', false)
+            ->assertSee('wire:ignore', false)
+            ->assertSee('transcriptionMonitor', false)
             ->assertSee('Queued — waiting to start…');
     }
 
-    public function test_show_does_not_poll_while_transcription_is_processing(): void
+    public function test_show_does_not_use_livewire_poll_while_transcription_is_processing(): void
     {
         $user = User::factory()->create();
         $this->actingAs($user);
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ class ShowTest extends TestCase
 
         Livewire::test(Show::class, ['recording' => $recording])
             ->assertDontSee('wire:poll', false)
+            ->assertSee('wire:ignore', false)
             ->assertSee('userId', false);
     }
 
@@ -166,6 +168,7 @@ class ShowTest extends TestCase
         Livewire::test(Show::class, ['recording' => $recording])
             ->assertSee('whisper.segments', false)
             ->assertSee('whisper.language', false)
+            ->assertSee('segmentDomKey', false)
             ->assertSee('Hello');
     }
 
@@ -274,7 +277,7 @@ class ShowTest extends TestCase
         ]);
 
         Livewire::test(Show::class, ['recording' => $recording])
-            ->assertSee('wire:ignore.self', false)
+            ->assertSee('wire:ignore', false)
             ->assertSee('transcription-ui-'.$recording->id.'-processing-', false)
             ->assertDontSee('transcription-ui-'.$recording->id.'-processing-62', false);
     }
diff --git a/tests/Feature/TranscriptionBroadcastTest.php b/tests/Feature/TranscriptionBroadcastTest.php
index 87d12c2..d26f8a6 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/TranscriptionBroadcastTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/TranscriptionBroadcastTest.php
@@ -330,6 +330,35 @@ class TranscriptionBroadcastTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertSame(-0.1, $recording->transcription_verbose['segments'][0]['avg_logprob']);
     }
 
+    public function test_consecutive_live_whisper_segments_are_appended(): void
+    {
+        Event::fake([RecordingTranscriptionUpdated::class]);
+
+        $recording = Recording::query()->create([
+            'user_id' => $this->user->id,
+            'title' => 'Append live',
+            'original_filename' => 'append.mp3',
+            'file_path' => 'recordings/append.mp3',
+            'file_size_bytes' => 100,
+            'transcription_status' => 'processing',
+            'transcription_driver' => 'local',
+            'transcription_started_at' => now(),
+        ]);
+
+        $recording->reportProgress('Transcribing locally…', 40, partialTranscript: "didn't I wasn't aware", whisperDelta: [
+            'language' => 'en',
+            'segment' => ['id' => 0, 'text' => "didn't I wasn't aware", 'start' => 254.5, 'end' => 260.8],
+        ]);
+        $recording->refresh()->reportProgress('Transcribing locally…', 45, partialTranscript: "didn't I wasn't aware other people", whisperDelta: [
+            'language' => 'en',
+            'segment' => ['id' => 0, 'text' => 'other people', 'start' => 260.8, 'end' => 267.4],
+        ]);
+
+        $recording->refresh();
+        $this->assertCount(2, $recording->transcription_verbose['segments']);
+        $this->assertSame('other people', $recording->transcription_verbose['segments'][1]['text']);
+    }
+
     public function test_oversized_transcript_delta_is_not_broadcast(): void
     {
         $recording = Recording::query()->create([
diff --git a/tests/Unit/WhisperTranscriptionStreamTest.php b/tests/Unit/WhisperTranscriptionStreamTest.php
index 0ec5786..8c9303d 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/WhisperTranscriptionStreamTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/WhisperTranscriptionStreamTest.php
@@ -155,6 +155,42 @@ class WhisperTranscriptionStreamTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertSame(-0.3, $event['whisper']['segments'][0]['avg_logprob']);
     }
 
+    public function test_live_segment_with_nested_segments_array_appends_instead_of_replacing(): void
+    {
+        $first = $this->stream->parseEvent(json_encode([
+            'language' => 'en',
+            'duration' => 6.3,
+            'id' => 0,
+            'start' => 254.5,
+            'end' => 260.8,
+            'text' => "didn't I wasn't aware",
+            'segments' => [
+                ['id' => 0, 'start' => 254.5, 'end' => 260.8, 'text' => "didn't I wasn't aware"],
+            ],
+        ]));
+        $second = $this->stream->parseEvent(json_encode([
+            'language' => 'en',
+            'duration' => 6.96,
+            'id' => 0,
+            'start' => 260.8,
+            'end' => 267.4,
+            'text' => ' other people so I am trying',
+            'segments' => [
+                ['id' => 0, 'start' => 260.8, 'end' => 267.4, 'text' => ' other people so I am trying'],
+            ],
+        ]));
+
+        $this->assertTrue($first['legacy']);
+        $this->assertNull($first['replace']);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('segments', $first['whisper']);
+        $this->assertSame("didn't I wasn't aware", $first['whisper']['segment']['text']);
+
+        $text = $this->stream->applyEvent('', $first);
+        $text = $this->stream->applyEvent($text, $second);
+
+        $this->assertSame("didn't I wasn't aware other people so I am trying", $text);
+    }
+
     public function test_joins_legacy_segments_with_spaces(): void
     {
         $first = $this->stream->parseEvent('{"text":"Hello from","end":10}');