diff --git a/apps/website/content/docs/chat/api/api-docs.json b/apps/website/content/docs/chat/api/api-docs.json
index 2a4a7b524..221d785b8 100644
--- a/apps/website/content/docs/chat/api/api-docs.json
+++ b/apps/website/content/docs/chat/api/api-docs.json
@@ -1575,6 +1575,12 @@
         "description": "",
         "optional": false
       },
+      {
+        "name": "currentAssistantStreaming",
+        "type": "Signal<boolean>",
+        "description": "True iff there's a current (last-index) assistant message that's\nstill streaming. The bubble's own caret already signals loading;\nwe suppress the floor typing-indicator in that case so the user\ndoesn't see two loading affordances at once.\n\nMatches the same `streaming + current` condition the bubble uses\nto enable `.chat-message__caret`:\n  `agent().isLoading() && i === agent().messages().length - 1`\n  `i === agent().messages().length - 1`\n\nRestricted to assistant role because the caret only renders on\nassistant bubbles (`:host([data-role=\"assistant\"][data-current=...\n ][data-streaming=...])`).",
+        "optional": false
+      },
       {
         "name": "forkRequested",
         "type": "OutputEmitterRef<string>",
diff --git a/cockpit/chat/a2ui/angular/src/app/a2ui.component.ts b/cockpit/chat/a2ui/angular/src/app/a2ui.component.ts
index 8e5b477f7..270e02631 100644
--- a/cockpit/chat/a2ui/angular/src/app/a2ui.component.ts
+++ b/cockpit/chat/a2ui/angular/src/app/a2ui.component.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,32 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
-import { ChatComponent, a2uiBasicCatalog } from '@ngaf/chat';
+import { ChatComponent, ChatWelcomeSuggestionComponent, a2uiBasicCatalog } from '@ngaf/chat';
 import { ExampleChatLayoutComponent } from '@ngaf/example-layouts';
 import { agent } from '@ngaf/langgraph';
 import { environment } from '../environments/environment';
 
+const WELCOME_SUGGESTIONS = [
+  { label: 'LAX → JFK',          value: 'I want to fly LAX to JFK' },
+  { label: 'SFO → SEA',          value: 'I want to fly SFO to SEA' },
+] as const;
+
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-a2ui',
   standalone: true,
-  imports: [ChatComponent, ExampleChatLayoutComponent],
+  imports: [ChatComponent, ChatWelcomeSuggestionComponent, ExampleChatLayoutComponent],
   template: `
     <example-chat-layout>
-      <chat main [agent]="agent" [views]="catalog" class="flex-1 min-w-0" />
+      <chat main [agent]="agent" [views]="catalog" class="flex-1 min-w-0">
+        <div chatWelcomeSuggestions>
+          @for (s of suggestions; track s.value) {
+            <chat-welcome-suggestion
+              [label]="s.label"
+              [value]="s.value"
+              (selected)="send($event)"
+            />
+          }
+        </div>
+      </chat>
     </example-chat-layout>
   `,
 })
@@ -21,4 +36,9 @@ export class A2uiComponent {
     assistantId: environment.a2uiAssistantId,
   });
   protected readonly catalog = a2uiBasicCatalog();
+  protected readonly suggestions = WELCOME_SUGGESTIONS;
+
+  protected send(text: string): void {
+    void this.agent.submit({ message: text });
+  }
 }
diff --git a/libs/chat/src/lib/compositions/chat/chat.component.ts b/libs/chat/src/lib/compositions/chat/chat.component.ts
index 1984804b2..692e43fed 100644
--- a/libs/chat/src/lib/compositions/chat/chat.component.ts
+++ b/libs/chat/src/lib/compositions/chat/chat.component.ts
@@ -255,7 +255,12 @@ export function isPinned(
               </ng-template>
             </chat-message-list>
 
-            @if (pinned()) {
+            <!-- Suppress the floor typing-indicator while the current
+                 assistant bubble is streaming: its own caret is already
+                 the loading affordance. Showing both reads as visual
+                 noise rather than richer feedback. See
+                 currentAssistantStreaming() on the component class. -->
+            @if (pinned() && !currentAssistantStreaming()) {
               <chat-typing-indicator [agent]="agent()" />
             }
           </div>
@@ -395,6 +400,29 @@ export class ChatComponent {
   private programmaticScrollCount = 0;
   private static readonly PIN_TOLERANCE_PX = 150;
 
+  /**
+   * True iff there's a current (last-index) assistant message that's
+   * still streaming. The bubble's own caret already signals loading;
+   * we suppress the floor typing-indicator in that case so the user
+   * doesn't see two loading affordances at once.
+   *
+   * Matches the same `streaming + current` condition the bubble uses
+   * to enable `.chat-message__caret`:
+   *   `agent().isLoading() && i === agent().messages().length - 1`
+   *   `i === agent().messages().length - 1`
+   *
+   * Restricted to assistant role because the caret only renders on
+   * assistant bubbles (`:host([data-role="assistant"][data-current=...
+   *  ][data-streaming=...])`).
+   */
+  protected readonly currentAssistantStreaming = computed(() => {
+    if (!this.agent().isLoading()) return false;
+    const msgs = this.agent().messages();
+    if (msgs.length === 0) return false;
+    const last = msgs[msgs.length - 1];
+    return last?.role === 'assistant';
+  });
+
   constructor() {
     // Inject the chat lib's root CSS custom properties (--ngaf-chat-bg,
     // --ngaf-chat-surface, --ngaf-chat-radius-input, etc.) the first