diff --git a/cmd/gateway_consumer_teammate_stream_test.go b/cmd/gateway_consumer_teammate_stream_test.go
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+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/nextlevelbuilder/goclaw/internal/agent"
+	"github.com/nextlevelbuilder/goclaw/internal/bus"
+	"github.com/nextlevelbuilder/goclaw/internal/channels"
+	"github.com/nextlevelbuilder/goclaw/internal/config"
+	"github.com/nextlevelbuilder/goclaw/internal/scheduler"
+	"github.com/nextlevelbuilder/goclaw/internal/tools"
+)
+
+// A teammate run must ask the provider to stream. Without it a slow reasoning
+// model holds a silent connection for the whole generation and
+// ResponseHeaderTimeout kills the request before a single token is produced.
+//
+// The same test pins the other half of the contract: streaming here is for
+// connection liveness only. The run is deliberately never registered with the
+// channel manager, so HandleAgentEvent drops its chunks and nothing reaches a
+// user incrementally — the task result keeps coming from the final RunResult.
+func TestHandleTeammateMessageSchedulesStreamedRun(t *testing.T) {
+	var gotReq agent.RunRequest
+	ran := make(chan struct{})
+
+	sched := scheduler.NewScheduler(
+		scheduler.DefaultLanes(),
+		scheduler.QueueConfig{
+			Mode:          scheduler.QueueModeQueue,
+			Cap:           1,
+			Drop:          scheduler.DropOld,
+			MaxConcurrent: 1,
+		},
+		func(_ context.Context, req agent.RunRequest) (*agent.RunResult, error) {
+			gotReq = req
+			close(ran)
+			return &agent.RunResult{Content: "member deliverable"}, nil
+		},
+	)
+	defer sched.Stop()
+
+	channelMgr := channels.NewManager(nil)
+	deps := &ConsumerDeps{
+		Cfg:        &config.Config{},
+		Sched:      sched,
+		ChannelMgr: channelMgr,
+	}
+
+	msg := bus.InboundMessage{
+		Channel:  tools.ChannelSystem,
+		SenderID: "teammate:dashboard",
+		AgentID:  "coder",
+		Content:  "[Assigned task #1 (id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001)]: build something",
+		Metadata: map[string]string{
+			tools.MetaOriginChannel: "telegram",
+			tools.MetaOriginChatID:  "12345",
+			tools.MetaFromAgent:     "brain",
+			tools.MetaToAgent:       "coder",
+		},
+	}
+
+	if !handleTeammateMessage(context.Background(), msg, deps) {
+		t.Fatal("handleTeammateMessage() = false, want true for a teammate: message on the system channel")
+	}
+
+	select {
+	case <-ran:
+	case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("teammate run was never scheduled")
+	}
+
+	if !gotReq.Stream {
+		t.Error("teammate run requested a non-streamed provider call: a slow model then holds a silent " +
+			"connection for the whole generation until ResponseHeaderTimeout kills it")
+	}
+
+	if delivered, last := channelMgr.InterimDeliverySnapshot(gotReq.RunID); delivered != 0 || last != "" {
+		t.Errorf("teammate run is registered for channel delivery (delivered=%d, last=%q); "+
+			"streamed chunks would reach a user incrementally", delivered, last)
+	}
+}