diff --git a/src/event/client_events.c b/src/event/client_events.c
index 6adfc612..b90218db 100644
--- a/src/event/client_events.c
+++ b/src/event/client_events.c
@@ -301,12 +301,6 @@ cl_ev_send_ai_msg(ProfAiWin* aiwin, const char* const message, const char* const
         return;
     }
 
-    /* Reset paged flag before printing user message.
-     * If the user scrolled up to view history, paged=1 would suppress
-     * the message in _win_printf(). Reset it here so the message displays. */
-    aiwin->window.layout->paged = 0;
-    aiwin->window.layout->unread_msg = 0;
-
     // Display user message in AI window.
     win_print_outgoing(&aiwin->window, ">>", id, NULL, message);
 
diff --git a/src/ui/window.c b/src/ui/window.c
index 94550f9a..3ee21b43 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.c
+++ b/src/ui/window.c
@@ -1809,10 +1809,15 @@ static void
 _win_printf(ProfWin* window, const char* show_char, int pad_indent, GDateTime* timestamp, int flags, theme_item_t theme_item, const char* const display_from, const char* const from_jid, const char* const message_id, const char* const message, ...)
 {
 
-    /* Prevent printing and buffer update when user is viewing message history [SCROLLING]*/
+    /* While the user is scrolled, bump the unread indicator. Only WIN_CHAT
+     * skips the buffer/render entirely — it can recover the message via
+     * chatwin_db_history on scroll-down. Other window types have no DB
+     * fallback, so the message must still be appended to the buffer and pad. */
     if (window->layout->paged && wins_is_current(window)) {
         window->layout->unread_msg++;
-        return;
+        if (window->type == WIN_CHAT) {
+            return;
+        }
     }
 
     if (timestamp == NULL) {