diff --git a/frontend/server.ts b/frontend/server.ts
index 39df9b2..c05efc5 100644
--- a/frontend/server.ts
+++ b/frontend/server.ts
@@ -384,12 +384,28 @@ app.use("*", async (c, next) => {
 });
 
 app.all("/api/copilotkit/*", async (c) => {
+  // CopilotChat fires POST …/agent/<id>/connect for explicit threadIds and
+  // the runtime's in-memory runner replays THIS PROCESS's event history —
+  // stale relative to the DB store (it resurrects cleared conversations and
+  // double-feeds page-load hydration). The empty-messages hydration run
+  // against MAF is our single restore path, so connect gets an
+  // immediately-completed stream instead.
+  if (new URL(c.req.url).pathname.endsWith("/connect")) {
+    return new Response("", {
+      status: 200,
+      headers: { "Content-Type": "text/event-stream" },
+    });
+  }
+
   const cookieHeader = c.req.header("cookie") ?? "";
   const match = cookieHeader.match(/(?:^|;\s*)ws_token=([^;]+)/);
   const token = match?.[1];
   const agentHeaders: Record<string, string> = token
     ? { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` }
     : {};
+  // Note: the browser's X-Client-Timezone header (set in App.tsx) reaches
+  // the backend without help — CopilotKit's runtime forwards authorization
+  // and all x-* headers to the agent (extractForwardableHeaders).
 
   const agent = new HttpAgent({ url: AGENT_URL, headers: agentHeaders });
   // CK_MIDDLEWARES=off runs the stack bare — used to audit which of these
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/Asistente.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/Asistente.tsx
index 4c0c307..9bb503a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/Asistente.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/Asistente.tsx
@@ -82,11 +82,13 @@ export default function Asistente() {
         method: "DELETE",
         credentials: "include",
       });
-      agent?.setMessages([]);
-      setConfirmClear(false);
+      // Full reload is the reliable reset: CopilotKit keeps chat state in
+      // more places than agent.messages (clearing it in place left the
+      // conversation rendered), while a fresh boot hydrates from the
+      // now-empty store and shows the welcome screen + suggestions.
+      window.location.reload();
     } catch (err) {
       console.error("[asistente] clear thread failed:", err);
-    } finally {
       setClearing(false);
     }
   };
@@ -165,6 +167,11 @@ export default function Asistente() {
       <div className="flex-1 min-h-0 rounded-xl border border-border overflow-hidden bg-card">
         <CopilotChat
           className="h-full"
+          // Without an explicit agentId, CopilotChat resolves DEFAULT_AGENT_ID
+          // ("default") — a DIFFERENT client agent instance than
+          // useAgent({agentId:"wealthysmart"}); clearing one leaves the other
+          // rendering its own copy of the conversation.
+          agentId="wealthysmart"
           threadId={CHAT_THREAD_ID}
           labels={{
             modalHeaderTitle: "WealthySmart",