diff --git a/agentex-ui/components/task-messages/task-message-reasoning-content.tsx b/agentex-ui/components/task-messages/task-message-reasoning-content.tsx
index 0910fff4..449c86f6 100644
--- a/agentex-ui/components/task-messages/task-message-reasoning-content.tsx
+++ b/agentex-ui/components/task-messages/task-message-reasoning-content.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { memo, useState, useMemo } from 'react';
+import { memo, useState, useMemo, useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
 
 import { motion } from 'framer-motion';
 import { BrainIcon, ChevronDownIcon } from 'lucide-react';
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ type TaskMessageReasoningProps = {
 
 function TaskMessageReasoningImpl({ message }: TaskMessageReasoningProps) {
   const [isCollapsed, setIsCollapsed] = useState(true);
+  const [showTopBlur, setShowTopBlur] = useState(false);
+  const [showBottomBlur, setShowBottomBlur] = useState(false);
+  const scrollContainerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
 
   const { taskID } = useSafeSearchParams();
   const { agentexClient } = useAgentexClient();
@@ -61,6 +64,30 @@ function TaskMessageReasoningImpl({ message }: TaskMessageReasoningProps) {
     ].join('\n\n');
   }, [message.content]);
 
+  const updateBlurEffects = () => {
+    const container = scrollContainerRef.current;
+    if (!container) return;
+
+    const { scrollTop, scrollHeight, clientHeight } = container;
+    const isScrollable = scrollHeight > clientHeight;
+
+    setShowTopBlur(isScrollable && scrollTop > 10);
+    setShowBottomBlur(
+      isScrollable && scrollTop < scrollHeight - clientHeight - 10
+    );
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const container = scrollContainerRef.current;
+    if (!container) return;
+
+    updateBlurEffects();
+    const resizeObserver = new ResizeObserver(updateBlurEffects);
+    resizeObserver.observe(container);
+
+    return () => resizeObserver.disconnect();
+  }, [isCollapsed, reasoningText]);
+
   return (
     <motion.div
       className="w-full"
@@ -90,9 +117,29 @@ function TaskMessageReasoningImpl({ message }: TaskMessageReasoningProps) {
         />
       </button>
       <Collapsible collapsed={isCollapsed}>
-        <MarkdownResponse className="ml-6 grid border-l-4 border-gray-300 pl-3 text-gray-500">
-          {reasoningText}
-        </MarkdownResponse>
+        <div className="relative ml-6">
+          <div
+            className={cn(
+              'pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-0 top-0 z-10 h-8 bg-gradient-to-b from-white to-transparent transition-opacity',
+              showTopBlur ? 'opacity-100' : 'opacity-0'
+            )}
+          />
+          <div
+            ref={scrollContainerRef}
+            onScroll={updateBlurEffects}
+            className="max-h-48 overflow-y-auto"
+          >
+            <MarkdownResponse className="grid border-l-4 border-gray-300 pl-3 text-gray-500">
+              {reasoningText}
+            </MarkdownResponse>
+          </div>
+          <div
+            className={cn(
+              'pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 z-10 h-8 bg-gradient-to-t from-white to-transparent transition-opacity',
+              showBottomBlur ? 'opacity-100' : 'opacity-0'
+            )}
+          />
+        </div>
       </Collapsible>
     </motion.div>
   );