diff --git a/components/reasoning-workspace.jsx b/components/reasoning-workspace.jsx
index 4176e7b..f2b6fd9 100644
--- a/components/reasoning-workspace.jsx
+++ b/components/reasoning-workspace.jsx
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ function FocusedQuestionBody({
 }) {
   const hasContent = focused?.question?.trim() || formulationStep === "active" || processingStep === "active" || focused?.error;
   const hasResult = Boolean(focused?.result);
+  const hasAnswer = Boolean(focused?.answer);
 
   // ── Local correction state (FQB-owned, not propagated upward) ─
   const [editingFindingId, setEditingFindingId] = useState(null);
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ function FocusedQuestionBody({
               <p className="text-sm text-blue-600/70">{formulateMsg}</p>
             ) : null}
 
-            {focused?.question?.trim() && processingStep !== "active" && focused.status === "formulated" && (
+            {focused?.question?.trim() && processingStep !== "active" && focused.status === "formulated" && !hasAnswer && (
               <div>
                 <label htmlFor={`rw-answer-${nodeId}`} className="mb-2 block text-sm font-medium text-gray-700">Your response</label>
                 <textarea id={`rw-answer-${nodeId}`} value={focusedAnswer} onChange={(e) => setFocusedAnswer(e.target.value)} rows={4} data-testid="response-textarea" className="w-full rounded-lg border border-gray-300 px-4 py-3 text-sm focus:border-gray-500 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-gray-400 disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-60" placeholder="What do you know about this?" />
diff --git a/docs/current-handoff.md b/docs/current-handoff.md
index 6395d54..c774a95 100644
--- a/docs/current-handoff.md
+++ b/docs/current-handoff.md
@@ -1971,3 +1971,27 @@ Target node: `n58lwnx`
 - `Done for now` remains a separate semantic action
 
 **Next boundary:** FOCUSED WORKSPACE COMPLETED-TURN / ACTIVE-TURN LIFECYCLE
+
+## v0.49.7 — NARROW COMPLETED-RESULT REPAIR (answer-affordance contradiction)
+
+- **Status:** CLOSED / CHECKPOINTED
+- Previous broader completed-turn lifecycle repair was discarded (restored to checkpoint dac19a3)
+- Narrow repair: a reopened completed turn preserves existing current-result presentation but NO longer exposes a response textarea for the already-answered question
+- Repair mechanism: added `!hasAnswer` (`Boolean(focused?.answer)`) to the textarea render condition in `FocusedQuestionBody` — line 186 of `reasoning-workspace.jsx`
+- Explicit follow-up selection resets `answer` to null via `setFollowUpQuestion()`, creating unanswered state and exposing textarea
+- Fresh investigation behaviour preserved (first-turn textarea still appears)
+- Latest completed turn intentionally remains as current result (not moved into Previous Learning) — deferred to a later presentation/lifecycle decision
+- No persistence changes, no new lifecycle enums, no new state fields added
+- No LLM calls during verification or tests
+- Pre-fix regression: OLD condition (`shouldShowResponseTextarea_OLD`) incorrectly returned `true` for completed turns (defect proved)
+- Post-fix: 97/97 targeted tests PASS
+- Build: PASS
+- Playwright live reopen: no "Formulating your question…" regression; completed current result shows NO textarea
+- Playwright explicit follow-up: selected follow-up becomes current QUESTION, fresh textarea with `What do you know about this?` placeholder appears
+- Return to overview: UNCLEAR + INVESTIGATING · 3 learned contributions preserved
+- Live fixture: reused existing 3-contribution onboarding investigation (no cold reload)
+
+### Unresolved boundaries (deferred)
+
+- latest-completed-turn → Previous Learning repartition (intentional defer — separate presentation/lifecycle decision)
+- workspace control UX wording ("Back to open questions" / "Done for now" / "Close investigation")
diff --git a/tests/open-questions-vs-assumptions.test.jsx b/tests/open-questions-vs-assumptions.test.jsx
index aaf8164..1df5e1a 100644
--- a/tests/open-questions-vs-assumptions.test.jsx
+++ b/tests/open-questions-vs-assumptions.test.jsx
@@ -1393,3 +1393,214 @@ describe("INVESTIGATING cue on Open Question buttons (normal render path)", () =
     expect(badgeUntouched).toBeNull();
   });
 });
+
+// ── NARROW TEXTAREA RENDERING CONDITION (v0.49 completed-result repair) ───
+// The response textarea must appear IFF the current displayed turn is NOT already completed.
+
+function shouldShowResponseTextarea(focused, processingStep) {
+  // Mirrors the exact render condition in FocusedQuestionBody:
+  // focused?.question?.trim() && processingStep !== "active" && focused.status === "formulated"
+  // PLUS the repair: must NOT already have a completed answer.
+  const hasAnswer = Boolean(focused?.answer);
+  return (
+    Boolean(focused?.question?.trim()) &&
+    processingStep !== "active" &&
+    focused.status === "formulated" &&
+    !hasAnswer
+  );
+}
+
+function shouldShowResponseTextarea_OLD(focused, processingStep) {
+  // Mirrors the OLD buggy render condition in FocusedQuestionBody (pre-fix):
+  // missing !focused.answer check — causes textarea to show for completed turns
+  return (
+    Boolean(focused?.question?.trim()) &&
+    processingStep !== "active" &&
+    focused.status === "formulated"
+  );
+}
+
+// ── PRE-FIX REGRESSION PROOF: OLD condition incorrectly shows textarea ──
+describe("Pre-fix regression: OLD condition erroneously shows textarea for completed turns", () => {
+  it("OLD condition shows textarea for reopened completed turn (PROVES defect exists)", () => {
+    const contrib = {
+      id: "contrib-1",
+      question: "Onboarding funnel step with highest abandonment?",
+      answer: "Step 3 — email verification, 42% drop-off.",
+      status: "formulated",
+    };
+
+    const focused = {
+      status: "formulated",
+      question: contrib.question,
+      answer: contrib.answer,
+      result: null,
+      error: null,
+    };
+
+    // OLD condition: all three checks pass → textarea incorrectly shown
+    // This PROVES the defect exists in dac19a3
+    expect(shouldShowResponseTextarea_OLD(focused, "idle")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("FIXED condition does NOT show textarea for reopened completed turn", () => {
+    const contrib = {
+      id: "contrib-1",
+      question: "Onboarding funnel step with highest abandonment?",
+      answer: "Step 3 — email verification, 42% drop-off.",
+      status: "formulated",
+    };
+
+    const focused = {
+      status: "formulated",
+      question: contrib.question,
+      answer: contrib.answer,
+      result: null,
+      error: null,
+    };
+
+    // FIXED condition: !hasAnswer is false → textarea suppressed
+    expect(shouldShowResponseTextarea(focused, "idle")).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("Narrow textarea rendering condition — v0.49 completed-result repair", () => {
+  // ── Simulated fixture: a completed contribution with question + answer ──
+  function makeCompletedContrib() {
+    return {
+      id: "contrib-completed-1",
+      targetNodeId: "oq-test",
+      originatingTargetNodeId: "oq-test",
+      question: "What specific step of the onboarding funnel has the highest abandonment rate?",
+      answer: "Step 3 — email verification. Data shows 42% drop-off at this gate.",
+      sequence: 1,
+      observations: ["Step 3 is the critical drop point"],
+      possibleFollowUpQuestions: [
+        "What drives the Step 3 abandonment?",
+        "Can we reduce friction at Step 3?",
+      ],
+    };
+  }
+
+  function makeContributions(n) {
+    return Array.from({ length: n }, (_, i) => ({
+      id: `contrib-${i}`,
+      targetNodeId: "oq-test",
+      originatingTargetNodeId: "oq-test",
+      question: `Question ${i + 1}`,
+      answer: `Answer ${i + 1} — completed with data.`,
+      sequence: i + 1,
+      observations: [`Observation ${i + 1}`],
+      possibleFollowUpQuestions: [`Follow-up from turn ${i + 1}`],
+    }));
+  }
+
+  // ── CASE A — reopened completed result must NOT show textarea ──
+  describe("Case A — reopened completed result suppresses textarea", () => {
+    const contrib = makeCompletedContrib();
+
+    it("single completed turn: has question + answer, should NOT show textarea", () => {
+      // Simulated startFocused reopen path: reconstructs latest Contribution
+      const focused = {
+        status: "formulated",
+        question: contrib.question,
+        answer: contrib.answer, // non-null = completed turn
+        result: { observations: contrib.observations, possibleFollowUpQuestions: contrib.possibleFollowUpQuestions },
+        error: null,
+      };
+
+      const processingStep = "idle"; // not processing anything
+
+      expect(focused.question?.trim()).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(focused.status).toBe("formulated");
+      expect(focused.answer).toBeTruthy();
+      // The repaired condition: answer exists → no textarea
+      expect(shouldShowResponseTextarea(focused, processingStep)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("multiple completed turns (3): latest has answer, should NOT show textarea", () => {
+      const contributions = makeContributions(3);
+      const latest = contributions[2];
+
+      const focused = {
+        status: "formulated",
+        question: latest.question,
+        answer: latest.answer,
+        result: { observations: latest.observations, possibleFollowUpQuestions: latest.possibleFollowUpQuestions },
+        error: null,
+      };
+
+      expect(shouldShowResponseTextarea(focused, "idle")).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("contributions exist but answer is null (data integrity edge): shows textarea", () => {
+      // Edge case: what if an answer somehow became null?
+      const contrib = makeCompletedContrib();
+      const focused = {
+        status: "formulated",
+        question: contrib.question,
+        answer: null, // should not happen normally but let's handle it
+        result: null,
+        error: null,
+      };
+
+      // If answer is genuinely missing, textarea appears so user can provide one
+      expect(shouldShowResponseTextarea(focused, "idle")).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  // ── CASE B — explicit follow-up selection shows textarea ──
+  describe("Case B — explicit follow-up selection creates unanswered state", () => {
+    it("after setFollowUpQuestion: answer=null → textarea appears", () => {
+      const contributions = makeContributions(1);
+
+      // Step 1: reopen completed thread (answer is non-null)
+      const beforeSelect = {
+        status: "formulated",
+        question: contributions[0].question,
+        answer: contributions[0].answer,
+        result: null,
+        error: null,
+      };
+
+      expect(shouldShowResponseTextarea(beforeSelect, "idle")).toBe(false);
+
+      // Step 2: user selects a follow-up — simulates setFollowUpQuestion()
+      const focusedAfterSelect = {
+        ...beforeSelect,
+        question: contributions[0].possibleFollowUpQuestions[0],
+        answer: null, // setFollowUpQuestion sets answer: null
+      };
+
+      // After explicit selection: textarea should appear
+      expect(shouldShowResponseTextarea(focusedAfterSelect, "idle")).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  // ── CASE C — fresh investigation preserves textarea ──
+  describe("Case C — fresh investigation preserves textarea", () => {
+    it("fresh formulated question with no prior answer: shows textarea", () => {
+      const focused = {
+        status: "formulated",
+        question: "What do you think about this approach?",
+        answer: null, // no prior completion
+        result: null,
+        error: null,
+      };
+
+      expect(shouldShowResponseTextarea(focused, "idle")).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("processing active: does NOT show textarea even with question", () => {
+      const focused = {
+        status: "formulated",
+        question: "Active analysis in progress",
+        answer: null,
+        result: null,
+        error: null,
+      };
+
+      expect(shouldShowResponseTextarea(focused, "active")).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+});
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