diff --git a/crates/tui/src/tui/ui.rs b/crates/tui/src/tui/ui.rs
index 3a4dd022..3a89a149 100644
--- a/crates/tui/src/tui/ui.rs
+++ b/crates/tui/src/tui/ui.rs
@@ -1430,6 +1430,11 @@ async fn run_event_loop(
                         break;
                     }
                 };
+                // #3033: remember whether an EARLIER event in this drain batch
+                // already requested a redraw. The AgentProgress throttle below
+                // may opt the current event out of repainting, but it must not
+                // cancel redraws owed to other events in the same batch.
+                let redraw_requested_before_event = received_engine_event;
                 received_engine_event = true;
                 if app.suppress_stream_events_until_turn_complete {
                     if matches!(event, EngineEvent::TurnStarted { .. }) {
@@ -2326,15 +2331,14 @@ async fn run_event_loop(
                         // status-animation timer (80ms cadence) provides a guaranteed
                         // floor for sidebar updates.  Data is still recorded immediately;
                         // the sidebar picks it up on the next permitted redraw.
-                        let now = Instant::now();
-                        if let Some(last) = app.last_agent_progress_redraw {
-                            if now.duration_since(last) < Duration::from_millis(100) {
-                                received_engine_event = false;
-                            } else {
-                                app.last_agent_progress_redraw = Some(now);
-                            }
-                        } else {
-                            app.last_agent_progress_redraw = Some(now);
+                        if !agent_progress_redraw_permitted(
+                            &mut app.last_agent_progress_redraw,
+                            Instant::now(),
+                        ) {
+                            // Restore the pre-event accumulator value: a
+                            // throttled progress event contributes no redraw of
+                            // its own, but earlier events' redraws survive.
+                            received_engine_event = redraw_requested_before_event;
                         }
                     }
                     EngineEvent::AgentComplete { id, result } => {
@@ -4668,6 +4672,21 @@ fn reconcile_turn_liveness(app: &mut App, now: Instant, has_running_agents: bool
     false
 }
 
+/// #3033: gate progress-driven repaints to at most one per 100ms.
+///
+/// Returns whether the current `AgentProgress` event may request a redraw,
+/// updating the last-redraw timestamp when it may. Data updates are never
+/// throttled — only the repaint request is.
+fn agent_progress_redraw_permitted(last_redraw: &mut Option<Instant>, now: Instant) -> bool {
+    match *last_redraw {
+        Some(last) if now.duration_since(last) < Duration::from_millis(100) => false,
+        _ => {
+            *last_redraw = Some(now);
+            true
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 fn recover_engine_event_disconnect(app: &mut App) -> bool {
     let had_live_work = app.is_loading
         || app.is_compacting
diff --git a/crates/tui/src/tui/ui/tests.rs b/crates/tui/src/tui/ui/tests.rs
index 832a8f9c..2172e432 100644
--- a/crates/tui/src/tui/ui/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/tui/src/tui/ui/tests.rs
@@ -9303,3 +9303,64 @@ mod work_sidebar_projection_tests {
         assert_ne!(entry.status, "running");
     }
 }
+
+// ── #3033: AgentProgress redraw throttle ───────────────────────────────────
+
+#[test]
+fn agent_progress_redraw_throttle_permits_first_and_spaced_events() {
+    let mut last_redraw = None;
+    let t0 = Instant::now();
+
+    assert!(
+        agent_progress_redraw_permitted(&mut last_redraw, t0),
+        "first progress event always repaints"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !agent_progress_redraw_permitted(&mut last_redraw, t0 + Duration::from_millis(50)),
+        "events inside the 100ms window are throttled"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !agent_progress_redraw_permitted(&mut last_redraw, t0 + Duration::from_millis(99)),
+        "throttled events must not advance the window"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        agent_progress_redraw_permitted(&mut last_redraw, t0 + Duration::from_millis(150)),
+        "events past the window repaint again"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn throttled_progress_event_does_not_cancel_other_events_redraw() {
+    // Repro for the #3033 audit finding: `received_engine_event` is a shared
+    // accumulator for the whole drain batch. A throttled AgentProgress event
+    // must restore the PRE-EVENT value instead of clearing the flag, so
+    // redraws owed to other events (AgentSpawned, AgentList, cross-agent
+    // AgentComplete...) survive.
+    let t0 = Instant::now();
+    let mut last_redraw = Some(t0);
+
+    // Batch: AgentSpawned (requests redraw), then a throttled AgentProgress.
+    let mut received_engine_event = true; // AgentSpawned drained
+    let redraw_requested_before_event = received_engine_event;
+    received_engine_event = true; // AgentProgress drained
+    if !agent_progress_redraw_permitted(&mut last_redraw, t0 + Duration::from_millis(10)) {
+        received_engine_event = redraw_requested_before_event;
+    }
+    assert!(
+        received_engine_event,
+        "redraw owed to AgentSpawned must survive a throttled progress event"
+    );
+
+    // Same batch shape but with NO earlier redraw-worthy event: the lone
+    // throttled progress event contributes nothing.
+    let mut received_engine_event = false;
+    let redraw_requested_before_event = received_engine_event;
+    received_engine_event = true; // AgentProgress drained
+    if !agent_progress_redraw_permitted(&mut last_redraw, t0 + Duration::from_millis(20)) {
+        received_engine_event = redraw_requested_before_event;
+    }
+    assert!(
+        !received_engine_event,
+        "a lone throttled progress event must not trigger a repaint"
+    );
+}