diff --git a/api/gateway_chat.py b/api/gateway_chat.py
index 2f10856d..f7b48536 100644
--- a/api/gateway_chat.py
+++ b/api/gateway_chat.py
@@ -131,6 +131,24 @@ def _gateway_sse_delta(payload: dict) -> str:
         return ""
 
 
+def _gateway_sse_reasoning_delta(payload: dict) -> str:
+    """Extract reasoning text from OpenAI-compatible streaming chunks."""
+    try:
+        choices = payload.get("choices") or []
+        if not choices:
+            return ""
+        choice = choices[0] or {}
+        delta = choice.get("delta") or {}
+        reasoning = delta.get("reasoning_content")
+        if isinstance(reasoning, str) and reasoning.strip():
+            return reasoning
+        message = choice.get("message") or {}
+        reasoning = message.get("reasoning_content")
+        return reasoning if isinstance(reasoning, str) and reasoning.strip() else ""
+    except Exception:
+        return ""
+
+
 def _gateway_stream_usage(payload: dict) -> dict:
     usage = payload.get("usage") if isinstance(payload, dict) else None
     if not isinstance(usage, dict):
@@ -406,6 +424,11 @@ def _run_gateway_chat_streaming(
                     sse_event = "message"
                     continue
                 last_payload = payload
+                reasoning_delta = _gateway_sse_reasoning_delta(payload)
+                if reasoning_delta:
+                    if stream_id in STREAM_REASONING_TEXT:
+                        STREAM_REASONING_TEXT[stream_id] += reasoning_delta
+                    put_gateway_event("reasoning", {"text": reasoning_delta})
                 delta = _gateway_sse_delta(payload)
                 if delta:
                     final_text += delta
diff --git a/tests/test_webui_gateway_chat_backend.py b/tests/test_webui_gateway_chat_backend.py
index ced35f3f..afa33551 100644
--- a/tests/test_webui_gateway_chat_backend.py
+++ b/tests/test_webui_gateway_chat_backend.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from api.gateway_chat import (
     _gateway_http_error_event,
     _gateway_reasoning_delta,
     _gateway_sse_delta,
+    _gateway_sse_reasoning_delta,
     _gateway_stream_usage,
     _gateway_tool_progress_event,
     gateway_chat_config_status,
@@ -157,6 +158,12 @@ def test_gateway_reasoning_delta_keeps_string_deltas_and_ignores_structured_payl
     assert _gateway_reasoning_delta({"text": ["safe"], "preview": " more"}) == " more"
 
 
+def test_gateway_sse_reasoning_delta_extracts_reasoning_content_chunks():
+    assert _gateway_sse_reasoning_delta({"choices": [{"delta": {"reasoning_content": "Let me"}}]}) == "Let me"
+    assert _gateway_sse_reasoning_delta({"choices": [{"message": {"reasoning_content": "Done thinking"}}]}) == "Done thinking"
+    assert _gateway_sse_reasoning_delta({"choices": [{"delta": {"reasoning_content": "   "}}]}) == ""
+
+
 def test_gateway_http_401_reports_gateway_auth_not_provider_key():
     exc = urllib.error.HTTPError(
         "http://gateway.local/v1/chat/completions",
@@ -427,6 +434,59 @@ def test_gateway_chat_worker_preserves_reasoning_delta_whitespace_and_persists_r
     assert not any("debug" in text for text in reasoning_events)
 
 
+def test_gateway_chat_worker_reads_reasoning_content_deltas_from_chat_completions(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    session_dir = tmp_path / "sessions"
+    session_dir.mkdir()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(models, "SESSION_DIR", session_dir)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(models, "SESSION_INDEX_FILE", session_dir / "_index.json")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(models, "SESSIONS", OrderedDict())
+
+    class FakeResponse:
+        def __enter__(self):
+            return self
+
+        def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb):
+            return False
+
+        def __iter__(self):
+            yield b'data: {"choices":[{"delta":{"reasoning_content":"Let me ","content":"hel"}}]}\n\n'
+            yield b'data: {"choices":[{"delta":{"reasoning_content":"think","content":"lo"}}]}\n\n'
+            yield b'data: [DONE]\n\n'
+
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_WEBUI_GATEWAY_BASE_URL", "http://gateway.local")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(gateway_chat.urllib.request, "urlopen", lambda req, timeout=0: FakeResponse())
+
+    s = new_session()
+    stream_id = "stream-gateway-reasoning-content-test"
+    s.active_stream_id = stream_id
+    s.pending_user_message = "Say hello"
+    s.pending_attachments = []
+    s.pending_started_at = 123
+    s.save()
+    channel = create_stream_channel()
+    subscriber = channel.subscribe()
+    STREAMS[stream_id] = channel
+
+    gateway_chat._run_gateway_chat_streaming(
+        s.session_id,
+        "Say hello",
+        "test-model",
+        str(tmp_path),
+        stream_id,
+        [],
+    )
+
+    saved = models.get_session(s.session_id)
+    assert saved.messages[-1]["content"] == "hello"
+    assert saved.messages[-1]["reasoning"] == "Let me think"
+    reasoning_events = []
+    while not subscriber.empty():
+        item = subscriber.get_nowait()
+        if item[0] == "reasoning":
+            reasoning_events.append(item[1]["text"])
+    assert reasoning_events == ["Let me ", "think"]
+
+
 def test_gateway_chat_worker_normalizes_prefill_slice_before_system_prefix(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     session_dir = tmp_path / "sessions"
     session_dir.mkdir()