diff --git a/crates/forge_main/src/stream_renderer.rs b/crates/forge_main/src/stream_renderer.rs
index cc12cfa445..b0c7cbadcd 100644
--- a/crates/forge_main/src/stream_renderer.rs
+++ b/crates/forge_main/src/stream_renderer.rs
@@ -97,13 +97,16 @@ pub struct StreamingWriter<P: ConsoleWriter> {
     active: Option<ActiveRenderer<P>>,
     spinner: SharedSpinner<P>,
     printer: Arc<P>,
+    /// The terminal width that the active renderer is currently using.
+    /// Tracked so we can detect changes and update the renderer in place.
+    last_width: usize,
 }
 
 impl<P: ConsoleWriter + 'static> StreamingWriter<P> {
     /// Creates a new stream writer with the given shared spinner and output
     /// printer.
     pub fn new(spinner: SharedSpinner<P>, printer: Arc<P>) -> Self {
-        Self { active: None, spinner, printer }
+        Self { active: None, spinner, printer, last_width: term_width() }
     }
 
     /// Writes markdown content with normal styling.
@@ -133,6 +136,29 @@ impl<P: ConsoleWriter + 'static> StreamingWriter<P> {
     }
 
     fn ensure_renderer(&mut self, new_style: Style) -> Result<()> {
+        // Poll the current terminal width. The ioctl(TIOCGWINSZ) syscall
+        // costs ~100ns-1us reading a kernel-cached struct, so polling on
+        // every call is negligible compared to terminal write I/O.
+        let current_width = term_width();
+
+        // If the width changed and we have an active renderer, update it
+        // in place. This preserves all parser/renderer state (code block
+        // context, blockquote depth, list numbering, table rows).
+        if current_width != self.last_width {
+            // Pause the spinner before updating the width. During a resize
+            // the terminal reflows content, and the spinner's
+            // `finish_and_clear()` would write stale cursor positions,
+            // erasing visible output. `stop(None)` is idempotent -- it is
+            // a no-op when no spinner is active. The spinner resumes
+            // naturally via `resume_spinner()` on the next newline write.
+            let _ = self.spinner.stop(None);
+
+            if let Some(ref mut active) = self.active {
+                active.renderer.set_width(current_width);
+            }
+            self.last_width = current_width;
+        }
+
         let needs_switch = self.active.as_ref().is_some_and(|a| a.style != new_style);
 
         if needs_switch && let Some(old) = self.active.take() {
@@ -145,7 +171,7 @@ impl<P: ConsoleWriter + 'static> StreamingWriter<P> {
                 printer: self.printer.clone(),
                 style: new_style,
             };
-            let renderer = StreamdownRenderer::new(writer, term_width());
+            let renderer = StreamdownRenderer::new(writer, current_width);
             self.active = Some(ActiveRenderer { renderer, style: new_style });
         }
         Ok(())
diff --git a/crates/forge_markdown_stream/src/lib.rs b/crates/forge_markdown_stream/src/lib.rs
index 86af890e11..955bd93dfb 100644
--- a/crates/forge_markdown_stream/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/forge_markdown_stream/src/lib.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,15 @@ impl<W: Write> StreamdownRenderer<W> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Update the rendering width in place.
+    ///
+    /// Delegates to [`Renderer::set_width`], which is safe to call between
+    /// events because the width is read fresh on each `render_event()` call
+    /// and no cached state depends on it.
+    pub fn set_width(&mut self, width: usize) {
+        self.renderer.set_width(width);
+    }
+
     /// Push a token to the renderer.
     ///
     /// Tokens are buffered until a complete line is received, then rendered.
diff --git a/crates/forge_markdown_stream/src/renderer.rs b/crates/forge_markdown_stream/src/renderer.rs
index 00404c1882..d9e9173b8e 100644
--- a/crates/forge_markdown_stream/src/renderer.rs
+++ b/crates/forge_markdown_stream/src/renderer.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ impl<W: Write> Renderer<W> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Update the rendering width.
+    ///
+    /// The `width` field is read fresh by `current_width()` on each
+    /// `render_event()` call and is not used to derive any cached state, so
+    /// updating it in place between events is safe.
+    pub fn set_width(&mut self, width: usize) {
+        self.width = width;
+    }
+
     /// Set a new theme.
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     pub fn set_theme(&mut self, theme: Theme) {