diff --git a/components/chat-message-display.tsx b/components/chat-message-display.tsx
index 68d72ae..b094f8e 100644
--- a/components/chat-message-display.tsx
+++ b/components/chat-message-display.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { getApiEndpoint } from "@/lib/base-path"
 import {
     applyDiagramOperations,
     convertToLegalXml,
+    extractCompleteMxCells,
     isMxCellXmlComplete,
     replaceNodes,
     validateAndFixXml,
@@ -315,12 +316,28 @@ export function ChatMessageDisplay({
 
     const handleDisplayChart = useCallback(
         (xml: string, showToast = false) => {
-            const currentXml = xml || ""
+            let currentXml = xml || ""
+            const startTime = performance.now()
+
+            // During streaming (showToast=false), extract only complete mxCell elements
+            // This allows progressive rendering even with partial/incomplete trailing XML
+            if (!showToast) {
+                const completeCells = extractCompleteMxCells(currentXml)
+                if (!completeCells) {
+                    return
+                }
+                currentXml = completeCells
+            }
+
             const convertedXml = convertToLegalXml(currentXml)
             if (convertedXml !== previousXML.current) {
                 // Parse and validate XML BEFORE calling replaceNodes
                 const parser = new DOMParser()
-                const testDoc = parser.parseFromString(convertedXml, "text/xml")
+                // Wrap in root element for parsing multiple mxCell elements
+                const testDoc = parser.parseFromString(
+                    `<root>${convertedXml}</root>`,
+                    "text/xml",
+                )
                 const parseError = testDoc.querySelector("parsererror")
 
                 if (parseError) {
@@ -347,7 +364,22 @@ export function ChatMessageDisplay({
                         `<mxfile><diagram name="Page-1" id="page-1"><mxGraphModel><root><mxCell id="0"/><mxCell id="1" parent="0"/></root></mxGraphModel></diagram></mxfile>`
                     const replacedXML = replaceNodes(baseXML, convertedXml)
 
-                    // Validate and auto-fix the XML
+                    const xmlProcessTime = performance.now() - startTime
+
+                    // During streaming (showToast=false), skip heavy validation for lower latency
+                    // The quick DOM parse check above catches malformed XML
+                    // Full validation runs on final output (showToast=true)
+                    if (!showToast) {
+                        previousXML.current = convertedXml
+                        const loadStartTime = performance.now()
+                        onDisplayChart(replacedXML, true)
+                        console.log(
+                            `[Streaming] XML processing: ${xmlProcessTime.toFixed(1)}ms, drawio load: ${(performance.now() - loadStartTime).toFixed(1)}ms`,
+                        )
+                        return
+                    }
+
+                    // Final output: run full validation and auto-fix
                     const validation = validateAndFixXml(replacedXML)
                     if (validation.valid) {
                         previousXML.current = convertedXml
@@ -360,18 +392,19 @@ export function ChatMessageDisplay({
                             )
                         }
                         // Skip validation in loadDiagram since we already validated above
+                        const loadStartTime = performance.now()
                         onDisplayChart(xmlToLoad, true)
+                        console.log(
+                            `[Final] XML processing: ${xmlProcessTime.toFixed(1)}ms, validation+load: ${(performance.now() - loadStartTime).toFixed(1)}ms`,
+                        )
                     } else {
                         console.error(
                             "[ChatMessageDisplay] XML validation failed:",
                             validation.error,
                         )
-                        // Only show toast if this is the final XML (not during streaming)
-                        if (showToast) {
-                            toast.error(
-                                "Diagram validation failed. Please try regenerating.",
-                            )
-                        }
+                        toast.error(
+                            "Diagram validation failed. Please try regenerating.",
+                        )
                     }
                 } catch (error) {
                     console.error(
@@ -603,17 +636,10 @@ export function ChatMessageDisplay({
             }
         })
 
-        // Cleanup: clear any pending debounce timeout on unmount
-        return () => {
-            if (debounceTimeoutRef.current) {
-                clearTimeout(debounceTimeoutRef.current)
-                debounceTimeoutRef.current = null
-            }
-            if (editDebounceTimeoutRef.current) {
-                clearTimeout(editDebounceTimeoutRef.current)
-                editDebounceTimeoutRef.current = null
-            }
-        }
+        // NOTE: Don't cleanup debounce timeouts here!
+        // The cleanup runs on every re-render (when messages changes),
+        // which would cancel the timeout before it fires.
+        // Let the timeouts complete naturally - they're harmless if component unmounts.
     }, [messages, handleDisplayChart, chartXML])
 
     const renderToolPart = (part: ToolPartLike) => {
diff --git a/lib/utils.ts b/lib/utils.ts
index 1266d10..6ee7ac2 100644
--- a/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/lib/utils.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,47 @@ export function isMxCellXmlComplete(xml: string | undefined | null): boolean {
     return trimmed.endsWith("/>") || trimmed.endsWith("</mxCell>")
 }
 
+/**
+ * Extract only complete mxCell elements from partial/streaming XML.
+ * This allows progressive rendering during streaming by ignoring incomplete trailing elements.
+ * @param xml - The partial XML string (may contain incomplete trailing mxCell)
+ * @returns XML string containing only complete mxCell elements
+ */
+export function extractCompleteMxCells(xml: string | undefined | null): string {
+    if (!xml) return ""
+
+    const completeCells: Array<{ index: number; text: string }> = []
+
+    // Match self-closing mxCell tags: <mxCell ... />
+    // Also match mxCell with nested mxGeometry: <mxCell ...>...<mxGeometry .../></mxCell>
+    const selfClosingPattern = /<mxCell\s+[^>]*\/>/g
+    const nestedPattern = /<mxCell\s+[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/mxCell>/g
+
+    // Find all self-closing mxCell elements
+    let match: RegExpExecArray | null
+    while ((match = selfClosingPattern.exec(xml)) !== null) {
+        completeCells.push({ index: match.index, text: match[0] })
+    }
+
+    // Find all mxCell elements with nested content (like mxGeometry)
+    while ((match = nestedPattern.exec(xml)) !== null) {
+        completeCells.push({ index: match.index, text: match[0] })
+    }
+
+    // Sort by position to maintain order
+    completeCells.sort((a, b) => a.index - b.index)
+
+    // Remove duplicates (a self-closing match might overlap with nested match)
+    const seen = new Set<number>()
+    const uniqueCells = completeCells.filter((cell) => {
+        if (seen.has(cell.index)) return false
+        seen.add(cell.index)
+        return true
+    })
+
+    return uniqueCells.map((c) => c.text).join("\n")
+}
+
 // ============================================================================
 // XML Parsing Helpers
 // ============================================================================