diff --git a/src/bot/message-sender.js b/src/bot/message-sender.js
index dffd2977..6ba42b68 100644
--- a/src/bot/message-sender.js
+++ b/src/bot/message-sender.js
@@ -279,45 +279,26 @@ export class StreamConsumer {
    * Falls back to stripped plain text if HTML parse fails.
    */
   async _sendFinalFormatted(text) {
-    const html = markdownToHtml(text);
-
-    // Try HTML edit first (works for short messages)
-    try {
-      if (this._messageId) {
-        await this.ctx.api.editMessageText(this._chatId, this._messageId, html, { parse_mode: 'HTML' });
-      } else {
-        const msg = await this.ctx.api.sendMessage(this.ctx.chat.id, html, { parse_mode: 'HTML' });
-        if (msg?.message_id) {
-          this._messageId = msg.message_id;
-          this._chatId = msg.chat.id;
-        }
-      }
-      this._alreadySent = true;
-      this._finalResponseSent = true;
-      this._lastSentText = html;
-      return;
-    } catch (e) {
-      logger.warn(`Final HTML edit failed (${e.message}), deleting draft and resending`);
-    }
-
-    // Delete the old streaming draft (has raw ** markers)
+    // Delete streaming draft (plain text with raw ** markers)
+    // Editing with parse_mode switch (none→HTML) is unreliable — always delete+resend
     if (this._messageId) {
       try {
         await this.ctx.api.deleteMessage(this._chatId, this._messageId);
-        this._messageId = null;
+        logger.info(`Deleted streaming draft msg ${this._messageId}`);
       } catch {
-        // Ignore — may already be gone
+        // already gone
       }
+      this._messageId = null;
     }
 
-    // Send fresh formatted message(s) via sendFormatted (handles splitting + fallback)
+    // Send fresh formatted HTML
     try {
       await sendFormatted(this.ctx, text);
       this._alreadySent = true;
       this._finalResponseSent = true;
-      logger.info(`✅ Sent formatted replacement (${text.length} chars)`);
-    } catch (e2) {
-      logger.error('Formatted replacement also failed:', e2.message);
+      logger.info(`Sent formatted final (${text.length} chars)`);
+    } catch (e) {
+      logger.error(`Formatted send failed: ${e.message}`);
     }
   }