diff --git a/src/lib/components/chat/Chat.svelte b/src/lib/components/chat/Chat.svelte
index 77f2fd6a1..12775d3cb 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/chat/Chat.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/chat/Chat.svelte
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 	import Placeholder from './Placeholder.svelte';
 	import NotificationToast from '../NotificationToast.svelte';
 	import Spinner from '../common/Spinner.svelte';
+	import { fade } from 'svelte/transition';
 
 	export let chatIdProp = '';
 
@@ -2011,196 +2012,198 @@
 	id="chat-container"
 >
 	{#if !loading}
-		{#if $settings?.backgroundImageUrl ?? null}
-			<div
-				class="absolute {$showSidebar
-					? 'md:max-w-[calc(100%-260px)] md:translate-x-[260px]'
-					: ''} top-0 left-0 w-full h-full bg-cover bg-center bg-no-repeat"
-				style="background-image: url({$settings.backgroundImageUrl})  "
-			/>
-
-			<div
-				class="absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full bg-linear-to-t from-white to-white/85 dark:from-gray-900 dark:to-gray-900/90 z-0"
-			/>
-		{/if}
-
-		<PaneGroup direction="horizontal" class="w-full h-full">
-			<Pane defaultSize={50} class="h-full flex relative max-w-full flex-col">
-				<Navbar
-					bind:this={navbarElement}
-					chat={{
-						id: $chatId,
-						chat: {
-							title: $chatTitle,
-							models: selectedModels,
-							system: $settings.system ?? undefined,
-							params: params,
-							history: history,
-							timestamp: Date.now()
-						}
-					}}
-					{history}
-					title={$chatTitle}
-					bind:selectedModels
-					shareEnabled={!!history.currentId}
-					{initNewChat}
+		<div in:fade={{ duration: 100 }} class="w-full h-full flex flex-col">
+			{#if $settings?.backgroundImageUrl ?? null}
+				<div
+					class="absolute {$showSidebar
+						? 'md:max-w-[calc(100%-260px)] md:translate-x-[260px]'
+						: ''} top-0 left-0 w-full h-full bg-cover bg-center bg-no-repeat"
+					style="background-image: url({$settings.backgroundImageUrl})  "
 				/>
 
-				<div class="flex flex-col flex-auto z-10 w-full @container">
-					{#if $settings?.landingPageMode === 'chat' || createMessagesList(history, history.currentId).length > 0}
-						<div
-							class=" pb-2.5 flex flex-col justify-between w-full flex-auto overflow-auto h-0 max-w-full z-10 scrollbar-hidden"
-							id="messages-container"
-							bind:this={messagesContainerElement}
-							on:scroll={(e) => {
-								autoScroll =
-									messagesContainerElement.scrollHeight - messagesContainerElement.scrollTop <=
-									messagesContainerElement.clientHeight + 5;
-							}}
-						>
-							<div class=" h-full w-full flex flex-col">
-								<Messages
-									chatId={$chatId}
-									bind:history
-									bind:autoScroll
-									bind:prompt
+				<div
+					class="absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full bg-linear-to-t from-white to-white/85 dark:from-gray-900 dark:to-gray-900/90 z-0"
+				/>
+			{/if}
+
+			<PaneGroup direction="horizontal" class="w-full h-full">
+				<Pane defaultSize={50} class="h-full flex relative max-w-full flex-col">
+					<Navbar
+						bind:this={navbarElement}
+						chat={{
+							id: $chatId,
+							chat: {
+								title: $chatTitle,
+								models: selectedModels,
+								system: $settings.system ?? undefined,
+								params: params,
+								history: history,
+								timestamp: Date.now()
+							}
+						}}
+						{history}
+						title={$chatTitle}
+						bind:selectedModels
+						shareEnabled={!!history.currentId}
+						{initNewChat}
+					/>
+
+					<div class="flex flex-col flex-auto z-10 w-full @container">
+						{#if $settings?.landingPageMode === 'chat' || createMessagesList(history, history.currentId).length > 0}
+							<div
+								class=" pb-2.5 flex flex-col justify-between w-full flex-auto overflow-auto h-0 max-w-full z-10 scrollbar-hidden"
+								id="messages-container"
+								bind:this={messagesContainerElement}
+								on:scroll={(e) => {
+									autoScroll =
+										messagesContainerElement.scrollHeight - messagesContainerElement.scrollTop <=
+										messagesContainerElement.clientHeight + 5;
+								}}
+							>
+								<div class=" h-full w-full flex flex-col">
+									<Messages
+										chatId={$chatId}
+										bind:history
+										bind:autoScroll
+										bind:prompt
+										{selectedModels}
+										{atSelectedModel}
+										{sendPrompt}
+										{showMessage}
+										{submitMessage}
+										{continueResponse}
+										{regenerateResponse}
+										{mergeResponses}
+										{chatActionHandler}
+										{addMessages}
+										bottomPadding={files.length > 0}
+									/>
+								</div>
+							</div>
+
+							<div class=" pb-[1rem]">
+								<MessageInput
+									{history}
+									{taskIds}
 									{selectedModels}
-									{atSelectedModel}
-									{sendPrompt}
-									{showMessage}
-									{submitMessage}
-									{continueResponse}
-									{regenerateResponse}
-									{mergeResponses}
-									{chatActionHandler}
-									{addMessages}
-									bottomPadding={files.length > 0}
+									bind:files
+									bind:prompt
+									bind:autoScroll
+									bind:selectedToolIds
+									bind:selectedFilterIds
+									bind:imageGenerationEnabled
+									bind:codeInterpreterEnabled
+									bind:webSearchEnabled
+									bind:atSelectedModel
+									toolServers={$toolServers}
+									transparentBackground={$settings?.backgroundImageUrl ?? false}
+									{stopResponse}
+									{createMessagePair}
+									onChange={(input) => {
+										if (input.prompt !== null) {
+											localStorage.setItem(
+												`chat-input${$chatId ? `-${$chatId}` : ''}`,
+												JSON.stringify(input)
+											);
+										} else {
+											localStorage.removeItem(`chat-input${$chatId ? `-${$chatId}` : ''}`);
+										}
+									}}
+									on:upload={async (e) => {
+										const { type, data } = e.detail;
+
+										if (type === 'web') {
+											await uploadWeb(data);
+										} else if (type === 'youtube') {
+											await uploadYoutubeTranscription(data);
+										} else if (type === 'google-drive') {
+											await uploadGoogleDriveFile(data);
+										}
+									}}
+									on:submit={async (e) => {
+										if (e.detail || files.length > 0) {
+											await tick();
+											submitPrompt(
+												($settings?.richTextInput ?? true)
+													? e.detail.replaceAll('\n\n', '\n')
+													: e.detail
+											);
+										}
+									}}
+								/>
+
+								<div
+									class="absolute bottom-1 text-xs text-gray-500 text-center line-clamp-1 right-0 left-0"
+								>
+									<!-- {$i18n.t('LLMs can make mistakes. Verify important information.')} -->
+								</div>
+							</div>
+						{:else}
+							<div class="overflow-auto w-full h-full flex items-center">
+								<Placeholder
+									{history}
+									{selectedModels}
+									bind:files
+									bind:prompt
+									bind:autoScroll
+									bind:selectedToolIds
+									bind:selectedFilterIds
+									bind:imageGenerationEnabled
+									bind:codeInterpreterEnabled
+									bind:webSearchEnabled
+									bind:atSelectedModel
+									transparentBackground={$settings?.backgroundImageUrl ?? false}
+									toolServers={$toolServers}
+									{stopResponse}
+									{createMessagePair}
+									on:upload={async (e) => {
+										const { type, data } = e.detail;
+
+										if (type === 'web') {
+											await uploadWeb(data);
+										} else if (type === 'youtube') {
+											await uploadYoutubeTranscription(data);
+										}
+									}}
+									on:submit={async (e) => {
+										if (e.detail || files.length > 0) {
+											await tick();
+											submitPrompt(
+												($settings?.richTextInput ?? true)
+													? e.detail.replaceAll('\n\n', '\n')
+													: e.detail
+											);
+										}
+									}}
 								/>
 							</div>
-						</div>
+						{/if}
+					</div>
+				</Pane>
 
-						<div class=" pb-[1rem]">
-							<MessageInput
-								{history}
-								{taskIds}
-								{selectedModels}
-								bind:files
-								bind:prompt
-								bind:autoScroll
-								bind:selectedToolIds
-								bind:selectedFilterIds
-								bind:imageGenerationEnabled
-								bind:codeInterpreterEnabled
-								bind:webSearchEnabled
-								bind:atSelectedModel
-								toolServers={$toolServers}
-								transparentBackground={$settings?.backgroundImageUrl ?? false}
-								{stopResponse}
-								{createMessagePair}
-								onChange={(input) => {
-									if (input.prompt !== null) {
-										localStorage.setItem(
-											`chat-input${$chatId ? `-${$chatId}` : ''}`,
-											JSON.stringify(input)
-										);
-									} else {
-										localStorage.removeItem(`chat-input${$chatId ? `-${$chatId}` : ''}`);
-									}
-								}}
-								on:upload={async (e) => {
-									const { type, data } = e.detail;
-
-									if (type === 'web') {
-										await uploadWeb(data);
-									} else if (type === 'youtube') {
-										await uploadYoutubeTranscription(data);
-									} else if (type === 'google-drive') {
-										await uploadGoogleDriveFile(data);
-									}
-								}}
-								on:submit={async (e) => {
-									if (e.detail || files.length > 0) {
-										await tick();
-										submitPrompt(
-											($settings?.richTextInput ?? true)
-												? e.detail.replaceAll('\n\n', '\n')
-												: e.detail
-										);
-									}
-								}}
-							/>
-
-							<div
-								class="absolute bottom-1 text-xs text-gray-500 text-center line-clamp-1 right-0 left-0"
-							>
-								<!-- {$i18n.t('LLMs can make mistakes. Verify important information.')} -->
-							</div>
-						</div>
-					{:else}
-						<div class="overflow-auto w-full h-full flex items-center">
-							<Placeholder
-								{history}
-								{selectedModels}
-								bind:files
-								bind:prompt
-								bind:autoScroll
-								bind:selectedToolIds
-								bind:selectedFilterIds
-								bind:imageGenerationEnabled
-								bind:codeInterpreterEnabled
-								bind:webSearchEnabled
-								bind:atSelectedModel
-								transparentBackground={$settings?.backgroundImageUrl ?? false}
-								toolServers={$toolServers}
-								{stopResponse}
-								{createMessagePair}
-								on:upload={async (e) => {
-									const { type, data } = e.detail;
-
-									if (type === 'web') {
-										await uploadWeb(data);
-									} else if (type === 'youtube') {
-										await uploadYoutubeTranscription(data);
-									}
-								}}
-								on:submit={async (e) => {
-									if (e.detail || files.length > 0) {
-										await tick();
-										submitPrompt(
-											($settings?.richTextInput ?? true)
-												? e.detail.replaceAll('\n\n', '\n')
-												: e.detail
-										);
-									}
-								}}
-							/>
-						</div>
-					{/if}
-				</div>
-			</Pane>
-
-			<ChatControls
-				bind:this={controlPaneComponent}
-				bind:history
-				bind:chatFiles
-				bind:params
-				bind:files
-				bind:pane={controlPane}
-				chatId={$chatId}
-				modelId={selectedModelIds?.at(0) ?? null}
-				models={selectedModelIds.reduce((a, e, i, arr) => {
-					const model = $models.find((m) => m.id === e);
-					if (model) {
-						return [...a, model];
-					}
-					return a;
-				}, [])}
-				{submitPrompt}
-				{stopResponse}
-				{showMessage}
-				{eventTarget}
-			/>
-		</PaneGroup>
+				<ChatControls
+					bind:this={controlPaneComponent}
+					bind:history
+					bind:chatFiles
+					bind:params
+					bind:files
+					bind:pane={controlPane}
+					chatId={$chatId}
+					modelId={selectedModelIds?.at(0) ?? null}
+					models={selectedModelIds.reduce((a, e, i, arr) => {
+						const model = $models.find((m) => m.id === e);
+						if (model) {
+							return [...a, model];
+						}
+						return a;
+					}, [])}
+					{submitPrompt}
+					{stopResponse}
+					{showMessage}
+					{eventTarget}
+				/>
+			</PaneGroup>
+		</div>
 	{:else if loading}
 		<div class=" flex items-center justify-center h-full w-full">
 			<div class="m-auto">