Streaming is enabled, but users still think the product is laggy. How would you improve it?

Instruction: Describe how you would improve user perception when streaming alone is not enough.

Context: Tests how the candidate diagnoses the problem, chooses the safest next step, and reasons through recovery. Describe how you would improve user perception when streaming alone is not enough.

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I would inspect whether the stream is delivering useful information early enough. If the system streams filler or hedging while the real work is still blocked, users will still feel lag even though bytes are flowing.

I would improve time to first meaningful token, make...

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