diff --git a/source/cydo/runtime/config/package.d b/source/cydo/runtime/config/package.d
index d2c21393..3d7a35d5 100644
--- a/source/cydo/runtime/config/package.d
+++ b/source/cydo/runtime/config/package.d
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ struct CydoConfig
 	@Optional string default_agent;
 	@Optional string default_task_type;
 	@Optional AgentConfig[string] agents;
+	/// Generate next-message suggestions (a small-model one-shot at each turn
+	/// end and on opening a live task). Set false to stop the backend from
+	/// creating them at all; title generation is separate and unaffected.
+	@Optional SetInfo!bool suggestions;
 	@Optional bool dev_mode;
 	@Optional string log_level = "info";
 	@Optional string system_keyword = "SYSTEM";
diff --git a/source/cydo/server/app.d b/source/cydo/server/app.d
index c127f5ba..ba74b838 100644
--- a/source/cydo/server/app.d
+++ b/source/cydo/server/app.d
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ class App
 		));
 		derivedTextJobs = new DerivedTextJobs(DerivedTextJobsHost(
 			getTask: (int tid) => tid in tasks ? &tasks[tid] : null,
+			suggestionsEnabled: () => !config.suggestions.set || config.suggestions.value,
 			snapshotTaskIds: &snapshotTaskIdsForResume,
 			agentForTask: &agentForTask,
 			hasSubscribers: (int tid) => clientHub.hasSubscribers(tid),
diff --git a/source/cydo/workflow/tasks/derived_text.d b/source/cydo/workflow/tasks/derived_text.d
index d9c4a7d6..217d4161 100644
--- a/source/cydo/workflow/tasks/derived_text.d
+++ b/source/cydo/workflow/tasks/derived_text.d
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ import cydo.workflow.history.abbrev : buildAbbreviatedHistoryFromStrings;
 struct DerivedTextJobsHost
 {
 	TaskData* delegate(int tid) getTask;
+	/// Whether suggestion generation is enabled at all (config `suggestions`);
+	/// null means enabled. Gating here stops the backend one-shots themselves,
+	/// not just the display.
+	bool delegate() suggestionsEnabled;
 	int[] delegate() snapshotTaskIds;
 	Agent delegate(int tid) agentForTask;
 	bool delegate(int tid) hasSubscribers;
@@ -144,6 +148,8 @@ public:
 
 	void generateSuggestions(int tid)
 	{
+		if (host_.suggestionsEnabled !is null && !host_.suggestionsEnabled())
+			return;
 		auto td = host_.getTask(tid);
 		if (td is null)
 			return;
diff --git a/tests/e2e/suggestions-off.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/suggestions-off.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e692cf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/suggestions-off.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import {
+  test,
+  expect,
+  enterSession,
+  sendMessage,
+  responseTimeout,
+  assistantText,
+} from "./fixtures";
+import { writeTestConfig } from "./test-config";
+
+// `suggestions: false` stops the backend from generating next-message
+// suggestions at all: the one-shot is never issued, so the suggestion bar
+// never populates.
+test("suggestions: false stops backend generation", async ({
+  page,
+  agentType,
+}) => {
+  writeTestConfig(
+    "/tmp/playwright-home/.config/cydo/config.yaml",
+    `default_agent: ${agentType}
+log_level: trace
+suggestions: false
+workspaces:
+  local:
+    root: /tmp/cydo-test-workspace
+`,
+  );
+  // Give the backend's inotify watcher time to reload the config.
+  await page.waitForTimeout(500);
+
+  await enterSession(page);
+  await sendMessage(page, 'Please reply with "one"');
+  await expect(assistantText(page, "one")).toBeVisible({
+    timeout: responseTimeout(agentType),
+  });
+
+  // A second full turn bounds the wait without a wall-clock sleep: had the
+  // first turn generated suggestions, they would have rendered long before
+  // the second turn completes, since the generation one-shot answers from
+  // the same mock as the turns themselves.
+  await sendMessage(page, 'Please reply with "two"');
+  await expect(assistantText(page, "two")).toBeVisible({
+    timeout: responseTimeout(agentType),
+  });
+
+  await expect(page.locator(".btn-suggestion")).toHaveCount(0);
+});