diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index 17cca5cdd..56db85ed4 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -1315,8 +1315,6 @@ class Coder:
 
         litellm_ex = LiteLLMExceptions()
 
-        self.got_reasoning_content = False
-        self.ended_reasoning_content = False
         self.usage_report = None
         exhausted = False
         interrupted = False
@@ -1644,6 +1642,9 @@ class Coder:
             return prompts.added_files.format(fnames=", ".join(added_fnames))
 
     def send(self, messages, model=None, functions=None):
+        self.got_reasoning_content = False
+        self.ended_reasoning_content = False
+
         if not model:
             model = self.main_model
 
diff --git a/tests/basic/test_reasoning.py b/tests/basic/test_reasoning.py
index a4f0f11ed..23e65481d 100644
--- a/tests/basic/test_reasoning.py
+++ b/tests/basic/test_reasoning.py
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ class TestReasoning(unittest.TestCase):
             # Verify mdstream.update was called multiple times
             mock_mdstream.update.assert_called()
 
+            coder.live_incremental_response(True)
+
             # Explicitly get all calls to update
             update_calls = mock_mdstream.update.call_args_list