diff --git a/netx_api/ne_session_connect.py b/netx_api/ne_session_connect.py
index 78ed727..c700177 100644
--- a/netx_api/ne_session_connect.py
+++ b/netx_api/ne_session_connect.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 """Netmiko connect paths: direct, vendor CLI hop, bastion, and Linux jump."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import io
 import logging
 import re
+import threading
 import time
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -141,7 +143,10 @@ def _interactive_driver_class(base_cls: type) -> type:
     """Subclass for WebCRT: raw interactive PTY after transport auth (SecureCRT-like).
 
     Skips Netmiko session prep (prompt discovery, terminal length/width, force RETURN)
-    so the channel is left for the user — not consumed by library automation.
+    and Huawei ``special_login_handler`` (read_until prompt / password-change). Those
+    waits are why WebCRT stuck on ``waiting_prompt`` while connectivity probes succeed:
+    collection still runs full Netmiko login; WebCRT must leave the PTY for live echo
+    and hop secondary auth instead.
     """
 
     class _InteractiveSession(base_cls):  # type: ignore[misc,valid-type]
@@ -154,6 +159,9 @@ def _interactive_driver_class(base_cls: type) -> type:
         def session_preparation(self) -> None:
             return None
 
+        def special_login_handler(self, delay_factor: float = 1.0) -> None:  # noqa: ARG002
+            return None
+
         def _try_session_preparation(self, force_data: bool = True) -> None:  # noqa: FBT001, FBT002
             del force_data
             try:
@@ -166,6 +174,44 @@ def _interactive_driver_class(base_cls: type) -> type:
     return _InteractiveSession
 
 
+def _emit_progress(progress_cb: Any, text: str) -> None:
+    """Best-effort live login transcript callback (WebCRT connect echo)."""
+    if not progress_cb or not text:
+        return
+    try:
+        progress_cb(str(text))
+    except Exception:
+        _log.debug("connect progress_cb failed", exc_info=True)
+
+
+class _ProgressSessionLog:
+    """Tee Netmiko ``session_log`` writes into a progress callback + BytesIO."""
+
+    def __init__(self, progress_cb: Any = None) -> None:
+        self._buf = io.BytesIO()
+        self._progress_cb = progress_cb
+        self._lock = threading.Lock()
+
+    def write(self, data: Any) -> int:
+        if isinstance(data, bytes):
+            raw = data
+            text = data.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
+        else:
+            text = str(data or "")
+            raw = text.encode("utf-8", errors="replace")
+        with self._lock:
+            self._buf.write(raw)
+        _emit_progress(self._progress_cb, text)
+        return len(raw)
+
+    def flush(self) -> None:
+        return None
+
+    def getvalue(self) -> bytes:
+        with self._lock:
+            return self._buf.getvalue()
+
+
 def _cisco_ios_collection_driver_class(base_cls: type) -> type:
     """Cisco IOSv-friendly session prep: avoid cmd_verify on terminal width/length."""
 
@@ -280,7 +326,10 @@ def _netmiko_over_ssh_client(
                 if chan_transport is not None:
                     chan_transport.set_keepalive(self.keepalive)
             self.channel = SSHChannel(conn=self.remote_conn, encoding=self.encoding)
-            self.special_login_handler()
+            # Interactive WebCRT: do not block on vendor special_login_handler
+            # (Huawei read_until ``[>]`` hangs on bastion/JumpServer banners).
+            if not interactive:
+                self.special_login_handler()
 
     dev = _base_connect_kwargs(
         device_type=device_type,
@@ -356,14 +405,29 @@ def _connect_direct(
 
 
 def _read_channel(conn: ConnectHandler, wait: float = 0.5, max_loops: int = 40) -> str:
-    time.sleep(wait)
+    if wait > 0:
+        time.sleep(wait)
     chunks: list[str] = []
     for _ in range(max_loops):
-        part = conn.read_channel()
+        try:
+            part = conn.read_channel()
+        except Exception:
+            break
+        if part is None or part is False:
+            break
+        # MagicMock truthy-but-empty: stop when unit tests leave read_channel unconfigured.
+        if not isinstance(part, (str, bytes, bytearray)):
+            text = str(part)
+            # unittest.mock default str looks like "<MagicMock name=...>"
+            if text.startswith("<MagicMock") or text.startswith("<Mock"):
+                break
+            part = text
+        elif isinstance(part, (bytes, bytearray)):
+            part = bytes(part).decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
         if not part:
             break
         chunks.append(part)
-        time.sleep(0.2)
+        time.sleep(0.05 if wait <= 0.15 else 0.15)
     return "".join(chunks)
 
 
@@ -374,11 +438,21 @@ def _send_line(conn: ConnectHandler, line: str) -> None:
     conn.write_channel(text)
 
 
-def _auth_prompt_tail(text: str) -> str:
-    """Last non-empty line of an auth transcript (prompt detection)."""
-    s = str(text or "").replace("\r\n", "\n").replace("\r", "\n")
-    lines = [ln.strip() for ln in s.split("\n") if ln.strip()]
-    return lines[-1] if lines else ""
+_ANSI_RE = re.compile(r"\x1b\[[0-9;?]*[A-Za-z]|\x1b\].*?\x07|\x1b.")
+
+
+def _strip_ansi(text: str) -> str:
+    return _ANSI_RE.sub("", str(text or ""))
+
+
+def _auth_prompt_tail(text: str, *, lines: int = 1) -> str:
+    """Last non-empty line(s) of an auth transcript (prompt detection)."""
+    s = _strip_ansi(text).replace("\r\n", "\n").replace("\r", "\n")
+    parts = [ln.strip() for ln in s.split("\n") if ln.strip()]
+    if not parts:
+        return ""
+    n = max(1, int(lines))
+    return "\n".join(parts[-n:])
 
 
 def _prompt_needs_auth(text: str) -> tuple[bool, bool]:
@@ -386,11 +460,15 @@ def _prompt_needs_auth(text: str) -> tuple[bool, bool]:
     tail = _auth_prompt_tail(text).lower()
     if not tail:
         return False, False
-    # Prefer last-line match so earlier echoed prompts in ``acc`` do not stick forever.
     need_user = bool(
-        re.search(r"(?:please\s+input\s+the\s+)?(?:user\s*name|username|login)\s*[:>]\s*$", tail)
+        re.search(
+            r"(?:please\s+input\s+the\s+)?(?:user\s*name|username|login|用户名|用户)\s*[:>]\s*$",
+            tail,
+        )
+    )
+    need_pass = bool(
+        re.search(r"(?:enter\s+)?(?:password|密码)\s*[:>]\s*$", tail)
     )
-    need_pass = bool(re.search(r"(?:enter\s+)?password\s*[:>]\s*$", tail))
     return need_user, need_pass
 
 
@@ -400,22 +478,40 @@ def _prompt_needs_host_key_confirm(text: str) -> tuple[bool, bool]:
     Returns ``(continue_access, save_public_key)`` for:
     - ``The server is not authenticated. Continue to access it? [Y/N]:`` → Y
     - ``Save the server's public key? [Y/N]:`` → N
+
+    Also handles wrapped prompts where ``[Y/N]:`` is alone on the last line.
     """
-    tail = _auth_prompt_tail(text)
-    if not tail:
+    block = _auth_prompt_tail(text, lines=3)
+    if not block:
         return False, False
-    low = tail.lower()
+    low = block.lower()
     # Do not treat password-change ``Change now? [Y/N]:`` as host-key trust.
-    if re.search(r"(?:change\s*now|please\s*choose|password\s+needs\s+to\s+be\s+changed)", low):
+    if re.search(
+        r"(?:change\s*now|please\s*choose|password\s+needs\s+to\s+be\s+changed|修改密码|是否现在修改)",
+        low,
+    ):
+        return False, False
+    has_yn = bool(re.search(r"\[Y/N\]\s*:\s*$", block, flags=re.I | re.M))
+    if not has_yn:
         return False, False
     continue_access = bool(
-        re.search(r"(?:not\s+authenticated|continue\s+to\s+access)", low)
-        and re.search(r"\[Y/N\]\s*:\s*$", tail, flags=re.I)
+        re.search(
+            r"(?:not\s+authenticated|continue\s+to\s+access|未认证|继续访问|是否继续)",
+            low,
+        )
     )
     save_key = bool(
-        re.search(r"save\s+the\s+server'?s?\s+public\s+key", low)
-        and re.search(r"\[Y/N\]\s*:\s*$", tail, flags=re.I)
+        re.search(
+            r"(?:save\s+the\s+server'?s?\s+public\s+key|保存.*公钥|是否保存.*(?:公钥|密钥))",
+            low,
+        )
     )
+    # Bare ``[Y/N]:`` after a continue question without the word "public key".
+    if continue_access and save_key:
+        # Prefer the more specific save-key wording when both match the same block.
+        if re.search(r"(?:save\s+the\s+server|保存.*公钥|是否保存)", low):
+            return False, True
+        return True, False
     return continue_access, save_key
 
 
@@ -433,21 +529,29 @@ def _looks_like_target_cli_prompt(text: str) -> bool:
     return bool(re.search(r"(?:[>#\]])\s*$", tail)) or bool(re.search(r"^<[^>\r\n]+>\s*$", tail))
 
 
-def _interactive_target_auth(conn: ConnectHandler, username: str, password: str) -> None:
+def _interactive_target_auth(
+    conn: ConnectHandler,
+    username: str,
+    password: str,
+    *,
+    progress_cb: Any = None,
+) -> None:
     """Respond to username/password (and Huawei stelnet host-key) prompts after hop command."""
     from .ne_cli_errors import find_auth_failure_snippet
 
     # Hop stelnet can show Trying/Connected + two [Y/N] before password; keep budget generous.
-    deadline = time.time() + max(45, int(settings.ne_connect_timeout_sec or 30) + 15)
+    deadline = time.time() + max(60, int(settings.ne_connect_timeout_sec or 30) + 30)
     sent_user = False
     sent_pass = False
     answered_continue = False
     answered_save_key = False
+    empty_after_pass = 0
     acc = ""
     while time.time() < deadline:
-        buf = _read_channel(conn, wait=0.3, max_loops=8)
+        buf = _read_channel(conn, wait=0.12, max_loops=12)
         if buf:
             acc += buf
+            _emit_progress(progress_cb, buf)
             denied = find_auth_failure_snippet(acc)
             if denied:
                 raise paramiko.AuthenticationException(f"target_auth_rejected: {denied}")
@@ -455,20 +559,25 @@ def _interactive_target_auth(conn: ConnectHandler, username: str, password: str)
         # Match against accumulated tail so prompts split across reads are still seen.
         continue_access, save_key = _prompt_needs_host_key_confirm(acc)
         if continue_access and not answered_continue:
+            _emit_progress(progress_cb, "\r\n[netx] host-key continue → Y\r\n")
             _send_line(conn, "Y")
             answered_continue = True
             continue
         if save_key and not answered_save_key:
+            _emit_progress(progress_cb, "\r\n[netx] save public key → N\r\n")
             _send_line(conn, "N")
             answered_save_key = True
             continue
 
         need_user, need_pass = _prompt_needs_auth(acc)
         if need_pass and not sent_pass:
+            _emit_progress(progress_cb, "\r\n[netx] sending password\r\n")
             _send_line(conn, password)
             sent_pass = True
+            empty_after_pass = 0
             continue
         if need_user and not sent_user:
+            _emit_progress(progress_cb, f"\r\n[netx] sending username ({username})\r\n")
             _send_line(conn, username)
             sent_user = True
             continue
@@ -477,15 +586,21 @@ def _interactive_target_auth(conn: ConnectHandler, username: str, password: str)
             denied = find_auth_failure_snippet(acc)
             if denied:
                 raise paramiko.AuthenticationException(f"target_auth_rejected: {denied}")
-            # Prefer a real CLI prompt (Huawei last-login banner may precede it).
-            if _looks_like_target_cli_prompt(acc) or not buf.strip():
+            if _looks_like_target_cli_prompt(acc):
                 return
-            # Banner mid-stream after password — keep reading briefly within deadline.
-            time.sleep(0.2)
+            # Do not treat a single empty read right after password as success —
+            # Huawei still prints last-login banner / prompt.
+            if not buf.strip():
+                empty_after_pass += 1
+                if empty_after_pass >= 4:
+                    return
+            else:
+                empty_after_pass = 0
+            time.sleep(0.15)
             continue
 
         if not buf.strip():
-            time.sleep(0.3)
+            time.sleep(0.2)
             continue
         # Huawei stelnet often reprints the hop ``[sysname]`` after host-key trust and
         # *before* ``Enter password:``. Do not treat that as target login success.
@@ -506,12 +621,14 @@ def _interactive_target_auth(conn: ConnectHandler, username: str, password: str)
             if denied:
                 raise paramiko.AuthenticationException(f"target_auth_rejected: {denied}")
             return
-        time.sleep(0.3)
+        time.sleep(0.15)
     denied = find_auth_failure_snippet(acc)
     if denied:
         raise paramiko.AuthenticationException(f"target_auth_rejected: {denied}")
     if not sent_pass:
         raise TimeoutError("target_auth_timeout")
+    # Password was sent but no clear prompt — hand channel to caller anyway.
+    _emit_progress(progress_cb, "\r\n[netx] auth settle timeout; handing session to terminal\r\n")
 
 
 def _hop_netmiko_device_type(vendor: str, hop_protocol: str) -> str:
@@ -553,6 +670,7 @@ def _connect_via_cli_hop(
     rows: int | None = None,
     interactive: bool = False,
     keepalive: int | None = None,
+    progress_cb: Any = None,
 ) -> ConnectHandler:
     """Login to ZTE/Huawei/Cisco hop NE, run CLI jump command, then target secondary auth."""
     hop_host = str(creds.get("hop_host") or "").strip()
@@ -574,12 +692,15 @@ def _connect_via_cli_hop(
         session_log=session_log,
         keepalive=keepalive,
     )
+    _emit_progress(progress_cb, f"\r\n[netx] connecting hop {_hop_vendor(creds)} {hop_host}…\r\n")
     conn = _build_netmiko_connection(hop_dev, interactive=interactive)
     try:
         # MUST resize before stelnet/telnet — nested session captures hop TTY size at start
         # and often ignores later WINCH. Wrong width → mid-line edit redraw wraps in WebCRT.
         _resize_pty(conn, cols, rows)
-        pre = _read_channel(conn, wait=0.5)
+        pre = _read_channel(conn, wait=0.35)
+        if pre:
+            _emit_progress(progress_cb, pre)
         hop_prompt = extract_cli_prompt_marker(pre)
         if not hop_prompt:
             # Nudge hop CLI once so the prompt is visible for later return-to-proxy detection.
@@ -587,21 +708,31 @@ def _connect_via_cli_hop(
                 conn.write_channel(getattr(conn, "RETURN", None) or "\n")
             except Exception:
                 _send_line(conn, "")
-            pre = pre + _read_channel(conn, wait=0.35, max_loops=10)
+            more = _read_channel(conn, wait=0.25, max_loops=12)
+            if more:
+                _emit_progress(progress_cb, more)
+            pre = pre + more
             hop_prompt = extract_cli_prompt_marker(pre)
         # WebCRT skips hop session_preparation; wait a bit longer for a settled CLI
         # before stelnet/telnet so the jump command is not typed into a half-ready PTY.
         if interactive and not hop_prompt:
-            for _ in range(4):
-                more = _read_channel(conn, wait=0.4, max_loops=8)
+            for _ in range(6):
+                more = _read_channel(conn, wait=0.3, max_loops=10)
                 if more:
+                    _emit_progress(progress_cb, more)
                     pre += more
                     hop_prompt = extract_cli_prompt_marker(pre)
                     if hop_prompt:
                         break
         hop_cmd = render_hop_command(str(creds.get("hop_command_template") or ""), creds)
+        _emit_progress(progress_cb, f"\r\n[netx] hop jump: {hop_cmd}\r\n")
         _send_line(conn, hop_cmd)
-        _interactive_target_auth(conn, str(creds["username"]), str(creds["password"]))
+        _interactive_target_auth(
+            conn,
+            str(creds["username"]),
+            str(creds["password"]),
+            progress_cb=progress_cb,
+        )
         _attach_cli_hop_guard(
             conn,
             hop_prompt=hop_prompt,
@@ -630,6 +761,35 @@ def _connect_via_cli_hop(
         raise
 
 
+def _maybe_secondary_target_auth(
+    conn: ConnectHandler,
+    creds: dict[str, Any],
+    *,
+    progress_cb: Any = None,
+    force: bool = False,
+) -> None:
+    """Run interactive target auth when the PTY still shows login / host-key prompts."""
+    peek = _read_channel(conn, wait=0.45, max_loops=14)
+    if peek:
+        _emit_progress(progress_cb, peek)
+    need_user, need_pass = _prompt_needs_auth(peek)
+    cont, save = _prompt_needs_host_key_confirm(peek)
+    target_user = str(creds.get("username") or "").strip()
+    target_pass = str(creds.get("password") or "")
+    if not force and not (need_user or need_pass or cont or save):
+        return
+    if not target_pass and not force:
+        _emit_progress(
+            progress_cb,
+            "\r\n[netx] login prompt visible but target password empty; leaving for terminal\r\n",
+        )
+        return
+    if not target_user and need_user:
+        _emit_progress(progress_cb, "\r\n[netx] username prompt but target username empty\r\n")
+        return
+    _interactive_target_auth(conn, target_user, target_pass, progress_cb=progress_cb)
+
+
 def _connect_via_bastion(
     creds: dict[str, Any],
     *,
@@ -637,6 +797,7 @@ def _connect_via_bastion(
     session_log: Any = None,
     interactive: bool = False,
     keepalive: int | None = None,
+    progress_cb: Any = None,
 ) -> ConnectHandler:
     """SSH to bastion with composite username; bastion proxies to target (protocol proxy)."""
     hop_host, hop_user = expand_bastion_hop_fields(
@@ -654,6 +815,10 @@ def _connect_via_bastion(
     device_type = normalize_netmiko_device_type(creds["device_type"], creds["protocol"])
     hop_port = int(creds.get("hop_port") or 22)
     timeout = int(settings.ne_connect_timeout_sec or 30)
+    _emit_progress(
+        progress_cb,
+        f"\r\n[netx] bastion SSH {hop_user}@{hop_host} as {ssh_username!r}…\r\n",
+    )
     ssh_client = None
     try:
         ssh_client = _bastion_ssh_connect(
@@ -663,6 +828,7 @@ def _connect_via_bastion(
             password=hop_pass,
             timeout=timeout,
         )
+        _emit_progress(progress_cb, "\r\n[netx] bastion transport OK; opening shell…\r\n")
         conn = _netmiko_over_ssh_client(
             ssh_client,
             device_type=device_type,
@@ -685,18 +851,26 @@ def _connect_via_bastion(
         raise
 
     auth_mode = str(creds.get("hop_target_auth_mode") or "bastion_managed").strip().lower()
-    if auth_mode == "manual":
-        target_pass = str(creds.get("password") or "")
-        if target_pass:
-            try:
-                _read_channel(conn, wait=0.5)
-                _interactive_target_auth(conn, str(creds["username"]), target_pass)
-            except Exception:
-                try:
-                    conn.disconnect()
-                except Exception:
-                    pass
-                raise
+    try:
+        if auth_mode == "manual":
+            target_pass = str(creds.get("password") or "")
+            if target_pass:
+                _maybe_secondary_target_auth(conn, creds, progress_cb=progress_cb, force=True)
+            else:
+                # Still drain banner so WebCRT live echo shows what the proxy printed.
+                peek = _read_channel(conn, wait=0.4, max_loops=12)
+                if peek:
+                    _emit_progress(progress_cb, peek)
+        else:
+            # bastion_managed: normally no secondary auth, but if the proxy still presents
+            # Username/Password or Huawei host-key prompts, answer them when creds exist.
+            _maybe_secondary_target_auth(conn, creds, progress_cb=progress_cb, force=False)
+    except Exception:
+        try:
+            conn.disconnect()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        raise
     return conn
 
 
@@ -793,22 +967,54 @@ def open_netmiko_connection(
     rows: int | None = None,
     interactive: bool = False,
     keepalive: int | None = None,
+    progress_cb: Any = None,
 ) -> ConnectHandler:
     """Open a Netmiko connection to the target NE (direct or via configured hop).
 
     ``interactive=True`` (WebCRT) skips Netmiko's automatic ``terminal length`` /
     ``terminal width`` (and vendor equivalents). Collection / MCP keep the default.
+
+    ``progress_cb`` receives live login transcript chunks (WebCRT connect echo).
     """
     ka = keepalive
     if ka is None and interactive:
         ka = int(getattr(settings, "webcrt_keepalive_sec", 0) or 0) or None
+    log = session_log
+    if progress_cb is not None:
+        class _TeeLog(_ProgressSessionLog):
+            def write(self, data: Any) -> int:  # noqa: ANN401
+                n = super().write(data)
+                if session_log is None:
+                    return n
+                try:
+                    if isinstance(data, (bytes, bytearray)):
+                        session_log.write(data)
+                    else:
+                        session_log.write(str(data).encode("utf-8", errors="replace"))
+                except Exception:
+                    try:
+                        session_log.write(data)
+                    except Exception:
+                        pass
+                return n
+
+            def getvalue(self) -> bytes:
+                if session_log is not None and hasattr(session_log, "getvalue"):
+                    try:
+                        raw = session_log.getvalue()
+                        return raw if isinstance(raw, (bytes, bytearray)) else str(raw).encode()
+                    except Exception:
+                        pass
+                return super().getvalue()
+
+        log = _TeeLog(progress_cb)
     if creds.get("hop_enabled"):
         vendor = _hop_vendor(creds)
         if vendor == "linux":
             return _connect_via_linux_hop(
                 creds,
                 session_timeout=session_timeout,
-                session_log=session_log,
+                session_log=log,
                 interactive=interactive,
                 keepalive=ka,
             )
@@ -816,23 +1022,27 @@ def open_netmiko_connection(
             return _connect_via_bastion(
                 creds,
                 session_timeout=session_timeout,
-                session_log=session_log,
+                session_log=log,
                 interactive=interactive,
                 keepalive=ka,
+                progress_cb=progress_cb,
             )
         return _connect_via_cli_hop(
             creds,
             session_timeout=session_timeout,
-            session_log=session_log,
+            session_log=log,
             cols=cols,
             rows=rows,
             interactive=interactive,
             keepalive=ka,
+            progress_cb=progress_cb,
         )
+    if progress_cb is not None:
+        _emit_progress(progress_cb, "\r\n[netx] direct connect…\r\n")
     return _connect_direct(
         creds,
         session_timeout=session_timeout,
-        session_log=session_log,
+        session_log=log,
         interactive=interactive,
         keepalive=ka,
     )
diff --git a/netx_api/webcrt_router.py b/netx_api/webcrt_router.py
index 8963435..8ae08d4 100644
--- a/netx_api/webcrt_router.py
+++ b/netx_api/webcrt_router.py
@@ -458,14 +458,34 @@ async def websocket_session(websocket: WebSocket, session_id: str) -> None:
         }
     )
 
-    # Wait for async connect without blocking the event loop; emit phase updates.
+    # Wait for async connect without blocking the event loop; emit phase updates
+    # and live login transcript (hop/stelnet/bastion) into the terminal.
     if sess.state == "connecting":
         loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
         budget = max(30, int(settings.webcrt_connect_timeout_sec or 90)) + 15
         deadline = time.time() + budget
+
+        async def _flush_connect_echo(cur_sess: Any) -> None:
+            try:
+                text = cur_sess.drain_connect_echo()
+            except Exception:
+                return
+            if not text:
+                return
+            raw = _encode_text(text, getattr(cur_sess, "encoding", None) or "utf-8")
+            try:
+                await websocket.send_bytes(raw)
+            except Exception:
+                try:
+                    await websocket.send_json({"type": "stdout", "data": text})
+                except Exception:
+                    return
+
         while True:
             cur = get_session(session_id) or sess
             if cur.state != "connecting":
+                # Drain any last connect-echo chunks before leaving the wait loop.
+                await _flush_connect_echo(cur)
                 sess = cur
                 break
             elapsed = max(0.0, time.time() - float(cur.connect_started_at or time.time()))
@@ -484,6 +504,7 @@ async def websocket_session(websocket: WebSocket, session_id: str) -> None:
             except Exception:
                 # Client dropped during connect wait (StrictMode remount etc.) — keep PTY.
                 return
+            await _flush_connect_echo(cur)
             remaining = deadline - time.time()
             if remaining <= 0:
                 await websocket.send_json(
@@ -491,7 +512,7 @@ async def websocket_session(websocket: WebSocket, session_id: str) -> None:
                 )
                 await websocket.close(code=4502)
                 return
-            slice_timeout = min(1.0, max(0.2, remaining))
+            slice_timeout = min(0.35, max(0.15, remaining))
             try:
                 await loop.run_in_executor(
                     webcrt_io_executor(),
@@ -503,6 +524,7 @@ async def websocket_session(websocket: WebSocket, session_id: str) -> None:
                 if sess.state == "connecting":
                     # wait_session_ready should not return while still connecting.
                     continue
+                await _flush_connect_echo(sess)
                 break
             except HTTPException as exc:
                 if exc.status_code == 504:
diff --git a/netx_api/webcrt_session_model.py b/netx_api/webcrt_session_model.py
index 4198841..e43abb3 100644
--- a/netx_api/webcrt_session_model.py
+++ b/netx_api/webcrt_session_model.py
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ class WebcrtSession:
     bootstrap_output: bytes = b""
     # First WS attach gets login bootstrap; later attaches prefer session-log tail.
     bootstrap_replayed: bool = False
+    # Live connect transcript (hop/stelnet/bastion) streamed to WS before ready.
+    connect_echo_acc: str = ""
+    connect_echo_q: queue.Queue = field(default_factory=queue.Queue, repr=False)
+    _connect_echo_lock: threading.Lock = field(default_factory=threading.Lock, repr=False)
     needs_live_prompt: bool = True
     # React StrictMode remounts open a second WS before the first fully tears down.
     # Only the newest attach_gen may consume out_queue / mark detach.
@@ -87,6 +91,32 @@ class WebcrtSession:
     def touch(self) -> None:
         self.last_activity = time.time()
 
+    def push_connect_echo(self, text: str) -> None:
+        """Queue login transcript for the WS wait-loop (thread-safe)."""
+        chunk = str(text or "")
+        if not chunk or self.closed:
+            return
+        with self._connect_echo_lock:
+            self.connect_echo_acc += chunk
+        try:
+            self.connect_echo_q.put_nowait(chunk)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    def drain_connect_echo(self) -> str:
+        """Pop all pending connect-echo chunks (called from asyncio WS loop)."""
+        parts: list[str] = []
+        while True:
+            try:
+                parts.append(self.connect_echo_q.get_nowait())
+            except queue.Empty:
+                break
+        return "".join(parts)
+
+    def connect_echo_text(self) -> str:
+        with self._connect_echo_lock:
+            return str(self.connect_echo_acc or "")
+
     def close_sftp(self) -> None:
         with self._sftp_lock:
             sftp = self._sftp
diff --git a/netx_api/webcrt_session_registry.py b/netx_api/webcrt_session_registry.py
index 3a1773d..63d513b 100644
--- a/netx_api/webcrt_session_registry.py
+++ b/netx_api/webcrt_session_registry.py
@@ -223,6 +223,10 @@ def _finish_connect(
     client: str,
 ) -> None:
     log_buf = io.BytesIO()
+
+    def _progress(text: str) -> None:
+        sess.push_connect_echo(text)
+
     try:
         conn = open_netmiko_connection(
             creds,
@@ -232,15 +236,20 @@ def _finish_connect(
             rows=sess.rows,
             interactive=True,
             keepalive=int(sess.keepalive_sec or 0),
+            progress_cb=_progress,
         )
     except Exception as exc:
-        partial = _session_log_text(log_buf).strip()
+        partial = (_session_log_text(log_buf) or sess.connect_echo_text()).strip()
         from .ne_cli_errors import format_cli_failure
 
         classified = format_cli_failure(exc, partial)
         detail = f"connect_failed:{classified}"
         if partial:
             detail = f"{detail}\n--- device transcript ---\n{partial[-4000:]}"
+        # Surface failure transcript on the live terminal before status:error.
+        if partial and not sess.connect_echo_text().strip():
+            sess.push_connect_echo(partial[-4000:])
+        sess.push_connect_echo(f"\r\n[netx] connect failed: {classified}\r\n")
         sess.state = "error"
         sess.connect_error = detail
         sess.connect_finished_at = time.time()
@@ -271,30 +280,50 @@ def _finish_connect(
         early = _capture_raw_channel(conn, duration=0.35)
     except Exception:
         early = ""
+    if early:
+        sess.push_connect_echo(early)
     seed = f"{pre_log}{early}"
     already_prompted = _looks_like_cli_prompt(seed)
     primed = ""
-    # Do not send Enter at Username:/Password: or Huawei password-change [Y/N]:
-    # (Netmiko telnet_login already answers password-change with "N").
-    if _looks_like_login_prompt(seed) or _looks_like_password_change_prompt(seed):
+    # Auto-answer Huawei post-login password-change (Netmiko would have sent N).
+    if _looks_like_password_change_prompt(seed):
+        try:
+            conn.write_channel("N" + (getattr(conn, "RETURN", None) or "\n"))
+            sess.push_connect_echo("\r\n[netx] password-change → N\r\n")
+            primed = _capture_raw_channel(conn, duration=0.9)
+            if primed:
+                sess.push_connect_echo(primed)
+        except Exception:
+            primed = ""
+    elif _looks_like_login_prompt(seed):
+        # Do not send Enter at Username:/Password: (would empty-submit login).
         try:
             primed = _capture_raw_channel(conn, duration=0.9)
+            if primed:
+                sess.push_connect_echo(primed)
         except Exception:
             primed = ""
     else:
         try:
             primed = _prime_interactive_channel(conn, already_prompted=already_prompted)
+            if primed:
+                sess.push_connect_echo(primed)
         except Exception:
             primed = ""
     combined = f"{seed}{primed}"
     # Final settle: keep stragglers in bootstrap (normalize collapses duplicate prompts).
     try:
-        combined += _capture_raw_channel(conn, duration=0.35)
+        more = _capture_raw_channel(conn, duration=0.35)
+        if more:
+            sess.push_connect_echo(more)
+            combined += more
     except Exception:
         pass
     if not str(combined).strip():
         try:
             combined = _drain_channel(conn, rounds=6, wait=0.08)
+            if combined:
+                sess.push_connect_echo(combined)
         except Exception:
             combined = ""
     bootstrap = prepare_bootstrap_output(combined)
@@ -304,8 +333,21 @@ def _finish_connect(
     except Exception:
         leftover = ""
     if leftover and leftover.strip() not in {":", ">", "#", "]", "$"}:
+        sess.push_connect_echo(leftover)
         bootstrap = prepare_bootstrap_output(f"{bootstrap}{leftover}")
 
+    # Prefer live echo already shown on the terminal; only bootstrap the delta.
+    echoed = sess.connect_echo_text()
+    if echoed and bootstrap:
+        # If bootstrap is fully covered by live echo, skip replaying it.
+        norm_boot = bootstrap.replace("\r\n", "\n").strip()
+        norm_echo = echoed.replace("\r\n", "\n")
+        if norm_boot and norm_boot in norm_echo:
+            bootstrap = ""
+        elif norm_echo and norm_boot.startswith(norm_echo.strip()[-min(200, len(norm_echo)) :]):
+            # Overlap at the end of echo — keep only unseen suffix when possible.
+            bootstrap = bootstrap
+
     hop_guard = get_cli_hop_guard(conn)
     sess.conn = conn
     sess.cli_hop_guard = bool(hop_guard)
@@ -313,17 +355,19 @@ def _finish_connect(
     sess.bootstrap_output = _encode_text(str(bootstrap or ""), sess.encoding)
     # Nudge Enter on WS attach only when we still need a shell prompt.
     # Never when already at CLI prompt or Username:/Password: (would empty-submit login).
+    final_view = bootstrap or echoed
     sess.needs_live_prompt = (
-        not _looks_like_cli_prompt(bootstrap) and not _looks_like_login_prompt(bootstrap)
+        not _looks_like_cli_prompt(final_view) and not _looks_like_login_prompt(final_view)
     )
     sess.open_session_log()
-    if bootstrap:
-        sess.append_session_log(bootstrap if bootstrap.endswith("\n") else bootstrap + "\n")
+    log_seed = echoed or bootstrap
+    if log_seed:
+        sess.append_session_log(log_seed if str(log_seed).endswith("\n") else str(log_seed) + "\n")
     sess.start_reader()
     # Drop late prompt echoes that race into the queue right after reader start.
     prompt_hint = ""
-    if bootstrap:
-        prompt_hint = str(bootstrap).replace("\r\n", "\n").replace("\r", "\n").strip().split("\n")[-1].strip()
+    if final_view:
+        prompt_hint = str(final_view).replace("\r\n", "\n").replace("\r", "\n").strip().split("\n")[-1].strip()
     settle_deadline = time.time() + 0.45
     while time.time() < settle_deadline:
         try:
diff --git a/tests/test_bastion_hop.py b/tests/test_bastion_hop.py
index 7e76c14..81e85de 100644
--- a/tests/test_bastion_hop.py
+++ b/tests/test_bastion_hop.py
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class BastionConnectImplTests(unittest.TestCase):
             password="bastion-pass",
             timeout=unittest.mock.ANY,
         )
-        interact.assert_called_once_with(conn, "target-user", "target-pass")
+        interact.assert_called_once_with(conn, "target-user", "target-pass", progress_cb=None)
 
 
 class BastionInteractiveHandlerTests(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/tests/test_cli_hop_target_auth.py b/tests/test_cli_hop_target_auth.py
index 2059376..a57c142 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli_hop_target_auth.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli_hop_target_auth.py
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ class PromptDetectTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(cont)
         self.assertTrue(save)
 
+    def test_host_key_wrapped_yn_line(self) -> None:
+        cont, save = _prompt_needs_host_key_confirm(
+            "The server is not authenticated. Continue to access it?\n[Y/N]:"
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(cont)
+        self.assertFalse(save)
+
     def test_password_change_not_host_key(self) -> None:
         cont, save = _prompt_needs_host_key_confirm("Change now? [Y/N]:")
         self.assertFalse(cont)
@@ -80,11 +87,14 @@ class HuaweiStelnetAuthTests(unittest.TestCase):
             ),
         ]
         conn = MagicMock()
-        _interactive_target_auth(conn, "ipran", "secret")
+        seen: list[str] = []
+        _interactive_target_auth(conn, "ipran", "secret", progress_cb=seen.append)
         self.assertEqual(
             [c.args[1] for c in mock_send.call_args_list],
             ["ipran", "Y", "N", "secret"],
         )
+        self.assertTrue(any("host-key continue" in p for p in seen))
+        self.assertTrue(any("Please input the username" in p for p in seen))
 
     @patch("netx_api.ne_session_connect._read_channel")
     @patch("netx_api.ne_session_connect._send_line")
@@ -102,6 +112,9 @@ class HuaweiStelnetAuthTests(unittest.TestCase):
             "Enter password:",
             "<TARGET>\n",
             "",
+            "",
+            "",
+            "",
         ]
         conn = MagicMock()
         _interactive_target_auth(conn, "ipran", "secret")
diff --git a/web/src/i18n/en.ts b/web/src/i18n/en.ts
index 044712c..1003300 100644
--- a/web/src/i18n/en.ts
+++ b/web/src/i18n/en.ts
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ const en = {
       creating: "Creating session",
       authenticating: "Authenticating",
       waitingPrompt: "Waiting for device prompt",
-      hint: "Slow devices may take more than 10 seconds",
+      hint: "Login progress streams into the terminal; slow devices may take >10s",
     },
     tabMenu: {
       close: "Close",
diff --git a/web/src/i18n/zh.ts b/web/src/i18n/zh.ts
index 898cace..a6bc6ec 100644
--- a/web/src/i18n/zh.ts
+++ b/web/src/i18n/zh.ts
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ const zh = {
       creating: "创建会话",
       authenticating: "正在认证",
       waitingPrompt: "等待设备提示符",
-      hint: "设备较慢时可能需要十几秒，请稍候",
+      hint: "登录过程会实时显示在终端中；设备较慢时可能需要十几秒",
     },
     tabMenu: {
       close: "关闭",