diff --git a/.changeset/heavy-ligers-lay.md b/.changeset/heavy-ligers-lay.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b87f18bc7826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/heavy-ligers-lay.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@ai-sdk/vue': patch
+---
+
+fix (ai-sdk/vue): fix status reactivity
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/use-chat.ts b/packages/vue/src/use-chat.ts
index 875c63615b64..269de7b32ee2 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/use-chat.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/src/use-chat.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ export type UseChatHelpers = {
 // @ts-expect-error - some issues with the default export of useSWRV
 const useSWRV = (swrv.default as (typeof import('swrv'))['default']) || swrv;
 const store: Record<string, UIMessage[] | undefined> = {};
+const statusStore: Record<
+  string,
+  Ref<'submitted' | 'streaming' | 'ready' | 'error'>
+> = {};
 
 export function useChat(
   {
@@ -165,11 +169,11 @@ export function useChat(
     () => store[key] ?? initialMessages,
   );
 
-  const { data: status, mutate: mutateStatus } = useSWRV<
-    'submitted' | 'streaming' | 'ready' | 'error'
-  >(`${chatId}-status`, null);
-
-  status.value ??= 'ready';
+  const status =
+    statusStore[chatId] ??
+    (statusStore[chatId] = ref<'submitted' | 'streaming' | 'ready' | 'error'>(
+      'ready',
+    ));
 
   // Force the `data` to be `initialMessages` if it's `undefined`.
   messagesData.value ??= initialMessages;
@@ -193,7 +197,7 @@ export function useChat(
     { data, headers, body }: ChatRequestOptions = {},
   ) {
     error.value = undefined;
-    mutateStatus(() => 'submitted');
+    status.value = 'submitted';
 
     const messageCount = messages.value.length;
     const lastMessage = messages.value.at(-1);
@@ -233,7 +237,7 @@ export function useChat(
         credentials,
         onResponse,
         onUpdate({ message, data, replaceLastMessage }) {
-          mutateStatus(() => 'streaming');
+          status.value = 'streaming';
 
           mutate([
             ...(replaceLastMessage
@@ -256,12 +260,12 @@ export function useChat(
         getCurrentDate,
       });
 
-      mutateStatus(() => 'ready');
+      status.value = 'ready';
     } catch (err) {
       // Ignore abort errors as they are expected.
       if ((err as any).name === 'AbortError') {
         abortController = null;
-        mutateStatus(() => 'ready');
+        status.value = 'ready';
         return null;
       }
 
@@ -270,7 +274,7 @@ export function useChat(
       }
 
       error.value = err as Error;
-      mutateStatus(() => 'error');
+      status.value = 'error';
     } finally {
       abortController = null;
     }
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/use-chat.ui.test.tsx b/packages/vue/src/use-chat.ui.test.tsx
index 1816d4f006ce..71121ebd04ae 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/use-chat.ui.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/vue/src/use-chat.ui.test.tsx
@@ -193,6 +193,52 @@ describe('data protocol stream', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('should update status when the tab is hidden', async () => {
+      const controller = new TestResponseController();
+      server.urls['/api/chat'].response = {
+        type: 'controlled-stream',
+        controller,
+      };
+
+      const originalVisibilityState = document.visibilityState;
+
+      try {
+        await userEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('do-append'));
+        await waitFor(() =>
+          expect(screen.getByTestId('status')).toHaveTextContent('submitted'),
+        );
+
+        controller.write(
+          formatDataStreamPart({ type: 'text', value: 'Hello' }),
+        );
+
+        await waitFor(() =>
+          expect(screen.getByTestId('status')).toHaveTextContent('streaming'),
+        );
+
+        Object.defineProperty(document, 'visibilityState', {
+          configurable: true,
+          get: () => 'hidden',
+        });
+        document.dispatchEvent(new Event('visibilitychange'));
+
+        controller.write(
+          formatDataStreamPart({ type: 'text', value: ' world.' }),
+        );
+        controller.close();
+
+        await waitFor(() =>
+          expect(screen.getByTestId('status')).toHaveTextContent('ready'),
+        );
+      } finally {
+        Object.defineProperty(document, 'visibilityState', {
+          configurable: true,
+          get: () => originalVisibilityState,
+        });
+        document.dispatchEvent(new Event('visibilitychange'));
+      }
+    });
+
     it('should set status to error when there is a server error', async () => {
       server.urls['/api/chat'].response = {
         type: 'error',