diff --git a/.changeset/pending-chat-sends.md b/.changeset/pending-chat-sends.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc64b2bbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pending-chat-sends.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@livekit/components-core': patch
+---
+
+Keep chat and data-channel sending state true until all overlapping sends have finished.
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/chat.test.ts b/packages/core/src/components/chat.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3519dac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/chat.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import { Encryption_Type } from '@livekit/protocol';
+import { Room, RoomEvent, type TextStreamInfo } from 'livekit-client';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { Future } from '../helper/future';
+import { setupChat } from './chat';
+
+describe('chat sending state', () => {
+  const rooms: Room[] = [];
+  const streamInfo: TextStreamInfo = {
+    id: 'message',
+    topic: 'lk.chat',
+    timestamp: 1,
+    mimeType: 'text/plain',
+    encryptionType: Encryption_Type.NONE,
+  };
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    rooms.forEach((room) => room.emit(RoomEvent.Disconnected));
+    rooms.length = 0;
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it.each(['resolve', 'reject'] as const)(
+    'keeps sending state true when an overlapping text send finishes with %s',
+    async (outcome) => {
+      const room = new Room();
+      rooms.push(room);
+      const firstText = new Future<TextStreamInfo, Error>();
+      const secondText = new Future<TextStreamInfo, Error>();
+      vi.spyOn(room.localParticipant, 'sendText')
+        .mockReturnValueOnce(firstText.promise)
+        .mockReturnValueOnce(secondText.promise);
+      vi.spyOn(room.localParticipant, 'publishData').mockResolvedValue();
+      const { send, isSendingObservable } = setupChat(room);
+      const states: boolean[] = [];
+      const subscription = isSendingObservable.subscribe((value) => states.push(value));
+      const first = send('first');
+      const second = send('second');
+      const error = new Error('text send failed');
+
+      try {
+        expect(states.at(-1)).toBe(true);
+        if (outcome === 'resolve') {
+          firstText.resolve?.({ ...streamInfo, id: 'first' });
+          await expect(first).resolves.toMatchObject({ id: 'first', message: 'first' });
+        } else {
+          const rejected = expect(first).rejects.toBe(error);
+          firstText.reject?.(error);
+          await rejected;
+        }
+        expect(states.at(-1)).toBe(true);
+        const late = vi.fn();
+        const lateSubscription = isSendingObservable.subscribe(late);
+        expect(late).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(true);
+        lateSubscription.unsubscribe();
+
+        secondText.resolve?.({ ...streamInfo, id: 'second' });
+        await expect(second).resolves.toMatchObject({ id: 'second', message: 'second' });
+        expect(states.at(-1)).toBe(false);
+      } finally {
+        firstText.resolve?.(streamInfo);
+        secondText.resolve?.(streamInfo);
+        await Promise.allSettled([first, second]);
+        subscription.unsubscribe();
+      }
+    },
+  );
+
+  it.each(['resolve', 'reject'] as const)(
+    'waits for all overlapping legacy publishes when the first finishes with %s',
+    async (outcome) => {
+      const room = new Room();
+      rooms.push(room);
+      vi.spyOn(room.localParticipant, 'sendText').mockResolvedValue(streamInfo);
+      const firstPublish = new Future<void, Error>();
+      const secondPublish = new Future<void, Error>();
+      const publish = vi
+        .spyOn(room.localParticipant, 'publishData')
+        .mockReturnValueOnce(firstPublish.promise)
+        .mockReturnValueOnce(secondPublish.promise);
+      const { send, isSendingObservable } = setupChat(room);
+      const states: boolean[] = [];
+      const subscription = isSendingObservable.subscribe((value) => states.push(value));
+      const first = send('first');
+      const second = send('second');
+
+      try {
+        await vi.waitFor(() => expect(publish).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2));
+        if (outcome === 'resolve') {
+          firstPublish.resolve?.();
+        } else {
+          firstPublish.reject?.(new Error('legacy publish failed'));
+        }
+        await expect(first).resolves.toMatchObject({ message: 'first' });
+        expect(states.at(-1)).toBe(true);
+
+        secondPublish.resolve?.();
+        await expect(second).resolves.toMatchObject({ message: 'second' });
+        expect(states.at(-1)).toBe(false);
+      } finally {
+        firstPublish.resolve?.();
+        secondPublish.resolve?.();
+        await Promise.allSettled([first, second]);
+        subscription.unsubscribe();
+      }
+    },
+  );
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/chat.ts b/packages/core/src/components/chat.ts
index 125a3648c..b177c9285 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/chat.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/chat.ts
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ export function setupChat(room: Room, options?: ChatOptions) {
   );
 
   const isSending$ = new BehaviorSubject<boolean>(false);
+  let pendingSends = 0;
   const finalMessageEncoder = options?.messageEncoder ?? encodeLegacyMsg;
 
   const send = async (message: string, options?: SendTextOptions) => {
@@ -275,6 +276,7 @@ export function setupChat(room: Room, options?: ChatOptions) {
       options = {};
     }
     options.topic ??= topic;
+    pendingSends += 1;
     isSending$.next(true);
 
     try {
@@ -316,7 +318,8 @@ export function setupChat(room: Room, options?: ChatOptions) {
 
       return receivedChatMsg;
     } finally {
-      isSending$.next(false);
+      pendingSends -= 1;
+      isSending$.next(pendingSends > 0);
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/observables/dataChannel.test.ts b/packages/core/src/observables/dataChannel.test.ts
index 16d43aad9..228d734ab 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/observables/dataChannel.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/observables/dataChannel.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,55 @@
 import { Room } from 'livekit-client';
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { setupDataMessageHandler } from './dataChannel';
+import { Future } from '../helper/future';
 
 describe('data channel sending state', () => {
   afterEach(() => vi.restoreAllMocks());
 
+  it.each(['resolve', 'reject'] as const)(
+    'keeps sending state true when an overlapping publish finishes with %s',
+    async (outcome) => {
+      const room = new Room();
+      const firstPublish = new Future<void, Error>();
+      const secondPublish = new Future<void, Error>();
+      vi.spyOn(room.localParticipant, 'publishData')
+        .mockReturnValueOnce(firstPublish.promise)
+        .mockReturnValueOnce(secondPublish.promise);
+      const { send, isSendingObservable } = setupDataMessageHandler(room, 'chat');
+      const states: boolean[] = [];
+      const subscription = isSendingObservable.subscribe((value) => states.push(value));
+      const first = send(new Uint8Array([1]));
+      const second = send(new Uint8Array([2]));
+      const error = new Error('publish failed');
+
+      try {
+        expect(states.at(-1)).toBe(true);
+        if (outcome === 'resolve') {
+          firstPublish.resolve?.();
+          await expect(first).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+        } else {
+          const rejected = expect(first).rejects.toBe(error);
+          firstPublish.reject?.(error);
+          await rejected;
+        }
+        expect(states.at(-1)).toBe(true);
+        const late = vi.fn();
+        const lateSubscription = isSendingObservable.subscribe(late);
+        expect(late).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(true);
+        lateSubscription.unsubscribe();
+
+        secondPublish.resolve?.();
+        await expect(second).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+        expect(states.at(-1)).toBe(false);
+      } finally {
+        firstPublish.resolve?.();
+        secondPublish.resolve?.();
+        await Promise.allSettled([first, second]);
+        subscription.unsubscribe();
+      }
+    },
+  );
+
   it('sends without subscribing to the sending-state observable', async () => {
     const room = new Room();
     const publish = vi.spyOn(room.localParticipant, 'publishData').mockResolvedValue();
diff --git a/packages/core/src/observables/dataChannel.ts b/packages/core/src/observables/dataChannel.ts
index 23bff3be8..292ee5805 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/observables/dataChannel.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/observables/dataChannel.ts
@@ -73,13 +73,16 @@ export function setupDataMessageHandler<T extends string>(
   );
 
   const isSending$ = new BehaviorSubject<boolean>(false);
+  let pendingSends = 0;
 
   const send = async (payload: Uint8Array, options: DataPublishOptions = {}) => {
+    pendingSends += 1;
     isSending$.next(true);
     try {
       await sendMessage(room.localParticipant, payload, { topic: topics[0], ...options });
     } finally {
-      isSending$.next(false);
+      pendingSends -= 1;
+      isSending$.next(pendingSends > 0);
     }
   };