diff --git a/src/components/graph/widgets/TextPreviewWidget.vue b/src/components/graph/widgets/TextPreviewWidget.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d161b8e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/graph/widgets/TextPreviewWidget.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<template>
+  <div
+    class="relative w-full text-xs min-h-[28px] max-h-[200px] rounded-lg px-4 py-2 overflow-y-auto"
+  >
+    <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
+      <div class="flex-1 break-all flex items-center gap-2">
+        <span v-html="formattedText"></span>
+        <Skeleton v-if="isParentNodeExecuting" class="!flex-1 !h-4" />
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { NodeId } from '@comfyorg/litegraph'
+import Skeleton from 'primevue/skeleton'
+import { computed, onMounted, ref, watch } from 'vue'
+
+import { useExecutionStore } from '@/stores/executionStore'
+import { linkifyHtml, nl2br } from '@/utils/formatUtil'
+
+const modelValue = defineModel<string>({ required: true })
+defineProps<{
+  widget?: object
+}>()
+
+const executionStore = useExecutionStore()
+const isParentNodeExecuting = ref(true)
+const formattedText = computed(() => nl2br(linkifyHtml(modelValue.value)))
+
+let executingNodeId: NodeId | null = null
+onMounted(() => {
+  executingNodeId = executionStore.executingNodeId
+})
+
+// Watch for either a new node has starting execution or overall execution ending
+const stopWatching = watch(
+  [() => executionStore.executingNode, () => executionStore.isIdle],
+  () => {
+    if (
+      executionStore.isIdle ||
+      (executionStore.executingNode &&
+        executionStore.executingNode.id !== executingNodeId)
+    ) {
+      isParentNodeExecuting.value = false
+      stopWatching()
+    }
+    if (!executingNodeId) {
+      executingNodeId = executionStore.executingNodeId
+    }
+  }
+)
+</script>
diff --git a/src/composables/node/useNodeProgressText.ts b/src/composables/node/useNodeProgressText.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..764b3413f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/composables/node/useNodeProgressText.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { LGraphNode } from '@comfyorg/litegraph'
+
+import { useTextPreviewWidget } from '@/composables/widgets/useProgressTextWidget'
+
+const TEXT_PREVIEW_WIDGET_NAME = '$$node-text-preview'
+
+/**
+ * Composable for handling node text previews
+ */
+export function useNodeProgressText() {
+  const textPreviewWidget = useTextPreviewWidget()
+
+  const findTextPreviewWidget = (node: LGraphNode) =>
+    node.widgets?.find((w) => w.name === TEXT_PREVIEW_WIDGET_NAME)
+
+  const addTextPreviewWidget = (node: LGraphNode) =>
+    textPreviewWidget(node, {
+      name: TEXT_PREVIEW_WIDGET_NAME,
+      type: 'progressText'
+    })
+
+  /**
+   * Shows text preview for a node
+   * @param node The graph node to show the preview for
+   */
+  function showTextPreview(node: LGraphNode, text: string) {
+    const widget = findTextPreviewWidget(node) ?? addTextPreviewWidget(node)
+    widget.value = text
+    node.setDirtyCanvas?.(true)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Removes text preview from a node
+   * @param node The graph node to remove the preview from
+   */
+  function removeTextPreview(node: LGraphNode) {
+    if (!node.widgets) return
+
+    const widgetIdx = node.widgets.findIndex(
+      (w) => w.name === TEXT_PREVIEW_WIDGET_NAME
+    )
+
+    if (widgetIdx > -1) {
+      node.widgets[widgetIdx].onRemove?.()
+      node.widgets.splice(widgetIdx, 1)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    showTextPreview,
+    removeTextPreview
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/composables/widgets/useProgressTextWidget.ts b/src/composables/widgets/useProgressTextWidget.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6c56efbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/composables/widgets/useProgressTextWidget.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import type { LGraphNode } from '@comfyorg/litegraph'
+import { ref } from 'vue'
+
+import TextPreviewWidget from '@/components/graph/widgets/TextPreviewWidget.vue'
+import type { InputSpec } from '@/schemas/nodeDef/nodeDefSchemaV2'
+import { ComponentWidgetImpl, addWidget } from '@/scripts/domWidget'
+import type { ComfyWidgetConstructorV2 } from '@/scripts/widgets'
+
+const PADDING = 16
+
+export const useTextPreviewWidget = () => {
+  const widgetConstructor: ComfyWidgetConstructorV2 = (
+    node: LGraphNode,
+    inputSpec: InputSpec
+  ) => {
+    const widgetValue = ref<string>('')
+    const widget = new ComponentWidgetImpl<string | object>({
+      node,
+      name: inputSpec.name,
+      component: TextPreviewWidget,
+      inputSpec,
+      options: {
+        getValue: () => widgetValue.value,
+        setValue: (value: string | object) => {
+          widgetValue.value = typeof value === 'string' ? value : String(value)
+        },
+        getMinHeight: () => 42 + PADDING
+      }
+    })
+    addWidget(node, widget)
+    return widget
+  }
+
+  return widgetConstructor
+}
diff --git a/src/schemas/apiSchema.ts b/src/schemas/apiSchema.ts
index f94f91c3d..88990b311 100644
--- a/src/schemas/apiSchema.ts
+++ b/src/schemas/apiSchema.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ const zExecutionErrorWsMessage = zExecutionWsMessageBase.extend({
   current_outputs: z.any()
 })
 
+const zProgressTextWsMessage = z.object({
+  nodeId: zNodeId,
+  text: z.string()
+})
+
 const zTerminalSize = z.object({
   cols: z.number(),
   row: z.number()
@@ -114,6 +119,7 @@ export type ExecutionInterruptedWsMessage = z.infer<
 >
 export type ExecutionErrorWsMessage = z.infer<typeof zExecutionErrorWsMessage>
 export type LogsWsMessage = z.infer<typeof zLogsWsMessage>
+export type ProgressTextWsMessage = z.infer<typeof zProgressTextWsMessage>
 // End of ws messages
 
 const zPromptInputItem = z.object({
diff --git a/src/scripts/api.ts b/src/scripts/api.ts
index ba6cb569e..a40e8936d 100644
--- a/src/scripts/api.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/api.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import type {
   LogsRawResponse,
   LogsWsMessage,
   PendingTaskItem,
+  ProgressTextWsMessage,
   ProgressWsMessage,
   PromptResponse,
   RunningTaskItem,
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ interface BackendApiCalls {
   logs: LogsWsMessage
   /** Binary preview/progress data */
   b_preview: Blob
+  progress_text: ProgressTextWsMessage
 }
 
 /** Dictionary of all api calls */
@@ -399,12 +401,21 @@ export class ComfyApi extends EventTarget {
         if (event.data instanceof ArrayBuffer) {
           const view = new DataView(event.data)
           const eventType = view.getUint32(0)
-          const imageType = view.getUint32(4)
-          const imageData = event.data.slice(8)
 
           let imageMime
           switch (eventType) {
+            case 3:
+              const decoder = new TextDecoder()
+              const data = event.data.slice(4)
+              const nodeIdLength = view.getUint32(4)
+              this.dispatchCustomEvent('progress_text', {
+                nodeId: decoder.decode(data.slice(4, 4 + nodeIdLength)),
+                text: decoder.decode(data.slice(4 + nodeIdLength))
+              })
+              break
             case 1:
+              const imageType = view.getUint32(4)
+              const imageData = event.data.slice(8)
               switch (imageType) {
                 case 2:
                   imageMime = 'image/png'
diff --git a/src/stores/executionStore.ts b/src/stores/executionStore.ts
index 554ae5a88..8ce1a35a0 100644
--- a/src/stores/executionStore.ts
+++ b/src/stores/executionStore.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import { defineStore } from 'pinia'
 import { computed, ref } from 'vue'
 
+import { useNodeProgressText } from '@/composables/node/useNodeProgressText'
 import type {
   ExecutedWsMessage,
   ExecutionCachedWsMessage,
   ExecutionErrorWsMessage,
   ExecutionStartWsMessage,
   NodeError,
+  ProgressTextWsMessage,
   ProgressWsMessage
 } from '@/schemas/apiSchema'
 import type {
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@ export const useExecutionStore = defineStore('execution', () => {
       handleExecutionError as EventListener
     )
   }
+  api.addEventListener('progress_text', handleProgressText as EventListener)
 
   function unbindExecutionEvents() {
     api.removeEventListener(
@@ -121,6 +124,10 @@ export const useExecutionStore = defineStore('execution', () => {
       'execution_error',
       handleExecutionError as EventListener
     )
+    api.removeEventListener(
+      'progress_text',
+      handleProgressText as EventListener
+    )
   }
 
   function handleExecutionStart(e: CustomEvent<ExecutionStartWsMessage>) {
@@ -177,6 +184,16 @@ export const useExecutionStore = defineStore('execution', () => {
     lastExecutionError.value = e.detail
   }
 
+  function handleProgressText(e: CustomEvent<ProgressTextWsMessage>) {
+    const { nodeId, text } = e.detail
+    if (!text || !nodeId) return
+
+    const node = app.graph.getNodeById(nodeId)
+    if (!node) return
+
+    useNodeProgressText().showTextPreview(node, text)
+  }
+
   function storePrompt({
     nodes,
     id,
diff --git a/src/utils/formatUtil.ts b/src/utils/formatUtil.ts
index e4d04baaa..e80814dc9 100644
--- a/src/utils/formatUtil.ts
+++ b/src/utils/formatUtil.ts
@@ -472,3 +472,33 @@ export function formatMetronomeCurrency(
 export function usdToMicros(usd: number): number {
   return Math.round(usd * 1_000_000)
 }
+
+/**
+ * Converts URLs in a string to HTML links.
+ * @param text - The string to convert
+ * @returns The string with URLs converted to HTML links
+ * @example
+ * linkifyHtml('Visit https://example.com for more info') // returns 'Visit <a href="https://example.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-primary-400 hover:underline">https://example.com</a> for more info'
+ */
+export function linkifyHtml(text: string): string {
+  if (!text) return ''
+  const urlRegex =
+    /(\b(https?|ftp|file):\/\/[-A-Z0-9+&@#/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-A-Z0-9+&@#/%?=~_|])|(\bwww\.[-A-Z0-9+&@#/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-A-Z0-9+&@#/%?=~_|])/gi
+  return text.replace(urlRegex, (_match, p1, _p2, p3) => {
+    const url = p1 || p3
+    const href = p3 ? `http://${url}` : url
+    return `<a href="${href}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-primary-400 hover:underline">${url}</a>`
+  })
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts newline characters to HTML <br> tags.
+ * @param text - The string to convert
+ * @returns The string with newline characters converted to <br> tags
+ * @example
+ * nl2br('Hello\nWorld') // returns 'Hello<br />World'
+ */
+export function nl2br(text: string): string {
+  if (!text) return ''
+  return text.replace(/\n/g, '<br />')
+}