diff --git a/source/cydo/agent/drivers/claude.d b/source/cydo/agent/drivers/claude.d
index c328cfb..e8fed8a 100644
--- a/source/cydo/agent/drivers/claude.d
+++ b/source/cydo/agent/drivers/claude.d
@@ -704,6 +704,7 @@ class ClaudeCodeSession : AgentSession
 	private string[] activeItemIds_;   // index → item_id for current turn
 	private string[] activeItemTypes_; // index → "text", "thinking", "tool_use"
 	private JSONFragment[string] blockExtras_; // item_id → extras from assistant event
+	private size_t promotedBlockSeq_;  // unique ids for blocks promoted from assistant events
 	private AbsTime lineReceiptTs_;    // receipt time captured at start of each live line
 	private string executablePath_;
 	private string agentName_;
@@ -908,6 +909,16 @@ class ClaudeCodeSession : AgentSession
 				normalizeUserLive(rawLine);
 				return;
 			default:
+				// An api retry means the in-flight attempt died; any blocks it
+				// opened will never complete, and the retried response may arrive
+				// with no stream events at all (the CLI stops emitting partials
+				// for the rest of the run), so reset stream tracking to let the
+				// assistant-event promotion fallback take over.
+				if (probe.type == "system" && probe.subtype == "api_retry")
+				{
+					activeItemIds_ = null;
+					activeItemTypes_ = null;
+				}
 				// Stateless translation for system, result, summary, control, etc.
 				auto t = translateClaudeEvent(rawLine, agentName_);
 				if (t.translated !is null)
@@ -1071,6 +1082,97 @@ class ClaudeCodeSession : AgentSession
 		}
 	}
 
+	@JSONPartial static struct ClaudeBlock
+	{
+		string type;
+		@JSONOptional string id;
+		@JSONOptional string name;
+		@JSONOptional JSONFragment input;
+		@JSONOptional string text;
+		@JSONOptional string thinking;
+		@JSONOptional string signature;
+		JSONExtras _extras;
+	}
+
+	/// Promote a complete assistant message's content blocks straight to
+	/// item/started + item/completed events. This is the live fallback for when
+	/// no stream events arrived (after an api_retry the CLI stops emitting
+	/// partials, so content_block_start never fires and the turn would otherwise
+	/// render as nothing). blockSeq hands out ids for non-tool blocks.
+	private static TranslatedEvent[] promoteContentBlocks(
+		ClaudeBlock[] blocks, string rawLine, ref size_t blockSeq)
+	{
+		import cydo.protocol : ItemStartedEvent, ItemCompletedEvent, decomposeToolName;
+
+		TranslatedEvent[] events;
+		foreach (ref b; blocks)
+		{
+			// tool_use ids are globally unique already; generated ids use a
+			// session-wide counter because per-block assistant events carry no
+			// stream index ("cc-block-<idx>" would collide across blocks)
+			auto itemId = b.type == "tool_use" && b.id.length > 0
+				? b.id : "cc-promoted-" ~ to!string(blockSeq++);
+
+			ItemStartedEvent startEv;
+			startEv.item_id   = itemId;
+			startEv.item_type = b.type;
+			if (b.type == "tool_use")
+			{
+				decomposeToolName(b.name, startEv.name, startEv.tool_server, startEv.tool_source);
+				startEv.input = b.input;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				auto text = b.type == "thinking" && b.thinking.length > 0 ? b.thinking : b.text;
+				startEv.text = text;
+			}
+			events ~= TranslatedEvent(toJson(startEv), rawLine);
+
+			ItemCompletedEvent compEv;
+			compEv.item_id = itemId;
+			if (b.type == "tool_use")
+				compEv.input = b.input;
+			else
+			{
+				auto text = b.type == "thinking" && b.thinking.length > 0 ? b.thinking : b.text;
+				compEv.text = text;
+			}
+			compEv.extras = extrasToFragment(b._extras);
+			events ~= TranslatedEvent(toJson(compEv), rawLine);
+		}
+		return events;
+	}
+
+	unittest
+	{
+		import std.algorithm : canFind;
+
+		// a complete assistant text block with no stream events must promote to
+		// item/started + item/completed carrying its text; before the fix the
+		// turn rendered as nothing
+		ClaudeBlock textBlock;
+		textBlock.type = "text";
+		textBlock.text = "promoted hello";
+
+		size_t seq;
+		auto evs = promoteContentBlocks([textBlock], "raw", seq);
+		assert(evs.canFind!(e => e.translated.canFind(`"item/started"`)),
+			"text content must promote to item/started");
+		assert(evs.canFind!(e => e.translated.canFind(`"item/completed"`)),
+			"text content must promote to item/completed");
+		assert(evs.canFind!(e => e.translated.canFind("promoted hello")),
+			"the promoted item must carry the assistant text");
+
+		// a tool_use block keeps its own globally-unique id, not a counter id
+		ClaudeBlock toolBlock;
+		toolBlock.type = "tool_use";
+		toolBlock.id = "toolu_42";
+		toolBlock.name = "Bash";
+		assert(promoteContentBlocks([toolBlock], "raw", seq)
+			.canFind!(e => e.translated.canFind("toolu_42")),
+			"tool_use block must keep its own id");
+	}
+
 	/// Translate an assistant NDJSON event to a turn/delta metadata event.
 	/// Content promotion is handled by content_block_stop → item/completed.
 	/// Exception: sub-agent messages (parent_tool_use_id set) arrive as complete
@@ -1079,17 +1181,6 @@ class ClaudeCodeSession : AgentSession
 	{
 		import cydo.protocol : TurnDeltaEvent, UsageInfo;
 
-		@JSONPartial static struct ClaudeBlock
-		{
-			string type;
-			@JSONOptional string id;
-			@JSONOptional string name;
-			@JSONOptional JSONFragment input;
-			@JSONOptional string text;
-			@JSONOptional string thinking;
-			@JSONOptional string signature;
-			JSONExtras _extras;
-		}
 		@JSONPartial static struct ClaudeMessage
 		{
 			@JSONOptional string model;
@@ -1221,20 +1312,33 @@ class ClaudeCodeSession : AgentSession
 			catch (Exception) {}
 		}
 
-		// Cache per-block extras so content_block_stop can attach them.
-		foreach (idx, ref b; raw.message.content)
+		if (activeItemIds_.length == 0 && raw.message.content.length > 0)
+		{
+			// No stream events delivered this message's content (after an api
+			// retry the CLI stops emitting partials for the rest of the run, so
+			// content_block_start never fires). Without a fallback the whole
+			// turn would render as nothing. Promote the blocks directly, like
+			// the sub-agent path above.
+			foreach (ev; promoteContentBlocks(raw.message.content, rawLine, promotedBlockSeq_))
+				emitEvent(ev);
+		}
+		else
 		{
-			auto frag = extrasToFragment(b._extras);
-			if (frag.json !is null && frag.json.length > 0)
+			// Cache per-block extras so content_block_stop can attach them.
+			foreach (idx, ref b; raw.message.content)
 			{
-				string itemId;
-				if (idx < activeItemIds_.length && activeItemIds_[idx].length > 0)
-					itemId = activeItemIds_[idx];
-				else if (b.type == "tool_use" && b.id.length > 0)
-					itemId = b.id;
-				else
-					itemId = "cc-block-" ~ to!string(idx);
-				blockExtras_[itemId] = frag;
+				auto frag = extrasToFragment(b._extras);
+				if (frag.json !is null && frag.json.length > 0)
+				{
+					string itemId;
+					if (idx < activeItemIds_.length && activeItemIds_[idx].length > 0)
+						itemId = activeItemIds_[idx];
+					else if (b.type == "tool_use" && b.id.length > 0)
+						itemId = b.id;
+					else
+						itemId = "cc-block-" ~ to!string(idx);
+					blockExtras_[itemId] = frag;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/web/src/components/MessageList.tsx b/web/src/components/MessageList.tsx
index b51f389..7d8e955 100644
--- a/web/src/components/MessageList.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/MessageList.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ function ResultMessageView({ message }: { message: DisplayMessage }) {
   const d = message.resultData!;
   const durationSec = d.durationMs ? Math.floor(d.durationMs / 1000) : 0;
   const apiSec = d.durationApiMs ? Math.floor(d.durationApiMs / 1000) : 0;
-  const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState(d.isError);
+  // Errors and otherwise-unseen reply text must be visible without a click;
+  // collapsing them to the divider would hide real content behind a checkmark.
+  const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState(d.isError || !!d.resultUnseen);
 
   if (!expanded) {
     return (
diff --git a/web/src/sessionReducer.test.ts b/web/src/sessionReducer.test.ts
index 9a1b00f..5355759 100644
--- a/web/src/sessionReducer.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/sessionReducer.test.ts
@@ -574,3 +574,83 @@ describe("cydo/task_spawned reducer", () => {
     expect(s.pendingCydoTaskItemIds).toEqual([]);
   });
 });
+
+describe("result text visibility", () => {
+  const resultEvent = (result?: string) =>
+    asEvent({
+      type: "turn/result",
+      subtype: "success",
+      is_error: false,
+      num_turns: 1,
+      duration_ms: 1,
+      total_cost_usd: 0,
+      usage: { input_tokens: 1, output_tokens: 1 },
+      result,
+    });
+
+  function streamAssistantText(s: TaskState, text: string): TaskState {
+    s = reduceMessage(
+      s,
+      asEvent({
+        type: "item/started",
+        item_type: "text",
+        item_id: "cc-block-0",
+      }),
+    );
+    s = reduceMessage(
+      s,
+      asEvent({
+        type: "item/delta",
+        item_id: "cc-block-0",
+        delta_type: "text_delta",
+        content: text,
+      }),
+    );
+    s = reduceMessage(
+      s,
+      asEvent({ type: "item/completed", item_id: "cc-block-0" }),
+    );
+    return reduceMessage(s, asEvent({ type: "turn/stop" }));
+  }
+
+  it("marks result as redundant when its text was streamed", () => {
+    let s: TaskState = makeState();
+    s = streamAssistantText(s, "Hello there friend.");
+    s = reduceMessage(s, resultEvent("Hello there friend."));
+    expect(s.messages.at(-1)?.resultData?.resultUnseen).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("marks result as unseen when no assistant message exists", () => {
+    let s: TaskState = makeState();
+    s = reduceMessage(s, resultEvent("Reply that never streamed."));
+    expect(s.messages.at(-1)?.resultData?.resultUnseen).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("marks result as unseen when the streamed text differs", () => {
+    let s: TaskState = makeState();
+    s = streamAssistantText(s, "Some earlier partial output.");
+    s = reduceMessage(s, resultEvent("Reply that never streamed."));
+    expect(s.messages.at(-1)?.resultData?.resultUnseen).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("does not mark resultless events as unseen", () => {
+    let s: TaskState = makeState();
+    s = reduceMessage(s, resultEvent(undefined));
+    expect(s.messages.at(-1)?.resultData?.resultUnseen).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("marks result as unseen when only a thinking block rendered", () => {
+    // Partial stream: the thinking block streamed and rendered, but the text
+    // block's stream events never arrived, so the final reply survived only in
+    // the result. A rendered thinking block is not a text block, so it must not
+    // count the result text as seen.
+    let s: TaskState = makeState();
+    s = reduceMessage(
+      s,
+      asEvent({ type: "item/started", item_id: "think-1", item_type: "thinking" }),
+    );
+    s = reduceMessage(s, asEvent({ type: "turn/stop" }));
+    s = reduceMessage(s, resultEvent("Both done, committed."));
+    expect(s.messages.at(-1)?.resultData?.resultUnseen).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/web/src/sessionReducer.ts b/web/src/sessionReducer.ts
index 5d5ed68..b6836e9 100644
--- a/web/src/sessionReducer.ts
+++ b/web/src/sessionReducer.ts
@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ export function reduceResultMessage(
           permissionDenials: msg.permission_denials,
           stopReason: msg.stop_reason,
           errors: msg.errors,
+          resultUnseen: isResultTextUnseen(messages, blocks, msg.result),
         },
       },
     ],
@@ -709,6 +710,38 @@ export function reduceResultMessage(
   return msg.is_error ? cancelPendingFileEdits(nextState) : nextState;
 }
 
+/** The result event always carries a copy of the final reply text. Normally
+ * it's redundant with the streamed assistant message, but when the turn's
+ * content never rendered (e.g. stream events lost after API retries) that
+ * copy is the only survivor — detect this so the result block isn't hidden
+ * behind the collapsed divider. */
+function isResultTextUnseen(
+  messages: DisplayMessage[],
+  blocks: Map<string, Block>,
+  resultText: string | undefined,
+): boolean {
+  if (!resultText) return false;
+  const needle = resultText.trim();
+  if (needle.length === 0) return false;
+
+  // The result text is the final main-turn assistant message's text, so only
+  // the most recent non-sub-agent assistant message needs checking.
+  for (let i = messages.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+    const m = messages[i]!;
+    if (m.type !== "assistant" || m.parentToolUseId) continue;
+    const texts: string[] = [];
+    for (const blockId of m.blockIds ?? []) {
+      const b = blocks.get(blockId);
+      if (b && b.type === "text") texts.push(b.text);
+    }
+    for (const c of m.content) {
+      if (c.type === "text" && c.text !== undefined) texts.push(c.text);
+    }
+    return !texts.join("\n").includes(needle);
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 /** Insert a message before any in-progress streaming assistant message.
  *  User messages should always precede the assistant's response, but the
  *  protocol may deliver the user echo after streaming has already started. */
diff --git a/web/src/types.ts b/web/src/types.ts
index a528b7d..41e27be 100644
--- a/web/src/types.ts
+++ b/web/src/types.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ export interface DisplayMessage {
     permissionDenials?: unknown[];
     stopReason?: string | null;
     errors?: string[];
+    /** True when the result text never appeared as an assistant message
+     * (e.g. stream events lost after API retries) — the result block is
+     * then the only copy of the reply and must not start collapsed. */
+    resultUnseen?: boolean;
   };
   // Rate limit fields
   rateLimitInfo?: {