diff --git a/source/cydo/agent/claude.d b/source/cydo/agent/claude.d
index 3428682..fb8d946 100644
--- a/source/cydo/agent/claude.d
+++ b/source/cydo/agent/claude.d
@@ -688,6 +688,7 @@ 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_;
@@ -892,6 +893,16 @@ 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)
@@ -1205,20 +1216,69 @@ 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)
 		{
-			auto frag = extrasToFragment(b._extras);
-			if (frag.json !is null && frag.json.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.
+			import cydo.agent.protocol : ItemStartedEvent, ItemCompletedEvent,
+				decomposeToolName;
+
+			foreach (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;
+				// 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(promotedBlockSeq_++);
+
+				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
-					itemId = "cc-block-" ~ to!string(idx);
-				blockExtras_[itemId] = frag;
+				{
+					auto text = b.type == "thinking" && b.thinking.length > 0 ? b.thinking : b.text;
+					startEv.text = text;
+				}
+				emitEvent(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);
+				emitEvent(TranslatedEvent(toJson(compEv), rawLine));
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// Cache per-block extras so content_block_stop can attach them.
+			foreach (idx, ref b; raw.message.content)
+			{
+				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..29b0a73 100644
--- a/web/src/sessionReducer.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/sessionReducer.test.ts
@@ -574,3 +574,68 @@ 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);
+  });
+});
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?: {