diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-subscribe.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-subscribe.ts
index 3c269a3783..cf073b92c1 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-subscribe.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-subscribe.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
   normalizeTextForComparison,
 } from "./pi-embedded-helpers.js";
 import { createEmbeddedPiSessionEventHandler } from "./pi-embedded-subscribe.handlers.js";
-import { formatReasoningMessage } from "./pi-embedded-utils.js";
+import { formatReasoningMessage, stripDowngradedToolCallText } from "./pi-embedded-utils.js";
 import { hasNonzeroUsage, normalizeUsage, type UsageLike } from "./usage.js";
 
 const THINKING_TAG_SCAN_RE = /<\s*(\/?)\s*(?:think(?:ing)?|thought|antthinking)\s*>/gi;
@@ -449,7 +449,8 @@ export function subscribeEmbeddedPiSession(params: SubscribeEmbeddedPiSessionPar
       return;
     }
     // Strip <think> and <final> blocks across chunk boundaries to avoid leaking reasoning.
-    const chunk = stripBlockTags(text, state.blockState).trimEnd();
+    // Also strip downgraded tool call text ([Tool Call: ...], [Historical context: ...], etc.).
+    const chunk = stripDowngradedToolCallText(stripBlockTags(text, state.blockState)).trimEnd();
     if (!chunk) {
       return;
     }
diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-utils.test.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-utils.test.ts
index 3d18a07fdc..df1234ec4e 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-utils.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import type { AssistantMessage } from "@mariozechner/pi-ai";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { extractAssistantText, formatReasoningMessage } from "./pi-embedded-utils.js";
+import {
+  extractAssistantText,
+  formatReasoningMessage,
+  stripDowngradedToolCallText,
+} from "./pi-embedded-utils.js";
 
 describe("extractAssistantText", () => {
   it("strips Minimax tool invocation XML from text", () => {
@@ -559,3 +563,39 @@ describe("formatReasoningMessage", () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+describe("stripDowngradedToolCallText", () => {
+  it("strips [Historical context: ...] blocks", () => {
+    const text = `[Historical context: a different model called tool "exec" with arguments {"command":"git status"}]`;
+    expect(stripDowngradedToolCallText(text)).toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it("preserves text before [Historical context: ...] blocks", () => {
+    const text = `Here is the answer.\n[Historical context: a different model called tool "read"]`;
+    expect(stripDowngradedToolCallText(text)).toBe("Here is the answer.");
+  });
+
+  it("preserves text around [Historical context: ...] blocks", () => {
+    const text = `Before.\n[Historical context: tool call info]\nAfter.`;
+    expect(stripDowngradedToolCallText(text)).toBe("Before.\nAfter.");
+  });
+
+  it("strips multiple [Historical context: ...] blocks", () => {
+    const text = `[Historical context: first tool call]\n[Historical context: second tool call]`;
+    expect(stripDowngradedToolCallText(text)).toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it("strips mixed [Tool Call: ...] and [Historical context: ...] blocks", () => {
+    const text = `Intro.\n[Tool Call: exec (ID: toolu_1)]\nArguments: { "command": "ls" }\n[Historical context: a different model called tool "read"]`;
+    expect(stripDowngradedToolCallText(text)).toBe("Intro.");
+  });
+
+  it("returns text unchanged when no markers are present", () => {
+    const text = "Just a normal response with no markers.";
+    expect(stripDowngradedToolCallText(text)).toBe("Just a normal response with no markers.");
+  });
+
+  it("returns empty string for empty input", () => {
+    expect(stripDowngradedToolCallText("")).toBe("");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-utils.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-utils.ts
index 0e0310ef9c..edef43ec8c 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-utils.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-utils.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export function stripDowngradedToolCallText(text: string): string {
   if (!text) {
     return text;
   }
-  if (!/\[Tool (?:Call|Result)/i.test(text)) {
+  if (!/\[Tool (?:Call|Result)/i.test(text) && !/\[Historical context/i.test(text)) {
     return text;
   }
 
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ export function stripDowngradedToolCallText(text: string): string {
   // Remove [Tool Result for ID ...] blocks and their content.
   cleaned = cleaned.replace(/\[Tool Result for ID[^\]]*\]\n?[\s\S]*?(?=\n*\[Tool |\n*$)/gi, "");
 
+  // Remove [Historical context: ...] markers (self-contained within brackets).
+  cleaned = cleaned.replace(/\[Historical context:[^\]]*\]\n?/gi, "");
+
   return cleaned.trim();
 }