fix(shared): hide web-search citation markers in assistant messages#31053

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Problem

When an OpenAI model uses web search through Codex, its replies can contain private-use citation markers: U+E200, cite, one or more U+E202-separated source ids such as turn343633view0, then U+E201. T3 Code printed them as-is, so assistant messages showed boxes followed by cite and turn…view0 on web, desktop and mobile, and copied text kept the same characters.

Reproduction: import a Codex session whose final answer contains these markers (the same text Codex 0.163.0 passes through unchanged) and open the thread. On main (9e85538) the markers render exactly as in the issue's screenshot.

Change

T3 Code has no source data for these ids, so it cannot turn them into links. Complete markers are now left out of what is shown and copied. The stored message is unchanged.

All of it is in packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.ts, the module that already handles Codex's other inline markup:

  • Web and desktop display: the remark transform removes complete markers from text nodes. It also removes them from a link's URL, because a GFM autolink takes in a marker that directly follows a bare URL. Inline and fenced code are separate node types, so markers written there stay literal.
  • Copied text and mobile: the source-offset rewriter behind renderCodexDirectivesForCopy collects the same marker ranges. A new renderCodexMarkdownForNativeDisplay does the same for mobile display. Follow-up suggestions now drop only their directive syntax, and their label goes through the same text-node pass, so code inside a label is preserved.
  • Mobile copy: "Copy message" now goes through renderCodexDirectivesForCopy, like web already does. It used to copy the raw text.
  • Performance: renderCodexInlineDirectivesAsMarkdown keeps main's fast path. Web calls it on every streamed update only to find link hrefs, and markers never change those hrefs. Messages without a marker skip parsing after a single includes check.

The added regex is /[ \t]?cite[^]*/gu. It has no nested quantifiers, and the one repeat stops at the next opener, so it runs in linear time: under 1 ms on 3000-token malformed inputs.

Scope and approval

Fixes pingdotgg/t3code#30979

Triaged via the automated issue flow.

Verification

Focused tests, all passing on the branch:

  • vp test run packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.test.ts packages/shared/src/threadFindText.test.ts packages/shared/src/markdownPipeline.test.ts apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts: 4 files, 139 tests.
  • The new cases in codexMarkdownDirectives.test.ts fail on main for this bug:
    • web display text keeps the markers;
    • copied text and mobile display Markdown keep the markers;
    • a bare URL followed by a marker gets a broken href (https://nodejs.orgciteturn0search0);
    • a marker inside a follow-up label is kept. Two control cases pass on both main and the branch: a marker inside inline code, and inside a follow-up label's inline code, stays literal.
  • vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, typecheck (34 packages), tests and React compiler all pass.

Before/after captures come from the real web app. A synthetic Codex session was imported through the welcome flow into a fresh database on each side: same data, frozen clock, Chrome at DPR 2, model controls hidden on both sides. Before is 9e85538, after is cec6f2a. The commits after cec6f2a only change follow-up labels in the string adapters and which function mobile display calls; neither is in these fixtures. Each sheet shows Before | After | Diff0 (any pixel, amplified) | DiffT (2% fuzz).

  • R1 + R12 (1280×800 dark, 1440×900 light, 390×844 dark): a completed answer with single and multi-id citations, bold, bullets, a source link, and a citation right after a bare URL. Only the marker text changes. The bare URL is a clean link after the fix and gains its link icon.
  • R2 (after, 1280×800 dark): Copy message, paste into a scratch field, then select a sentence and copy-paste it. Nothing is sent. Before, the pasted text keeps the markers. After, it is clean Markdown with the links intact.
  • R5 (1280×1000 dark): a prose marker disappears. The same marker in inline and fenced code, an unfinished marker, and an unrelated private-use marker are unchanged.

What else changed visibly: lines wrap shorter where markers were removed, and a table column with markers gets narrower. The diff images show nothing else.

Not checked:

  • Mobile display and mobile copy on a device. Both call the shared functions covered by the tests above.
  • A live Codex web-search turn. The model emits these markers only sometimes, and two real runs did not.
  • Streaming: no recording is attached.
  • Unchanged by this PR: a marker that is still arriving mid-stream stays visible until its closing character arrives. Markers inside raw HTML, other OpenAI marker kinds (filecite, navlist) and image alt text are also left as they are.

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  • test(shared): reproduce #30979 web citation markers shown literally0932012
  • perf(shared): keep the streamed href scan off the citation-marker parse0c96fe2
  • fix(shared): keep code in follow-up labels when hiding web citations1c6ec66
  • fix(shared): hide web citation markers in assistant messages2ffb1f3
  • fix(shared): keep web citation markers out of bare-URL links4a6ce83
  • Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into fix/issue-309796ab7d10
  • fix: hide web citation markers in follow-up labels and mobile copycec6f2a
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Verdict: Approved at 7c74436

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This change hides opaque web-search citation markers in rendered messages and copied text. Its effects are limited to presentation and clipboard output, with no changes to stored messages or sent prompts.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

ProviderMetricMain baselineThis PRImpactPR ceiling
CodexTotal thread wire5.0 KiB5.0 KiB0 B (0.0%)6.8 KiB✅
CodexThread snapshot wire3.8 KiB3.8 KiB0 B (0.0%)4.9 KiB✅
CodexLive turn WebSocket wire1.2 KiB1.2 KiB0 B (0.0%)2.0 KiB✅
CodexLive turn WebSocket decoded21.5 KiB21.5 KiB0 B (0.0%)24.4 KiB✅
CodexLive turn messages110 (0.0%)8✅
ClaudeTotal thread wire5.0 KiB5.0 KiB0 B (0.0%)6.8 KiB✅
ClaudeThread snapshot wire3.8 KiB3.8 KiB0 B (0.0%)4.9 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn WebSocket wire1.2 KiB1.2 KiB0 B (0.0%)2.0 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn WebSocket decoded21.9 KiB21.9 KiB0 B (0.0%)24.4 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn messages110 (0.0%)8✅

Baseline: d290c1f · PR result: 7c74436 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

  • Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
  • Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Walkthrough

Shared Codex Markdown processing removes web-citation markers from parsed text and link destinations while preserving markers inside code. ThreadFeed uses updated renderers for assistant Markdown display and copy.

Changes: Web-citation rendering

Layer / File(s)Summary
Citation marker parsing and replacement
packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.ts, packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.test.ts
Source-based replacements remove web-citation markers from text and link destinations, and update follow-up directive handling. Tests cover parsed text, links, and rendered Markdown.
Display and copy rendering
packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadFeed.tsx
The native-display renderer processes citation-bearing Markdown, and the copy renderer runs when markers are present. ThreadFeed uses these renderers for assistant display and copy.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

  • pingdotgg/t3code#33489: The issue reports Codex citation markers in assistant text. This change removes web-citation markers from display and copy, but does not address the other reported artifacts.

Possibly related PRs

  • pingdotgg/t3code#29386: This PR changes the rendered assistant text available to the mobile selection and citation workflow.

Suggested labels: 📱 Native Change

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

Merge Risk: External image Low · up to 7c744

A user who includes a literal citation marker in a prompt may not see it in the displayed message, even though the submitted text retains it. This is a bounded display discrepancy that can be accepted with owner awareness.

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Check nameStatusExplanationResolution
Linked Issues checkWarningIssue #30979 asks for website citations in assistant responses to appear as readable, clickable references. The changes remove complete citation markers from display and copy output, and clean affecte…Render each website citation as a readable, clickable reference to its source. Add tests that verify the citation label and link target.
Out of Scope Changes checkWarningThe new citation-removal logic runs in the shared remark transform without an assistant-role condition. The review findings report that this also hides literal citation-marker text in user messages. I…Limit citation-marker removal to assistant-message rendering. Add a test that confirms marker-like text remains visible in user messages.
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Title checkPassedThe title clearly identifies the change: hiding web-search citation markers in assistant messages. It is concise and specific.
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The description covers the problem, change, scope, and verification in detail. The scope section links the issue and reports triage, but does not include explicit maintainer approval or explain why the fix qualifies for an exemption.

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Explanation

Issue #30979 asks for website citations in assistant responses to appear as readable, clickable references. The changes remove complete citation markers from display and copy output, and clean affected link destinations. They do not render the citation IDs as references or provide clickable source links. The reported tests verify marker removal, not citation references.

Resolution

Render each website citation as a readable, clickable reference to its source. Add tests that verify the citation label and link target.

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Explanation

The new citation-removal logic runs in the shared remark transform without an assistant-role condition. The review findings report that this also hides literal citation-marker text in user messages. Issue #30979 concerns assistant responses, so changing user-message display is outside that scope.

Resolution

Limit citation-marker removal to assistant-message rendering. Add a test that confirms marker-like text remains visible in user messages.

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6Inline comments:
7Review comments at @packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.ts:
8- Line 27: Update WEB_CITATION_MARKER and its removal behavior so a separator is
9preserved when removing the citation marker would join adjacent words, while
10still removing the marker itself. Ensure inputs such as “red blue” retain the
11space after the citation is removed.
12- Around line 254-255: Scope the WEB_CITATION_MARKER removal in the remark
13plugin to assistant message content, using the message role or context available
14to the plugin. Preserve markers in user messages so their displayed text matches
15what was sent.
16- Around line 259-260: Update the node-type check in the citation marker cleanup
17so it also processes definition nodes, removing WEB_CITATION_MARKER from their
18URLs just as it does for link nodes.
19- Around line 317-320: Extend the source-replacement collection that uses
20WEB_CITATION_MARKER and populates matches to include complete citation markers
21inside explicit link destinations, not only text nodes. Record each destination
22marker’s original Markdown start and end offsets with an empty replacement so
23native display and copy rendering remove it consistently with the AST transform
24of node.url.
25
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packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.tslines 254–255Outdated · 6ab7d10Open thread
……@@ -248,6 +251,14 @@ function renderArtifactTemplate(node: MarkdownAstNode, source: string): void {
249252
250253function transformCodexDirectives(node: MarkdownAstNode, source: string, insideLink = false): void {
254+ if (node.type === "text" && node.value?.includes(WEB_CITATION_OPEN)) {
255+ node.value = node.value.replace(WEB_CITATION_MARKER, "");
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Limit marker removal to assistant messages.

The web user-message renderer also uses this remark plugin. A user who pastes a marker into a prompt will see it disappear from the displayed message, although it remains in the sent text. Scope this transformation to assistant content. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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6Review comment at @packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.ts around lines
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8Scope the WEB_CITATION_MARKER removal in the remark plugin to assistant message
9content, using the message role or context available to the plugin. Preserve
10markers in user messages so their displayed text matches what was sent.
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packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.tsline 27Outdated · 6ab7d10Open thread
……@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ const UNDERSCORE = 95;
2424const CODEX_ARTIFACT_TEMPLATE_NAME = "artifact-template";
25+const WEB_CITATION_OPEN = "\uE200";
26+// OpenAI web-search citations: U+E200 "cite" (U+E202 id)+ U+E201. T3 has no sources for the ids.
27+const WEB_CITATION_MARKER = /[ \t]?\uE200cite\uE202[^\uE200\uE201]*\uE201/gu;
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Preserve a required separator before a marker.

red blue becomes redblue because the match consumes the only space. Preserve the space when removing it would join adjacent words. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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6Review comment at @packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.ts at line 27:
7Update WEB_CITATION_MARKER and its removal behavior so a separator is preserved
8when removing the citation marker would join adjacent words, while still
9removing the marker itself. Ensure inputs such as “red blue” retain the space
10after the citation is removed.
11
12After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
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packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.tslines 259–260Outdated · 6ab7d10Open thread
……@@ -248,6 +251,14 @@ function renderArtifactTemplate(node: MarkdownAstNode, source: string): void {
257+ }
258+ // GFM autolinks take a marker that directly follows a bare URL into the href.
259+ if (node.type === "link" && node.url?.includes(WEB_CITATION_OPEN)) {
260+ node.url = node.url.replace(WEB_CITATION_MARKER, "");
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Remove citation markers from reference definition URLs.

A reference definition such as [s]: https://example.com followed by a complete citation marker keeps the marker in its URL. The transform cleans only link nodes, and the definition node that supplies the URL for [source][s] is not cleaned. The rendered link can therefore keep the marker in its href.

Include definition nodes in the same cleanup:

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1--- "a/packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.ts"
2+++ "b/packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.ts"
3@@ -256,8 +256,11 @@
4 return;
5 }
6 // GFM autolinks take a marker that directly follows a bare URL into the href.
7- if (node.type === "link" && node.url?.includes(WEB_CITATION_OPEN)) {
8+ if (
9+ (node.type === "link" || node.type === "definition") &&
10+ node.url?.includes(WEB_CITATION_OPEN)
11+ ) {
12 node.url = node.url.replace(WEB_CITATION_MARKER, "");
13 }
14 if (node.type === "textDirective" && node.name === CODEX_FILE_CITATION_NAME) {
15 renderFileCitation(node, source, insideLink);
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1 if (
2 (node.type === "link" || node.type === "definition") &&
3 node.url?.includes(WEB_CITATION_OPEN)
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5 node.url = node.url.replace(WEB_CITATION_MARKER, "");
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6Review comment at @packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.ts around lines
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8Update the node-type check in the citation marker cleanup so it also processes
9definition nodes, removing WEB_CITATION_MARKER from their URLs just as it does
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packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.tslines 317–320Outdated · 6ab7d10Open thread
……@@ -293,13 +304,23 @@ interface DirectiveMatch {
317+ if (node.type === "text") {
318+ for (const marker of source.slice(start, end).matchAll(WEB_CITATION_MARKER)) {
319+ const markerStart = start + marker.index;
320+ matches.push({ start: markerStart, end: markerStart + marker[0].length, markdown: "" });
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6 -e 'renderCodexDirectivesForCopy' \
7 packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.ts \
8 packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.test.ts \
9 apps packages || test "$?" -eq 1
10
11printf '\n--- plugin and marker definitions ---\n'
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14printf '\n--- renderer consumers ---\n'
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16 -e 'renderCodexMarkdownForNativeDisplay(' \
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Remove markers from explicit link destinations.

Use a complete marker in the example:

[source](https://example.comciteturn0search0)

The AST transform removes this marker from node.url, but native display and copy rendering apply replacements to the original Markdown. Record source replacements for citation markers in explicit link destinations as well.

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6Review comment at @packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.ts around lines
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8Extend the source-replacement collection that uses WEB_CITATION_MARKER and
9populates matches to include complete citation markers inside explicit link
10destinations, not only text nodes. Record each destination marker’s original
11Markdown start and end offsets with an empty replacement so native display and
12copy rendering remove it consistently with the AST transform of node.url.
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packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.tsline 256Outdated · 322ee61Open thread
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249253
254+// The space before a marker goes with it, unless dropping it would join two words.
255+function webCitationReplacement(text: string, space: string, markerEnd: number): string {
256+ return space && WORD_CHARACTER.test(text[markerEnd] ?? "") ? space : "";
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When a citation is followed by Markdown formatting or another citation before a word, webCitationReplacement drops the separator, so red citeturn0search0**blue** becomes red**blue** and red citeturn0search0citeturn0search1blue becomes redblue. Determine whether the next visible content starts a word, skipping formatting and consecutive markers, before removing the space.

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🟠 High src/codexMarkdownDirectives.ts:353

File-citation directives with citation markers in their attributes can delete unrelated trailing Markdown during rendering. collectWebCitationMarkers queues the marker edit before the whole-directive codexFileCitationMarkdown edit; because the synthetic link child has no position, the marker scan starts at the directive start, and applying both edits with original offsets against the shortened string truncates trailing text. Handle codexFileCitationMarkdown before collecting link-destination markers.

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External image Minor · Avoid overlapping file-citation replacements. · codexMarkdownDirectives.ts:359-364

packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.ts:359-364 External image Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Avoid overlapping file-citation replacements.

When a file-citation attribute contains a web marker, copy and native display can delete following prose. Record the whole directive before scanning ordinary links, so its replacement does not overlap an inner marker.

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1- if (node.type === "link" || node.type === "definition") {
2- const destinationStart = node.children?.at(-1)?.position?.end.offset ?? start;
3- collectWebCitationMarkers(source, destinationStart, end, matches);
4- }
5 if (node.data?.codexFileCitationMarkdown !== undefined) {
6 matches.push({ start, end, markdown: node.data.codexFileCitationMarkdown });
7 return;
8 }
9+ if (node.type === "link" || node.type === "definition") {
10+ const destinationStart = node.children?.at(-1)?.position?.end.offset ?? start;
11+ collectWebCitationMarkers(source, destinationStart, end, matches);
12+ }
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3Review comment at @packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.ts around lines 359 - 364:
4Update the traversal that collects citation replacements so `node.data?.codexFileCitationMarkdown` is handled before ordinary link and definition scanning. Record the whole file-citation directive and stop processing that node, preventing an inner web marker from creating an overlapping replacement; preserve the existing scanning behavior for nodes without a file citation.

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8- Around line 359-364: Update the traversal that collects citation replacements
9so `node.data?.codexFileCitationMarkdown` is handled before ordinary link and
10definition scanning. Record the whole file-citation directive and stop
11processing that node, preventing an inner web marker from creating an
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19Render each citation as a readable, clickable reference to its source. Add tests
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  1. [major] packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.ts:257: Worse than main: the spacing heuristic mistakes closing emphasis followed by a word or link for opening emphasis. It retains whitespace immediately before the closing delimiter, producing invalid Markdown in native display and copied messages. Main preserves valid bold formatting. Determine delimiter direction from the parsed structure rather than only the character after the delimiter run. Fails with: An assistant message containing 'Result citeturn0search0next' becomes '**Result **next'. Parsing main's input produces a strong node; parsing head's native-display output produces literal '**Result **next'. 'Result citeturn0search0next' fails similarly. Mobile users lose bold formatting, and web/desktop/mobile copies contain broken Markdown.
  2. [major] packages/shared/src/codexMarkdownDirectives.ts:288: Worse than main: marker removal also runs on user messages. TimelineUserMessageRow renders prompts through ChatMarkdown and the same unconditional remark plugin, so literal prompt content disappears from the displayed conversation while remaining in the text sent to the agent. This existing review comment remains valid. Scope removal to assistant rendering. Fails with: On web or desktop, submit 'Please explain this literal marker: citeturn0search0'. Main displays the complete prompt. Head displays only 'Please explain this literal marker:'. Confirmed with the main/head remark transforms and traced through UserMessageBody.

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8Render each website citation as a readable, clickable reference to its source.
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🤖 GPT-6.1 Sol responding on behalf of saphid

Confirmed a fresh report with the exact marker \uE200cite\uE202turn457728view0\uE201: the shared renderer at 7c74436 removes it from prose, native-display Markdown and copied Markdown, while preserving it inside inline code. A citation directly after a bare URL also leaves the correct link destination.

The delimiter failure in the factory-stop comment is fixed by the stacked #33049 at f7201b0. Rechecked **Result <marker>**next: this PR's copy/native output is **Result **next; the follow-up produces **Result** next. Include that correction when landing this fix. The separately reported user-message scoping issue remains to be addressed.

These were direct checks of both heads' shared modules with current-main dependencies, not full-client or device verification of these PR heads. No duplicate PR is needed for the reported completed-token problem.