Long tool output not relayed

“The same instruction is carried out every time for shorter blocks (7 and 6 lines), and the long block *is* emitted when it is the last act of the turn.”

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Long verbatim tool output never relayed before tool call. With a block longer than ~230 characters, the raw API stream shows only thinking then tool_use, with no text block.

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Where: Assistant text output
Versions: 2.1.280
Platforms: macOS
How bad: Breaks a normal workflow.

Part of: Mid-turn assistant text not shown10 bugs

Next-step box hides the answer41 people
Mid-turn text replaced by summary7 people
Text emitted as hidden thinking18 people
Mid-turn text shown as summary11 people
Reply saved as thinking block3 people
AskUserQuestion missing on mobile2 people
Mid-turn text replaced by summary9 people
Text before question box hidden8 people
Unexpandable summary hides messages3 people

Original reports1, newest first

Sep 23, 2026Opus 5.5: instructed verbatim relay of a tool output over ~230 chars is never emitted as text when a tool call follows — the block is generated inside thinking (constant 274 output tokens, no text block on the wire)#96288