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Headless text output recovers the last full assistant message on an incomplete run

In headless text runs, an incomplete ending no longer swallows the last full answer.

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What

In -p runs that print plain text, a run that ends incomplete no longer discards the last complete assistant message.

Details
  • Applies when the output format is neither json nor stream-json; the last and prior top-level assistant texts are tracked.
  • If the final result is a success-but-error whose text ends with "The response above may be incomplete." and equals the last assistant text, the prior assistant text is printed above the result.
  • Compact boundaries and superseded messages reset the tracker.
Evidence

The response above may be incomplete.

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

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