Summary

When the assistant streams text followed immediately by a tool call, the TUI briefly displays the pre-tool text (~1 second), then it disappears. The text is correctly saved and reappears after reconnecting to the session or restarting the TUI.

Steps to reproduce

1. Send a message that triggers a response with text followed by a tool call
2. Observe the TUI: text appears briefly, then vanishes when the tool card renders
3. Reconnect (/session main) or restart TUI
4. The missing text is now visible

Expected behavior

Pre-tool-call text should persist in the TUI after tool cards render.

Actual behavior

• Text streams in
• Tool call starts
• Pre-tool text disappears (TUI redraw issue?)
• After reconnect: full text visible

Environment

• OpenClaw version: 2026.1.30 (76b5208)
• OS: Arch Linux (Hyprland)
• Terminal: Ghostty
• Install method: npm global
• Verbose: on

Notes

• Text is correctly stored (visible in webchat dashboard immediately, and in TUI after reconnect)
• Appears to be a TUI rendering/redraw issue during the stream→tool-call transition
• Similar pattern to [Bug]: Fallback response shows "(no output)" in TUI until restart #747 but not fallback-specific