diff --git a/src/messages.ts b/src/messages.ts
index 180d801..34ae637 100644
--- a/src/messages.ts
+++ b/src/messages.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export interface OctoPart {
     input?: unknown
     output?: unknown
     error?: string
+    metadata?: Record<string, unknown>
     title?: string
   }
   [key: string]: unknown
@@ -43,6 +44,15 @@ function safeStringify(value: unknown): string {
   }
 }
 
+function toolResultBody(state: OctoPart["state"]): string | undefined {
+  if (state?.status === "completed") {
+    return typeof state.output === "string" ? state.output : safeStringify(state.output)
+  }
+  if (state?.status !== "error") return undefined
+  const interruptedOutput = state.metadata?.interrupted === true ? state.metadata.output : undefined
+  return typeof interruptedOutput === "string" ? interruptedOutput : `Error: ${state.error ?? ""}`
+}
+
 export interface ConversionResult {
   cores: CoreMessage[]
   partIdToCoreIds: Map<string, string[]>
@@ -82,19 +92,13 @@ export function octoToCoreMessages(msgs: OctoMessage[]): ConversionResult {
         const ids = [callId]
         if (part.state?.status === "completed" || part.state?.status === "error") {
           const resultId = `${msg.info.id}#x${partIdx}`
-          const outText =
-            part.state.status === "completed"
-              ? typeof part.state.output === "string"
-                ? part.state.output
-                : safeStringify(part.state.output)
-              : `Error: ${part.state.error ?? ""}`
           cores.push({
             id: resultId,
             role: "tool",
             contentType: "tool-result",
             toolName,
             toolCallId,
-            text: outText,
+            text: toolResultBody(part.state) ?? "",
           })
           ids.push(resultId)
         }
@@ -176,7 +180,10 @@ export function reassemble(
         const callAlive = outCoreById.has(ids[0]!)
         const resultAlive = outCoreById.has(ids[1]!)
         if (!(callAlive && resultAlive)) continue
-        parts.push(p)
+        // Honor kernel body mutations (emergency truncation of large
+        // tool-results): if the result core's text differs from the original
+        // output, replace it — otherwise truncation never reaches the model.
+        parts.push(applyToolBody(p, outCoreById.get(ids[1]!)))
         continue
       }
       const survived = ids.some((id) => outCoreById.has(id))
@@ -194,6 +201,30 @@ export function reassemble(
   return result
 }
 
+function trimEnd(s: string): string {
+  return s.replace(/\s+$/, "")
+}
+
+export function applyToolBody(part: OctoPart, resultCore: CoreMessage | undefined): OctoPart {
+  const coreBody = resultCore?.text ?? ""
+  if (!coreBody) return part
+  // Compare the original output against the result core's text — kernel
+  // truncation rewrites that text, and dropping the rewrite would leave the
+  // full output in the request.
+  const state = part.state
+  const originalText = toolResultBody(state)
+  if (!state || originalText === undefined) return part
+  if (trimEnd(coreBody) === trimEnd(originalText)) return part
+  if (state.status === "completed") {
+    return { ...part, state: { ...state, output: coreBody } }
+  }
+  if (state.metadata?.interrupted === true && typeof state.metadata.output === "string") {
+    return { ...part, state: { ...state, metadata: { ...state.metadata, output: coreBody } } }
+  }
+  const error = coreBody.startsWith("Error: ") ? coreBody.slice("Error: ".length) : coreBody
+  return { ...part, state: { ...state, error } }
+}
+
 export function makeNudgeMessage(
   id: string,
   sessionID: string,
diff --git a/tests/messages.test.ts b/tests/messages.test.ts
index f7fd2f8..43f6821 100644
--- a/tests/messages.test.ts
+++ b/tests/messages.test.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,57 @@ test("compress + reassembly replaces covered messages with synthetic user summar
   assert.ok(hasU2, "recent uncompressed message preserved")
 })
 
+test("reassemble: kernel-truncated tool body replaces part output", () => {
+  const msgs = [toolMsg("a2", "s1", "bash", "call_1", "ORIGINAL_LONG_OUTPUT")]
+  const { cores, partIdToCoreIds } = octoToCoreMessages(msgs)
+  const truncated = cores.map((c) => (c.id === "a2#x0" ? { ...c, text: "TRUNCATED_BODY" } : c))
+  const out = reassemble(truncated, msgs, partIdToCoreIds, "s1")
+  assert.equal(out.length, 1)
+  assert.equal(out[0]!.parts[0]!.state!.output, "TRUNCATED_BODY", "truncated body applied to part output")
+})
+
+test("reassemble: trailing whitespace difference is not treated as a rewrite", () => {
+  const msgs = [toolMsg("a2", "s1", "bash", "call_1", "done")]
+  const { cores, partIdToCoreIds } = octoToCoreMessages(msgs)
+  const padded = cores.map((c) => (c.id === "a2#x0" ? { ...c, text: "done\n\n  " } : c))
+  const out = reassemble(padded, msgs, partIdToCoreIds, "s1")
+  assert.equal(out[0]!.parts[0]!.state!.output, "done", "original output kept")
+})
+
+test("reassemble: kernel-truncated tool error replaces error without changing status", () => {
+  const msg = toolMsg("a2", "s1", "bash", "call_1", "unused")
+  msg.parts[0]!.state = { status: "error", input: { a: 1 }, error: "ORIGINAL_LONG_ERROR", title: "bash" }
+  const { cores, partIdToCoreIds } = octoToCoreMessages([msg])
+  assert.equal(cores.find((c) => c.id === "a2#x0")!.text, "Error: ORIGINAL_LONG_ERROR", "error projected for kernel")
+  const truncated = cores.map((c) => (c.id === "a2#x0" ? { ...c, text: "Error: TRUNCATED_ERROR" } : c))
+  const out = reassemble(truncated, [msg], partIdToCoreIds, "s1")
+  const state = out[0]!.parts[0]!.state!
+  assert.equal(state.status, "error", "error status preserved")
+  assert.equal(state.error, "TRUNCATED_ERROR", "adapter prefix removed before writing error")
+  assert.equal(state.output, undefined, "completed output field not introduced")
+})
+
+test("reassemble: interrupted tool output is projected and rewritten in metadata", () => {
+  const msg = toolMsg("a2", "s1", "bash", "call_1", "unused")
+  msg.parts[0]!.state = {
+    status: "error",
+    input: { a: 1 },
+    error: "Tool execution aborted",
+    metadata: { interrupted: true, output: "ORIGINAL_PARTIAL_OUTPUT", exitCode: 130 },
+    title: "bash",
+  }
+  const { cores, partIdToCoreIds } = octoToCoreMessages([msg])
+  assert.equal(cores.find((c) => c.id === "a2#x0")!.text, "ORIGINAL_PARTIAL_OUTPUT", "partial output projected for kernel")
+  const truncated = cores.map((c) => (c.id === "a2#x0" ? { ...c, text: "TRUNCATED_PARTIAL_OUTPUT" } : c))
+  const out = reassemble(truncated, [msg], partIdToCoreIds, "s1")
+  const state = out[0]!.parts[0]!.state!
+  assert.equal(state.status, "error", "interrupted status preserved")
+  assert.equal(state.error, "Tool execution aborted", "original interruption error preserved")
+  assert.equal(state.metadata?.interrupted, true, "interrupted marker preserved")
+  assert.equal(state.metadata?.output, "TRUNCATED_PARTIAL_OUTPUT", "truncated partial output written where OpenCode reads it")
+  assert.equal(state.metadata?.exitCode, 130, "other metadata preserved")
+})
+
 test("makeNudgeMessage produces a valid user message", () => {
   const msgs = [userMsg("u1", "s1", "hi")]
   const n = makeNudgeMessage("bili_nudge_0", "s1", "please compress", msgs)