diff --git a/src/plugins/result-truncation-plugin.test.ts b/src/plugins/result-truncation-plugin.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..008c9fdbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/result-truncation-plugin.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { createSizeCapTransform } from "@intx/inference";
+import type { StrategyContext, ToolResult } from "@intx/types/runtime";
+import { MAX_RESULT_CHARS, truncateToolResultContent } from "./result-truncation-plugin.js";
+
+describe("truncateToolResultContent", () => {
+  test("within-cap content passes through unchanged", () => {
+    const content = "x".repeat(100);
+    expect(truncateToolResultContent(content)).toBe(content);
+  });
+
+  test("oversized content gets a marker that never promises retrievable remainder", () => {
+    const content = "x".repeat(MAX_RESULT_CHARS + 500);
+    const truncated = truncateToolResultContent(content);
+
+    expect(truncated).toContain("[output truncated");
+    expect(truncated).toContain("NOT retrievable");
+    // The pre-cap discard must never be described as recoverable elsewhere.
+    expect(truncated).not.toContain("see the rest");
+    expect(truncated).not.toContain("Full output available");
+  });
+
+  test("truncation marker survives the size-cap blob spill", async () => {
+    // Reproduce the production pipeline for an output over MAX_RESULT_CHARS:
+    // truncation runs first (at the tool), size-cap spills the already-cut
+    // text to a blob and tells the model the blob holds the full output. The
+    // blob's tail must therefore carry the honest "discarded, NOT retrievable"
+    // marker so the model does not loop re-running the command.
+    const original = "x".repeat(MAX_RESULT_CHARS + 500);
+    const truncated = truncateToolResultContent(original);
+
+    const blobs = new Map<string, string>();
+    const transform = createSizeCapTransform({
+      maxChars: 10_000,
+      contextStore: {
+        writeBlob: async (key: string, bytes: Uint8Array) => {
+          blobs.set(key, new TextDecoder().decode(bytes));
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    const result: ToolResult = {
+      callId: "call-1",
+      content: truncated,
+      isError: false,
+    };
+    const { output } = await transform.apply(
+      { call: { id: "call-1", name: "run_shell", arguments: {} }, result },
+      {} as StrategyContext,
+    );
+
+    const spilled = blobs.get("call-1");
+    expect(spilled).toBe(truncated);
+    // The blob's tail tells the truth about the pre-spill discard.
+    expect(spilled).toContain("NOT retrievable");
+    expect(spilled?.endsWith("Use offset/limit or a narrower query.]")).toBe(true);
+    // The inline marker's blob promise is now genuine: the blob really does
+    // hold everything that still exists.
+    expect(output.content).toContain("tool-output:///call-1");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/plugins/result-truncation-plugin.ts b/src/plugins/result-truncation-plugin.ts
index 18d53c246..c77796813 100644
--- a/src/plugins/result-truncation-plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/result-truncation-plugin.ts
@@ -20,10 +20,17 @@ export function truncateToolResultContent(
   if (content.length <= maxChars) return content;
 
   const remaining = content.length - maxChars;
+  // Truncation happens here, at the source — before the reactor's size-cap
+  // transform spills to a tool-output:/// blob. The blob therefore holds only
+  // this already-truncated text, so the marker must say the remainder is gone:
+  // a "see the blob for the rest" promise would send the model chasing content
+  // that does not exist and re-running the command in a loop.
   return (
     content.slice(0, maxChars) +
-    `\n[output truncated — ${remaining.toLocaleString()} characters omitted. ` +
-    `Use offset/limit params or a more targeted query to see the rest.]`
+    `\n[output truncated at ${maxChars.toLocaleString()} chars — ` +
+    `${remaining.toLocaleString()} chars discarded, NOT retrievable ` +
+    `(no tool-output URI has them; re-running gives the same cut). ` +
+    `Use offset/limit or a narrower query.]`
   );
 }