diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/agent-session-empty-stop-guard.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/agent-session-empty-stop-guard.test.ts
index af3a1377b..579f2d51d 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/agent-session-empty-stop-guard.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/agent-session-empty-stop-guard.test.ts
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ describe("AgentSession empty stop guard", () => {
 		expect(mock.calls).toHaveLength(2);
 		expect(assistantText(session.agent.state.messages)).toContain("finished after provider-empty retry");
 		expect(reminderMessages(session.agent.state.messages)).toHaveLength(1);
-		expect(JSON.stringify(reminderMessages(session.agent.state.messages))).toContain("user-visible final answer");
 		expect(
 			session.agent.state.messages.some(message => message.role === "assistant" && message.stopReason === "error"),
 		).toBe(false);
diff --git a/packages/tui/src/components/markdown.ts b/packages/tui/src/components/markdown.ts
index cef398b0d..1e6ee8ae0 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/components/markdown.ts
+++ b/packages/tui/src/components/markdown.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function repairOrphanClosingFence(text: string): string {
 			open = undefined;
 		}
 	}
-	if (!open || open.info !== "") return text;
+	if (open?.info !== "") return text;
 
 	let previous = "";
 	for (let index = open.index - 1; index >= 0; index--) {