diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ec0fc3fb6..b8869f39d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ Status: stable.
 - **BREAKING:** Gateway auth mode "none" is removed; gateway now requires token/password (Tailscale Serve identity still allowed).
 
 ### Fixes
+- TUI: emit final assistant event when reply tags hide stream. (#4495) Thanks @ukeate.
 - Telegram: use undici fetch for per-account proxy dispatcher. (#4456) Thanks @spiceoogway.
 - Telegram: avoid silent empty replies by tracking normalization skips before fallback. (#3796)
 - Telegram: scope native skill commands to bound agent per bot. (#4360) Thanks @robhparker.
diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-subscribe.handlers.messages.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-subscribe.handlers.messages.ts
index 1f515e113..bf1fcd12b 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-subscribe.handlers.messages.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-subscribe.handlers.messages.ts
@@ -176,6 +176,30 @@ export function handleMessageEnd(
   });
 
   const text = ctx.stripBlockTags(rawText, { thinking: false, final: false });
+  const { text: cleanedText, mediaUrls } = parseReplyDirectives(text);
+  const { text: previousCleanedText } = parseReplyDirectives(ctx.state.lastStreamedAssistant ?? "");
+  if (cleanedText && cleanedText !== previousCleanedText) {
+    const deltaText = cleanedText.startsWith(previousCleanedText)
+      ? cleanedText.slice(previousCleanedText.length)
+      : cleanedText;
+    emitAgentEvent({
+      runId: ctx.params.runId,
+      stream: "assistant",
+      data: {
+        text: cleanedText,
+        delta: deltaText,
+        mediaUrls: mediaUrls?.length ? mediaUrls : undefined,
+      },
+    });
+    void ctx.params.onAgentEvent?.({
+      stream: "assistant",
+      data: {
+        text: cleanedText,
+        delta: deltaText,
+        mediaUrls: mediaUrls?.length ? mediaUrls : undefined,
+      },
+    });
+  }
   const rawThinking =
     ctx.state.includeReasoning || ctx.state.streamReasoning
       ? extractAssistantThinking(assistantMessage) || extractThinkingFromTaggedText(rawText)
diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-subscribe.subscribe-embedded-pi-session.subscribeembeddedpisession.test.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-subscribe.subscribe-embedded-pi-session.subscribeembeddedpisession.test.ts
index ec38734ac..e1a5838d4 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-subscribe.subscribe-embedded-pi-session.subscribeembeddedpisession.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-subscribe.subscribe-embedded-pi-session.subscribeembeddedpisession.test.ts
@@ -221,6 +221,50 @@ describe("subscribeEmbeddedPiSession", () => {
     expect(payloads[0]?.text).toBe("MEDIA:");
   });
 
+  it("emits agent events on message_end when reply tags hide final text", () => {
+    let handler: ((evt: unknown) => void) | undefined;
+    const session: StubSession = {
+      subscribe: (fn) => {
+        handler = fn;
+        return () => {};
+      },
+    };
+
+    const onAgentEvent = vi.fn();
+
+    subscribeEmbeddedPiSession({
+      session: session as unknown as Parameters<typeof subscribeEmbeddedPiSession>[0]["session"],
+      runId: "run",
+      onAgentEvent,
+    });
+
+    handler?.({ type: "message_start", message: { role: "assistant" } });
+    handler?.({
+      type: "message_update",
+      message: { role: "assistant" },
+      assistantMessageEvent: { type: "text_delta", delta: "[[reply_to: 123" },
+    });
+    handler?.({
+      type: "message_update",
+      message: { role: "assistant" },
+      assistantMessageEvent: { type: "text_delta", delta: "]] Hello" },
+    });
+
+    const assistantMessage = {
+      role: "assistant",
+      content: [{ type: "text", text: "[[reply_to: 123]] Hello" }],
+    } as AssistantMessage;
+    handler?.({ type: "message_end", message: assistantMessage });
+
+    const payloads = onAgentEvent.mock.calls
+      .map((call) => call[0]?.data as Record<string, unknown> | undefined)
+      .filter((value): value is Record<string, unknown> => Boolean(value));
+    expect(payloads.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    const last = payloads[payloads.length - 1];
+    expect(last?.text).toBe("Hello");
+    expect(last?.delta).toBe("Hello");
+  });
+
   it("emits agent events when media arrives without text", () => {
     let handler: ((evt: unknown) => void) | undefined;
     const session: StubSession = {