fix(agent): preserve oversized tail output with trailing newline

closes #4715

packages/agent/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed tail truncation for oversized single-line output that ends with a trailing newline ([#4715](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/4715)).
+
 ## [0.75.3] - 2026-05-18
 
 ## [0.75.2] - 2026-05-18

packages/agent/src/harness/utils/truncate.ts

@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ export function truncateTail(content: string, options: TruncationOptions = {}):
 
 	const totalBytes = utf8ByteLength(content);
 	const lines = content.split("\n");
+	if (lines.length > 1 && lines[lines.length - 1] === "") lines.pop();
 	const totalLines = lines.length;
 
 	// Check if no truncation needed

packages/agent/test/harness/truncate.test.ts

@@ -102,6 +102,17 @@ describe("truncate utilities", () => {
 		expect(result.outputBytes).toBe(5);
 	});
 
+	it("truncates an oversized single line with a trailing newline", () => {
+		const input = `${"X".repeat(300_000)}\n`;
+		const result = truncateTail(input, { maxBytes: 1024, maxLines: 100 });
+
+		expect(result.content).toBe("X".repeat(1024));
+		expect(result.outputBytes).toBe(1024);
+		expect(result.outputLines).toBe(1);
+		expect(result.lastLinePartial).toBe(true);
+		expect(result.truncatedBy).toBe("bytes");
+	});
+
 	it("drops an oversized trailing character when it cannot fit in tail byte limit", () => {
 		const result = truncateTail("abc🙂", { maxBytes: 3, maxLines: 10 });