diff --git a/ui-tui/src/__tests__/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts b/ui-tui/src/__tests__/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts
index 22a6b281f..e242e5bdd 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/__tests__/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/__tests__/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts
@@ -195,6 +195,45 @@ describe('createGatewayEventHandler', () => {
     expect((appended[0]?.text.match(/```diff/g) ?? []).length).toBe(1)
   })
 
+  it('strips the CLI "┊ review diff" header from queued inline diffs', () => {
+    const appended: Msg[] = []
+    const onEvent = createGatewayEventHandler(buildCtx(appended))
+    const raw = '  \u001b[33m┊ review diff\u001b[0m\n--- a/foo.ts\n+++ b/foo.ts\n@@\n-old\n+new'
+
+    onEvent({
+      payload: { inline_diff: raw, summary: 'patched', tool_id: 'tool-1' },
+      type: 'tool.complete'
+    } as any)
+    onEvent({
+      payload: { text: 'done' },
+      type: 'message.complete'
+    } as any)
+
+    expect(appended).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(appended[0]?.text).not.toContain('┊ review diff')
+    expect(appended[0]?.text).toContain('--- a/foo.ts')
+  })
+
+  it('suppresses inline_diff when assistant already wrote a diff fence', () => {
+    const appended: Msg[] = []
+    const onEvent = createGatewayEventHandler(buildCtx(appended))
+    const inlineDiff = '--- a/foo.ts\n+++ b/foo.ts\n@@\n-old\n+new'
+    const assistantText = 'Done. Clean swap:\n\n```diff\n-old\n+new\n```'
+
+    onEvent({
+      payload: { inline_diff: inlineDiff, summary: 'patched', tool_id: 'tool-1' },
+      type: 'tool.complete'
+    } as any)
+    onEvent({
+      payload: { text: assistantText },
+      type: 'message.complete'
+    } as any)
+
+    expect(appended).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(appended[0]?.text).toBe(assistantText)
+    expect((appended[0]?.text.match(/```diff/g) ?? []).length).toBe(1)
+  })
+
   it('keeps tool trail terse when inline_diff is present', () => {
     const appended: Msg[] = []
     const onEvent = createGatewayEventHandler(buildCtx(appended))
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/app/turnController.ts b/ui-tui/src/app/turnController.ts
index 005eed4bc..bf9d2926c 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/app/turnController.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/app/turnController.ts
@@ -185,7 +185,13 @@ class TurnController {
   }
 
   queueInlineDiff(diffText: string) {
-    const text = diffText.trim()
+    // Strip CLI chrome the gateway emits before the unified diff (e.g. a
+    // leading "┊ review diff" header written by `_emit_inline_diff` for the
+    // terminal printer). That header only makes sense as stdout dressing,
+    // not inside a markdown ```diff block.
+    const text = diffText
+      .replace(/^\s*┊[^\n]*\n?/, '')
+      .trim()
 
     if (!text || this.pendingInlineDiffs.includes(text)) {
       return
@@ -239,7 +245,13 @@ class TurnController {
     const rawText = (payload.rendered ?? payload.text ?? this.bufRef).trimStart()
     const split = splitReasoning(rawText)
     const finalText = split.text
-    const remainingInlineDiffs = this.pendingInlineDiffs.filter(diff => !finalText.includes(diff))
+    // Skip appending if the assistant already narrated the diff inside a
+    // markdown fence of its own — otherwise we render two stacked diff
+    // blocks for the same edit.
+    const assistantAlreadyHasDiff = /```(?:diff|patch)\b/i.test(finalText)
+    const remainingInlineDiffs = assistantAlreadyHasDiff
+      ? []
+      : this.pendingInlineDiffs.filter(diff => !finalText.includes(diff))
     const inlineDiffBlock = remainingInlineDiffs.length
       ? `\`\`\`diff\n${remainingInlineDiffs.join('\n\n')}\n\`\`\``
       : ''