diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages.ts
index f0d8e2b7c641..b94f512e38db 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages.ts
@@ -345,10 +345,6 @@ function timelineDisplayContent(message: SessionMessage, content: string): strin
     return 'model changed'
   }
 
-  if (message.display_kind === 'auto_continue') {
-    return 'resumed interrupted turn'
-  }
-
   if (message.display_kind === 'async_delegation_complete') {
     const count = timelineTaskCount(message.display_metadata)
 
@@ -948,9 +944,7 @@ export function toChatMessages(messages: SessionMessage[]): ChatMessage[] {
     )
 
     const displayRole =
-      message.display_kind === 'model_switch' ||
-      message.display_kind === 'async_delegation_complete' ||
-      message.display_kind === 'auto_continue'
+      message.display_kind === 'model_switch' || message.display_kind === 'async_delegation_complete'
         ? 'system'
         : message.role
 
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts b/apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts
index 669813b0ab25..9ca50a5bfb6f 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts
@@ -514,13 +514,6 @@ export interface SessionMessagesResponse {
 }
 
 export interface SessionResumeResponse {
-  /** Present when the backend found a fresh crash-interrupted turn and
-   *  scheduled its automatic continuation; the turn arrives as a normal
-   *  message.start stream right after this resume. */
-  auto_continue?: {
-    attempt: number
-    interrupted_at: number
-  }
   inflight?: null | {
     assistant?: string
     /** Retained failed turn: the error the terminal frame carried (the frame